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 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...
We're incredibly excited to be hosting the author, Léonora Miano, in collaboration with the Cultural Services French Embassy in the US. We'll have more info about...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Details soon! Featured readers - Musical guests: With your host Bloodflower
Curator: Donna de la Perrière ____ Readers: Info To Come Doors open at 6:30pm. Readings begin at 7:00pm sharp.
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...
Setting is a device used in writing fiction. A particular setting can be exotic to one reader and prosaic to another. Odd Mondays has asked...
POETS! - featured readers to be announced followed by an open mic
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...
Evie Shockley READINGS ARE FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
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...
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...
Featured readers: Kathleen McClung, Casandra Dallett, Mary Mackay, Ingrid Keir. Open Mic Night follows the featured readers. Sign-up now for Ist Annual Open Mic Award's...
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The Bindery hosts the San Francisco launch for Reyna Grandeand her new memoir A Dream Called Home. She'll be in conversation with Carolina De Robertis. Please join us!...
Fady Joudah's fourth and most recent poetry collection is Footnotes in the Order of Disappearance. He is the recipient of a Yale Younger Poets prize, a...
As part of their Mazza Writer in Residency for October 1–6, Tatiana Luboviski-Acosta will be joined by celebrated Nicaraguan poet—and SF State faculty member in Latina/Latino Studies—Daisy...
Multi-media conceptual artist, writer and activist visits City Lights to celebrate the release of his video poem chapbook, A Blazing Grace and the AfroDixieRemixes: The San...
Man Booker International Prizewinners Olga Tokarczuk and Jennifer Croft discuss Flights. Sponsored by The Center for the Art of Translation. About Flights Flights is a novel about travel in...
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Join us for a family friendly night of live music, storytelling, art making and community! Come get down with the GRAMMY nominated Oakland based children’s...
Friday, October 5 7:00pm MORE INFO TO COME Event date: Friday, October 5, 2018 - 7:00pm Event address: East Bay Booksellers 5433 College Avenue Oakland, CA 94618
Lezlie Lowe discusses the history and current dilemmas of public bathrooms. Everybody must use them, so how come public restrooms still aren’t universally accessible? And...
Sunday, October 7 3:00pm EAST BAY BOOKSELLERS is excited to welcome back our friends from Poetry Flash on Sunday, October 7th at 3pm. Terese Svoboda will...
The Bindery hosts a special afternoon of readings by children's books authors Jim Averbeck (Trevor), Julie Downing (Tessa Takes Wing), Christy Hale (Water Land: Land and Water Forms from Aroud the...
Join us at Green Apple Books on Clement street on Sunday, October 7th at 7:00 p.m. to welcome Terrian Walling and George Gerard as they read from their (with...