• Jasmine Guillory – – The Wedding Party

    East Bay Booksellers 5433 College Avenue, Oakland

    EAST BAY BOOKSELLERS is excited to welcome our friend Jasmine Guillory to celebrate the publication of her third novel, The Wedding Party, on Monday, July 15th at 7pm. The...

  • Helen Phillips with Sarah Rich / The Need

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    The Bindery hosts Helen Phillips for her new novel The Need. She'll be in conversation with Sarah Rich. Please join us! When Molly, home alone with her two young children,...

  • Karl Marlantes

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

    Karl Marlantes discusses his new novel, Deep River. Praise for Deep River “Marlantes poignantly depicts the intimacies of personal dramas that echo the twentieth century’s unprecedented...

  • The B Stands for Bi, a Perfectly Queer Reading

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

    There are many ways to be Queer, being Bi, for instance. Does being Bi influence an author's writing--what they write about, who their characters are,...

    Free
  • Litquake 20th Anniversary Party

    Make-Out Room 3225 22nd St, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Help the Bay Area literary community celebrate two decades (to the day) of the world-famous festival known as Litquake. Founded in a dive bar 20...

    Free
  • Bruce Conforth on Robert Johnson

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

    Bruce Conforth discusses his new book, Up Jumped the Devil: The Real Life of Robert Johnson. Praise for Up Jumped the Devil “This is the book...

    Free
  • Bruce Conforth on Robert Johnson

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

    Bruce Conforth discusses his new book, Up Jumped the Devil: The Real Life of Rovert Johnson. Praise for Up Jumped the Devil “This is the book...

  • THE RACKET!

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

    Details soon! https://www.facebook.com/theracketseries/

  • Jan Steckel at Third Thursdays at Willow Glen Library

    Willow Glen Library 1157 Minnesota Ave, San Jose , CA, United States

    Featured reader: Jan Steckel! Open mic to follow. Free and open to the public. Jan Steckel is a former pediatrician who stopped practicing medicine because...

    Free
  • Lily Bernheimer: The Shaping of Us

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

    Lily Bernheimer discusses her new book, The Shaping of Us: How Everyday Spaces Structure Our Lives, Behavior, and Well-Being. About The Shaping of Us Spaces we...

    Free
  • After Hours – Eric Kleinenberg: Palaces for the People

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

    After Hours - Eric Kleinenberg: Palaces for the People Friday, July 19th | 7:00pm Wine reception at 6:30pm for registered guests. Eric Klinenberg (Heat Wave, Fighting...

  • Larry Bloom on Sol LeWitt

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

    Lary Bloom discusses his new biography, Sol LeWitt: A Life of Ideas. About Sol LeWitt Sol LeWitt (1928-2007), one of the most influential artists of the...

    Free
  • Lary Bloom on Sol LeWitt

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

    Lary Bloom discusses his new biography, Sol LeWitt: A Life of Ideas. About Sol LeWitt Sol LeWitt (1928-2007), one of the most influential artists of the...

  • Charlie Getter & Tom Stolmar

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

    Charlie Getter & Tom Stolmar Not to be missed!

  • Bay Area Poetry Marathon

    Alley Cat Books 3036 24th St, San Francisco, CA, United States

    * Saturday, July 20 ____ Curator: Tongo Eisen-Martin ____ Readers:  TBA          * Saturday, September 28 100 Thousand Poets For Change / Bay Area Poetry Marathon joint...

  • 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...

  • Chuck Klosterman / Raised in Captivity

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

    Booksmith welcomes Chuck Klosterman back to the store for his new story collection, Raised in Captivity. More information to be announced soon, but please save the date and...

  • Erik Davis: High Weirdness

    Moe's Books 2476 Telegraph Avenue, Berkeley

    A study of the spiritual provocations to be found in the work of Philip K. Dick, Terence McKenna, and Robert Anton Wilson, High Weirdness charts...

    Free
  • John Corbett: Pick Up the Pieces

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

    John Corbett discusses his new book, Pick up the Pieces: Excursions in Seventies Music. Praise for Pick up the Pieces " thoroughly enjoyable—and gorgeously written—joy ride...

    Free
  • Dirty Old Women Read Erotica

    The Octopus Literary Salon 2101 Webster St #170, Oakland , CA, United States

    Older women: Wise enough to tell the truth about sex – what they want, what they've done, what makes them hot. Dirty Old Women celebrates...

    Free
  • John Corbett

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

    John Corbett discusses his new book, Pick up the Pieces: Excursions in Seventies Music. Praise for Pick up the Pieces " thoroughly enjoyable—and gorgeously written—joy ride...

  • This is Now: Richard A. Clarke on Cyber Threat

    Kepler's Books 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park , CA, United States

    Cyberwar"— or cyber-anything, for that matter— has always carried a whiff of science fiction about it. But it's not fiction, it's certainly not entertainment, and - as...

    $15 – $45
  • Kristen Arnett: Mostly Dead Things

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

    Kristen Arnett discusses her new novel, Mostly Dead Things with Esmé Weijun Wang. Praise for Mostly Dead Things “Mostly Dead Things is one of the strangest and funniest and...

    Free
  • Kristen Arnett and Esmé Weijun Wang

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

    Kristen Arnett discusses her new novel, Mostly Dead Things with Esmé Weijun Wang. Praise for Mostly Dead Things “Mostly Dead Things is one of the strangest and funniest and...

  • SF Creative Writing School Student Showcase

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

    Student Showcase readings "Write From The Gut" featuring our faculty, alumni and current students reading works in progress. With your host Paul Corman-Roberts

  • Life Without Parole – Author Kenneth E. Hartman

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

    Kenneth E. Hartman's sentence to live without parole was recently commuted by Governor Jerry Brown after he had spent 35 years in prison. He is...