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  • Edna in a Bottle (tastes funny)

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    Edna in a Bottle (tastes funny) is a new San Francisco comedy hour at The Bindery in the Haight district. Edna and her friends are trapped...

    $12 – $15

  • Zoé Samudzi

    City Lights Bookstore 261 Columbus Ave, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Zoé Samudzi discussing the subject of her new book As Black as Resistance: Finding the Conditions for Liberation by William C. Anderson and Zoé Samudzi with...

    Free

  • Bawdy Storytelling ‘JACKPOT!’

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

    ABOUT BAWDY STORYTELLING Storytelling is about building a connection. So is sex. For the past 11 years, Bawdy has featured true stories of sex, kink,...

    $25 – $35

  • CATHY CASSADY: TRAVEL TIPS FOR THE TIMID

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

    SAT. JUNE 23RD, 4-6PM TRAVEL TIPS FOR THE TIMID BY CAROLYN CASSADY Join us for an afternoon with Cathy Cassady, eldest daughter of Neal and...

  • Poetry

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

    Rodney Koeneke,  Dodie Bellamy, and Ross Simonini Hosted by Kevin Killian

  • Glen David Gold in conversation with Oscar Villalon

    City Lights Bookstore 261 Columbus Ave, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Glen David Gold in conversation with Oscar Villalon Tuesday, June 26, 2018, 7:00 p.m., City Lights Booksellers, 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco discussing Glen David...

  • Margot Kahn and Kelly McMasters

    Green Apple Books 506 Clement St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Please join us on Tuesday, June 26th at 7:00 p.m. when we welcome editor Margot Kahn and award-winning author Pam Houston as they celebrate their new book This is the Place. Praise...

  • SPANISH LANGUAGE BOOK CLUB MEETING

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

    Please join us for a lively discussion about “Milena o el femur mas bello del Mundo” by Jorge Cepeda Patterson To join the book group...

  • A Poetry Reading with Neeli Cherkovski & Clark Coolidge

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

    Neeli Cherkovski is the author of many books of poetry, including his most recent collection, Elegy for My Beat Generation (Lithic Press). He was the coeditor of Anthology...

  • DAN PFEIFFER

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

     Buy Tickets | 415.392.4400 Dan Pfeiffer is Obama’s former communications director and current co-host of the popular political podcast Pod Save America. In his forthcoming book, Yes We...

    $35

  • Who Will Speak For America?

    City Lights Bookstore 261 Columbus Ave, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Who Will Speak For America? Wednesday, June 27, 2018, 7:00 p.m., City Lights Booksellers, 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco with Veronica Scott Esposito, Charlie Jane Anders, and Craig...

  • BINDERY: Porochista Khakpour / Sick

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    Booksmith hosts an evening with the author of Sons and Other Flammable Objects and The Last Illusion, Porochista Khakpour for her new book Sick: A Memoir. Porochista will be in conversation...

  • Poetry Jam

    San Francisco Public Library 100 Larkin St, San Francisco , CA, United States

  • LONG SHOT & WORKS BY DANNY SHOT

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

    appearing with Jack Hirschman and Jessica Loos Works honors the longtime Long Shot magazine, credo of “Writing from the Real World.” This collection of poems traverses a course...

  • My Old Faithful: Book Talk and Signing with Author Yang Huang

    San Francisco Public Library, Main Branch 100 Larkin St., San Francisco, CA

    Local author Yang Huang’s new novel My Old Faithful, a Juniper Prize winner, depict the lives of one family over thirty years in China and the...

  • Dive Deep into Roxane Gay’s Hunger

    Mechanics Institute 57 Post St 4th Floor Boardroom, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Roxane Gay’s Hunger has been called “Luminous. . . . intellectually rigorous and deeply moving” by The New York Times Book Review. And Entertainment Weekly wrote, "on nearly every page, Gay’s raw, powerful...

    $50

  • Bay Area Poetry Marathon

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

    Readers TBA!

  • POETS! – James Cagney & Cassandra Dallet followed by an open mic

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

    James Cagney Cassandra Dallet plus open mic Jerry Ferraz & SF Poet Laureate Kim Shuck co-host James Cagney is a poet from Oakland, and has featured at...

  • Quiet Lightning

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

    Join us on July 2 for a literary mixtape curated  by Lapo Guzzini and Romalyn Schmaltz!   Performances by: Shelley Valdez Mia Kirsi Stageberg Natasha Dennerstein Carol Dorf...

    $5 – $20

  • Bookswap at The Bindery: Antagonist Edition

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    We're feeling evil this summer, so for July, bring a book with a villain you love to hate. Maybe het's a ring-bearer with an insatiable...

    $15

  • Queer Writing Group

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

    A group of LGTBQ+ writers to share new work

  • BINDERY: Amber Tamblyn / Any Man

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    In her electric and provocative debut novel Any Man, Amber Tamblyn blends genres of poetry, prose, and elements of suspense to give shape to the shocking narratives of...

  • Adrienne Eberhardt / closing reception for Emotional Science

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    The Bindery hosts a closing for Adrienne Eberhardt's exhibition Emotional Science Emotional Science presents experimental and analog work Adrienne made as a teenager in her makeshift darkroom in...

  • Poetry Event: GEARS TURNING w/ Kim Shuck

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

    Join us for an afternoon of wonderful poetry by SF Bay Area based poets, artists, and musicians with your host Kim Shuck. To participate in...