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Is it possible to continue relationships beyond death? Do loved ones see what's going on in our lives? Can they help us with the challenges...

Please join us on Tuesday, December 8, 2020 at 7 PM PST for a GGP Online Book Club discussion of Frederik Backman's new novel, ANXIOUS PEOPLE....

Dena Rod Karla Brundage Peggy Morrison Sharon Coleman Norma Smith Zakiyyah G.E. Capehart Carol Dorf

An Intimate Conversation About the U.S. Election, the State of Democracy, and The Most Radical Thing You Can Do. Join Orion Magazine and Point Reyes...

Writers Against Trump Join us as writers and booksellers across the nation come together in a day of solidarity. City Lights hosts a regional event...

Join us for a book talk with Karen Tei Yamashita, author of I-Hotel, Letters to Memory, and Sansei and Sensibility. Hosted by Andrew Way Leong...

Join us on Thursday, November 5 at 5pm when Nate Klug and Fiona Sze-Lorrain read from their new collections, Hosts and Guests and Rain in Plural, on Zoom! Zoom Login Info...

reading from his new novel Aphasia published by Farrar Straus Giroux Mauro Javier Cárdenas, the critically-acclaimed author of The Revolutionaries Try Again—"an original, insubordinate novel" (New...

Please join us on Thursday, November 5, 2020 at 7 PM PST for staff recommendations on cookbooks and giftbooks in the first episode of our Great...

It's about time - rebel girls, rad women, little leaders, and great guys are Asian American too! Readers will enjoy learning about 20 trailblazers who...

Make gift giving easy! Grab a beverage and join us from the comfort of home as our booksellers share terrific books that make great gifts...

City Lights in conjunction with Omnidawn Books present Maw Shein Win with Nathalie Khankan and Marcelo Hernandez Castillo reading from new poetry Storage Unit for...

Maw Shein Win and Nathalie Khankan celebrating new Omnidawn Books with Su Hwang and Marcelo Hernandez Castillo        reading from new poetry City Lights celebrates the...

Please join us on Tuesday, November 10, 2020 at 7 PM PDT for a GGP Online Book Club discussion of Brit Bennett's new novel, THE...

Join us on Thursday, November 12 at 5pm PDT when Valzhyna Mort discusses her latest collection, Music for the Dead and Resurrected, with Carolyn Forché on Zoom! Zoom Login...

Please join us on Thursday, November 12, 2020 at 7 PM PST for staff recommendations on kids' books and graphic novels in this second episode...

Pull up a chair in the comfort of your own home, pour yourself a glass of lovely wine from Vintage, and join the conversation between Diane...

Please join us for the 11th annual Morton Marcus Poetry Reading, featuring honored guest Morgan Parker. Poet Gary Young will host the program, and the evening...

Dark Mountain Project co-founder Paul Kingsnorth is joined by mythologist Martin Shaw for a conversation about Alexandria (Graywolf Press), the final volume in his epic trilogy about...

Join us on Friday, November 13 at 7pm PST when Patrick Earl Ryan discusses his award-winning debut collection, If We Were Electric, with Martin Pousson on Zoom! If...

The third in a series curated by poets Caroline Goodwin and Sarah Kobrinsky, this event will bring together 2 Welsh poets: Rhys Trimble and Steven...

JOIN US ON SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 15 AT 1:00PM PT WHEN ANDREW PAYNTER JOINS US ON INSTAGRAM LIVE TO TALK ABOUT BOOKS, ART, AND WHAT MAKES SAN FRANCISCO GREAT; AND TO...

Artist and illustrator Jackie Morris, who has collaborated with Robert Macfarlane on The Lost Words and The Lost Spells, joins us from her studio in Wales to talk...

This event is online. Can a company satisfy its shareholders while improving the world around us? For some businesses, the shareholders come first— that’s their...

Booksmith and The Bindery are very pleased to host a virtual launch for Ron Nyren and his debut novel, The Book of Lost Light, winner of the 2019 Black...

Choosing our "best" books of the year is always a challenge, but talking about them is anything but. Grab a beverage and join us from the...