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  • Geneva Chao + Mg Roberts

    The Poetry Center, San Francisco State University 1600 Holloway Ave, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Poets Geneva Chao and Mg Roberts read from new work and engage in conversation with their audience.

  • Get Lit! October 2016 Edition

    Corkscrew Wine Bar 100 Petaluma Blvd N #103, Petaluma, CA, United States

    Get Lit celebrates our last event of 2016 with special guest readers Dani Burlison, Jacqueline Doyle and Megan Turner!

  • Patrick Hoffman w/ Oscar Villalon

    The Booksmith 1644 Haight St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Patrick Hoffman follows up his sensational debut The White Van with Every Man A Menace, the inside story of an increasingly ruthless ecstasy-smuggling ring.

  • Anne Raeff + Lisa Graley

    Mrs. Dalloway's Bookstore 2904 College Ave, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Co-winners of the 2015 Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction talk and read from their respective works.

  • Dave Eggers, Master Writer in Residence

    Timken Lecture Hall, CCA San Francisco Campus 1111 Eighth Street , San Francisco , CA, United States

    All events are free and open to the public.

  • Queer Open Mic

    Modern Times Bookstore Collective 2919 24th St, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Hosted by Baruch Porras-Hernandez and Blythe Baldwin.

  • Breathe between the Beats

    The Beat Museum 540 Broadway, San Francisco , CA, United States

    An evening of The Beats poets and the Zen of Haiku poetry.

  • Fruitvale Fridays

    Nomadic Press 2926 Foothill Blvd, Oakland , CA, United States

    Readings + music!

  • Saturday Night Special Reading + Contest

    Nick's Lounge 3218 Adeline St., Berkeley, CA, United States

    After the reading and costume contest, stick around for karaoke starting at 10pm!

  • 37th Annual American Book Awards

    SFJAZZ Center 201 Franklin St, San Francisco, CA, United States

    The 2016 American Book Award winners will be formally recognized.

  • Andrés Neuman

    Green Apple Books on the Park 1231 9th Ave, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Andrés Neuman returns to Books on the Park to read from his newly translated essay collection, How to Travel Without Seeing.

  • Am I Alone Here?: Peter Orner’s San Francisco Book Launch

    The Booksmith 1644 Haight St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Catapult celebrates the release of Peter Orner's AM I ALONE HERE? with a reading and conversation with Peter Orner and award-winning journalist and radio producer Julia Scott.

  • Ballard, Fenner, + Opstedal

    Moe's Books 2476 Telegraph Ave, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Three great readings!

  • Carmen Giménez Smith

    Morrison Library, UC Berkeley 2000 Carleston Street, Berkeley, CA, United States

    An afternoon of reading.

  • Carolina De Robertis + Micah Perks

    The Poetry Center, San Francisco State University 1600 Holloway Ave, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Fiction writers, Assistant Professor Carolina De Robertis and Micah Perks, read from their work.

  • Steffi Drewes + nick johnson

    Writers' Studio, SF Campus 195 De Haro Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    An afternoon of reading.

  • Civil Coping Mechanisms: #Recurrent

    DIESEL, A Bookstore 5433 College Ave, Oakland, CA, United States

    The evening's feature writers are Harold Abramowitz, Jordan Okumura, and Doug Rice.

  • Rolling Writers: Bay Crossing

    The Octopus Literary Salon 2101 Webster St #170, Oakland , CA, United States

    Special East Bay edition!

  • Wayne Miller

    Green Apple Books on the Park 1231 9th Ave, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Wayne Miller reads from his new collection of poems, Post-.

  • Sneathen, Wolkin, + Low

    Aggregate Space Gallery 801 W Grand Ave, Oakland , CA, United States

    chapbook release by ERIC SNEATHEN / LINDSEY WOLKIN + reading by TRISHA LOW.

  • Reading Next to Kilns, Poetry, Pots and Prose

    Red Brick Studio 3265 17th St., San Francisco, CA, United States

    Featured readers are Rohan daCosta, Sarah Kobrinsky, Arisa White, and Kenneth Wong!

  • Obsessions: a talk by Kaia Sand

    Artists' Television Access 992 Valencia St, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Kaia Sand is the author of the newly released A Tale of Magicians Who Puffed Up Money that Lost its Puff.

  • Bazaar Writers Salon

    Bazaar Cafe 5927 California St, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Readings by Chris Drangle, Cheryl Dumesnil, Danusha Lameris, and Roberto Santiago.

  • Quiet Lightning at The American Bookbinders Museum

    American Bookbinders Museum 355 Clementina St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Join us for Quiet Lightning 101, a literary mixtape performed live by the authors and handed out as a book to the first 100 people at this free show!

  • Juliana Spahr

    Hagerty Lounge, SMC 1928 Saint Mary's Road, Moraga , CA, United States

    Free and open to the public.

  • Shaddock, Maher, + Silberg

    Temple Sinai 2808 Summit Street, Oakland, CA, United States

    Refreshments + poetry reading!

  • Frances Dinkelspiel

    Morrison Library, UC Berkeley 2000 Carleston Street, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Frances Dinkelspiel is an award-winning journalist who cofounded the local news site Berkeleyside.