Photographer B.A. Van Sise discusses his new book, Children of Grass: A Portrait of American Poetry. Also featuring readings by poets Jane Hirshfield and Dorianne Laux. Praise...
This event is in celebration of the seven amazing female muralists who created San Francisco's iconic Women's Building- and the launch of their new book,...
Join us for an afternoon of #StillHereSF QTPOC Latinx Voices! Featuring: Cathy Arellano Tina Valentin Aguirre Prado Gomez Mason J. Cristina Mitra Amanda Vigil Amelia...
Babylon Salon presents our Fall Reading Saturday, Sept 14, 2019, 6.00 pm at The Armory Club 1799 Mission Street (downstairs performance space) featuring -- Daniel Handler (Bottle...
Daniel Handler: Fall 2019 Babylon Salon presents our Fall Reading Saturday, Sept 14, 2019, 6.00 pm at The Armory Club 1799 Mission Street (downstairs performance space) featuring...
Yangsze Choo (The Night Tiger) Fonda Lee (Jade City, Cross Fire) Evan Ramzipoor (The Ventriloquists) Molly Tanzer (Creatures of Will and Temper) Shelly Oria (Indelible...
The 5th Annual Poetry in Parks / Ayala Cove on Angel Island Sunday, Sept 15, 2019, 11a – 4pm Youth readings A literary mixtape curated by Katie Tandy and July Westhale...
discussing the subject of her recently released book Republic of Lies:American Conspiracy Theorists and Their Surprising Rise to Power from Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt & Co....
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POETS! 1st and 3rd Monday of each month, 7-9 pm Featured poets + open mic hosted by Jerry Ferraz On the first and third Monday of...
celebrating the release of his new book Ascend Ascend from Third Man Books Written over the course of twenty days, coming in and out of...
The Bindery hosts the launch for Anniqua Rana's debut novel, Wild Boar in the Cane Field. More information to be announced soon, but please save the date...
Editor Shelly Oria discusses the new collection Indelible in the Hippocampus: Writings from the Me Too Movement with Rita Bullwinkel, Thea Matthews and Yalitza Ferreras. Praise for Indelible...
celebrating the release of her new book James Joyce and the Matter of Paris published by Cambridge University Press In James Joyce and the Matter of Paris,...
Booksmith hosts a special evening with actor Avan Jogia for his debut book, Mixed Feelings: Poems and Stories. This will be his only SF/Bay Area appearance. Please join...
This event will be held at our 9th Ave. location. This is a ticketed event. Tickets available here. Caitlin Doughty discusses her new book, Will My Cat Eat...
Bathsheba Demuth discusses her new book, Floating Coast: An Environmental History of the Bering Strait. Praise for Floating Coast “In Floating Coast, Bathsheba Demouth has written a...
MALCOLM GLADWELL In Conversation with Al Letson Thursday, September 19, 2019, 7:30 pm Venue: Sydney Goldstein Theater Series: Special Events Tickets Sold Out!
Booksmith hosts Bay Area poet John James for his debut book of poems, The Milk Hours. Reading with him are local poets Jay Deshpande (The Destroyer in the Glass) & Noah Warren (Love...
The Bindery hosts a special afternoon event with Petina Gappah (The Book of Memory) reading from her second novel, Out of Darkness, Shining Light. Please join us! “This is...
discussing the subject of her new book Wilding:Returning Nature to Our Farm from New York Review Books with an introduction by Eric Schlosser For many...
Jess Row discusses his new book, White Flights: Race, Fiction and the American Imagination. Praise for White Flights “These are brilliant, sweeping, intimate delights—and afterward, you...
The Bindery hosts Timothy Faust, back in San Francisco to present his first book, Health Justice Now: Single Payer and What Comes Next. Please join us! The...
EAST BAY BOOKSELLERS is excited to welcome Maria Tumarkin to celebrate the publication of her book of essays, on Monday, September 24th at 7pm. Winner of the Melbourne...
The Bindery hosts the launch for Aimee Lucido's debut,Emmy in the Key of Code. With her in conversation isKwame Alexander (The Crossover). Please join us! In this...
Leland Cheuk discusses his new novel, No Good Very Bad Asian with Vanessa Hua. Praise for No Good Very Bad Asian "A touching, funny tale of a...
Join us to celebrate the release of The San Francisco Writers Grotto's new series LIT STARTS with a writing night on humor. About Writing Humor...
Berkeley Arts & Letters presents #1 international and New York Times bestselling author Naomi Klein (The Shock Doctrine and This Changes Everything) as she makes the case for a Green...
Jordan Kantor and Connie Lewallen discuss the life and work of Bill Berkson and his book A Frank O'Hara Notebook. About Bill Berkson Born in New York...
Booksmith hosts the beloved New York Times-bestselling and National Book Award-winning author of Another Brooklyn and Brown Girl Dreaming Jacqueline Woodsonfor her new novel, Red at the Bone. Please join us!...