• BAPC OPEN POETRY READING

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

    Upcoming First Saturday Readings in 2019:   May 4, June 1 3:00 - 5:00 PM     STRAWBERRY CREEK LODGE 1320 Addison St., Berkeley, CA  ...

  • Dmitry Samarov: A Talk, a Slide-show

    The Green Arcade 1680 Market St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Dmitry Samarov: A Talk, a Slide-show Introduced by Ben Terrall, publisher of the cult 'zine Namaste Motherfu**er Author and artist Dmitry Samarov talks about and...

  • Wild Geese Sorrow

    North Beach Library 850 Columbus Ave., San Francisco

    Join poet and writer Jeffrey Thomas Leong as he takes us through the hidden history of the Chinese wall inscriptions at Angel Island. Drawing from...

  • Joseph Noble & Todd Melicker reading

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

    Sun, May 5, 2:00pm – 3:45pm Todd Melicker and Joseph Noble read from their new books, is this the body/if hovers, and Within Hearing.

  • Bazaar Writers Salon

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

    Readings by Heather June Gibbons, Richie Hofmann, Kim Shuck, and Rose Whitmore Hosted by Peter Kline Heather June Gibbons is the author of the poetry...

  • Quiet Lightning

    Arion Press 1802 Hays Street, San Francisco, CA

    Sarah Henry  Siamak Vossoughi Elizabeth Gonzalez James Kristen Staby Rembold Kate Folk Bianca Barela Emma Webster Sarah Arantza Amador Melody Nixon Christopher Bernard Ruth Crossman...

  • Book Launch of “On Blossoming”!

    Manny's 3092 16th St, San Francisco, CA 94103, San Francisco, United States

    Join us to celebrate the launch of Gia Lynne's first book: On Blossoming! A bit about the party: Located in the heart of the Mission...

  • Chia-Chia Lin

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

       celebrating the release of her new novel                                                     The Unpassing published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux One of Esquire, The Rumpus, The Millions, Literary Hub and Electric Literature's...

  • Paul Kerschen reads from The Warm South

    Moe's Books 2476 Telegraph Avenue, BERKELEY

    Tuesday, May 07, 2019 7:00 PM Location:  In the basement of the store. 2476 Telegraph Ave., Berkeley Website Paul Kerschen was born in 1978 and...

  • Jazz Stories: Live Jazz. Wonderful Stories.

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

    Tuesday, May 7, 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...

  • Andrew Ross

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

    discussing the subject of his new book Stone Men: The Palestinians Who Built Israel published by Verso Books The story of Palestine's stonemasons and the...

  • Alison Hart at Alameda Authors Series 3

    Alameda Free Library 1550 Oak Street, Alameda

    For the third year, AAUW Alameda presents a spring series of talks featuring authors who live and write in Alameda and nearby, now co-sponsored by...

    Free
  • Book Club

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

    Meets the 2nd Wednesday of each month at 7 pm

  • ZYZZYVA’s Art Issue Celebration

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

    Hosted by ZYZZYVA Managing Editor Oscar Villalon with Cate Lycurgus, Dean Rader, Jordan Kantor, Rusty Morrison, and Mira Rosenthal ZYZZYVA's newest issue features fiction, nonfiction, and poetry on the...

  • Denise Bergman and Dean Rader

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

    Denise Bergman discusses her new poetry collection, Three Hands None, with Dean Rader. Praise for Three Hands None "Fearless, unsparing, Denise Bergman probes a violent, sexual assault...

  • Foucault in California: David Wade in Conversation with James Penner

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

    Thursday, May 9, 7:30pm Pegasus Books Downtown Join David Wade and University of Puerto Rico Rio Pedras professor James Penner for a night of philosophy and discussion of the...

  • GEARS TURNING w/ Kim Shuck

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

    Join us for an afternoon of wonderful poetry by SF Bay Area based poets, artists, and musicians with your host Kim Shuck. To participate in...

  • LOTERIA READING SERIES, No. 2: La Muerte, El Nopal, La Sirena

    3rd Floor McRoskey Mattress Loft 1687 Market Street, San Francisco

    WILLIE PERDOMO JOSIAH LUIS ALDERETE BARABARA JANE REYES Curated by ➬ MK CHAVEZ    SUNDAY, MAY 12th, 2019   Doors ➬ 4PM | Program ➬ 4:30PM FREE ENTRY...

    Free
  • Jo Lendle

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

    Seagull Books, in conjunction with City Lights and the Goethe Institut San Francisco present Jo Lendle reading from and speaking about All The Land by...

  • Poetic Tuesdays with Litquake at Jessie Square

    jessie Square 536 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    The monthly collaboration between Litquake: San Francisco’s Literary Festival and the Yerba Buena Gardens Festival features an array of Bay Area poets and musicians. Enjoy...

    Free
  • New Queer Books at Perfectly Queer San Francisco

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

    Charlie Jane Anders, Sara Cahill Marron, Joseph Cassara, and Baruch Porras-Hernandez read from their new books at Perfectly Queer San Francisco on Tuesday, May 14,...

  • Elizabeth Acevedo

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

    Young Adults 14-17! Elizabeth Acevedo presents With the Fire on High, a dazzling novel in prose about a girl with talent, pride, and a drive to feed...

  • Book Launch: Aatif Rashid | Portrait of Sebastian Khan

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

    About the Book Sebastian Khan is 380 days away from the end of college. An art history major who’s as much a connoisseur of members...