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  • Lunch Poems Series Kick-Off

    Morrison Library, UC Berkeley 2000 Carleston Street, Berkeley, CA, United States

    This event features distinguished faculty and staff from a wide range of disciplines introducing and reading a favorite poem.

  • Maggie Tokuda-Hall: Also an Octopus

    Books Inc. Berkeley 1491 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley , CA, United States

    Join Books Inc. in Berkeley for a launch party celebrating former Books Inc. bookseller Maggie Tokuda-Hall's adorable debut picture book, Also an Octopus!

  • Flash Fiction Collective September Reading

    Dog Eared Books 900 Valencia St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Celebrate the end of summer / the start of SF summer with the Flash Fiction Collective and 11 amazing writers from the Grotto!

  • Cassandra Dallett + Natasha Dennerstein

    Nomadic Press 2926 Foothill Blvd, Oakland , CA, United States

    Donations will be called for throughout the night, but no one will be turned away for lack of funds.

  • Beyond Words: An Evening of Jazz + Poetry

    California Jazz Conservatory 2087 Addison Street, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Bay Area impresario and haiku poet Amos White and CJC's Dillon Vado present an evening that promises to stretch the imagination in musical expression.

  • Hot! New Books!

    Spice Monkey 1628 Webster St, Oakland, CA, United States

    An open mic follows the featured readers.

  • Annual Faculty Reading

    Maude Fife Room, UC Berkeley 2000 Carleston Street, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Free readings!

  • NoViolet Bulawayo

    Morrison Library, UC Berkeley 2000 Carleston Street, Berkeley, CA, United States

    First reading of the season!

  • Justin Chin Tribute

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

    Hosted by Jennifer Joseph with colleagues & writers who will be reading Justin's work.

  • Tongo Eisen-Martin + Jasmine Gibson

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

    Reading and in conversation.

  • Alan Bern w/ Lucinda Weaver

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

    Bern reads from the book as he and dancer/choreographer Lucinda Weaver perform a dance/poetry collaboration based on a poem from the book.

  • Poetry Night w/ Taylor, Richardson, Warren, + Banias

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

    Come celebrate harvest season with four acclaimed new California poets as they take on technology, rootedness, longing, apocalypse, and the complex cartographies of desire.

  • John Jodzio w/ Folk, Madden, + Vernor

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

    The Booksmith presents John Jodzio, celebrating the release of Knockout with a night of readings from local writers Kate Folk, Dave Madden, author of If You Need Me I'll Be Over There, and Kara Vernor, author of Because I Wanted to Write You a Pop Song.

  • Anuradha Roy: Sleeping on Jupiter

    Book Passage Marin 51 Tamal Vista Blvd. , Corte Madera, CA, United States

    A haunting, vibrant novel, Sleeping on Jupiter is a brilliantly told story of contemporary India from an internationally acclaimed writer.

  • A collaboration w/ Commune Editions

    Studio One Arts Center 365 45th Street, Oakland, CA, United States

    Snacks, Lagunitas beer and wine will be served!

  • Babylon Salon Fall Reading

    The Armory Club 1799 Mission St, San Francisco, CA, United States

    FREE admission – Cash bar exotica.

  • Rolling Writers: R-Dub Doubles Three

    Rolling Out Cafe 1722 Taraval St, San Francisco, CA, United States

    This special program is not submissions–based.

  • Ronnie Burk: A Man of Letters

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

    Poetry reading and record release party!

  • Chana Bloch + Susan Cohen

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

    Poetry Reading: Chana Block and Susan Cohen.

  • Susanne Dyckman + Elizabeth Robinson

    DIESEL, A Bookstore 5433 College Ave, Oakland, CA, United States

    Copies of A Dark Ordinary and On Ghosts will be available for purchase at the event.

  • Perfectly Queer: Two (2) Generations

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

    Authors from two generations present their latest works.

  • Liane Moriarty

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

    Liane Moriarty is the author of the #1 New York Times bestsellers Big Little Lies and The Husband's Secret, as well as the New York Times bestseller What Alice Forgot and The Hypnotists Love Story.

  • Julia Claiborne Johnson

    DIESEL, A Bookstore 5433 College Ave, Oakland, CA, United States

    Be Frank with Me is her fiction debut.

  • Pan Dulce Poets: Summer Series!

    La Reyna Bakery 3114 24th Street, San Francisco , CA, United States

    coffee & canela are free during readings!

  • Mauro Javier Cardenas w/ Oscar Villalon

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

    Mauro Javier Cardenas discusses his debut novel, The Revolutionaries Try Again, with Zyzzyva magazine's Oscar Villalon.

  • MFA Core Faculty Reading

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

    Free and open to the public!

  • Third Thursday Has a Birthday Party

    American Bookbinders Museum 355 Clementina St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Please join the American Bookbinders Museum on Thursday, September 15, as we celebrate the museum’s first year in our new home!

  • Zach Wyner

    DIESEL, A Bookstore 5433 College Ave, Oakland, CA, United States

    DIESEL, A Bookstore in Oakland welcomes Zach Wyner, to the store to discuss and sign his new novel, What We Never Had.

  • Mary Mackey: The Village of Bones

    Modern Times Bookstore Collective 2919 24th St, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Prequel to the Earthsong Series