• VIRTUAL: Naima Coster / What’s Mine and Yours

    Booksmith and The Bindery are very pleased to host Naima Coster for her novel What's Mine and Yours. This event is free and all ages, but RSVP is required. Event...

  • Kazim Ali and Natalie Diaz

    Poet, essayist, and novelist Kazim Ali discusses his new book, Northern Light: Power, Land, and the Memory of Water (Milkweed Editions). This event will be streamed on...

  • VIRTUAL EVENT: Robbie Arnott, The Rain Heron

    VIRTUAL EVENT: Award-winning Australian author Robbie Arnott will discuss The Rain Heron, his gripping new novel of myth, environment, adventure, and an unlikely friendship.  Registration for...

  • Virtual Event: LaRayia Gaston

    JOIN US ON TUESDAY, MARCH 16 AT 7PM PT WHEN LARAYIA GASTON DISCUSSES HER BOOK, LOVE WITHOUT REASON: THE LOST ART OF GIVING A F*CK. IN PARTNERSHIP WITH BAY...

  • Virtual Get Lit #70

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    We're in our 6th consecutive year as we continue to celebrate 12–15 writers taking risks and reading never-before-read work (rough drafts/debuts) within a 3-minute time...

    Free – $200
  • Alta Live: Denise Hamilton

    In Speculative Los Angeles, bestselling author and Alta contributor Denise Hamilton reimagines her hometown in dramatically disparate ways by commissioning 13 stories from some of...

  • Lyrics & Dirges in Translation

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    Lyrics and Dirges returns with a fabulous reading focusing on literary translation. We have three translators who are also poets and writers to present their...

    Free
  • Reading: Crystal Williams & Yona Harvey

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    This Poetry Reading Series provides a unique opportunity to hear diverse and unusual sets of readers, in this case pairing long-time friends who rarely have...

    Free
  • Open Mic Night | Featuring Joshua Merchant

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    OPEN MIC THURSDAYS continue. Join us on ZOOM twice a month for our virtual Open Mic. Look for MoAD Open Mic every other Thursday this month. Hosted...

    Free
  • CLA Presents: Laila Lalami

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    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
  • mai c. doan

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    Friday, March 19, 2021 | 5:00 pm PDT | Zoom (RSVP to receive the event link) mai c. doan is a mixed femme poet and...

    Free
  • Nomadic Press’ Virtual Open Mic #51

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    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
  • Tres Pochos Y Black Freighter

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    This event is a collaboration between Black Freighter Press & Alley Cat Books in San Francisco

    Free
  • Denise Riley and Jennifer Soong, reading and in conversation

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    Remote access event, free and open to the public REGISTER TO ATTEND —or— Watch this program at YouTube With emcee, Brandon Brown Co-sponsored with NYRB Poets and Futurepoem Supported in...

    Free
  • Gina Apostal Book Talk

    Join us online for a book talk on The Revolution According to Raymundo Mata with award-winning author Gina Apostal and host MT Vallarta. Hosted by...

  • Jingletown Reading & Open Mic

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    Jingletown Reading & Open Mic is a monthly event that celebrates writers & artists committed to social justice and determined to make a positive change...

    Free
  • Sandra Salsbury on Crowdcast

    virtually launching Best Friend in the Whole World, a charming picture book about compassion and friendship in which a lonely rabbit, a quiet pinecone, and their perfect bond are...

  • Maxima Kahn and Indigo Moor

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    Poetry Flash presents a poetry reading by Maxima Kahn, Fierce Aria, and Indigo Moor, Everybody's Jonesin' for Something , online via Zoom, free, 3:00 pm PDT (Register to attend:...

    Free