with David Berlin, Lydia Kiesling, Rachel Khong, Jim Nisbet, and Robin Sloan celebrating the release of two new books: Welcome Home: A Memoir with Selected Photographs and Letters...
InsideStorytime will be at Octopus Literary Salon, 2101 Webster Street, Oakland, Thursday November 15th, 7-9pm. details TBA
Daniel Levin Becker on the Oulipo celebrating the release of All That is Evident is Suspect edited by Ian Monk and Daniel Levin Becker published...
Author Calvin Gimpelevich is touring the West Coast in support of INVASIONS: the debut short fiction collection, just out from Instar Books! Come out to...
The Bindery hosts Gina Arnold for the launch of her new book, Half a Million Strong: Crowds and Power from Woodstock to Coachella. Please join us! ...
FRI. NOV. 16TH, 7PM Join Tom Stolmar and friends in celebrating the release of his new poetry collection, Vexation, Amplitude. Long overdue, this collection of...
Rebecca Foust, the Marin County Poet Laureate, is the author of four books of poetry: Paradise Drive (2015), which won a Poetry Society of Virginia Book Award,...
The Bindery hosts Kristen Tracy for her first book of poems,Half-Hazard, winner of the Emily Dickinson First Book Award from the Poetry Foundation. Joining Kristen in conversation isDaniel...
The Bindery hosts a special afternoon with Chaya Bhuvaneswar for her debut story collection, White Dancing Elephants, winner of both the Dzanc Books Short Story Collection Prize and...
Doors open 6:00pm Event begins 6:30pm At the American Bookbinders Museum Please join us for an evening with author Nick Mamatas reading and in conversation...
May-Lee Chai discusses her new story collection Useful Phrases for Immigrants with Jamel Brinkley. Praise for Useful Phrases For Immigrants "May-lee Chai’s Useful Phrases for Immigrants holds multitudes, taking us into...
We're celebrating our two year anniversary with cake, beer, champagne and the absolutely amazing Nona Caspers reading from her debut novel The Fifth Woman. Nona's picked 5...
Bill Berkson Tribute with appearances by Constance Lewallen Chou Chou Gordon Knos Jonathan Lewallen Siobhan Mora-Lopez Amanda Eicher Mac McGinnes celebrating the release of Since...
Jeffrey Yang reading from new poetry and a new book: Hey Marfa: poems published by Graywolf Press Situated in the outreaches of southwest Texas, the...
Kevin Killian celebrating the release of Fascination: Memoirs from Semiotexte A memoir of gay life in 1970s Long Island by one of the leading proponents...
Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore presents Sketchtasy. Sketchtasy brings 1990s gay culture startlingly back to life, as Alexa and her friends grapple with the impact of growing up at a...
Eric Karpeles on Józef Czapski in conversation with Cynthia Haven celebrating the release of three new books from New York Review Books: Inhuman Land: A Wartime...
Sarah Stone discusses her new novel, Hungry Ghost Theater. Praise for Hungry Ghost Theater "Sarah Stone traces out the quirky, fateful dramas of one family, while...
The Bindery hosts Amira Makansi for the launch of her first book, Literary Libations: What to Drink with What You Read. More information to come, but please save...
Upcoming First Saturday Readings in 2018: November 3, December 1 3:00 – 5:00 PM STRAWBERRY CREEK LODGE 1320 Addison St., Berkeley, CA Addison is one block...
The Poetry Center's In Common Writers Series, supported by a generous grant from the Walter & Elise Haas Fund, continues with the second event in our...
Babylon Salon presents our Winter Reading Saturday, Dec 1, 2018, 6.00 pm at The Armory Club 1799 Mission Street (downstairs performance space) featuring -- Vanessa Hua is...
Join us at our Uptown, Oakland, location for the much-anticipated release of Nomadic Journal 2018: Covenant! It's going to be an amazing evening of readings,...
celebrating the release of two new books of poetry from Omnidawn Press Fate News by Norma Cole and Inside Song by Steve Dickison about Fate News:...
Jane Kim and Thayer Walker discuss their new book, The Wall of Birds:One Planet, 243 Families, 375 Million Years. About The Wall of Birds A celebration...
Join us for fruitcake and cheer in this annual Mrs. Dalloway's tradition. Tuesday, December 4, 2018 - 7:30pm First published in 1956, this much sought-after autobiographical...
1st Tuesday's Spoken Word TV showcase is a community event that creates a positive space for expression through the arts. We highlight local talent and...
Join City Poet Laureate Dani Gabriel for "El Cerrito Out Loud" at Off the Grid. Hear featured poets and participate in an open mic and...
discussing the subject of his new book How We Win: A Guide to Nonviolent Direct Action Campaigning by George Lakey from Melville House A lifetime...
WED. DEC. 5TH, 7PM By popular demand, we’ve added a second night of readings from the newly released Overthrowing Capitalism: Volume Five. Featured readers: Lincoln Bergman...