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  • November 2020
  • Thu 12
    November 12, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PST

    Diane Cook in Conversation with Dan Polsby, Vintage Berkeley, Virtually

    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...

  • Thu 12
    November 12, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PST

    VIRTUAL EVENT: Morgan Parker—Morton Marcus Poetry Reading

    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...

  • Fri 13
    November 13, 2020 @ 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm PST

    Paul Kingsnorth & Martin Shaw

    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...

  • Fri 13
    November 13, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm PST

    Virtual Event: Patrick Earl Ryan and Martin Pousson

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    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...

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  • Fri 13
    November 13, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PST

    Virtual Event: Patrick Earl Ryan and Martin Pousson

    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...

  • Sun 15
    November 15, 2020 @ 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm PST

    Wales to Bay III

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    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...

    Free
  • Sun 15
    November 15, 2020 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm PST

    Virtual Event: Andrew Paynter

    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...

  • Mon 16
    November 16, 2020 @ 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm PST

    Jackie Morris: Artist and illustrator of The Lost Spells and The Lost Words joins us from her studio in Wales

    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...

  • Mon 16
    November 16, 2020 @ 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm PST

    This Is Now: Beyond the Bottom Line

    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...

  • Mon 16
    November 16, 2020 @ 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm PST

    VIRTUAL: Launch for Ron Nyren / The Book of Lost Light, with Ann Packer, Angela Pneuman, Ann Cummins, Lisa Michaels, Cornelia Nixon, Sarah Stone, Rafael Yglesias + Vendela Vida

    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...

  • Mon 16
    November 16, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PST

    Bookseller Happy Hour: BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR

    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...

  • Tue 17
    November 17, 2020 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm PST

    FREEMAN’S: Best New Writings on LOVE

    John Freeman with Robin Coste Lewis, Tommy Orange, and Matt Summell John Freeman celebrates the latest installment of the journal that is called "a powerful force...

  • Tue 17
    November 17, 2020 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PST

    Ishmael Reed with Tennesee Reed

    Each reading from their new books of poetry published by Dalkey Archive Why The Black Hole Sings The Blues by Ishmael Reed Califia Burning: Poems...

  • Wed 18
    November 18, 2020 @ 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm PST

    Virtual Event: Night of Memoir with Alden Jones and Rick Moody

    online

    Join us on Wednesday, November 18 at 5pm PST for a special Night of Memoir with writers Alden Jones and Rick Moody, as they discuss their latest...

    Free
  • Wed 18
    November 18, 2020 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PST

    Sun Ra’s Chicago: Afrofuturism and the City

    William Sites in conversation with John Corbett exploring the new book Sun Ra's Chicago: Afrofuturism and the City published by University of Chicago Press Exploring...

  • Wed 18
    November 18, 2020 @ 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm PST

    Little Hill

    Alli Warren reads with Jena Osman for the Poetry Project virtual events series. Motion Studies and Little Hill, the new books of Jena Osman and Alli Warren,...

  • Thu 19
    November 19, 2020 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm PST

    Special Event for Kids: Henry Winkler and Lin Oliver with Varian Johnson and Lisa Yee — Alien Superstar (Virtual Event)

    mmy Award winner Henry Winker and Lin Oliver are back for the second installment of the New York Times bestselling middle grade series that Diary of a Wimpy...

  • Thu 19
    November 19, 2020 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm PST

    AUTHOR REYNA GRANDE IN CONVERSATION WITH CBC HOST JOHN FREEMAN

    The Distance Between Us BY REYNA GRANDE Grande puts a human face on the fraught issue of immigration in her acclaimed memoir. At age nine,...

  • Thu 19
    November 19, 2020 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm PST

    Author: Rand Quinn, Class Action: Desegregation and Diversity in San Francisco Schools

    online

    Quinn discusses the contentious racial politics that emerged from school desegregation and why the school district gradually resegregated despite a court mandate. San Francisco’s school...

    Free
  • Thu 19
    November 19, 2020 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PST

    VIRTUAL: Reza Farazmand / City Monster

    Booksmith and The Bindery host New York Times bestselling author and artist Reza Farazmand for his first graphic novel City Monster! Please note: This is a ticketed event, with each...

  • Thu 19
    November 19, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PST

    An Unnatural History of America A panel discussion on the work of Charles Bowden

    Join the bookstore's Stephen Sparks and a panel of writers for a discussion of the work of the late Charles Bowden, whose "Unnatural History of...

  • Thu 19
    November 19, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PST

    Great Good Gifts for the Holidays #3: Adult Nonfiction

    Please join us on Thursday, November 19, 2020 at 7 PM PST for staff recommendations on adult nonfiction in this third episode of our Great...

  • Fri 20
    November 20, 2020 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm PST

    Panel: How We Go Home: Voices from Indigenous North America

    online

    Celebrate the release of How We Go Home: Voices from Indigenous North America, the latest addition to the Voice of Witness book series, with a roundtable...

    Free
  • Fri 20
    November 20, 2020 @ 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm PST

    Tania Amochaev: One Hundred Years of Exile

    In "One Hundred Years of Exile: In Search of My Father’s Russia" San Francisco author Tania Romanov tells the story of her journey through one...

  • Fri 20
    November 20, 2020 @ 6:00 pm PST

    HIGH DAWN 3: BURGER / ALMEIDA / JACOBSEN / WATKINS

    Presented in partnership with UC Berkeley Poetry Colloquium RSVP for Zoom link: spt-nov.eventbrite.com Mary Burger is a writer and multidisciplinary artist based in Oakland CA....

    Free
  • Fri 20
    November 20, 2020 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PST

    Virtual Event: Simon Han and Meng Jin

    Join us on Friday, November 20 at 6pm PST when Simon Han discusses his debut novel, Nights When Nothing Happened, with Meng Jin on Zoom! Preorder here and receive a...

  • Fri 20
    November 20, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PST

    VIRTUAL: Wall + Response: Heather Bourbeau, Tongo Eisen-Martin, Aileen Cassinetto & Chris Stroffolino

    Booksmith and The Bindery are proud to host a four-event series presented by Clarion Alley Mural Project (CAMP) called Wall + Response, featuring sixteen Bay Area poets responding to...

  • Fri 20
    November 20, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PST

    Facing You: City Lights Spotlight Series No. 19

    From acclaimed Nigeria-born, Brooklyn-based poet Uche Nduka, a book of love poems written with compact elegance and vivid eroticism. Facing You is a collection of love...

  • Sat 21
    China Workers
    November 21, 2020 @ 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm PST

    Chinese Workers & the Pacific Salmon Canning Industry

    Join CHSA in welcoming brothers Jim & Philip Chiao for an exploration into the history of Chinese in the Pacific salmon canning industry. In 1852,...

  • Mon 23
    November 23, 2020 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PST

    Under the Dome: Paul Celan at 100 Celebration

    a reading and discussion of the great Romanian-born poet Paul Celan on the occasion of his 100th birthday with Judith Butler, Fady Joudah, and more guests TBD...

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