Eve of a Hundred Midnights is a tale of an unquenchable thirst for adventure, of daring reportage at great personal risk, and of an enduring romance that blossomed in the shadow of war.
Day 2 of centennial celebration.
Cost: $5 to $20, no-one turned away.
July’s reading is about community.
Readings + Aztec Dancers.
Selected readings on the specific genres.
Door prizes at 7pm to reward prompt arrival!
Travel writer Zora O'Neill will discuss her memoir, All Strangers Are Kin.
Join She Writes Press as they welcome authors JoAnn Smith Ainsworth, Ashley Sweeney, Risa Nye, and Tuya Pearl as part of their Spring 2016 tour!
Unlike a traditional event, this one will feature backgammon, which Jesse and his interlocutor will play while talking about his work. After the reading, we'll set up several boards so anyone can play!
In addition to admittance to the greatest cocktail hour ever imagined, each ticket includes 1 John Hughes themed button & a raffle ticket.
Sin Soracco presents her new novel Come to Me.
Six storytellers share their tales of struggles and strain, close calls and near-death experiences.
Proceeds from our bookstores benefit the San Francisco Public Library.
Linda Maria Girón, Kelechi Ubozoh, + Kari Riesgo Bañuelos.
Leave your inhibitions at the door at Bawdy Storytelling, the nation’s original sex and storytelling show, which features people sharing their bona fide sexual exploits, live onstage.
Multiple events throughout the day!
At 5:30 pm we’ll have an Official 40th Birthday Toast with cake. Then on to eating, drinking, mingling, and, dare we suggest: dancing.
Two readings!
Readings + music!
Featuring Nona Caspers, MK Chavez, Juliana Delgado Lopera, Shideh Etaat, Kevin Killian, Roberto Santiago, and Arisa White!
Ask Polly Live. The How to Be a Person in the World Book Tour comes to Green Apple!
Raw, relatable, and consistently hilarious, You'll Grow Out of It is a one-of-a-kind book by a singular and irresistible comic voice.
A collaboration of 4 artists.
The legendary writer Joy Williams returns to Books on the Park to discuss her collection, Ninety-Nine Stories of God (Tin House).
Proceeds from our bookstores benefit the San Francisco Public Library.
Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan presents Sarong Party Girls, a brilliant and engaging novel.
The 2016 San Francisco Art Book Fair is the inaugural event of an annual multi-day festival of artists' publications.
Doors open at 6:00pm. Readings begin at 6:30pm sharp.
A one-night-only luminous art exhibition with performances celebrating radical self-determination through the work of over 60 “code-breaking” artists!