• Pitch-o-Rama, literary agent pitch festival

    online

    As you likely know, we have been holding the Pitch-o-Rama literary pitch festival annually for more than 20 years. In 2020, we changed to a...

    $65 – $75
  • Alonzo King in conversation with Steven Winn

    online

    City Arts & Lectures presents: Alonzo King in conversation with Steven Winn Wednesday, April 14, 2021 6:00pm Pacific Time TICKETS Hailed as a visionary choreographer, Alonzo King is...

    $29
  • High Dawn 8: Choi / Morgan / Foster / Suzuki

    online

    Presented in partnership with UC Berkeley Poetry Colloquium RSVP for Zoom link: spt-april.eventbrite.com Based in Berkeley, CA, 최 Lindsay is a poet and translator working...

    Free
  • Virtual Event: Frank Mortimer and Bob Tanem

    online

    Join us on Friday, April 16 at 6pm PT when Frank Mortimer discusses his new book, Bee People and the Bugs They Love, with KSFO's...

    Free
  • Poetry and Environmental Justice, Writers tba

    online

    Remote access event, free and open to the public Registration link pending, will be announced here With emcee, Elise Ficarra Presented in conjunction with the...

    Free
  • Virtual Event: Jakob Guanzon and Lysley Tenorio

    online CA, United States

    Join us on Wednesday, April 21 at 6pm PT when Jakob Guanzon discusses his debut novel, Abundance, with Lysley Tenorio on Zoom! Zoom Login Info...

    Free
  • Seismic Salon: T.J. Stiles

    online

    Buy Tickets  News alert, nonfiction fans! Litquake has secured the participation of two-time Pulitzer Prize winning biographer T.J. Stiles for our Seismic Salon series. Called...

    $500
  • Open Mic Night | Featuring Jewelle Gomez

    online

    OPEN MIC THURSDAYS continue. Join us on ZOOM twice a month for our virtual Open Mic. Look for MoAD Open Mic every other Thursday this month. Hosted...

    Free
  • Reclaiming Connection and Community

    Virtual

    The American Dream as it has been defined for more than a century is about the well-paying job, the nuclear family, and upward mobility. But...

    $10.
  • At The Door: Chapter Three

    online CA, United States

    Join us for our monthly reading series, uplifting only Black & Brown voices. If you didn't attend last month's event... you missed out. Here's your...

    Free
  • Virtual Event: Damon B. Akins and William J. Bauer Jr.

    Green Apple Books 9th Avenue 1231 9th Avenue, San Francisco, CA, United States

    JOIN US ON WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28 AT 6PM PT WHEN DAMON B. AKINS AND WILLIAM J. BAUER JR. DISCUSS THEIR BOOK, WE ARE THE LAND: A HISTORY OF NATIVE...

    Free
  • Seismic Salon: Juan Felipe Herrera

    online

    Buy Tickets  Co-presented with City Lights Booksellers & Publishers To close out National Poetry Month, Litquake is thrilled to welcome former U.S. Poet Laureate Juan...

    $500
  • Rachel Kushner in conversation with Heidi Julavits

    online

    City Arts & Lectures presents: Rachel Kushner in conversation with Heidi Julavits Thursday, April 29, 2021 6:00pm Pacific Time TICKETS Rachel Kushner is the bestselling author...

    $29
  • Astra Taylor with Robert Reich

    online CA, United States

    Sunday, May 2, 2021 1:00pm Pacific Time KQED Broadcast: 05/02/2021, 05/04/2021, 05/05/2021 DONATE Astra Taylor’s engagement with philosophy, democracy, and political organizing transcends form, emerging through...

    free
  • Bazaar Writers Salon – May 2021

    online CA, United States

    Kim Addonizio is the author of a dozen books of poetry and prose. Her most recent poetry collection is Now We’re Getting Somewhere (W.W. Norton)....

    Free
  • Odd Mondays Reading “Arisa White & Friends”

    online CA, United States

    Celebrate the publication of Arisa White's new poetry collection, WHO'S YOUR DADDY, with her friends MK Chavez and Vickie Vértiz at Odd Mondays May 3....

    Free
  • Sean Carroll: The Passage of Time and the Meaning of Life

    online CA, United States

    Watch & share this talk on YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and Long Now Live. What is time? What is humankind’s role in the universe? What is the meaning of life? For...

    Free
  • Imagine Us, the Swarm Book Launch

    online CA, United States

    Wednesday May 5 | 6-7:30pm PST via Zoom no fee KSW is partnering with the San Francisco Public Library for the launch of Muriel Leung's...

    Free
  • Seismic Salon: Natalie Baszile

    online

    Buy Tickets  Litquake is excited to welcome Natalie Baszile, author of the New York Times bestseller Queen Sugar (now a series on OWN network) to our Seismic Salon series!...

    $500