Not just any book club. An intentional, socially engaged book club with an activist agenda. It all started with a pervasive sense of dread and...
A conversation with Morgan Parker and Arisa White
Reading from his acclaimed new novel American War.
Jewish writers, including many from the Bay Area, are responsible for some of the most entertaining and mind-bending stories, books, and scripts written in the...
Janice A. Lowe performing works from her debut book, Leaving Cle, with Yohann Potico and Kevin Carnes.
Join us as we welcome Lidia Yuknavitch for her much-anticipated novel The Book of Joan!
Release of Rise: An Anthology of Power and Unity with readings.
Deb Olin Unferth discusses her new story collection Wait Till You See Me Dance with Ethan Nosowsky.
FREE admission, all ages, full menu and bar in the front room.
Books will be available for purchase and signing at the event.
Each Master Class Mixer is limited to just 15 students, lasts for three hours, and concludes with a reception with the author.
Join us in the Crystal Ballroom of the Marines' Memorial Club on April 22 to celebrate 35 years of the San Francisco Shakespeare Festival! Festivities...
Kanishk Tharoor discusses his new story collection, Swimmer Among the Stars, with Aaron Bady.
We're gathering some fantastic writers to share their thoughts on, well, drugs.
Susan Steinberg talks with Kristen Radtke about her debut graphic novel, Imagine Wanting Only This.
Moderated by Eddie Muller & Jerry Thompson with Kim Addonizio, Nick Petrulakis, Jamie DeWolf, Joe Loya.
Andres Barba discusses his new novel, Such Small Hands, with Yiyun Li, followed by a party sponsored by Transit Books.
Booksmith is delighted to host local literary nonprofit Small Press Traffic as they present two superb visiting poets, Anselm Berrigan + Hoa Nguyen.
In The Last Machine in the Solar System, life on Earth ended billions of years ago, but the last machine carries on.
Featured readers include: Peter Thomas Bullen, Allyson Darling, Fred Dodsworth, Nick Jaina, Ari Moskowitz, Xan Roberti and more.
Skloot specializes in narrative science writing and has explored a wide range of topics, including tissue ownership rights, race and medicine, and food politics in The New York Times Magazine, O, The Oprah Magazine, Discover, and elsewhere.
John Waters reads from his new book, Make Trouble, and delivers advice for artists, graduates and anyone trying to make a living as a creative person.
Discussing Doctorow's book, Walkaway, and Scalzi's book The Collapsing Empire.
Long known as a vital, innovative author in her native Korea (as well as the publisher of Oulipopress), Han Yujoo here presents her first full-length...
Celebrating the release of his new poetry collection In Memory of an Angel.
Orlando White receives the Poetry Center Book Award for LETTERRS and reads with award judge Patrick James Dunagan.
Jackie Townsend shares her compelling new novel, The Absence of Evelyn.
Celebrating National Poetry Month!
Jennifer Lin dramatizes her family history in her new book, Shanghai Faithful: Betrayal and Forgiveness in a Chinese Christian Family
Clarion Alley reading series for an afternoon of solidarity, joy, grim resilience, and a way forward.