• 3 + 3: A Collaboration Between 3 Poets & 3 Musicians

    Red Poppy Art House 2698 Folsom St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Three musician-poet pairs each perform a set—one new poem inspired by an original song, one new song inspired by an original poem, and one piece...

    $15
  • 3 + 3: A Collaboration Between 3 Poets & 3 Musicians

    Red Poppy Art House 2698 Folsom St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Three musician-poet pairs each perform a set—one new poem inspired by an original song, one new song inspired by an original poem, and one piece...

    $15
  • BOOKSMITH: Anne-Marie Kinney / Coldwater Canyon

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

    Booksmith hosts Los Angeles-based Anne-Marie Kinney (Radio Iris) for her new novel Colwater Canyon. More details to be announced -- please save the date and join us!  ...

  • Juliana Spahr

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

    discussing the subject of her new book Du Bois's Telegram : Literary Resistance and State Containment published by Harvard U. Press In 1956 W. E....

  • Shipwreck Presents: Stephen King’s Greatest Hits

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

    Strap in for six of Stephen Kings terrifyingest, coke-iest, popular-iest books: The Shining, Misery, Carrie,It, Christine, and, of course, his seminal text on craft, On Writing. Featured writers TBA. $12...

    $12 – $15
  • Adam Hochschild

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

    discussing the subject of his new book Lessons from a Dark Time and Other Essays published by University of California Press In this rich collection,...

  • Sally McGrane

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

    Sally McGrane Clement: Sally McGrane Thursday, November 1, 2018 - 7:00pm This event will be held at our Clement St. location. Sally McGrane discusses her...

  • 9th Ave: Anita Felicelli and Peg Alford Pursell

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

    Anita Felicelli discusses her debut story collection, Love Songs for a Lost Continent with Peg Alford Pursell. Praise for Love Songs for a Lost Continent “Love Songs...

  • great weather for MEDIA Book Release Party

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

    Celebrate the publication of great sweather for MEDIA's latest anthology, Suitcase of Chrysanthemums and meet an indie press looking for new voices. Featuring contributors and special guests...

    Free
  • Humanities West presents Late Czarist Russian Artistic Brilliance

    Marines' Memorial Club 609 Sutter St., San Francisco, CA, United States

    Nov 2, 7:30-9:30pm, and Nov 3, 10am-4pm Late Czarist Russian Artistic Brilliance is a two-day program of lectures, discussions, and musical performances exploring the enduring...

    $25 – $80
  • BINDERY: Silent Book Club SF

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    Bring a book, bring a friend, and join us at the Bindery for an afternoon of reading! At Silent Book Club, there's no assigned reading. All books...

  • Tim Mohr in conversation with Penelope Houston

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

    Cosponsored by Rock 'n Roll Book Club in conjunction with City Lights and Algonquin Books celebrating the release of Burning Down the Haus: Punk Rock, Revolution, and the Fall of...

  • Quiet Lightning

    RIncon Rark The Embarcadero & Folsom St, San Francisco, CA, United States

    On November 5, Quiet Lightning returns for a series of 9 surprises: Peter Bullen Shirley Huey Fernando Meisenhalter Maia Bull Cassandra Dallett Sarah Henry Sean...

  • election Night with ZYZZYVA

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

    Election Night with Zyzzyva Hosted by Oscar Villalon, ZYZZYVA Managing Editor with Nestor Gomez, Matthew Zapruder, Caille Millner, Dean Rader, Ismail Muhammad, Vanessa Hua, and D.A. Powell Come join a...

  • Caroline J Thibeaux

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

    Caroline J Thibeaux discusses her new book The Dragonglass Bowl: The Dream Walker's Path. About The Dragonglass Bowl Is a dream a thing of Shadow or...

  • George Albon in conversation with Maxwell Shanley

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

    George Albon in conversation with Maxwell Shanley celebrating the release of Lyric Multiples: Aspiration, Practice, Immanence, Migration from Nightboat Press A poet's capacious and visionary sequence...

  • What Future 2018

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

    Co-editor Rose Eveleth, and contributors Lauren Smiley, and Annalee Newitz discuss What Future: The Year's Best Ideas To Reclaim, Reanimate And Reinvent Our Future.   Rose Eveleth is a...

  • EILEEN MYLES

    Nourse Theatre 275 Hayes Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    EILEEN MYLES In Conversation with Stephen Best Thursday, November 8, 2018, 7:30 pm Venue: Nourse Theater Series: "On Arts" Benefiting 826 Valencia Scholarship Program  Buy Tickets | Buy Series Tickets |...

    $29
  • L.A. Kauffman

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

    L.A. Kauffman discussing the subject of her new book How to Read a Protest: The Art of Organizing and Resistance published by University of California...

  • BINDERY: The Fight for a Free Press: Book Launch and Panel

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    The Bindery hosts Alison Littman for the launch of her debut novel, Radio Underground. Littman will join New York Times journalist Sheera Frenkel, cybersecurity expert Bill Marczak (Larry King, Washington Post, Vanity Fair) and Camille Fischer from the Electronic...

  • BOOKSMITH: Jonathan Lethem / The Feral Detective

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

    Booksmith hosts Jonathan Lethem for The Feral Detective, his first detective novel since Motherless Brooklyn. With him in conversation is Michael Chabon. Please join us!   Phoebe Siegler first meets...

  • ‘KEROUAC ON RECORD’ WITH MICHAEL GOLDBERG & JOHNNY HARPER

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

    Michael Goldberg is the author of “Bob Dylan’s Beat Visions (Sonic Poetry),” and interviewed Richard Meltzer for the recently released collection Kerouac on Record, edited...