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  • POETRY EVENT!

    Adobe Books 3130 24th St., San Francisco, CA, United States

    Featured readers tba Curated by Aakash Tyagi

  • Jackson Burgess

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

    Please join us at Green Apple Books on Clement street Sunday, September 23rd at 7:00 p.m. as we welcome Jackson Burgess as he reads from his newest poetry collection...

  • Katie Ford with Katie Peterson / If You Have to Go

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

    Booksmith hosts a special evening with Katie Ford, to celebrate her new poetry collection If You Have to Go. Joining her for a reading and conversation is the poet Katie...

  • Clara Bingham in conversation with Charles Kaiser

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

    Monday, September 24, 7:30pm Pegasus Books Downtown Fifty years later, Clara Bingham and Charles Kaiser reflect on 1968: a year which shaped a generation and proved a hinge...

  • SPANISH LANGUAGE BOOK CLUB MEETING

    Adobe Books 3130 24th St., San Francisco, CA, United States

    Please join us for a lively discussion about “Milena o el femur mas bello del Mundo” by Jorge Cepeda Patterson To join the book group...

  • Dubravka Ugresic

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

    Croatian writer Dubravka Ugresic discusses her new novels, Fox and American Fictionary. Praise for Fox "Ugresic is also affecting and eloquent, in part because within...

  • Kathryn Jordan reads poems from Riding Waves

    Pegasus Books on Solano 1855 Solano Ave, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Tuesday, September 25, 7:30pm Pegasus Books Solano Kathryn Jordan reads select poems from her new collection, Riding Waves. Kathryn Jordan’s Riding Waves is not for the faint of...

  • Afternoon Craft Conversation with Tongo Eisen-Martin

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

    Afternoon Craft Conversation with Tongo Eisen-Martin DATE & TIME: Wednesday, September 26, 2018 -  2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. LOCATION: De La Salle Hall: Hagerty Lounge, 1928...

  • Preti Taneja reading from her new novel We That Are Young

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

    We That Are Young published by Alfred Knopf A stunning debut novel, a modern-day King Lear set in contemporary India: the tale of a battle for power...

  • Tripwire Cross-Cultural Poetics Series: Jen Hofer and John Pluecker, reading from their poetry

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

    The Poetry Center's Tripwire Cross-Cultural Poetics Series debuts September 2018 with a two-day series by poet-translator-activists Jen Hofer and John Pluecker, who collectively organize Antena, a language justice and language experimentation collaborative,...

  • THE RACKET! #23: The Dark

    Adobe Books 3130 24th St., San Francisco, CA, United States

    The summer's over and light is getting dimmer in the evenings. Let's gather a bunch of writerly souls together to shed a little light on...

  • Léonora Miano

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

    City Lights in conjunction with the Cultural Services of the Consul General of France in San Francisco present Léonora Miano celebrating the release of Season...

  • Antena: a language justice and language experimentation collaborative, Jen Hofer and John Pluecker

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

    The Poetry Center's Tripwire Cross-Cultural Poetics Series debuts September 2018 with a two-day series by poet-translator-activists Jen Hofer and John Pluecker, who collectively organize Antena, a language justice and language experimentation collaborative,...

  • Zulema Renee Summerfield / Every Other Weekend

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

    Booksmith hosts Zulema Renee Summerfield for her debut novel, Every Other Weekend. Please join us!   The year is 1988, and America is full of broken homes. The...

  • Christian Kracht

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

    Christian Kracht reads from his new novel, The Dead. Praise for Christian Kracht “Imperium is astonishing and captivating, a tongue-in-cheek Conradian literary adventure for our time.” ―Karl...

  • THERE

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

    NEXT THERE: THERE 24 – Friday,  September 28, 2018, with a great lineup of writers and musicians to be announced. See you in the fall! THERE (THe Eastbay Reading Extravaganza) is a...

  • Jessica Hopper presents Night Moves, in conversation with Carvell Wallace

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

    Written in taut, mesmerizing, often hilarious scenes drawn from 2004 through 2009, Night Moves captures the fierce friendships and small moments that form us all. Drawing on...

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  • Jessica Hopper

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

    Jessica Hopper, author of The First Collection of Criticism By A Living Female Rock Critic, dicusses her new memoir, Night Moves. Praise for Night Moves "Jessica Hopper's Night...

  • 11TH ANNUAL BEAT MUSEUM POETRY FESTIVAL

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

    IN ASSOCIATION WITH 100 THOUSAND POETS FOR CHANGE SAT. & SUN. SEPT. 29TH & 30TH, 1-6PM Two days of poetry and music, produced by Fred Dodsworth, Paul...

  • KASSIDAT: Spoken word and music

    Adobe Books 3130 24th St., San Francisco, CA, United States

    Details soon! Featured readers - Musical guests: With your host Bloodflower

  • Shane Bauer: American Prison

    moe's books 2476 TELEGRAPH AVE, BERKELEY, CA, United States

    Shane Bauer is a senior reporter for Mother Jones. He is the recipient of the National Magazine Award for Best Reporting, Harvard's Goldsmith Prize for...

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  • Juan Gabriel Vasquez discusses his new novel, The Shape of the Ruins

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

    Juan Gabriel Vasquez discusses his new novel, The Shape of the Ruins. Praise for Juan Gabriel Vasquez "Juan Gabriel Vásquez's The Shape of the Ruins is a highly...

  • Robert Hass and Essy Stone

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

    This event is cosponsored by Poetry Society of America and the Mill Valley Library. This is sure to be a packed event, so register on the...

  • Jazz Stories: Live Jazz. Wonderful Stories.

    Pegasus Books on Solano 1855 Solano Ave, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Tuesday, October 2, 7:30 pm This Recurring Event is at Pegasus Books Solano People love hearing jazz...and hearing about it. Musicians like Miles Davis, Charlie Parker and Buddy Rich...