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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...

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...

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 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...

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...

Please join us on Clement street on Thursday, July 26th at 7:00 p.m. as we welcome Elizabeth Cooperman & Thomas Walton to celebrate the release of their new book...

Victoria Patterson discusses her new story collection, The Secret Habit of Sorrow. Praise for The Secret Habit of Sorrow “Patterson is on a mission to bring our ghosts...

Join us for our monthly Russian book club, literary discussion, and/or poetry recital.   Koret Auditorium Main Library

~ an evening of love-themed music and lit ~   We are OPEN for literary submissions. Guidelines. This is an evening for music and literature on...

Celebrate the release of 3 special edition chapbooks by our current round of writers-in-residence! Featuring readings by:   MK Chavez Philip Harris Emily Pinkerton

Join us on Tuesday, July 31st to celebrate the release of R.O. Kwon's debut novel, The Incendiaries. R.O. will be in conversation with Esmé Weijun Wang. Praise...

Screening the Red Army Faction explores representations of the Red Army Faction (RAF) in print media, film and art. The book contributes both a new...

Barbara Jane Reyes   Celebrate the opening of PAL / The Pilipinx American Library at the Asian Art Museum with readings by Bay Area poets...

The Bindery is thrilled to host the launch party for Ingrid Rojas Contreras' debut novel, Fruit of the Drunken Tree. Joining Ingrid in conversation is our muse...

Siobhan Adcock discusses her new novel, The Completionist. Praise for The Completionist "Thoughtful, suspenseful, and shot through with dark humor, The Completionist creates a future world...

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...

Thor Hanson discusses his new book, Buzz: The Nature and Necessity of Bees, at the San Francisco Botanical Garden. This event will feature a talk in the Fragrance...

SAT. AUG. 4TH, 6-9PMJoin Third Mind Books to celebrate the release of Starting from San Francisco: The Baby Beat Generation and the Second San Francisco Renaissance, a Beat...

Please join us at Green Apple Books on Clement street on Wednesday, August 8th at 7:00 p.m. as we welcome Sylvia Verange as she discusses her newest book (from Rare...

Stephen Kessler joins us on Thursday, August 9th to read from his collection, Garage Elegies. About Garage Elegies In Garage Elegies, Stephen Kessler records with grief and wit, documentary realism and ranging...

The Bindery hosts All the Sad Young Literary Men author Keith Gessen for his new novel A Terrible Country. With Keith in conversation will be The Millions' Lydia Kiesling. Please join...

Booksmith is proud to host the San Francisco launch for Jason Morris' first full-length collection of poetry, Levon Helm. Reading with Jason is the poet Nicholas James Whittington. Please...