• Veronica Gerber Bicecci and Christina MacSweeney

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

    Veronica Gerber Bicecci discusses her new novel, Empty Set, with translator Christina MacSweeney. Sponsored by The Center for the Art of Translation. Praise for Empty Set "Verónica Gerber writes...

    Free
  • Verónica Gerber Bicecci

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

    Mexican visual artist who writes, Verónica Gerber Bicecci discusses her novel Empty Set, with critically acclaimed translator Christina MacSweeney, who brought it into English. A...

    Free
  • Diana Khoi Nguyen

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

    Diana Khoi Nguyen reads from her new poetry collection, Ghost Of. Also featuring readings by fellow poets, Jane Wong, Ingrid Rojas, Diana Arterian and Juliana Xuan Wang. About Ghost Of...

    Free
  • Lunada Literary Lounge

    Galería de la Raza 2857 24th Street, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Under the Blue Moon of March, on the final night of Mes Internacional de la Mujer, Lunada is honored to host award winning internationally renowned...

    Free
  • Richard A. Walker

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

    Richard A. Walker   celebrating his new book Pictures of a Gone City: Tech and the Dark Side of Prosperity in the San Francisco Bay...

    Free
  • Bazaar Writers Salon

    Bazaar Cafe 5927 California St, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Readings by Marcelo Hernandez Castillo, Kara Krewer, Kim Magowan, and Brynn Saito Hosted by Peter Kline Poet, essayist, translator, and immigration advocate Marcelo Hernandez Castillo...

    Free
  • Kaya Press @ City Lights

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

    Kaya Press @ City Lights Sesshu Foster reads from City of the Future Max Yeh reads from Stolen Oranges about City of the Future Twenty-one years after Kaya Press...

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  • Curtis White

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

    Curtis White   reading from his new novel LACKING CHARACTER from Melville House The man Paul Auster called "a master of bewitchments" and a founder of...

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  • Sarah Andersen / Herding Cats

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

    Booksmith welcomes Sarah Andersen back for her new book, Herding Cats! Please join us. More #relatable comics from Sarah’s Scribbles!   Please note: this is a free event,...

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  • Elaine Castillo

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

    Elaine Castillo discusses her debut novel, America Is Not The Heart. Praise for America Is Not The Heart “Elaine Castillo’s entrancing and magnificent debut is set to...

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  • Facades Everywhere

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    On Thursday, April 4, 2018, The Bindery will become a truth machine. Three writers, Devi S. Laskar, Claudia H. Long,Crystal Jo Reiss, and a surprise poet/novelist, will...

    Free
  • SFJAZZ Poetry Festival w/ Genny Lim // SFJAZZ Center

    SFJAZZ Center 201 Franklin St, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Curated by SFJAZZ Poet Laureate Genny Lim, this year's festival will again feature the greatest poets of the Bay Area and beyond, centered on the...

    $15
  • Presidio Live – Western Hemisphereans

    Presidio Officers' Club 50 Moraga Avenue, San Francisco, CA

    PRESIDIO LIVE – Thursday Evenings at 7 pm In Presidio Live, experience live music, theatre, dance, film, and dialogues that offer a contemporary take on...

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  • Presidio Live | Literary Reading: Western Hemisphereans

    Presidio Officers' Club 50 Moraga Avenue, San Francisco, CA, United States

    In Presidio Live, experience live music, theatre, dance, film, and dialogues that offer a contemporary take on the history and nature of the Presidio and...

    Free
  • Shipwreck Presents A WRINKLE IN TIME

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

    Climb in the tesseract and hold on to your Whatsits: we're doing A Wrinkle in Time, because Chris Pine is in the movie.   Featured writers: Sarah Culver, Annalee...

    $12 – $15
  • SFJAZZ Poetry Festival

    SFJAZZ Center 201 Franklin St, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Curated by SFJAZZ Poet Laureate Genny Lim, this year's festival will again feature the greatest poets of the Bay Area and beyond, centered on the...

    $15
  • You’re Going to Die

    The Lost Church 65 Capp Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Thursday, April 5, 2018 7:30 PM  10:30 PM The Lost Church (map) Doors at 7:30pm Show at 8pm $10 online & at the door... TICKETSSSSSS: http://ticketf.ly/2oVcGLP YOU’RE GOING...

    $10
  • Dan Bransfield / Pizzapedia

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    The Bindery is excited to host a launch for Dan Bransfield'sPizzapedia. Join us for a meet and greet, pizza (obviously), and a cash bar! A book...

    Free
  • SFJAZZ Poetry Festival

    SFJAZZ Center 201 Franklin St, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Curated by SFJAZZ Poet Laureate Genny Lim, this year's festival will again feature the greatest poets of the Bay Area and beyond, centered on the...

    $15
  • Mohsin Hamid

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

    In Conversation with Pico Iyer   Mohsin Hamid is the author of the international bestsellers Exit West and The Reluctant Fundamentalist, both finalists for the Man Booker Prize. His first...

    $29
  • Mohsin Hamid with Pico Iyer

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

    Mohsin Hamid is the author of the international bestsellers Exit West and The Reluctant Fundamentalist, both finalists for the Man Booker Prize. His first novel, Moth Smoke, won the Betty...

    Free
  • Hand, De Leon, Robles w/ Fellinis

    SFJAZZ Center 201 Franklin St, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Curated by SFJAZZ Poet Laureate Genny Lim, this year's festival will again feature the greatest poets of the Bay Area and beyond, centered on the...

    $15
  • SFJAZZ Poetry Festival

    SFJAZZ Center 201 Franklin St, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Curated by SFJAZZ Poet Laureate Genny Lim, this year's festival will again feature the greatest poets of the Bay Area and beyond, centered on the...

    $15
  • SFJAZZ Poetry Festival

    SFJAZZ Center 201 Franklin St, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Curated by SFJAZZ Poet Laureate Genny Lim, this year's festival will again feature the greatest poets of the Bay Area and beyond, centered on the...

    $15
  • SFJAZZ Poetry Festival

    SFJAZZ Center 201 Franklin St, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Curated by SFJAZZ Poet Laureate Genny Lim, this year's festival will again feature the greatest poets of the Bay Area and beyond, centered on the...

    $15
  • NoViolet Bulawayo, Gina Berriault Award for Fiction, reading

    The Poetry Center, San Francisco State University 1600 Holloway Ave, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Junot Díaz writes of Zimbabwean novelist NoViolet Bulawayo, "I knew this writer was going to blow up. Her honesty, her voice, her formidable command of...

    Free
  • Odd Salon: Scandal

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

    Tales of tawdry misadventure and outrageous revelations, secret sins, shocking sensations, and closets overbrimming with skeletons   Curated by Tamar Baskind Artwork by Imogen Speer Tuesday, April 10...

    $15 – $25
  • Perfectly Queer: National Poetry Month

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

    Join us in celebrating National Poetry Month with San Francisco Poet Laureate Kim Shuck, Aja Couchois Duncan, Luna Merbruja, and Lourdes Figueroa

    Free
  • Weekday Wanderlust

    Weekday Wanderlust 562 Sutter Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Hello Wanderlusters. Mark your calendars for TUESDAY APRIL 10. We have a superb line-up waiting just for you with Julia Scott, John Ellis, and Amanda...

    Free