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  • November 2020
  • 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

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    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...

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  • 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

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    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...

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  • 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

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    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...

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  • 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....

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  • 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...

  • Tue 24
    Vesper
    November 24, 2020 @ 7:00 pm PST

    WL #UNBOUND: Poised to Soar: Nature-Writing Sensation Helen Macdonald with Vesper Flights

    Tuesday, November 24 at 7:00 PM | 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM Environment/Nature Women/Gender Camille T. Dungy, Helen Macdonald Helen Macdonald’s bestselling memoir H is For Hawk, a transcendent...

  • Tue 24
    November 24, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PST

    The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett | GGP Online Book Club

    Please join us on Tuesday, November 24, 2020 at 7 PM PDT for a GGP Online Book Club discussion of Brit Bennett's new novel, THE...

  • Sat 28
    Silver Linings
    November 28, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:30 pm PST

    Saturday Night Special presents: Silver Linings

    Well friends, 2020 has been a hell of a year. And here we are, almost at the end of it. Join me this traditional season...

  • Sun 29
    November 29, 2020 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm PST

    The Roots of the Tree: Family Dynamics, Forgiveness & Reconciliation with Dr. Marlena Fiol and Dr. Joshua Coleman (Virtual Event)

    Marlena Fiol, author of Nothing Bad Between Us, will be in conversation with renowned author Joshua Coleman in a very special virtual event. Join them on Sunday, November...

  • Mon 30
    November 30, 2020 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PST

    Virtual Event: Tracy Anne Hart on Stevie Ray Vaughan

    Join us on Monday, November 30 at 6:00pm PST when photographer Tracy Anne Hart discusses her book, Seeing Stevie Ray, with former Creem magazine editor Robert Duncan on...

  • Mon 30
    November 30, 2020 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PST

    Virtual Event: Tracy Anne Hart on Stevie Ray Vaughan

    Join us on Monday, November 30 at 6:00pm PST when photographer Tracy Anne Hart discusses her book, Seeing Stevie Ray, with former Creem magazine editor Robert Duncan on...

  • Mon 30
    November 30, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PST

    Together in a Sudden Strangeness: America’s Poets Respond to the Pandemic

    Editor Alice Quinn is joined by contributors to the anthology, Together in a Sudden Strangeness: America's Poets Respond to the Pandemic (Knopf), for this special virtual poetry...

  • Mon 30
    November 30, 2020 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm PST

    Writing the Virus with Caille Millner, Jon Roemer, David Dario Winner, and Oscar Villalon (Virtual Event)

    Writing the Virus, the first anthology to explore the human effects of the pandemic, parses the virus as it hits a society polarized by racism,...

  • Mon 30
    November 30, 2020 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm PST

    Writing the Virus with Caille Millner, Jon Roemer, David Dario Winner, and Oscar Villalon (Virtual Event)

    Writing the Virus, the first anthology to explore the human effects of the pandemic, parses the virus as it hits a society polarized by racism,...

  • December 2020
  • Tue 1
    December 1, 2020 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm PST

    VIRTUAL EVENT: Best Kids Books of the Year Presentation

    Join Bookshop's interim head Children's buyer as she shares Bookshop's picks for the Best Kids Books of the Year! From picture books to middle grade, graphic novels...

  • Tue 1
    December 1, 2020 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PST

    VIRTUAL: Headlands Center for the Arts / Ari Banias, Vincent Chu, Tomas Moniz, Shelley Wong & Hazel White

    Booksmith and The Bindery are very pleased to partner with the Headlands Center for the Arts to present an evening of readings by Ari Banias, Vincent Chu, Tomas...

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