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  • Hot! New Books!

    Spice Monkey 1628 Webster St, Oakland, CA, United States

    An open mic follows the featured readers.

  • Annual Faculty Reading

    Maude Fife Room, UC Berkeley 2000 Carleston Street, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Free readings!

  • NoViolet Bulawayo

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

    First reading of the season!

  • Justin Chin Tribute

    City Lights Bookstore 261 Columbus Ave, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Hosted by Jennifer Joseph with colleagues & writers who will be reading Justin's work.

  • Tongo Eisen-Martin + Jasmine Gibson

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

    Reading and in conversation.

  • Alan Bern w/ Lucinda Weaver

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

    Bern reads from the book as he and dancer/choreographer Lucinda Weaver perform a dance/poetry collaboration based on a poem from the book.

  • Poetry Night w/ Taylor, Richardson, Warren, + Banias

    Kepler's Books 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park , CA, United States

    Come celebrate harvest season with four acclaimed new California poets as they take on technology, rootedness, longing, apocalypse, and the complex cartographies of desire.

  • John Jodzio w/ Folk, Madden, + Vernor

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

    The Booksmith presents John Jodzio, celebrating the release of Knockout with a night of readings from local writers Kate Folk, Dave Madden, author of If You Need Me I'll Be Over There, and Kara Vernor, author of Because I Wanted to Write You a Pop Song.

  • Anuradha Roy: Sleeping on Jupiter

    Book Passage Marin 51 Tamal Vista Blvd. , Corte Madera, CA, United States

    A haunting, vibrant novel, Sleeping on Jupiter is a brilliantly told story of contemporary India from an internationally acclaimed writer.

  • A collaboration w/ Commune Editions

    Studio One Arts Center 365 45th Street, Oakland, CA, United States

    Snacks, Lagunitas beer and wine will be served!

  • Babylon Salon Fall Reading

    The Armory Club 1799 Mission St, San Francisco, CA, United States

    FREE admission – Cash bar exotica.

  • Rolling Writers: R-Dub Doubles Three

    Rolling Out Cafe 1722 Taraval St, San Francisco, CA, United States

    This special program is not submissions–based.

  • Ronnie Burk: A Man of Letters

    Alley Cat Books 3036 24th St, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Poetry reading and record release party!

  • Chana Bloch + Susan Cohen

    Bird & Beckett Books and Records 653 Chenery St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Poetry Reading: Chana Block and Susan Cohen.

  • Susanne Dyckman + Elizabeth Robinson

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

    Copies of A Dark Ordinary and On Ghosts will be available for purchase at the event.

  • Perfectly Queer: Two (2) Generations

    Dog Eared Books Castro 489 Castro Street, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Authors from two generations present their latest works.

  • Liane Moriarty

    Bookshop Santa Cruz 1520 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz , CA, United States

    Liane Moriarty is the author of the #1 New York Times bestsellers Big Little Lies and The Husband's Secret, as well as the New York Times bestseller What Alice Forgot and The Hypnotists Love Story.

  • Julia Claiborne Johnson

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

    Be Frank with Me is her fiction debut.

  • Pan Dulce Poets: Summer Series!

    La Reyna Bakery 3114 24th Street, San Francisco , CA, United States

    coffee & canela are free during readings!

  • Mauro Javier Cardenas w/ Oscar Villalon

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

    Mauro Javier Cardenas discusses his debut novel, The Revolutionaries Try Again, with Zyzzyva magazine's Oscar Villalon.

  • MFA Core Faculty Reading

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

    Free and open to the public!

  • Third Thursday Has a Birthday Party

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

    Please join the American Bookbinders Museum on Thursday, September 15, as we celebrate the museum’s first year in our new home!

  • Zach Wyner

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

    DIESEL, A Bookstore in Oakland welcomes Zach Wyner, to the store to discuss and sign his new novel, What We Never Had.

  • Mary Mackey: The Village of Bones

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

    Prequel to the Earthsong Series

  • Colson Whitehead

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

    Colson Whitehead in conversation about his new novel, The Underground Railroad (Doubleday Books).

  • George Omi: American Yellow

    Book Passage Marin 51 Tamal Vista Blvd. , Corte Madera, CA, United States

    Follow the Omi family as they make their way through World War II -- from San Francisco to the internment camp in Arkansas and back again in American Yellow.

  • Amor Towles

    Book Passage Marin 51 Tamal Vista Blvd. , Corte Madera, CA, United States

    A Gentleman in Moscow immerses us in another elegantly drawn era with the story of Count Alexander Rostov.

  • Jennifer Barone + CaraVida

    Bird & Beckett Books and Records 653 Chenery St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Come hear Jennifer Barone & Cara Vida feature their latest poetry and more.