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  • Third Thursday Has a Birthday Party

    American Bookbinders Museum 355 Clementina St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Please join the American Bookbinders Museum on Thursday, September 15, as we celebrate the museum’s first year in our new home!

  • Mary Mackey: The Village of Bones

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

    Prequel to the Earthsong Series

  • Colson Whitehead

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

    Colson Whitehead in conversation about his new novel, The Underground Railroad (Doubleday Books).

  • Gayle Forman

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

    Gayle Forman is a bestselling, award-winning author of young adult novels.

  • Jennifer Barone + CaraVida

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

    Come hear Jennifer Barone & Cara Vida feature their latest poetry and more.

  • Short Nonfiction

    Folio Books 3957 24th St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Queer essay authors Julia Serano (Whipping Girl), Aaron Shurin (The Skin of Meaning), and Yuska Lutfi Tuanakotta (Gentlemen Prefer Asians) will read from their essay collections

  • Joseph Fink + Jeffrey Cranor

    Sundance Kabuki 1881 Post Street, San Francisco , CA, United States

    The Booksmith presents Welcome to Night Vale creators Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor for the release of, not just one, but two new books based on the #1 international podcast.

    $27 – $40

  • Poetry into the Beyond

    SF Camerawork 1011 Market St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Please join us for a rare chance to see one of Japan's most innovative and acclaimed performers, poets, photographers, and filmmakers.

  • 52nd Annual Fall Big Book Sale

    Festival Pavillion at Fort Mason 2 Marina Blvd, San Francisco , CA, United States

    WHEN: September 21-25, 2016 // 10 AM - 6 PM. Proceeds support the San Francisco Public Library!

  • Affinity Konar

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

    A superbly crafted story, told in a voice as exquisite as it is boundlessly original, Mischling defies every expectation, traversing one of the darkest moments in human history to show us the way toward ethereal beauty, moral reckoning, and soaring hope.

  • Ann Patchett w/ Roy Eisenhardt

    Nourse Theatre 275 Hayes Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Part of "On Arts" Benefiting 826 Valencia Scholarship Program Series.

    $29

  • Swan Huntley

    Folio Books 3957 24th St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Join California author and Columbia University alum, Swan Huntley, to celebrate the publication of her suspenseful debut novel.

  • Alexander Weinstein

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

    Alexander Weinstein reads from his story collection, Children of the New World.

  • Birthright: The Book Party

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

    Celebrating a new book of poems by Cesar Love.

  • Juan Gabriel Vásquez

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

    Colombian writer Juan Gabriel Vasquez discusses his latest novel, Reputations.

  • 100 Thousand Poets For Change

    The Beat Museum 540 Broadway, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Open mic sign up begins at 10am!

  • LPP+ Residency: Tom Comitta / Closing Reading

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

    For the month of September the LPP+ Resident is LA based Tom Comitta. In partnership with Et al.etc. Tom will do a reading for the closing of his residency with LPP.

  • Bay Area Poetry Marathon’s 100TPC

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

    Come to the Bay Area Poetry Marathon’s 100TPC event, and join other poets, musicians, artists, dancers, photographers, & performing artists, around the USA & across the planet!

  • Charlie Getter

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

    Book Release.

  • Jonathan Safran Foer w/ Steven Winn

    Nourse Theatre 275 Hayes Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    His much anticipated new novel, Here I Am, will be published in September 2016.

    $29

  • Loose Lips Book Launch w/ Cecil Baldwin

    Public Works 161 Erie Street, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Featuring: Gina Gold, Jane Harrison, Baruch Porras-Hernandez, Kate Schatz, Michelle Threadgould, and Maggie Tokuda-Hall.

    $29.50

  • Affinity Konar: Mischling

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

    A superbly crafted story, told in a voice as exquisite as it is boundlessly original, Mischling defies every expectation, traversing one of the darkest moments in human history to show us the way toward ethereal beauty, moral reckoning, and soaring hope.

  • Zach Wyner

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

    Please join us for an evening of literary-laced bonhomie to celebrate Zach Wyner and his debut novel, What We Never Had, Rare Bird Books.

  • Incidents of Travel in Poetry: The Poems of Frank Lima

    Folio Books 3957 24th St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Join City Lights' Poetry Editor Garrett Caples, and Berkeley-based poet, Julien Poirier, for a presentation from their co-edited, posthumous Frank Lima anthology, Incidents of Travel in Poetry.

  • Tanya Holtland, Jennifer S. Cheng, + Maxwell Shanley

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

    Celebrate the release of Holtland’s chapbook, INNER RIVER, available now from Drop Leaf Press.

  • Mark Thompson Memorial Reading

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

    Come together Friday, September 30 at 7pm to celebrate Mark's words and life.