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  • David Brazil w/ Julien Poirier

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

    David Brazil celebrates the release of Holy Ghost.

  • Claire Dederer w/ Peggy Orenstein

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

    Join us as we welcome Claire Dederer to celebrate Love and Trouble: A Midlife Reckoning. She'll be reading and in conversation with Peggy Orenstein!

  • Joel Selvin + John Hell

    Folio Books 3957 24th St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    An in-depth Q & A about one of rock music’s most notorious moments.

  • Jeffrey Tambor

    Roxie Theatre 3117 16th Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Booksmith Presents: Jeffrey Tambor (at the Roxie).

    $15 – $40

  • Alan Lessik

    Books Inc. Opera Plaza 601 Van Ness, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Alan Lessik shares his debut work of fiction, The Troubleseekers.

  • Kerry Egan: On Living

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

    Kerry Egan discusses her new book, On Living with Victoria Sweet.

  • Kevin Killian Book Release

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

    Kevin Killian book release with Andrew Durbin

  • Bikes to Books Springtime Ride

    Jack London Street Jack London Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Combining San Francisco history, art, literature, cycling, and urban exploration.

  • Literary Pop!

    Faultline Studios 1139 Howard St., San Francisco, CA, United States

    Tickets will be sold ONLINE Only!

    $5.99 – $10

  • unsolicited release

    International Art Museum of America 1025 Market Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    New poetry!

    $15 – $20

  • Folio Night, LIVE!: Open Mic Night

    Folio Books 3957 24th St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Our third community open mic night with featured reader, Bay Area poet Tongo Eisen-Martin, and host Wayne Goodman.

  • Alexandra Teague

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

    Alexandra Teague reads from her new novel, The Principles Behind Flotation.

  • Martha Grover

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

    Selected by Maggie Nelson as a 2017 finalist for the Oregon Book Award in Creative Nonfiction.

  • Such a Nasty Woman: Female Writers Respond to Trump

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

    This panel of brave, outspoken, and articulate authors will ask some tough questions about women's role in a Trump era.

  • 2017 San Francisco Silent Film Festival

    Castro Theater 429 Castro Street, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Each year the Center for the Art of Translation sponsors new translations of silent film intertitles for the San Francisco Silent Film Festival.

  • *RADAR SuperStars

    SF Public Library 100 Larkin Street, San Francisco, United States

    Join RADAR for its annual birthday and SuperStar Pride Program.

  • Radar Superstar: A Queer AF Variety Show

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

    Annual celebration showcase featuring 4 incredible queer artists.

  • Scaachi Koul + Doree Shafrir

    Book Passage San Francisco 1 Ferry Building, San Francisco, CA, United States

    A conversation between Saachi Koul and Doree Shafrir.

  • Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi + Meron Hadero

    Museum of the African Diaspora 685 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    A conversation about Kintu with author Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi and Meron Hadero. The program will include a wine reception and booksigning. Tickets are $10 for non-members, free for members of MoAD.

    $10

  • Weekday DONderlust

    Hotel Rex 562 Sutter Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Celebration of Don George's Birthday, as well as the new release of The Best Women's Travel Writing.

  • Flash Fiction Collective

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

    The Flash Fiction Collective is thrilled to feature Jimin Han, Julia Halprin Jackson, and Gary Singh at our June reading!

  • Mark Lukach + Sachi Cunningham

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

    Join Mark Lukach and Sachi Cunningham in conversation about mental health, family, and creativity as Mark releases his new book, My Lovely Wife in the Psych Ward.

  • Brian Hassett’s Beat Cafe

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

    This appearance is celebrating a new special “Summer of Love Edition” of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Jack Kerouac with additional photos, bringing the total in the book to 70!

  • Poets of Color Podcast

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

    The Poets of Color Podcast is dropping June 2017 and your host's Asha Sudra & Chris "L7" Cuadrado need your help to make it happen!

    $5 – $10

  • Drag Queen Story Hour

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

    Drag Queen Story Hour is just what it sounds like—drag queens reading stories to children in the library. DQSH captures the imagination and play of the gender fluidity of childhood and gives kids glamorous, positive, and unabashedly queer role models.

  • Youth Poetry Workshop w/ Kim Shuck + Dan Vera

    Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts 2868 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Poets Kim Shuck and Dan Vera will host a poetry workshop for young adults, by drawing on the poetry anthology, Imaniman: Poets Writing in the Anzaldúan Borderlands