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  • Erik Davis

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

    discussing the subject of his new book High Weirdness: Drugs, Esoterica, and Visionary Experience in the Seventies from MIT Press A study of the spiritual...

  • Louise Aronson

    Mrs. Dalloway's Bookstore 2904 College Ave, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Louise Aronson presents Elderhood: Redefining Aging, Transforming Medicine, Reimagining Life, an essential, empathetic look at a vital but little respected stage of life. "In the latter years there...

  • Ted Chiang and Robin Sloan

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

    Ted Chiang discusses his new story collection, Exhalation, with Robin Sloan. Praise for Ted Chiang “Ted Chiang’s stories are lean, relentless, and incandescent.”—Colson Whitehead, author...

  • Clearly Meant presents Adam David Miller

    Claremont Branch, Berkeley Public Library 2940 Benvenue Ave, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Adam David Miller reads his poems, followed by an interview and discussion Adam David Miller has worked in northern California for four decades as a...

    Free

  • Bloomsday with Thomas Lynch

    Mrs. Dalloway's Bookstore 2904 College Ave, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Bloomsday with Thomas Lynch reading from Chapter Ten of James Joyce's Ulysses recalling Dublin on June 16, 1904 . Join us for Guinness, Irish soda...

  • Michael McClure and Juvenal Acosta

    Moe's Books 2476 telegraph avenue, Berkeley, United States

    Please join us for this very special reading: Michael McClure in translation, with Juvenal Acosta. Michael will read from new and selected work. Spanish translations...

    Free

  • Ocean Vuong and Rebecca Solnit

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

    Ocean Vuong discusses his new novel, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous with Rebecca Solnit. Praise for On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous “A bruised, breathtaking love letter never meant...

  • Alex Espinoza / Cruising: An Intimate History of a Radical Pastime

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    The Bindery hosts Alex Espinoza for his new bookCruising: An Intimate History of a Radical Pastime. With him in conversation is the one and only Carla Trujillo! Please...

  • Stephen Markley / Ohio

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

    The Booksmith hosts Stephen Markley for Ohio. Join us! Since the turn of the century, a generation has come of age knowing only war, recession, political gridlock, racial...

  • Marcus Thompson on Kevin Durant

    Moe's Books 2476 Telegraph Avenue, BERKELEY

    Thursday, Jun 20, 2019 7:00 PM Location:  In the basement 2476 Telegraph Ave., Berkeley Website We are proud to present bestselling author of Golden, Marcus...

  • Megan Griswold

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

    Megan Griswold joins us to discuss her new book, The Book of Help: A Memoir in Remedies. Praise for The Book of Help "Griswold’s vulnerability and deeply honest...

  • InsideStorytime PRIDE

    Manny's 3092 16th St, San Francisco, CA 94103, San Francisco, United States

    Coming up: InsideStorytime PRIDE, featuring Nona Caspers (The Fifth Woman), Vernon Keeve III (Southern Migrant Mixtape), Eddie Jen, and others, will occur at Manny's, 3092 16th Street, San Francisco, Thursday June...

  • Nicole Dennis-Benn

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

    Nicole Dennis-Benn, author of Here Comes the Sun, discusses her new novel, Patsy. Praise for Patsy “Nicole Dennis-Benn is an exquisite writer who paints scenes with words so...

  • Undocumented Consequences: Life on Both Sides of the Border

    Woman's Building 3543 18th St #8, San Francisco, CA

    Undocumented Consequences: Life on Both Sides of the Border Saturday, June 22, 2019, Doors 1:00 p.m. Eveny begins 1:30 p.m., Woman's Building, 3543 18th St...

  • J Dianne Dotson

    Green Apple Books 506 Clement St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    J. Dianne Dotson joins us to discuss the second book in her Questrison Saga, Ephemeris. About Ephemeris Visions of doom. A growing evil. A new hero...

  • Silent Book Club SF

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    Bring a book, bring a friend, and join Silent Book Club for an afternoon of reading! At Silent Book Club, there's no assigned reading. All books and all ages...

  • SPANISH LANGUAGE BOOK CLUB MEETING

    Adobe Books 3130 24th St., San Francisco, CA, United States

    Please join us for a lively discussion about: “Tristana” de Benito Perez Galdos (author will not be present) To join the book group please contact...

  • Rachel DeWoskin / Banshee

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    The Bindery hosts Rachel DeWoskin for her new novel, Banshee. More to be announced soon, but please save the date and join us! A former pleaser, newly enraged poet/professor...

  • Louise Aronson

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

    discussing the subject of her new book Elderhood: Redefining Aging, Transforming Medicine, Reimagining Life from Bloomsbury Books As revelatory as Atul Gawande's Being Mortal, physician...

  • James Polchin

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

    James Polchin discusses his new book Indecent Advances: A Hidden History of True Crime and Prejudice Before Stonewall. About Indecent Advances A skillful hybrid of true...

  • David Rothenberg in conversation with Elliot Sharp

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

    celebrating the release of two new books Nightingales in Berlin: Searching for the Perfect Sound by David Rothenberg published by University of Chicago Press and...

  • Megan Miranda / The Last House Guest

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    The Bindery hosts Megan Miranda for her new novel, The Last House Guest. More to be announced soon, but please save the date and join us! Littleport, Maine,...

  • Bobby Hundreds

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

    Bobby Hundreds discusses his new book, This is Not a T-Shirt. Praise for This is Not a T-Shirt "This is Not a T-Shirt tracks the history of surf and...

  • After Hours: Shoulder Pads + Shermer High School

    Main Reading Room, Mill Valley Public Library 375 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley , CA, United States

    Friday, June 28th | 7:00pm Wine reception at 6:30pm for registered guests. Join Tom Barbash (The Dakota Winters) and Kevin Smokler (Brat Pack America: A Love Letter to 80s...

  • Queer Words: Dispatches from Lesbian America

    Dimond Branch 3565 Fruitvale Avenue, Oakland

    Giovanna Capone, Elana Dykewomon, Lois Helmbold, Bev Jo, Lenn Keller, and Dr. Bonnie Morris read their works published in "Dispatches from Lesbian America"

    Free

  • Tom Clark Memorial Reading

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

    Tom Clark Memorial Reading

  • Shortest Month Book Club

    Green Apple Books 506 Clement St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Beyond The Shortest Month is a book club dedicated to reading and celebrating authors of color year round. Discussions are the first Tuesday of each...