• Jasmine Guillory – – Royal Holiday

    East Bay Booksellers 5433 College Avenue, Oakland

    EAST BAY BOOKSELLERS is excited to welcome our friend Jasmine Guillory to celebrate the publication of her fourth novel, Royal Holiday, on Tuesday, October 1st at 7pm. From the New...

  • Beyond the Shortest Month Book Club

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

    Beyond The Shortest Month is a book club dedicated to reading and celebrating authors of color year round. Green Apple Books and Music 506 Clement...

  • Maxim Osipov

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

    Reading excerpts from the new translation of his short fiction collection Rock, Paper, Scissors and other stories by Maxim Osipov Preface by Svetlana Alexievitch, edited...

  • LAUNCH for Jon Roemer / Five Windows

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    The Bindery hosts the launch party for Jon Roemer's debut novel Five Windows. More to be announced soon, but please save the date and join us! At...

  • Ivan Orkin and Chris Ying

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

    Ivan Orkin and Chris Ying dicuss their new cookcbook, The Gaijin Cookbook: Japanese Recipes from a Chef, Father, Eater, and Lifelong Outsider. About The Gaijin Cookbook...

  • Ian Brennan in conversation with David Harrington

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

    discussing the subject of Ian Brennan's new book Silenced by Sound: The Music Meritocracy Myth published by PM Press Popular culture has woven itself into...

  • Max Tomlinson

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

    Max Tomlinson joins us to discuss his novel, Vanishing in the Haight. About Vanishing in the Haight Between fending off a lecherous parole officer and trying...

  • The Future of Translation with Çedilla & Co.

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

    Sean Gasper Bye, Elisabeth Jaquette, Julia Sanches, Jeremy Tiang and Jeffrey Zuckerman, members of Çedilla & Co., a collective of literary translators representing a wide range of writers, languages,...

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  • MFA in Writing Reading Series – Patricia Smith

    FR 125 - Maraschi Room, USF 2130 Fulton St, San Francisco , CA, United States

      THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3 7:45 – 9:30 p.m. Fromm Hall - FR 125 - Maraschi Room Patricia Smith is the author of eight books of poetry,...

  • John James and Julia Guez

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

    John James and Julia Guez read from their new poetry collections, The Milk Hours and In an Invisible Glass Case Which is Also a Frame. About The Milk...

    Free
  • Mongreltude and From Nature – Poetry With Bernheimer and Brolaski

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

    Alan Bernheimer’s latest collection of poetry is From Nature (Cuneiform Press, 2019). Recent work has appeared at Across the Margin and at SFMOMA’s Open Space...

    Free
  • Poetry with Alan Bernheimer and Julian Talamantez Brolaski

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

    Alan Bernheimer’s latest collection of poetry is From Nature (Cuneiform Press, 2019). Recent work has appeared at Across the Margin and at SFMOMA’s Open Space and in The Equalizer, The Delineator, and Hambone. The Spoonlight...

  • RACHEL MADDOW

    Sydney Goldstein Theater 275 Hayes St, San Francisco, CA, United States

    RACHEL MADDOW Sunday, October 6, 2019, 7:00 pm Venue: Sydney Goldstein Theater Series: Special Events Tickets Sold Out! NOTE: 7PM start time. Rachel Maddow is host of the Rachel...

    sold out
  • PATTI SMITH In Conversation with Dan Stone

    Sydney Goldstein Theater 275 Hayes St, San Francisco, CA, United States

    PATTI SMITH In Conversation with Dan Stone Monday, October 7, 2019, 7:30 pm Venue: Sydney Goldstein Theater Series: Special Events  Buy Tickets | 415.392.4400 Each ticket to include a...

    $49
  • Suyi Davies Okungbowa: David Mogo, Godhunter

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

    Suyi Davies Okungbowa discusses his new novel, David Mogo, Godhunter. Praise for David Mogo, Godhunter “A number of books have been termed ‘godpunk,’ but Suyi Davies...

    Free
  • Happy Endings: Spooooky Theme TBD

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

    HAPPY ENDINGS is a monthly reading series that showcases new writing and wants to shine a little sun on your soul. What's gonna happen? Five...

    $10
  • An Evening with Carolina de Robertis

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

    Join us for a reading and discussion of Cantoras, the newly acclaimed novel by Uruguayan American author Carolina de Robertis. A Bay Area resident, De...

    Free
  • Ian Haney López in conversation with Eva Paterson

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

    Ian Haney López in conversation with Eva Paterson Wednesday, October 9, 2019, 7:00 p.m., City Lights Booksellers, 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco Presented by City...

  • San Francisco in Queer Fiction, by the Decade

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

    Booksmith welcomes Perfectly Queer Reading Series back as they present a night of readings: San Francisco in Queer Fiction, by the Decade. Please join us! San Francisco has...

  • Nick Flynn: a Reading, a Conversation

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

    The Reading: Nick Flynn's latest book is I Will Destroy You, poetry that interrogates the potential of art to be redemptive, to remake and reform. But first...

  • Augusten Burroughs / Toil & Trouble: A Memoir

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

    Booksmith hosts a special evening with Augusten Burroughs for his new book, Toil & Trouble: A Memoir. This will be his only SF/Bay Area appearance. Please join us!...

    $30.50
  • Kim Magowan: The Light Source

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

    Kim Magowan discusses her new novel, The Light Source. About The Light Source The relationship between Heather Katchadourian and Julie Howe is complicated. Over the past...

    Free
  • PICO IYER In Conversation with Dan Stone

    Sydney Goldstein Theater 275 Hayes St, San Francisco, CA, United States

    PICO IYER In Conversation with Dan Stone Thursday, October 10, 2019, 7:30 pm Venue: Sydney Goldstein Theater Series: "On Arts" Benefiting 826 Valencia Scholarship Program  Buy Tickets | Buy Series...

    $29