• 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!

  • The Best American Science Fiction & Fantasy 2016

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

    Annual showcase for the country’s finest science fiction and fantasy when the editors and authors included in this year’s Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy visit Kepler’s Books.

    $10 – $20
  • Tracy K. Smith

    Lafayette Library 3491 Mt. Diable Blvd, Lafayette, CA, United States

    Free for SMC students with ID.

    $15
  • Peter S. Beagle w/ Tad Williams

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

    One of science fiction and fantasy’s most celebrated creators returns when Peter S. Beagle comes to Kepler’s with his thrilling new fantasy novel, Summerlong.

    $10 – $20
  • Poetry in Parks 2016

    Cushing Memorial-Mountain Theater, Mount Tamalpais State Park East Ridgecrest Blvd, Mill Valley , CA, United States

    A free, daylong festival in the historic Cushing Memorial-Mountain Theater in Mount Tamalpais State Park, on the occasion of Quiet Lightning’s 100th show!

  • Shilpi Somaya Gowda w/ Shobha Rao

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

    Shobha Rao is the author of the debut story collection "An Unrestored Woman."

  • Michelle Bitting + Ewa Chrusciel

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

    Los Angeles poet Michelle Bitting, The Couple Who Fell to Earth, and poet in Polish and English Ewa Chrusciel, Contraband of Hoopoe.

    $3 – $5
  • Get Lit! October 2016 Edition

    Corkscrew Wine Bar 100 Petaluma Blvd N #103, Petaluma, CA, United States

    Get Lit celebrates our last event of 2016 with special guest readers Dani Burlison, Jacqueline Doyle and Megan Turner!

  • Lawrence Levy w/ Michal Lev-Ram

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

    The never-before-told story of Pixar's improbable success.

    $10 – $40
  • Juliana Spahr

    Hagerty Lounge, SMC 1928 Saint Mary's Road, Moraga , CA, United States

    Free and open to the public.

  • Hand To Mouth/WORDS SPOKEN OUT #84

    Rebound Bookstore 1611 4th Street, San Rafael, CA, United States

    Join us for our last reading of the year!

  • Warren Ellis w/ Robin Sloan

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

    Come join us for a drink with the award-winning writer Warren Ellis to celebrate the publication of his thrilling new book, Normal.

    $25
  • West Side Stories Petaluma: The GrandSlam

    Mystic Theatre 23 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma , CA, United States

    13 Real People, Telling Extraordinary (True) Stories, About Their Real Life. One walks away with this year's title.

    $15 – $18
  • Janie Chang

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

    Join us to celebrate the launch of award-winning author Janie Chang's new novel, Dragon Springs Road.

  • Why There Are Words: 7th Anniversary

    Studio 333 333 Caledonia Street, Sausalito , CA, United States

    “Lucky Seven + One to Grow On” will feature the following eight acclaimed authors who’ve appeared at WTAW over the past seven years.

    $10
  • Julia Levine + C. Dale Young

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

    Northern California Book Award winner poet Julia Levine, Small Disasters Seen in Sunlight; and poet, physician, short-story writer, and Warren Wilson MFA faculty member C. Dale Young, The Halo.

    $3 – $5
  • A Day of Affirmation

    Rebound Bookstore 1611 4th Street, San Rafael, CA, United States

    The Rebound Bookstore invites one and all, to come together for a communal reading of the Constitution of the United States. RSVP to reboundbookstore@aol.com.

  • Get Lit Reading Series: New Year Edition

    Corkscrew Wine Bar 100 Petaluma Blvd N #103, Petaluma, CA, United States

    Get Lit kicks off 2017 with special guest readers Vicki DeArmon, Jean Ryan and Susanna Solomon.

  • Left Coast Writers: Andy Ross

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

    Left Coast Writers® Salon featuring Andy Ross, literary agent and founder of the Andy Ross Literary Agency.

  • Red Light Lit

    h2hotel 219 Healdsburg, Healdsburg, CA, United States

    Red Light Lit is back at the fabulous h2hotel in Healdsburg, CA for a pre-Valentine's Day celebration.

    $15
  • Natalie Bazsile

    Hagerty Lounge, SMC 1928 Saint Mary's Road, Moraga , CA, United States

    All readings are free and open to the public.

  • Story Is the Thing: Kepler’s Quarterly Reading Series

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

    Join us to celebrate the second installment of the Story Is the Thing, Kepler's quarterly reading series on the theme That Electrifying Moment.

  • Gerald Fleming + Lynne Knight

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

    Marin Poetry Center features Sixteen Rivers poets Gerald Fleming, One, and Lynne Knight, Again.

    $3 – $5
  • Emily Fridlund

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

    Emily Fridlund presents her new book History of Wolves.

  • Peter Heller

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

    Peter Heller presents his new book, Celine.

  • Dan Chaon

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

    Dan Chaon presents his new novel, Ill Will.

  • John Murillo + Javier Zamora

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

    Features Pushcart Prize and Cave Canem winner John Murillo, Up Jump the Boogie; and El Salvadoran-born Javier Jose Zamora, Barnes & Noble Writers for Writers Award winner and Wallace Stegner Fellow.

    $3 – $5
  • Arisa White

    Hagerty Lounge, SMC 1928 Saint Mary's Road, Moraga , CA, United States

    Free reading!

  • Michael Finkel

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

    Michael Finkel presents his new book, The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit.