Daegan Miller
City Lights Bookstore 261 Columbus Ave, San Francisco , CA, United StatesDaegan Miller discussing the subject of his new book This Radical Land: A Natural History of American Dissent from University of Chicago Press "The...
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Andrew Sean Greer / Less
The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United StatesBooksmith hosts Andrew Sean Greer for the paperback launch of Less, one of our favorite novels of 2017 and winner of this year's Pulitzer Prize for fiction. Joining...
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Book Release / Bad Luck of the Draw Club
E.M. Wolfman General Interest Small Bookstore 410 13th Street, Oakland , CA, United Statesdetails TBA
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Aja Gabel and Vanessa Hua
Green Apple Books on the Park 1231 9th Ave, San Francisco , CA, United StatesAja Gabel discusses her new novel, The Ensemble. Praise for The Ensemble "Aja Gabel's powerful debut offers a sensitive portrait of four young musicians forging their...
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Geoffrey G. O’Brien, Jane Gregory, and Wendy Trevino
Moe's Books 2476 Telegraph Ave, Berkeley, CA, United StatesWendy Trevino was born & raised in the Rio Grande Valley of South Texas. She is a Grant Writer in San Francisco, where she shares...
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Poem Jam
San Francisco Public Library 100 Larkin St, San Francisco , CA, United StatesJoin San Francisco Poet Laureate Kim Shuck and others for a poetry jam. This is a Reading, Writing & Poetry program from SFPL. We love...
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Chuck Klosterman / X: A Highly Specific, Defiantly Incomplete History of the Early 21st Century
The Booksmith 1644 Haight St, San Francisco , CA, United StatesBooksmith welcomes Chuck Klosterman back to the store for the paperback release of X: A Highly Specific, Defiantly Incomplete History of the Early 21st Century. Please join us!...
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Kim Malcolm presents A COUNTRY WITHIN
East Bay Booksellers 5433 College Avenue, OaklandEAST BAY BOOKSELLERS welcomes Kim Malcolm to the store to discuss her book, A Country Within: A Journey of Love and Hope During the Refugee Crisis in Greece, on Thursday,...
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Weimar Mirror: Revisiting Alfred Döblin
Goethe Institut 530 Bush St #204, San Francisco, CA, United StatesWeimar Mirror: Revisiting Alfred Döblin Introduction by Peter Maravelis (City Lights Booksellers) Opening Statement and moderation by William T Vollmann (National Book Award winner, EUROPE CENTRAL) Presentations and roundtable...
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Written Within the Body: A Salon with Lone Mørch, Sarah Kornfeld, September Williams and Kristin Kaye
The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United StatesThe Bindery hosts an evening salon exploring the body in fiction and nonfiction with Lone Mørch, Sarah Kornfeld, September Williams and Kristin Kaye, all reading from their new books. Please join...
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Barbara Berman
Green Apple Books on the Park 1231 9th Ave, San Francisco , CA, United StatesBarbara Berman reads from her new poetry collection, Currents. Praise for Currents The reach of these graceful, ambitious poems ranges across stars, cities, storms. Their...
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Poetry Flash presents Jane Mead and Carol Muske-Dukes
Moe's Books 2476 Telegraph Ave, Berkeley, CA, United StatesJane Mead’s new book of poems is World of Made and Unmade. C.D. Wright said, “As the laundry room floods and the grape harvest gets done; as...
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Ted Scheinman
Mrs. Dalloway's Bookstore 2904 College Ave, Berkeley, CA, United Statesreads from Camp Austen: My Life as an Accidental Jane Austen Superfan, a raucous tour through the world of Mr. Darcy imitations, tailored gowns, and tipsy ballroom...
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Eli Jaxon-Bear
Green Apple Books 506 Clement St, San Francisco , CA, United StatesPlease join us on Friday, May 25rd at 7:00 p.m. as we welcome Eli Jaxon-Bear for a reading and signing of his latest book An Outlaw...
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Bay Area Queer Zine Fest Fundraiser
E.M. Wolfman General Interest Small Bookstore 410 13th Street, Oakland , CA, United StatesThe 2nd annual Bay Area Queer Zine Fest is coming back September 9! What better way to get people pumped about zines than to have...
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Daniel Gumbiner
Green Apple Books on the Park 1231 9th Ave, San Francisco , CA, United StatesDaniel Gumbiner discusses his debut novel from McSweeney's The Boatbuilder. Praise for The Boatbuilder “The Boatbuilder is a gorgeous debut about addiction, aspiration, and art on the...
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Rolling Writers – Rolling In The Aisles
Rolling Out Cafe 1722 Taraval St, San Francisco, CA, United StatesGuidelines. This is a night for literary humor, not stand-up comedy. To be considered, send sharp, funny, insightful humor, broad or subtle, that would work well before a...
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MARY Journal Release Reading
The Octopus Literary Salon 2101 Webster St #170, Oakland , CA, United StatesOn Saturday, May 26th, MARY: A Journal of New Writing will be holding a release party for the latest print edition of MARY Journal! Join us from...
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Book Release: Cotton Candy by Jeremy Fernando
Nomadic Press: Uptown 2301 Telegraph Ave., Oakland, CA, United StatesJoin us at our Uptown, Oakland, location for the much-anticipated release of Jeremy Fernando's full-length poetry collection, Cotton Candy! It's going to be an amazing...
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Saturday Night Special, A “Salty” Open Mic
Nick's Lounge 3218 Adeline St., Berkeley, CA, United StatesIs it summer yet? At SNS we're feeling SALTY and we're ready to sweat, so bring us your sexiest, SALTIEST, summer stories, poems, songs, stand-up,...
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Alanna Okun / The Curse of the Boyfriend Sweater
The Booksmith 1644 Haight St, San Francisco , CA, United StatesBooksmith hosts an evening with Alanna Okun, in conversation with Joe Wadlington about her new book The Curse of the Boyfriend Sweater: Essays on Crafting. Please join us! ...
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Martha K. Davis
Green Apple Books on the Park 1231 9th Ave, San Francisco , CA, United StatesMartha K. Davis reads from her new novel, Scissors, Paper, Stone. Praise for Scissors, Paper, Stone “With Scissors, Paper, Stone, Martha K. Davis has given us...
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LUNADA Literary Lounge
Galería de la Raza 2857 24th Street, San Francisco , CA, United StatesTuesday, May 29, 2018 | 7:30 pm Featuring Roberto Lovato, Fernando Martí, and Jacqueline Scott Ramos. Open Mic sign-up at 7pm. De bajo la luna llena, hecha de...
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Jesse Berrett
Green Apple Books 506 Clement St, San Francisco , CA, United StatesPlease join us as we welcome Jesse Berrett for a reading of his newest book Pigskin Nation on Wednesday, May 30th at 6:30 p.m. in our Granny Smith Room! Historian Berrett...
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Jessica Weisberg
Green Apple Books on the Park 1231 9th Ave, San Francisco , CA, United StatesJessica Weisberg discusses her new book, Asking for a Friend: Three Centuries of Life, Love, Money and Other Burning Questions from a Nation Obsessed. Praise for...
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Borderlands // an Aunt Lute Open Mic feat. Kim Shuck
Alley Cat Books 3036 24th St, San Francisco, CA, United States"... every step forward is a travesía, a crossing. I am again an alien in a new territory. And again, and again." --Gloria Anzaldúa, Borderlands/La...
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William Brewer reads poems about addiction Mill Valley Library Cosponsored by Marin Poetry Center
Mill Valley Public Library 375 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley , CA, United StatesThese moving and dramatic poems tackle the pain of the opioid addiction in West Virginia, how it affects family, addicts and the community. Brewer manages...
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Vincent Pizzuto
Green Apple Books 506 Clement St, San Francisco , CA, United StatesJoin us on Thursday, May 31st at 7:00 p.m. as we welcome Vincent Pizzuto as he reads from his new book Contemplating Christ. The incarnation has made mystics of us...
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Naked Truth: real. stories. live
Main Reading Room, Mill Valley Public Library 375 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley , CA, United StatesFriday, June 1st · 7:00pm Whether stories are hilarious, poignant, suspenseful, or heartwarming, the one thing you can count on is that our next edition...
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Michelle Markowitz and Caroline Moss / Hey Ladies!: The Story of 8 Best Friends, 1 Year, and Way, Way Too Many Emails
The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United StatesBooksmith hosts Michelle Markowitz and Caroline Moss, in town to present Hey Ladies: The Story of 8 Best Friends, 1 Year, and Way, Way Too Many Emails. Join us! Based...