• She Writes Press: Ainsworth, Sweeney, Nye, + Pearl

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

    Join She Writes Press as they welcome authors JoAnn Smith Ainsworth, Ashley Sweeney, Risa Nye, and Tuya Pearl as part of their Spring 2016 tour!

  • Jesse Ball: How to Set a Fire and Why

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

    Unlike a traditional event, this one will feature backgammon, which Jesse and his interlocutor will play while talking about his work. After the reading, we'll set up several boards so anyone can play!

  • McSweeney’s Social Hour: A John Hughes Tribute

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

    In addition to admittance to the greatest cocktail hour ever imagined, each ticket includes 1 John Hughes themed button & a raffle ticket.

    $10 – $50
  • Sin Soracco Launch Party

    The Green Arcade 1680 Market St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Sin Soracco presents her new novel Come to Me.

  • Fireside Storytelling: WHAT DOESN’T KILL YOU

    The Institute of Possibility 3359 Cesar Chavez St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Six storytellers share their tales of struggles and strain, close calls and near-death experiences.

  • Devereaux Baker + Sharon Doubiago

    Readers Bookstore Fort Mason Center, Building C, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Proceeds from our bookstores benefit the San Francisco Public Library.

  • Voz Sin Tinta

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

    Linda Maria Girón, Kelechi Ubozoh, + Kari Riesgo Bañuelos.

  • Bawdy Storytelling’s ‘It Seemed Like a Good Idea’ Late Show

    Verdi Club 2424 Mariposa St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Leave your inhibitions at the door at Bawdy Storytelling, the nation’s original sex and storytelling show, which features people sharing their bona fide sexual exploits, live onstage.

    $20 – $79
  • Booksmith is Turning 40

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

    At 5:30 pm we’ll have an Official 40th Birthday Toast with cake. Then on to eating, drinking, mingling, and, dare we suggest: dancing.

  • Red Light Lit: Long Slow Dance

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

    Readings + music!

    $12 – $15
  • Foglifter Journal’s San Francisco Launch

    Strut 470 Castro Street, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Featuring Nona Caspers, MK Chavez, Juliana Delgado Lopera, Shideh Etaat, Kevin Killian, Roberto Santiago, and Arisa White!

  • Jessi Klein: You’ll Grow Out of It

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

    Raw, relatable, and consistently hilarious, You'll Grow Out of It is a one-of-a-kind book by a singular and irresistible comic voice.

  • Everybody’s Protest Poem 2

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

    A collaboration of 4 artists.

  • Joy Williams: Ninety-Nine Stories of God

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

    The legendary writer Joy Williams returns to Books on the Park to discuss her collection, Ninety-Nine Stories of God (Tin House).

  • Lynne Barnes + Steven Gray

    Readers Bookstore Fort Mason Center, Building C, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Proceeds from our bookstores benefit the San Francisco Public Library.

  • Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan: Sarong Party Girls

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

    Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan presents Sarong Party Girls, a brilliant and engaging novel.

  • SF Art Book Fair

    Minnesota Street Project 1275 Minnesota Street, San Francisco , CA, United States

    The 2016 San Francisco Art Book Fair is the inaugural event of an annual multi-day festival of artists' publications.

  • Bay Area Poetry Marathon

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

    Doors open at 6:00pm. Readings begin at 6:30pm sharp.

  • Night Light Multimedia Garden Party

    SOMArts 934 Brannan Street, San Francisco , CA, United States

    A one-night-only luminous art exhibition with performances celebrating radical self-determination through the work of over 60 “code-breaking” artists!

    $12 – $15
  • Christopher Bernard + Clara Hsu

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

    Novel and Poetry reading!

  • Bill Berkson Memorial

    Lecture Hall, SF Art Institute 800 Chestnut Street, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Please join San Francisco Art Institute in remembering and honoring the life of poet, art critic, and much-loved SFAI professor emeritus Bill Berkson.

  • Porchlight Open Door: Identity Crisis

    Hemlock Tavern 1131 Polk Street, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Bring your five-minute story about "finding yourself" and you could win a slot on Porchlight's 14th Anniversary Romp!

  • Alina Smiotanko + James Tracy

    Readers Bookstore Fort Mason Center, Building C, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Proceeds from our bookstores benefit the San Francisco Public Library.

  • Martinis & Writers – Literary Speakeasy!

    Martuni's 4 Valencia St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    This month’s featured guests include Tusiata Avia, Jason Bayani, Natasha Dennerstein, Bill Dupp, and Soma Mei Sheng Frazier.

  • Bookswap 2.0 w/ Val Brelinski

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

    Bring a book about an exile.

    $10
  • Evan Ratliff w/ Jennifer Kahn

    Alamo Drafthouse Cinema 2550 Mission Street, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Litquake is proud to host the San Francisco launch of LOVE AND RUIN: TALES OF OBSESSION, DANGER, AND HEARTBREAK, the new nonfiction collection edited by Evan Ratliff of The Atavist.

    $15