• Red Light Lit: Happy Hour

    PianoFight 144 Taylor St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Featured readers include: Peter Thomas Bullen, Allyson Darling, Fred Dodsworth, Nick Jaina, Ari Moskowitz, Xan Roberti and more.

  • Andrés Barba

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

    Andrés Barba discusses and signs "Such Small Hands".

  • John Waters

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

    John Waters reads from his new book, Make Trouble, and delivers advice for artists, graduates and anyone trying to make a living as a creative person.

  • Shanthi Sekaran

    A2 Cafe 5212 Broadway St, Oakland, CA, United States

    She's a member of the SF Writers' Grotto and the Portuguese Artists Colony.

  • Cory Doctorow + John Scalzi

    Borderlands Books 866 Valencia Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Discussing Doctorow's book, Walkaway, and Scalzi's book The Collapsing Empire.

  • David Shapiro

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

    Celebrating the release of his new poetry collection In Memory of an Angel.

  • Ericka Huggins

    Grand Lake Theatre 3200 Grand Avenue, Oakland, CA, United States

    Activist, former political prisoner, and poet Ericka Huggins reaches into her own history, reading the words of her sheroes and heroes.

    $10 – $20
  • Orlando White + Patrick James Dunagan

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

    Orlando White receives the Poetry Center Book Award for LETTERRS and reads with award judge Patrick James Dunagan.

  • Jackie Townsend

    Books Inc. in The Marina 2251 Chestnut St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Jackie Townsend shares her compelling new novel, The Absence of Evelyn.

  • Trane to Africa

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

    Celebrating National Poetry Month!

  • Shanghai Faithful: Jennifer Lin

    Chinatown Meeting Room 1135 Powell Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Jennifer Lin dramatizes her family history in her new book, Shanghai Faithful: Betrayal and Forgiveness in a Chinese Christian Family

  • Poetry Workshop: Writing Home

    Presidio Branch Library 3150 Sacramento St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    The workshop includes a discussion and featured readings by Nathalie Khankan, Lena Khalif Tuffah, + Priscilla Wathington.

  • Michael Chabon

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

    Michael Chabon joins us on Independent Bookstore Day to read from his new novel, Moonglow. The classic arcade game Moon Patrol will also be available to play!

  • Lone Glen Welcomes BACS

    Lone Glen 3132 Harrison Street, Oakland, CA, United States

    A celebration of the sixth anniversary of the Bay Area Correspondence School.

  • Donna Levin

    Books Inc. Opera Plaza 601 Van Ness, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Local author, editor, and writing teacher Donna Levin celebrates the launch of her captivating new work of fiction, There's More Than One Way Home. Refreshments will be served.

  • Stranger Than Fiction reading series

    Edinburgh Castle Pub 950 Geary St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Please join co-hosts Alan Black and Frances Stroh for this not-to-be-missed event!

  • Donna Levin

    Books Inc. Opera Plaza 601 Van Ness, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Local author, editor, and writing teacher Donna Levin celebrates the launch of her captivating new work of fiction, There's More Than One Way Home.

  • Guts, Grit & Glory Poetry Night

    Two Jacks Denim 2355 Broadway, Oakland, CA, United States

    Featuring Readings by Three Stanford Wallace Stegner Fellows.

  • Tony Robles + Tommi Avicolli-Mecca

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

    Poetry reading with featured readers followed by an open mic.

  • Quiet Lightning at Galería de la Raza!

    Galería de la Raza 2857 24th Street, San Francisco , CA, United States

    A literary mixtape selected through a blind submission-based process.

  • Kill the Ampaya!

    San Francisco Public Library 100 Larkin St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Editor Dick Cluster reads from Kill the Ámpaya! and discusses Latin American baseball fiction.

  • Nomadic Press at Dog-Eared Books

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

    Nomadic Press at Dog-Eared Books Castro

  • Legacy of Poetry Day

    Hammer Theater Center 101 Paseo De San Antonio Walk, San Jose, CA, United States

    Readings celebrating the legacy of Asian American Poetry.

  • James Nolan

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

    celebrating the release of Flight Risk: Memoirs of a New Orleans Bad Boy.

  • Marissa Moss

    Green Apple Books 506 Clement St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Marissa Moss reading from and discussing her graphic memoir Last Things.

  • NYMBC: The Love Panel at Opera Plaza

    Books Inc. In the Castro 2275 Market St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Not Your Mother's Book Club panel with Rachel Cohn and Jennifer E. Smith.