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  • February 2021

  • Thu 18

    Virtual Event: Zak Salih and Lydia Kiesling

    February 18, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PST

    JOIN US ON THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18 AT 6PM PT WHEN ZAK SALIH DISCUSSES HIS DEBUT NOVEL, LET'S GET BACK TO THE PARTY, WITH LYDIA KIESLING ON ZOOM! Zoom Login...

  • Thu 18

    Author Daniel Nayeri Discusses Everything Sad Is Untrue (a true story)

    February 18, 2021 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PST

    Please join us on Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 7 PM PST as we welcome author Daniel Nayeri to discuss his new novel, EVERYTHING SAD IS...

  • Sat 20

    Zetta Elliott on Instagram IGTV

    February 20, 2021 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm PST

    reading A Place Inside of Me: A Poem to Heal the Heart, a powerful, affirming poem in which a Black child explores his shifting emotions throughout the year. "A...

  • Sat 20

    Prepping to Publish: a workshop for writers of color

    February 20, 2021 @ 12:00 pm - February 21, 2021 @ 3:00 pm PST
    Virtual

    Geared toward marginalized writers who may lack access to MFA programs, workshops, and conferences, Prepping to Publish is a six-hour, two-session intensive. Sonora will select...

    Free
  • Sat 20

    Children’s Book Reading: The Unexpected Friend

    February 20, 2021 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm PST

    Join Eastwind Books of Berkeley online for children's story time featuring a live read-aloud of The Unexpected Friend: A Rohingya Children's Story with author Raya...

  • Mon 22

    Bill Zarchy – Finding George Washington: A Time Travel Tale (Virtual Event)

    February 22, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PST

    Equal parts time travel tale, thriller, and baseball saga, Bill Zarchy’s debut novel Finding George Washington: A Time Travel Tale is a gripping, humorous, and entertaining look at...

  • Mon 22

    Virtual Event: Lauren Oyler and Anna Wiener

    February 22, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PST

    JOIN US ON MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22 AT 6PM PT WHEN LAUREN OYLER IS JOINED BY ANNA WIENER TO DISCUSS HER DEBUT NOVEL, FAKE ACCOUNTS, ON ZOOM! Zoom Login...

  • Tue 23

    Tanya Selvaratnam – Assume Nothing (Virtual Event)

    February 23, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PST

    In Assume Nothing, award-winning filmmaker Tanya Selvaratnam bravely recounts the intimate abuse she suffered from former New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, using her story...

  • Tue 23

    VIRTUAL: Berkeley Arts & Letters presents the launch for Dr. Euan Angus Ashley / The Genome Odyssey: Medical Mysteries and the Incredible Quest to Solve Them

    February 23, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PST

    Booksmith and Berkeley Arts & Letters are very pleased to host a virtual event with Dr. Euan Angus Ashley for his new book The Genome Odyssey: Medical Mysteries and the Incredible...

  • Tue 23

    Book Launch Pajama Party with Mitali Perkins

    February 23, 2021 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm PST

    Join us for a special pajama party with local author Mitali Perkins and her dog to celebrate the launch of Mitali's new picture book, Home is in Between!...

  • Wed 24

    VIRTUAL EVENT: Heather McGhee, The Sum of Us

    February 24, 2021 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm PST

    VIRTUAL EVENT: Bookshop Santa Cruz, in partnership with The Humanities Institute at UC Santa Cruz, Marcus Books, and the NAACP Santa Cruz County Branch, present author Heather McGhee...

  • Wed 24

    Daphne A. Brooks

    February 24, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PST

    discussing her new book Liner Notes for the Revolution: The Intellectual Life of Black Feminist Sound published by Belknap Press / Harvard University Press ----------...

  • Wed 24

    Anne Corley Baum – Small Mistakes, Big Consequences

    February 24, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PST

    Small Mistakes, Big Consequences for Interviews is a lighthearted look at the top 20 interviewing mistakes that people make without realizing the potential consequences. Learn...

  • Wed 24

    Lydia Millet Discussing her novel, A Children’s Bible

    February 24, 2021 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PST

    Lydia Millet joins us for a virtual event to celebrate the paperback release of A Children's Bible (W.W. Norton), one of the New York Times "Top Ten...

  • Thu 25

    VIRTUAL EVENT: LIVING WRITERS SERIES, Tess Taylor & Danusha Laméris

    February 25, 2021 @ 5:20 pm - 6:55 pm PST

    The UCSC Literature Department and Creative Writing Program Present: LIVING WRITERS SERIES WINTER 2021 "Shelter and Place," a theme about world building when the world...

  • Thu 25

    VIRTUAL: Berkeley Arts & Letters presents Ed Frauenheim / Reinventing Masculinity: The Liberating Power of Compassion and Connection

    February 25, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PST

    Booksmith and Berkeley Arts & Letters are very pleased to host a virtual event with Ed Frauenheim for his new book Reinventing Masculinity: The Liberating Power of Compassion and Connection, co-authored...

  • Thu 25

    Lidia Yuknavich in conversation with Lance Olsen

    February 25, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PST

    reading from their work and talking about literature Lidia Yuknavich celebrates the paperback release of Verge: stories published by Riverhead Books Named one of the Best...

  • Fri 26

    HIGH DAWN 6: LAWRENCE / LEUNG / LOU / BASU

    February 26, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm PST
    Zoom

    Small Press Traffic and UC Berkeley Poetry Colloquium present the sixth installment of HIGH DAWN, a reading series featuring poets and musicians from the Bay...

    Free
  • Fri 26

    *Postponed* VIRTUAL: Wall + Response: Karla Brundage, Jennifer Hasegawa, Tureeda Mikell & Kim Shuck

    February 26, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PST
  • Sat 27

    Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow on Instagram IGTV

    February 27, 2021 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm PST

    reading Your Name is a Song.  "This lovely celebration of African American culture, featuring a Muslim family, offers a fresh way to look at the tradition...

  • Sat 27

    Eastwind Book Club: The Revolution According to Raymundo Mata

    February 27, 2021 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm PST

    Join Eastwind Book Club this February as we read Gina Apostol's novel, The Revolution According to Raymundo Mata. About this Event Eastwind Book Club is...

  • Sat 27

    Sesshu Foster with Arturo Ernesto Romo

    February 27, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PST

    celebrating the book launch of ELADATL: A History of the East Los Angeles Dirigible Air Transport Lines published by City Lights Books ---------- This is...

  • Sun 28

    Nomadic Press’ Virtual Open Mic #57

    February 28, 2021 @ 8:00 am - 5:00 pm PST
    online

    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
  • Sun 28

    High Dawn 7: Ahsan / Montes / Low / Dennis

    February 28, 2021 @ 8:00 am - 5:00 pm PST
    online

    Presented in partnership with UC Berkeley Poetry Colloquium RSVP for Zoom link: spt-march.eventbrite.com Bahaar Ahsan is a poet in the Bay Area. Bahaar’s work is...

    Free
  • March 2021

  • Mon 1

    Ismail Muhammad & Marie Mutsuki Mockett

    March 1, 2021 @ 8:00 am - 5:00 pm PST
    online

    Wednesday, May 5, 2021, 2:00pm via Zoom Ismail Muhammad is the reviews editor for The Believer, a staff writer at the Millions, a contributing editor at ZYZZYVA, and a board member at...

    Free
  • Tue 2

    Virtual Event: Megan Wagner Lloyd and Michelle Mee Nutter with Raina Telgemeier

    March 2, 2021 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm PST

    JOIN US ON TUESDAY, MARCH 2 AT 5PM PT FOR THE LAUNCH OF MEGAN WAGNER LLOYD AND MICHELLE MEE NUTTER'S BOOK, ALLERGIC, WITH RAINA TELGEMEIER ON ZOOM! Zoom Login...

  • Tue 2

    Year of Wonders: A Novel of the Plague by Geraldine Brooks | GGP Online Book Club

    March 2, 2021 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PST

    Please join us on Tuesday, March 2, 2021 at 7 PM PST for a GGP Online Book Club discussion of Year of Wonders: A Novel of...

  • Tue 2

    Viet Thanh Nguyen in conversation with Laila Lalami

    March 2, 2021 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PST

    Viet Thanh Nguyen in conversation with Laila Lalami Bay Area Book Festival in conjunction with City Lights and Grove Atlantic Press celebrate the release of Viet Thanh Nguyen's new...

  • Wed 3

    Book Passage Presents: Carol Edgarian with Tobias Wolff – Vera

    March 3, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PST

    New York Times bestselling author Carol Edgarian delivers an astonishing feat of imagination, a grand adventure set in 1906 San Francisco—a city leveled by quake...

  • Wed 3

    Courtney Zoftness with Rita Bullwinkel and Mat Johnson

    March 3, 2021 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm PST

    celebrating the publication of Courtney Zoftness' new memoir Spilt Milk published by McSweeney's ---------- This is a virtual event that will be hosted by City...

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