• Kate Crawford in conversation with Trevor Paglen

    celebrating the launch of Kate Crawford's new book ATLAS of AI:Power, Politics, and the Planetary Costs of Artificial Intelligence published by Yale University Press The...

  • Book Release: Low Rent Prophet by Dani Gabriel

    online CA, United States

    Join us as we celebrate the release of Dani Gabriel's full-length collection of poetry, Low Rent Prophet. Readings by Josiah Luis Alderete, James Tracy, and...

    Free
  • Astra Taylor with Robert Reich

    online CA, United States

    Sunday, May 2, 2021 1:00pm Pacific Time KQED Broadcast: 05/02/2021, 05/04/2021, 05/05/2021 DONATE Astra Taylor’s engagement with philosophy, democracy, and political organizing transcends form, emerging through...

    free
  • Bazaar Writers Salon – May 2021

    online CA, United States

    Kim Addonizio is the author of a dozen books of poetry and prose. Her most recent poetry collection is Now We’re Getting Somewhere (W.W. Norton)....

    Free
  • Mary Beth Meehan with Fred Turner

    aunch party for the new book Seeing Silicon Valley: Life Inside a Fraying America published by University of Chicago Press ---------- This is a virtual...

  • Odd Mondays Reading “Arisa White & Friends”

    online CA, United States

    Celebrate the publication of Arisa White's new poetry collection, WHO'S YOUR DADDY, with her friends MK Chavez and Vickie Vértiz at Odd Mondays May 3....

    Free
  • VIRTUAL EVENT: Jonny Sun, Goodbye, Again

    FREE VIRTUAL EVENT: Jonny Sun, the wonderfully original author of Everyone's a Aliebn When Ur a Aliebn Too, will be in conversation with writer and comedian Demi...

  • Sean Carroll: The Passage of Time and the Meaning of Life

    online CA, United States

    Watch & share this talk on YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and Long Now Live. What is time? What is humankind’s role in the universe? What is the meaning of life? For...

    Free
  • Stacey Lee with Stephanie Garber

    Fans of Stacey Lee’s wonderful historical fiction rejoice! We are thrilled to announce we are launching Stacey Lee’s powerful and critically acclaimed new novel, Luck...

  • Erica Hunt and Michael Palmer

    This is a virtual event that will be hosted by City Lights on the Zoom platform.        reading from new works Jump The Clock by Erica...

  • Virtual Event: Ian Manuel

    JOIN US ON TUESDAY, MAY 4 AT 6PM PT WHEN WE WELCOME IAN MANUEL FOR THE LAUNCH OF HIS BOOK, MY TIME WILL COME: A MEMOIR OF CRIME,...

  • Spring Readings: Ismail Muhammad

    online CA, United States

    Wednesday, May 5, 2021, 2:00pm via Zoom Ismail Muhammad is the reviews editor for The Believer, a staff writer at the Millions, a contributing editor at ZYZZYVA, and a board member at...

    Free
  • Thalia Field and Anakana Schofield

    Anakana Schofield joins Thalia Field for a conversation about her latest experimental work on animal rights, Personhood (New Directions). This event is presented in conjunction with Community Bookstore in Park...

  • Imagine Us, the Swarm Book Launch

    online CA, United States

    Wednesday May 5 | 6-7:30pm PST via Zoom no fee KSW is partnering with the San Francisco Public Library for the launch of Muriel Leung's...

    Free
  • VIRTUAL EVENT: Renée Watson, Ways to Grow Love

    VIRTUAL EVENT: Bookshop is thrilled to welcome award-winning author Renée Watson for an online event celebrating Ways to Grow Love, the newest title in her Ramona-esque series...

  • Kate Durbin and Alex Dimitrov

    Kate Durbin celebrates her new collection of poetry HOARDERS published by Wave Books This is a virtual event that will be hosted by City Lights...

  • Nomadic Press’ Virtual Open Mic #57

    online CA, United States

    90 minutes 30 readers 3 minutes each On Zoom! FREE AND ALL WELCOME! Sign up to read here: https://forms.gle/4nYSi5fLNyo229Lj9 If you enjoy spaces like this...

    Free