Lines and lyrics from Litquake Nation! Enjoy line breaks during your lunch break, as some of the Bay Area’s best poets and musicians share their work in the great outdoors.
Reading from his acclaimed new novel The Reactive.
DIESEL, A Bookstore in Oakland welcomes Nell Zink to the store to discuss and sign her new novel, Nicotine.
Join us in celebrating the release of local author Liza Monroy’s new collection of essays Seeing as Your Shoes Are Soon to Be on Fire.
Translator Stephen Kessler and special guests will discuss Cortázar's life and read selections from his work.
Book Launch, Reading, and Discussion!
CANTÍL is a venomous snake // a reading series that exclusively features poets of color.
We welcome Author Variny Yim as she reads from and discusses her book The Immigrant Princess.
Reading from their new books.
Free Friday Night Poetry!
Featuring four great artists!
Jade will be in conversation with Chloe Veltman, Senior Arts Editor at KQED.
North Beach Stories is Ray Hanna’s searing comical and musical journey through the nightlife of the West Coast.
Debra Spark’s fourth novel, Unknown Caller, tells the story of a brief, failed marriage and its complicated aftermath.
All are welcome.
Shobha Rao is the author of the debut story collection "An Unrestored Woman."
The Booksmith presents All That Man Is author David Szalay in conversation with Ethan Nosowsky at Second Act.
re-launch in a new location!
In conversation with Luisa Smith.
Kevin Smokler returns to Booksmith for the launch of his new book, Brat Pack America: A Love Letter to 80s Teen Movies and the Places They Happened.
Reads from her new novel, Mercury.
Tonya Foster will also give a Mixed Blood Talk.
Unless otherwise stated, events are free. However, tickets are required to attend the lecture at the Hammer Theatre.
Reading from her new novel A Spare Life.
Pulitzer Prize winning author Geraldine Brooks will join us to read and sign copies of her most recent novel, The Secret Chord.
Hosted and curated by Sharon Coleman.
Sarah Griffin: Spare and Found Parts Launch Party!
Poets Rod Smith and Lee Ann Brown, visiting respectively from Washington, D.C. and New York City, read their work and converse with the audience.
Free and open to the public.
Readings + music!