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  • Poetry at Floreys

    Florey's Book Co. 2120 Palmetto Ave., Pacifica, CA, United States

    Poetry at Floreys

  • Young Adults 12 & up! James Parks & Ben Costa

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

    present Rickety Stitch and the Gelatinous Goo Book 2: The Middle-Route Run Nimona meets Adventure Time in this full-color graphic novel as a singing skeleton continues to search for...

  • Reading & Chap Release Party

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

    Celebrate the release of 3 special edition chapbooks by our current round of writers-in-residence! Featuring readings by:   MK Chavez Philip Harris Emily Pinkerton

  • JoAnne Wetzel and Tim McCanna

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

    Ever wondered what it takes to write a children’s picture book? Seas the day and join us as we launch JoAnne Wetzel’s picture book Mermaid School and...

  • Books & Brews: The Spirit of Hogwarts

    Venus Spirits 427 A Swift Street, Santa Cruz, CA, United States

    The Spirit of Hogwarts: 20th Anniversary of Harry Potter At Venus Spirits 427A Swift Street, Santa Cruz Event #3 of Bookshop’s 2018 Books & Brews Passport Series $22 Ticketed Event...

  • R.O. Kwon Book Release

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

    Join us on Tuesday, July 31st to celebrate the release of R.O. Kwon's debut novel, The Incendiaries. R.O. will be in conversation with Esmé Weijun Wang. Praise...

  • Catamaran Literary Reader 2018 Summer Issue Launch

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

    Wednesday, August 1, 2018 - 7:00pm Contributors to the Summer Issue of Catamaran Literary Reader will join us for a live reading in celebration of the issue...

  • Hiroshima / Nagasaki Remembrance

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

    Featured readers: Kirk Lumpkin, Sharon Coleman, Rafael Jesús Gonzáez, Dee Allen. Open Mic Night follows the featured readers. Sign-up now for Ist Annual Open Mic...

  • Invocation to Daughters

    Asian Art Museum 200 Larkin St., San Francisco, CA, United States

    Barbara Jane Reyes   Celebrate the opening of PAL / The Pilipinx American Library at the Asian Art Museum with readings by Bay Area poets...

  • Onnesha Roychoudhuri discusses THE MARGINALIZED MAJORITY

    East Bay Booksellers 5433 College Avenue, Oakland

    EAST BAY BOOKSELLERS welcomes Onnesha Roychoudhuri to discuss The Marginalized Majority: Claiming Our Power in a Post-Truth America, on Thursday, August 2nd at 7pm. "This book is a daring intervention...

  • Breakfast 4 Dinner Reading

    E.M. Wolfman General Interest Small Bookstore 410 13th Street, Oakland , CA, United States

    **THE INCOMPARABLE CLAIRE STRINGER IS COMING 2 TOWN** & u know what that means: we're eating breakfast 4 dinner sweet readings & savory bites savory...

  • Launch for Ingrid Rojas Contreras / Fruit of the Drunken Tree

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    The Bindery is thrilled to host the launch party for Ingrid Rojas Contreras' debut novel, Fruit of the Drunken Tree. Joining Ingrid in conversation is our muse...

  • Andrew Lawler

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

    Andrew Lawler presents The Secret Token: Myth, Obsession, and the Search for the Lost Colony of Roanoke, a sweeping account of America's oldest unsolved mystery, the people racing...

  • Shannon Wheeler Book Signing!

    Pegasus Books Downtown 2349 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley , CA, United States

    Shannon Wheeler Book Signing! Thursday, August 2, 7:30pm Pegasus Books Downtown New Yorker cartoonist and multiple Eisner Award-winner Shannon Wheeler signs his brand new book Memoirs of...

  • Siobhan Adcock

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

    Siobhan Adcock discusses her new novel, The Completionist. Praise for The Completionist "Thoughtful, suspenseful, and shot through with dark humor, The Completionist creates a future world...

  • Poetry Flash: MARTÍN ESPADA, LAUREN MARIE SCHMIDT & GARY SOTO

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

    Martín Espada‘s new book of poems is Vivas to Those Who Have Failed. Sandra Cisneros calls him “the Pablo Neruda of North American authors.” Recent collections...

  • After Hours: Joel Richard Paul – Defending the Constitution

    Main Reading Room, Mill Valley Public Library 375 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley , CA, United States

    Friday, August 3rd · 7:00pm From 1801-1835, Chief Justice John Marshall defined our Constitution and established the Supreme Court’s authority to hold the President and...

  • Thor Hanson

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

    Thor Hanson Presents Buzz: The Nature and Necessity of Bees, a natural and cultural history of the buzzing wee beasties that make the world go round.  "A wondrous,...

  • Elizabeth Rush

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

    Elizabeth Rush discusses her new book, Rising: Dispatches from the New American Shore. Praise for Rising “Sea level rise is not some distant problem in a...

  • Bay Area Poets Coalition

    Strawberry Creek Lodge 1320 Addison Street, Berkeley, CA, United States

    STRAWBERRY CREEK LODGE 1320 Addison St., Berkeley, CA   Addison is one block south of and parallel to University Ave. between Acton & Bonar St. Parking on...

  • Thor Hanson at the SF Botanical Garden

    San Francisco Botanical Garden 1199 9th Ave, San Francisco, CA - California

    Thor Hanson discusses his new book, Buzz: The Nature and Necessity of Bees, at the San Francisco Botanical Garden. This event will feature a talk in the Fragrance...

    Free – $9

  • David Zeltser, The Universe Ate My Homework

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

    Bookshop Santa Cruz is delighted to welcome back David Zeltser with his new book The Universe Ate My Homework. Abby hates doing homework. In fact, she'll do just...

  • Spanish Book Discussion Group

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

    Las Elegidas - Jorge Volpi Trata de personas, violencia, prostitución y muerte; y, entreverado con todo esto, el amor. El Chino y Salvina salen de...

  • The Diesel Readers Book Group discuss THE CONSPIRACY

    East Bay Booksellers 5433 College Avenue, Oakland

    East Bay Booksellers invites you to The Diesel Readers Book Group's discussion of The Conspiracy, by Israel Centeno, on Monday August 6th at 7pm. When leftist revolutionary Sergio's sniper shot...

  • Chas Smith, Cocaine + Surfing

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

    Bookshop Santa Cruz welcomes surf journalist Chas Smith for a discussion and signing of his latest book, Cocaine + Surfing: A Sordid History of Surfing's Greatest Love...