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  • Mariko Tamaki

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

    Graphic novel author Mariko Tamaki will discuss her book This One Summer.

  • Christopher Bernard Reads from Chien Lunatique

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

    Christopher Bernard reads from his new book of poems, Chien Lunatique, at Diesel, A Bookstore.

    Free

  • Bazaar Writers Salon

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

    Readings by Adam Giannelli, Ben Hoffman, + Edgar Kunz.

  • Battle of the Brains 2017: A Pub Quiz in Support of SPD

    Lake Merritt Sailboat House 568 Bellevue Ave, Oakland , CA, United States

    Join us at this classic pub quiz, featuring teams of up to 8 at each table, working together to answer trivia questions (some of them literary, some not).

  • Alia Malek

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

    Alia Malek discusses her new book, The Home That Was Our Country, with Michelline Marcom.

  • Bayani, Lee, Rader, Roberts, + Lin

    Esplande, Yerba Buena Gardens 761 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Lines and lyrics from Litquake Nation! Enjoy line breaks during your lunch break, as some of the Bay Area’s best poets and musicians share their work in the great outdoors.

  • Edan Lepucki

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

    A publication party for Edan Lepucki's book "Woman No. 17".

  • Irène Mathieu + special guests

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

    Irene Mathieu and a collection of special guest readers for an evening of Poetry!

  • EXIT Press Playwrights Panel

    Folio Books 3957 24th St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Join a panel of EXIT Press playwrights and Lily Janiak.

  • MPC Stump the Laureate: Dana Gioia

    Mill Valley Public Library 375 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley , CA, United States

    Come and recite your favorite poem by a published author. California Poet Laureate, Dana Gioia will match the audience poem for poem.

  • José Gutiérrez + Dean Rader

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

    José Gutiérrez + Dean Rader - An Evening of Poetry.

  • Smut: An Unseemly Story (The Greening of Mrs. Donaldson)

    Z Space 450 Florida Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    One of England’s finest and most loved writers, Alan Bennett, explores the uncomfortable and tragicomic gap between people’s public appearance and their private desires in this tender and surprising story.

  • Sarah Ladipo Manyika

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

    Sarah Ladipo Manyika in conversation with Vendela Vida about her new book, Like a Mule Bringing Ice Cream to the Sun.

  • Dani Shapiro

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

    Dani Shapiro reads from Hourglass: Time, Memory, Marriage.

  • Benjamin Ludwig

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

    Discussing Ginny Moon.

  • Dodie Bellamy + Kevin Killian

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

    Celebrating the release of Writers Who Love too Much: New Narrative 1977-1997

  • Marissa Moss

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

    Award-winning author and illustrator Marissa Moss shares her touching memoir, Last Things: A Graphic Memoir of Loss and Love.

  • Glori Simmons

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

    Glori Simmons discusses her new story collection, Suffering Fools, winner of the Spokane Prize for Short Fiction.

  • Laura McBride

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

    Laura McBride reads from her new novel 'Round Midnight.

  • Two Voices Salon: Simon Wickhamsmith

    Center for the Art of Translation office 582 Market St #700, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Simon Wickhamsmith and Scott Esposito converse about Wickhamsmith’s translation of Tseveendorjin Oidov’s The End of the Dark Era

  • THERE 15

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

    It also features a live original musical performance by a local musical artist at “halftime” of each month’s reading, and Doug’s famous original LitQuiz literary trivia contest.

  • Butchertown Book Release Party!

    Stookey's Club Moderne 895 Bush St. at Taylor, San Francisco, CA, United States

    The first official book release party for Butchertown, Thomas Burchfield’s new novel set in 1920s gangland San Francisco Bay.

  • Tenderloin Museum Turns Two

    Tenderloin Museum 398 Eddy St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    This event is sponsored in part by a grant from Grants for the Arts/General Fund Portion of the San Francisco Hotel Tax Fund.