Perfectly Queer-East Bay: Queer Realities
Nomadic Press: Uptown 2301 Telegraph Ave., Oakland, CA, United Stateslocal LGBTQ authors!
local LGBTQ authors!
Reading from his new novel The Age of Perpetual Light from Grove Press.
Al Mulla will share a number of his poems in both the original Arabic and English.
Celebrated poet Yrsa Daley-Ward presents bone, a poignant collection of autobiographical poems about the heart, life, and the inner self.
Camille T. Dungy and Javier Zamora read from their poetry.
Pushcart Prize-nominated writer Margaret Wilkerson Sexton shares her much-buzzed debut novel, A Kind of Freedom.
Discussing a new novel!
Cake + poetry!
Come out and eat cake and hear our anthology contributors read their poems. The public is very welcome to attend this always lively and lovely...
Charif Shanahan + Airea D. Matthews read from their latest poetry collections.
Join us for an open mic, featuring the following readers, under the banner of “100 Thousand Poets for Change.”
A demonstration and celebration of poetry to promote social, environmental, and political change.
Join us! Take to the page and embrace "impermanence." Then bring us your creation.
Reading: "Burn After Reading: The Poetry of Kevin Craft and Troy Jollimore." (2:30 pm) Come for one or both events! This is a unique chance to hear and learn from two illustrious out-of-town poets.
Rob Halpern will read from his new book of poetry Touching Voids in Sense.
Join us for the first reading of the 2017-2018 season!
Join us to celebrate the release of Lillian Howan's novel The Charm Buyers.
Readings + open mic!
Booksmith is thrilled to welcome Celeste Ng (Everything I Never Told You) to the store for her new novel Little Fires Everywhere.
She teaches at Diné College and lives in Santa Fe, NM.
Tongo Eisen-Martin reads from his poetry, as part of his weeklong stint as Mazza Writer in Residence at The Poetry Center.
Ho Lin, co-editor of the long-running literary journal Caveat Lector, joins us in the Marina for a Launch Party celebrating his dazzling fiction debut, China Girl: And Other Stories.
Reading from her short story collection.
Reading, drinks, + snacks!
Tons of great readings!
Join us for a poetry reading, interview, and Q&A.
Come and enjoy a friendly and informal read-around.
A book that seeks to manufacture dissent through collaborative art and poetry.
Tongo Eisen-Martin in collaboration with drummer/composer and writer Marshall Trammell, of the duo Black Spirituals.
The reading will be followed by a discussion, moderated by Rosemary Graham.