• Human, a film by Mojo Adam

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    The Bindery presents a screening of the short film Human byMoJo Adam, created to the poem of the same name by Arielle Estoria. The film is a collaborative...

    $15
  • Poetry!

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

    featuring Kyle Schlesinger  and Tim Shaner Hosted by Kevin Killian

  • Pride Poetry Palooza

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

    Booksmith hosts The Perfectly Queer reading series for their annual celebration of queerness at Pride Poetry Palooza! Eight amazing LGBTQ poets will read from new...

  • An evening of poetry

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

    an evening of poetry with Matt Potter, Carly Moore, and Dia Felix Hosted by Kevin Killian

  • Cara Black’s Murder on the Left Bank book reading & signing

    Noe Valley Metting Room 451 Jersey St, San Francisco, United States

    Join Cara Black, New York Times bestselling author of the Aimée Leduc series (set in Paris) AND Noe Valley resident for a special Summer Stride...

  • Elizabeth Rush

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

    Elizabeth Rush discusses her new book, Rising: Dispatches from the New American Shore. Praise for Rising “Sea level rise is not some distant problem in a...

  • Launch for Heather June Gibbons / Her Mouth as Souvenir

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    The Bindery hosts the launch event for Heather June Gibbons' Her Mouth as Souvenir, winner of the 2017 Agha Shahid Ali Poetry Prize. More information to be announced...

  • Launch for Kate Schatz and Miriam Klein Stahl / Rad Girls Can

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

    Join feminist artists and activists Kate Schatz and Miriam Klein Stahl—the Bay Area duo behind the New York Timesbest-selling books Rad Women Worldwide and Rad American Women A-Z, for the San Francisco...

  • Red Light Lit: Love Is The Drug

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

    Red Light Lit is releasing its first poetry anthology, Love Is The Drug & Other Dark Poems💜Featured readers include: Cassandra Dallett, Miah Jeffra, Tomas Moniz, Christine No, Sarah Bethe Nelson, Riss Rosado, Tara...

    $10 – $15
  • Bawdy Storytelling’s ‘Transformed’

    Verdi Club 2424 Mariposa St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    The Award-winning Bawdy Storytelling Podcast is based on our revered sex and storytelling stage series - which has been the measuring stick for storytelling for...

    $25 – $35
  • Pop-up Zine-fest & Reading

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

    SF Zine-fest hosts hosts a pop up in the back gallery featuring work from local artists, writers and zine-makers   Reading at 7 (readers TBA)

  • Paul Park & Terry Bisson, with guest moderator Cliff Winnig

    The American Bookbinders Museum 355 Clementina Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Doors open: 6:00pm Event starts: 6:30pm The American Bookbinders Museum 355 Clementina San Francisco, CA Books for sale via Borderlands Books The SF in SF podcast...

  • THE RACKET! #21 Nature

    Adobe Books 3130 24th St., San Francisco, CA, United States

    It's summer time and instead of throwing on a banana hammock and crisping our flesh to a chestnut glow, we're going to get a bunch...

  • Bay Area Generations #59

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

        The Bindery hosts the 59th installment of Bay Area Generations. More info TBA soon -- for now, save the date! This month's Guest Curator...

    $10
  • Rachel Heng and Ingrid Rojas Contreras

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

    Rachel Heng discusses her new novel, Suicide Club with Ingrid Rojas Contreras. Praise for Suicide Club “How can such a young writer know all these things? Rachel Heng’s first...

  • On Doing Nothing by Roman Muradov

    Mechanics Institute 57 Post St 4th Floor Boardroom, San Francisco, CA, United States

    On Doing Nothing by Roman Muradov In an age of obsessive productivity and stress, this illustrated ode to idleness invites readers to explore the pleasures and...

  • Matthew Zapruder: My Favorite Book

    Koret Auditorium, San Francisco Main Library 100 Larkin Avenune, SAN FRANCISCO, CA, United States

    DATE & TIME: Tuesday, July 24, 2018 - 6 p.m. LOCATION: Main Library, 100 Larkin St. San Francisco, CA 94102 View a map and get...

  • Open Books: Cara Black

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

    Join us when Cara Black reads from her new Aimée Leduc novel Murder on the Left Bank.  In this novel a confession fifty years in the...

  • Perfectly Queer Plus Reading “Nick White & Friends”

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

    Mississippi-born author Nick White is visiting San Francisco on his book tour. He'll be reading with friends Lucy Jane Bledsoe, Dave Madden, and Hilary Zaid...

    Free
  • Inside Raymond Chandler’s Creation of The Big Sleep – Reading

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

    The first fully annotated edition of Raymond Chandler’s 1939 classic The Big Sleep features hundreds of illuminating notes and images alongside the full text of...

  • SPANISH LANGUAGE BOOK CLUB MEETING

    Adobe Books 3130 24th St., San Francisco, CA, United States

    Please join us for a lively discussion about “Hasta no verte Jesus Mio” by Elena Poniatowska To join the book group please contact iranyi@me.com

  • The Annotated Big Sleep

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

    The first fully annotated edition of Raymond Chandler’s 1939 classic The Big Sleepfeatures hundreds of illuminating notes and images alongside the full text of the novel and...

  • LABORFEST: REVOLUTIONARY POETS BRIGADE

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

    The dystopian world we live in will be challenged by words and music that will bring solidarity and unity of all working people. POETS: Mahnaz...