• Affinity Konar: Mischling

    Book Passage San Francisco 1 Ferry Building, San Francisco, CA, United States

    A superbly crafted story, told in a voice as exquisite as it is boundlessly original, Mischling defies every expectation, traversing one of the darkest moments in human history to show us the way toward ethereal beauty, moral reckoning, and soaring hope.

  • 4 Poets on the Plaza

    Laurel Book Store 1423 Broadway, Oakland , CA, United States

    Kick off the last weekend of September by coming to see four outstanding poets!

  • George Stanley

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

    Third reader this season!

  • Zach Wyner

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

    Please join us for an evening of literary-laced bonhomie to celebrate Zach Wyner and his debut novel, What We Never Had, Rare Bird Books.

  • Celebration of New Books by MPC Members

    Falkirk Cultural Center 1408 Mission Ave, San Rafael , CA, United States

    Reading and celebration of fifteen Marin Poetry Center members with new books!

  • Incidents of Travel in Poetry: The Poems of Frank Lima

    Folio Books 3957 24th St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Join City Lights' Poetry Editor Garrett Caples, and Berkeley-based poet, Julien Poirier, for a presentation from their co-edited, posthumous Frank Lima anthology, Incidents of Travel in Poetry.

  • Tanya Holtland, Jennifer S. Cheng, + Maxwell Shanley

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

    Celebrate the release of Holtland’s chapbook, INNER RIVER, available now from Drop Leaf Press.

  • Mark Thompson Memorial Reading

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

    Come together Friday, September 30 at 7pm to celebrate Mark's words and life.

  • Terry McDonell w/ Will Hearst

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

    In his revealing memoir The Accidental Life: An Editor's Notes on Writing and Writers, McDonell talks about what really happens when editors and writers work with deadlines ticking (or drinks on the bar).

  • Watershed Environmental Poetry Festival 2016

    Martin Luther King Jr, Civic Center Park 2151 M.L.K. Jr Way, Berkeley, CA, United States

    21st Annual Watershed Environmental Poetry Festival "Stands Up for the Earth" with dynamic readings over thirty poets and writers!

  • Nomadic Press Fall 2016 Chapbook Collection

    Chapter 510 & the Dept. of Make Believe 2301 Telegraph Ave, Oakland, CA, United States

    Join us for a very special evening as we launch five new chapbooks in our Fall 2016 Chapbook Collection into the universe.

  • Bazaar Writers Salon

    Bazaar Cafe 5927 California St, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Readings hosted by Peter Kline.

  • Wulf Losee

    Himalayan Flavors 1585 University Ave, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Wulf Losee lives and works in the Bay Area.

  • The WordParty Returns!

    PianoFight 144 Taylor St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Free admission, all ages, full menu and bar.

  • Eowyn Ivey

    Book Passage San Francisco 1 Ferry Building, San Francisco, CA, United States

    She is the author of the New York Times bestseller The Snow Child.

  • Micah Perks

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

    Join us as we celebrate the launch of this wonderfully consuming new novel from local author, professor, and co-director of UCSC’s creative writing program Micah Perks.

  • Josefine Klougart

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

    Danish writer Josefine Klougart reads from One of Us is Sleeping, the first of her novels translated into English.

  • William Kent Kreuger

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

    In the extraordinary new Cork O’Connor thriller from New York Times bestselling and Edgar Award–winning author William Kent Krueger, the lives of hundreds of innocent people are at stake when Cork vanishes just days before his daughter’s wedding.

  • Anne Raeff + Anthony Marra

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

    Anne Raeff in conversation with Anthony Marra for the book launch of The Jungle Around Us, winner of the Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction.

  • A Memorial Reading for Ted Greenwald

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

    Ted Greenwald (1942-2016) was born in Brooklyn, raised in Queens, and lived in New York City his entire life.

  • iO Tillett Wright

    Second Act 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    The Booksmith presents iO Tillett Wright / Darling Days at Second Act.

  • Vanessa Hua Book Launch

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

    Vanessa Hua presents her debut collection, Deceit and Other Possibilities, in conversation with ZYZZYVA editor Oscar Villalon.

  • Michael Palmer

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

    Palmer’s new book of poems, The Laughter of the Sphinx, was published in 2016 by New Directions.

  • Karen Joy Fowler

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

    Featuring Karen Joy Fowler, author of both novels and short story collections.

  • Best American Non-Required Reading 2016

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

    Anthony Marra, Kyle Boelte, and student contributors Isaac Schott-Rosenfield, Sian Ee, and Emma Hardison join us to celebrate the 12th annual installment of the annual Best American Nonrequired Reading anthology.

  • First Friday deshret Celebration + Youth Open Mic

    Chapter 510 & the Dept. of Make Believe 2301 Telegraph Ave, Oakland, CA, United States

    Come out to celebrate Writer in Residence Brooke Doak's project, deshret, take part in our youth open mic, and paint a self portrait as part of our upcoming project with mocha | museum of children's art.

  • JT Leroy/Laura Albert

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

    The literary persona of Laura Albert. JT/Sarah will be in conversation with Justin Desmangles.

  • Bae Suah + Deborah Smith

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

    Translator Deborah Smith in conversation with South Korean writer Bae Suah about her novel, A Greater Music.