52nd Annual Fall Big Book Sale
Festival Pavillion at Fort Mason 2 Marina Blvd, San Francisco , CA, United StatesWHEN: September 21-25, 2016 // 10 AM - 6 PM. Proceeds support the San Francisco Public Library!
30 events found.
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100 Thousand Poets For Change
The Beat Museum 540 Broadway, San Francisco , CA, United StatesOpen mic sign up begins at 10am!
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LPP+ Residency: Tom Comitta / Closing Reading
Minnesota Street Project 1275 Minnesota Street, San Francisco , CA, United StatesFor 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.
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Bay Area Poetry Marathon’s 100TPC
Alley Cat Books 3036 24th St, San Francisco, CA, United StatesCome 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!
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Charlie Getter
Adobe Books 3130 24th St., San Francisco, CA, United StatesBook Release.
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Jonathan Safran Foer w/ Steven Winn
Nourse Theatre 275 Hayes Street, San Francisco, CA, United StatesHis much anticipated new novel, Here I Am, will be published in September 2016.
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Loose Lips Book Launch w/ Cecil Baldwin
Public Works 161 Erie Street, San Francisco , CA, United StatesFeaturing: Gina Gold, Jane Harrison, Baruch Porras-Hernandez, Kate Schatz, Michelle Threadgould, and Maggie Tokuda-Hall.
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Affinity Konar: Mischling
Book Passage San Francisco 1 Ferry Building, San Francisco, CA, United StatesA 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.
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Zach Wyner
The Booksmith 1644 Haight St, San Francisco , CA, United StatesPlease join us for an evening of literary-laced bonhomie to celebrate Zach Wyner and his debut novel, What We Never Had, Rare Bird Books.
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Incidents of Travel in Poetry: The Poems of Frank Lima
Folio Books 3957 24th St, San Francisco , CA, United StatesJoin 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.
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Tanya Holtland, Jennifer S. Cheng, + Maxwell Shanley
Modern Times Bookstore Collective 2919 24th St, San Francisco, CA, United StatesCelebrate the release of Holtland’s chapbook, INNER RIVER, available now from Drop Leaf Press.
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Mark Thompson Memorial Reading
Dog Eared Books Castro 489 Castro Street, San Francisco , CA, United StatesCome together Friday, September 30 at 7pm to celebrate Mark's words and life.
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Descent Into Madness (Book of the Un Release Party)
Minna Alley 111 Minna Street, San Francisco , CA, United States$20 admission grants you entrance AND you get a book!!
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Bazaar Writers Salon
Bazaar Cafe 5927 California St, San Francisco, CA, United StatesReadings hosted by Peter Kline.
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The WordParty Returns!
PianoFight 144 Taylor St, San Francisco , CA, United StatesFree admission, all ages, full menu and bar.
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Eowyn Ivey
Book Passage San Francisco 1 Ferry Building, San Francisco, CA, United StatesShe is the author of the New York Times bestseller The Snow Child.
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Josefine Klougart
Green Apple Books on the Park 1231 9th Ave, San Francisco , CA, United StatesDanish writer Josefine Klougart reads from One of Us is Sleeping, the first of her novels translated into English.
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Anne Raeff + Anthony Marra
Green Apple Books on the Park 1231 9th Ave, San Francisco , CA, United StatesAnne Raeff in conversation with Anthony Marra for the book launch of The Jungle Around Us, winner of the Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction.
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iO Tillett Wright
Second Act 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , CA, United StatesThe Booksmith presents iO Tillett Wright / Darling Days at Second Act.
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Vanessa Hua Book Launch
The Booksmith 1644 Haight St, San Francisco , CA, United StatesVanessa Hua presents her debut collection, Deceit and Other Possibilities, in conversation with ZYZZYVA editor Oscar Villalon.
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California Dreamin’: A night of poetry celebrating the golden state w/ Gioia, Ahmed, + Lindenberg
a.Muse art gallery & meeting place 614 Alabama Street, San Francisco , CA, United StatesA reading with California Poet Laureate Dana Gioia and McSweeney's poets Zubair Ahmed and Rebecca Lindenberg.
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Best American Non-Required Reading 2016
Green Apple Books on the Park 1231 9th Ave, San Francisco , CA, United StatesAnthony Marra, Kyle Boelte, and student contributors Isaac Schott-Rosenfield, Sian Ee, and Emma Hardison join us to celebrate the 12th annual installment of the annual Best American Nonrequired Reading anthology.
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You’re Going to Die: Poetry, Prose, & Everything Goes
The Lost Church 65 Capp Street, San Francisco, CA, United StatesSign-ups will be the night of & the list fills up quickly, so if you want to perform, you’d better get there early!
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Bae Suah + Deborah Smith
Green Apple Books on the Park 1231 9th Ave, San Francisco , CA, United StatesTranslator Deborah Smith in conversation with South Korean writer Bae Suah about her novel, A Greater Music.
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City Arts & Lectures: Billy Collins
Nourse Theatre 275 Hayes Street, San Francisco, CA, United StatesBilly Collins is the first poet since Robert Frost who has managed to combine high critical acclaim with broad popular appeal.
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APAture 2016 Literary Showcase: Jade Cho
Kearny Street Workshop 1246 Folsom St, San Francisco , CA, United StatesAdmission: $5 presale, $7–$10 at the door.
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Book Party!
Alley Cat Books 3036 24th St, San Francisco, CA, United StatesLindsey Boldt, Brandon Brown, and Sara Larsen.
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Perks, Treadwell, + Lee
Make-Out Room 3225 22nd St, San Francisco, CA, United StatesAll proceeds benefit the Center for Sex and Culture.
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Gears Turning Poetry: Brady, Cohen, + Raphael w/ Dang
Modern Times Bookstore Collective 2919 24th St, San Francisco, CA, United StatesReadings and music!
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Perfectly Queer Fall Fiction
Dog Eared Books Castro 489 Castro Street, San Francisco , CA, United StatesNovelists Laura J. Merrell, Kate Jessica Raphael, and Hilary A. Zaid read from new fiction at Perfectly Queer Fall Fiction.