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  • Advice: A Night of Stories with Porchlight

    Swedish American Hall 2174 Market Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    We could all stand to hear some wisdom and guidance right about now. The Bay Area’s long-running Porch Light Storytelling Series returns with "advice"-themed tales from Steve Almond, Dickson...

    $20 – $25

  • John Freeman in conversation with Rebecca Solnit

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

    This event cosponsored by LITQUAKE in conjunction with City Lights and Grove Press celebrating the release of Freeman's Literary Journal: POWER Issue published by Grove Press From...

  • John Jay Osborn

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

    John Jay Osborn discusses his new novel Listen to the Marriage. About Listen to the Marriage Gretchen and Steve have been married for a long time....

  • The Simpsons and Other Jewish Families-Mike Reiss

    Contemporary Jewish Museum 736 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Mike Reiss, former head writier for The Simpsons, has written more than 300 episodes and won four Emmys for his work on the show. He...

    $20 – $25

  • The City Is Already Speaking: The Sound of Calle 24 Live Reading

    Bird & Beckett Books and Records 653 Chenery St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Join United Booksellers, San Francisco Poet Laureate Kim Shuck, and the poets for what is likely to be the last live reading of 2018 from...

    $5

  • Lit Crawl SF

    The Mission the mission, San Francisco, CA, United States

    FREE! One of the most anticipated literary nights of the year, San Francisco's Lit Crawl began in 2004, and has grown to attract nearly 10,000...

  • LITQUAKE! LIT-Crawl

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

    Please join us for a great night of literary fun along 24th Street! Phase 1:  FLOR Y CANTO 2018 https://www.facebook.com/SFFloryCanto/ Phase 2:  FORUM Magazine https://www.facebook.com/ForumMagazine/...

  • 14th Annual Lit Crawl SF: Hazel Reading Series / The Escapery

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

    Date: Saturday, October 20, 2018 Time: 6pm doors, 6:30pm event Admission: Free Hazel Reading Series features an all-star lineup of readers. After the intermission, The...

  • InsideStorytime SHADOW

    Incline Gallery 766 Valencia St, San Francisco, United States

    part of phase 2 of the 2018 San Francisco Lit Crawl, will take place at Incline Gallery, 766 Valencia Street, San Francisco, Saturday October 20th, 6.30-7.30...

  • Lit Crawl: Babar in Exile

    Intentionally Blank 1360 Valencia, San Francisco

    Poets associated with and influenced by the Babarians of the Cafe Babar in the 1980s, the Punks of Poetry, hosted by Richard Loranger in Phase...

  • Book Arts Showcase | APAture 2018 – RE:place

    San Francisco Public Library 100 Larkin St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Enjoy your Sunday afternoon with us at our Book Arts Showcase for APAture 2018 at SFPL! Featuring Jess Wu-O. Showcase artists: TBA. *Supporter level and...

    Free

  • Poets Chernoff & Chernovski

    Bird & Beckett Books and Records 653 Chenery St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Poets Chernoff & Chernovski

  • SPANISH LANGUAGE BOOK CLUB MEETING

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

    Details soon! To join the book group please contact iranyi@me.com

  • Preserving Fire: A meditation on the prose of Philip Lamantia

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

    with Garrett Caples and Friends Celebrating the release of Preserving Fire: Selected Prose By Philip Lamantia Edited by Garrett Caples published by Wave Books Preserving Fire recounts the...

  • William E. Glassley presents “A Wilder Time”

    Bird & Beckett Books and Records 653 Chenery St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Bill Glassley returns to Bird & Beckett to present his newly published book, A Wilder Time: Notes from a Geologist at the Edge of the Greenland...

  • In Situ: Guy Debord, Raoul Vaneigem, and the Situationist Moment

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

    with Donald Nicholson Smith with Anselm Jappe on the occasion of the release by PM Press of Guy Debord - by Anselm Jappe Translated by Donald Nicholson-Smith •...

  • BINDERY: Kiese Laymon / Heavy: An American Memoir

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    The Bindery hosts Kiese Laymon for his new book Heavy: An American Memoir. More details coming soon, but save the date and join us!   In this powerful...

  • Literary Arts Showcase | APAture 2018 – RE:place

    Arc Gallery & Studios 1246 Folsom St, San Francisco, CA, United States

    What better way to spend your Saturday night none other than at our Literary Arts Showcase for APAture 2018! Come through to Arc Gallery &...

    $10 – $12

  • Toward a Calculus of Transgression: Appreciating Jean Patrick-Manchette

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

    Presented by City Lights Booksellers in conjunction with New York Review Books Donald Nicholson-Smith and James Brook discuss the life and work of the seminal genre-bending writer celebrating...