Vanessa Hua in conversation with Lydia Kiesling

City Lights Bookstore 261 Columbus Ave, San Francisco

In a powerful debut novel about modern-day motherhood, immigration, and identity, a pregnant Chinese woman makes her way to California and stakes a claim to...

Shipwreck presents Moby Dick

The Booksmith 1644 Haight St, San Francisco

It's back to school, so this month, we're taking our harpoons to noteworthy National Treasure and Greatest Love Story Ever Told: Herman Melville's Moby Dick. Featured...

$12 – $15

Forrest Gander, reading and in conversation

The Poetry Center, San Francisco State University 1600 Holloway Ave, San Francisco

Join us for this rare reading at The Poetry Center by poet-translator — and SF State alum — Forrest Gander, just in time for the debut...

New Micro: Exceptionally Short Fiction

The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco

The Bindery hosts the San Francisco launch for the new W. W. Norton anthology New Micro: Exceptionally Short Fiction, featuring readings by local contributors. More TBA...

Kamila Shamsie

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

Kamila Shamsie joins us to celebrate the paperback release of her new novel, Home Fire. Praise for Home Fire “Home Fire left me awestruck, shaken, on the...