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  • March 2021
  • Mon 8
    March 8, 2021 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm PST

    MFA Reading Series: Shapes of Native Nonfiction – Deborah Miranda, Theresa Warburton, Elissa Washuta

    online

    Deborah A. Miranda is the author of Bad Indians: A Tribal Memoir (2013), recipient of the PEN-Oakland Josephine Miles Literary Award, a Gold Medal from the Independent...

    Free
  • Mon 8
    March 8, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm PST

    Irvin D. Yalom with Lori Gottlieb

    This event is online. How can we understand life, joy and love during the moment when they culminate in death and grief? Internationally acclaimed psychiatrist...

  • Mon 8
    March 8, 2021 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm PST

    CLA Presents: Laila Lalami

    online

    What does it mean to be American? In this starkly illuminating and impassioned book, Pulitzer Prize­­–finalist Laila Lalami recounts her unlikely journey from Moroccan immigrant...

    Free
  • Tue 9
    March 9, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm PST

    Kelly Loy Gilbert and Anna-Marie McLemore

    Two much loved critically acclaimed authors. Two fabulous eagerly awaited new books. Join us as we launch Kelly Loy Gilbert’s new book When We Were...

  • Tue 9
    March 9, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PST

    Virtual Event: Rebecca Handler

    Join us on Tuesday, March 9 for the launch of Rebecca Handler's debut novel, Edie Richter is Not Alone on Zoom! Zoom Login Info Please click the link below...

  • Tue 9
    March 9, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PST

    Joshua Mohr in conversation with Lidia Yuknavitch

    celebrating the launch of his new book Model Citizen: a memoir published by MCD/FSG ---------- This is a virtual event that will be hosted by...

  • Wed 10
    March 10, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm PST

    Jeff Hawkins with Anil Ananthaswamy

    This event is online. In a book that biologist Richard Dawkins calls “exhilarating,” author, neuroscientist and engineer Jeff Hawkins unveils a new theory of intelligence...

  • Wed 10
    March 10, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm PST

    Virtual Event: Sam Cohen and Andrea Lawlor

    online

    Join us on Wednesday, March 10th at 6pm PT when Sam Cohen discusses her story collection, Sarahland, with Andrea Lawlor on Zoom! Zoom Login Info...

    Free
  • Wed 10
    March 10, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PST

    Book Passage Presents: Elizabeth Wetmore – Valentine

    Written with the haunting emotional power of Elizabeth Strout and Barbara Kingsolver, an astonishing debut novel that explores the lingering effects of a brutal crime...

  • Thu 11
    March 11, 2021 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm PST

    Social Listening #4: Nathaniel Mackey & Fred Moten

    online

    Acclaimed poets and scholars, Nathaniel Mackey and Fred Moten will read from their poetry in the return of the We Are the Voices “Social Listening”...

    Free
  • Thu 11
    March 11, 2021 @ 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm PST

    Elemental: Earth Stories A celebration of the latest installment of the Calico Series from Two Lines Press

    Center for the Art of Translation presents Jessica Cohen, Allison Charette, and Brian Bergstrom in conversation about the latest installment in the Calico Series, Elemental: Earth Stories....

  • Thu 11
    March 11, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PST

    VIRTUAL: Arisa White / Who’s Your Daddy, with Dan Alter, Michael ‘MJ’ Jones, Hernan De La Cruz Ramos & A.A. Vincent

    Booksmith and The Bindery are very pleased to host a virtual event with Arisa White for her new book Who's Your Daddy. She'll be joined for a group reading by former...

  • Thu 11
    March 11, 2021 @ 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm PST

    Why to These Rocks: 50 Years of Poems from the Community of Writers

    The Mill Valley Public Library & The Marin Poetry Center invite you to a virtual book launch for Heyday Books’ release of Why to These...

  • Thu 11
    March 11, 2021 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PST

    VIRTUAL EVENT: Joe Ide, Smoke

    Join us for an online event with bestselling author and staff favorite Joe Ide, who will discuss Smoke, the newest installment in his IQ series. Isaiah...

  • Thu 11
    March 11, 2021 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PST

    Book Launch of EVERYTHING AFTER with Author Jill Santopolo

    Please join us on Thursday, March 11, 2021 at 7 PM PST for an online discussion of one of Kathleen's recent favorites, EVERYTHING AFTER, with author Jill Santopolo. Our...

  • Thu 11
    March 11, 2021 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PST

    Virtual Event: Alan Chazaro, Raina J. León, Tongo Eisen Martin, and Barbara Jane Reyes

    JOIN US ON THURSDAY, MARCH 11 AT 7PM PT, FOR AN EVENING CELEBRATING BAY AREA POETRY AND ALAN CHAZARO'S LATEST COLLECTION PIÑATA THEORY, ON ZOOM! FEATURED READERS...

  • Fri 12
    March 12, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PST

    Nomadic Press’ Virtual Open Mic #50

    online

    90 minutes 30 readers 3 minutes each On Zoom! FREE AND ALL WELCOME! Sign up to read here: https://forms.gle/4nYSi5fLNyo229Lj9 If you enjoy spaces like this...

    Free – $200
  • Sat 13
    March 13, 2021 @ 8:00 am - 5:00 pm PST

    VIRTUAL: Babylon Salon presents Roberto Lovato, Matt Bell, Elizabeth Geoghegan & Paulo K Tiról

    Booksmith and The Bindery are thrilled to partner with Babylon Salon for their Spring event, featuring readings by Roberto Lovato, Matt Bell, Elizabeth Geoghegan & Paulo K Tiról! Please note: this is a free, virtual...

  • Sat 13
    March 13, 2021 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm PST

    Word Week 2021 “Colm Toibin, Paula Meehan & Michelle Gallen Read Contemporary Irish Literature”

    online

    Irish authors Colm Toibin, Paula Meehan, and Michelle Gallen read from new work Saturday, March 13, 11 a.m. Pacific time via Zoom. Colm gives us...

    Free
  • Sat 13
    March 13, 2021 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm PST

    Tripwire Cross-Cultural Poetics Series: Momtaza Mehri and Zoé Samudzi, reading and in conversation

    online

    Remote access event, free and open to the public REGISTER TO ATTEND —or— Watch this program at YouTube With emcee, alex cruse This remote-access event starts promptly...

    Free
  • Sat 13
    March 13, 2021 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm PST

    Joanell Serra – (Her)oics: Women’s Lived Experiences During the Coronavirus Pandemic (Virtual Event)

    (Her)oics: Women’s Lived Experiences During the Coronavirus Pandemic draws together the stories of fifty-two women across the U.S. during the Covid-19 pandemic. The collection encompasses the perspectives...

  • Sun 14
    March 14, 2021 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm PDT

    Kazuo Ishiguro – Klara and the Sun

    A magnificent new novel from the Nobel laureate Kazuo Ishiguro—author of Never Let Me Go and the Booker Prize-winning The Remains of the Day. Klara and the Sun,...

  • Sun 14
    March 14, 2021 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm PDT

    Conversations with Authors – Julia Turshen (Virtual Event)

    Julia Turshen’s Simply Julia: 110 Recipes for Healthy Comfort Food is her first collection of recipes featuring a healthier take on the simple, satisfying comfort food for which...

  • Mon 15
    March 15, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm PDT

    Virtual Event: Michaeleen Doucleff

    online

    Join us on Monday, March 15 at 6pm PT when Dr. Michaeleen Doucleff joins us to discuss her book, Hunt, Gather, Parent: What Ancient Cultures...

    Free
  • Mon 15
    March 15, 2021 @ 7:00 pm PDT

    Odd Mondays Reading Series

    San Francisco has been, and continues to be, a popular setting for novels. Three authors who located recent novels in our City by the Bay...

  • Tue 16
    March 16, 2021 @ 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm PDT

    Donna Leon

    This event is online. Guests who pre-order a book at the time of registration will also receive temporary access to a post-event recording of this...

  • Tue 16
    March 16, 2021 @ 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm PDT

    Sky Nelson-Isaacs – Leap to Wholeness

    An investigation into the physics of light and our journey toward healing, connection, and wholeness. The reductionism and materialism of our modern world make it...

  • Tue 16
    March 16, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm PDT

    One City One Book: Chanel Miller

    online

    One City One Book: Chanel Miller Tue Mar 16th 6:00pm - 7:00pm Register  Co-presented with San Francisco Public Library Litquake is honored to partner with San...

    Free
  • Tue 16
    March 16, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm PDT

    Chanel Miller in conversation with journalist Robynn Takayama

    Virtual

    San Francisco Public Library is honored to announce its 16th Annual One City One Book selection, Chanel Miller's, Know My Name. Chanel Miller will join...

    Free
  • Tue 16
    March 16, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    Kim Addonizio & Friends

    celebrating the launch of her new collection Now We're Getting Somewhere: Poems published by W.W. Norton ---------- This is a virtual event that will be...

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