San Francisco

Reading from his new novel The Age of Perpetual Light from Grove Press.

Al Mulla will share a number of his poems in both the original Arabic and English.

Camille T. Dungy and Javier Zamora read from their poetry.

Discussing a new novel!

Charif Shanahan + Airea D. Matthews read from their latest poetry collections.

Join us for an open mic, featuring the following readers, under the banner of “100 Thousand Poets for Change.”

A demonstration and celebration of poetry to promote social, environmental, and political change.

Rob Halpern will read from his new book of poetry Touching Voids in Sense.

Join us for the first reading of the 2017-2018 season!

Booksmith is thrilled to welcome Celeste Ng (Everything I Never Told You) to the store for her new novel Little Fires Everywhere.

Tongo Eisen-Martin reads from his poetry, as part of his weeklong stint as Mazza Writer in Residence at The Poetry Center.

Ho Lin, co-editor of the long-running literary journal Caveat Lector, joins us in the Marina for a Launch Party celebrating his dazzling fiction debut, China Girl: And Other Stories.

Tons of great readings!

A book that seeks to manufacture dissent through collaborative art and poetry.

Tongo Eisen-Martin in collaboration with drummer/composer and writer Marshall Trammell, of the duo Black Spirituals.

Enjoy line breaks during your lunch break, as some of the Bay Area’s best poets and musicians share their work in the great outdoors.

Brian Rogers reads from and discusses his novel The Whole of the Moon.

Join Voz Sin Tinta in the month of October for an epic reading, featuring three writers with their new books fresh off the presses.

A reception and book signing follow the readings.

Creative Writing faculty members May-lee Chai and Junse Kim read from their prose.

Book Reading with Merle Kröger + Film by Philip Scheffner.

Al Young, Floyd Salas, + Andrena Zawinski.

InsideStorytime DELUGE, in phase 1 of the San Francisco Lit Crawl.