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  • Perfectly Queer Fall Fiction

    Dog Eared Books Castro 489 Castro Street, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Novelists Laura J. Merrell, Kate Jessica Raphael, and Hilary A. Zaid read from new fiction at Perfectly Queer Fall Fiction.

  • Life During Wartime

    Verdi Club 2424 Mariposa St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Readings and music!

    $25 – $30

  • Lines & Lyrics: Cheng, Rock, + Shiferraw w/ Miss Erma

    Jessie Square; Yerba Buena Center for the Arts 220 Stevenson St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Lines and lyrics from Litquake Nation! Enjoy line breaks during your lunch break, as some of the Bay Area’s best poets and musicians share their work in the great outdoors.

  • An evening w/ Masande Ntshanga

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

    Reading from his acclaimed new novel The Reactive.

  • Litquake Presents a Julio Cortázar Celebration

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

    Translator Stephen Kessler and special guests will discuss Cortázar's life and read selections from his work.

  • Good Girls Marry Doctors

    Southern Exposure 3030 20th Street, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Book Launch, Reading, and Discussion!

  • Variny Yim

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

    We welcome Author Variny Yim as she reads from and discusses her book The Immigrant Princess.

  • Jade Chang w/ Chloe Veltman

    Books Inc. Opera Plaza 601 Van Ness, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Jade will be in conversation with Chloe Veltman, Senior Arts Editor at KQED.

  • North Beach Stories w/ Ray Hanna

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

    North Beach Stories is Ray Hanna’s searing comical and musical journey through the nightlife of the West Coast.

  • The Racket Reading Series #1

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

    All are welcome.

  • David Szalay w/ Ethan Nosowsky

    Second Act 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    The Booksmith presents All That Man Is author David Szalay in conversation with Ethan Nosowsky at Second Act.

  • Kevin Smokler

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

    Kevin Smokler returns to Booksmith for the launch of his new book, Brat Pack America: A Love Letter to 80s Teen Movies and the Places They Happened.

  • An evening with Lidija Dimkovska

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

    Reading from her new novel A Spare Life.

  • Sarah Griffin

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

    Sarah Griffin: Spare and Found Parts Launch Party!

  • The Poetry Brothel: A Masquerade

    Slide 430 Mason St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    The Poetry Brothel is a unique and immersive poetry event that takes poetry outside classrooms and lecture halls and places it in the lush interiors of a bordello.

    $25 – $75

  • Rod Smith + Lee Ann Brown

    The Poetry Center, San Francisco State University 1600 Holloway Ave, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Poets Rod Smith and Lee Ann Brown, visiting respectively from Washington, D.C. and New York City, read their work and converse with the audience.

  • Bookswap 2.0 w/ Ruth Galm

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

    Tickets are $10 and MUST BE purchased in advance. They do sell out!

    $10

  • Book Party for HOUSE A

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

    There will be a reading, a projector with images, some form of favorite childhood snacks, adult drinks, and of course books for sale!

  • André Alexis

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

    André Alexis, winner of the prestigious Giller Prize for his novel Fifteen Dogs, discusses his new novel, The Hidden Keys with Karen Joy Fowler.

  • Michael Krasny + Calvin Trillin

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

    In Conversation with Steven Winn.

    $29

  • Elliot Weinberger + Stephen Sparks

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

    Green Apple's Stephen Sparks talks with essayist and translator Eliot Weinberger about his new collection, The Ghosts of Birds.

  • Gina Berriault Award Reading ft. Suzanne Rivecca

    The Poetry Center, San Francisco State University 1600 Holloway Ave, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Join us in celebrating the winner of the 2016 Gina Berriault Award: Suzanne Rivecca.

  • Literary Pop October Special!

    Doc's Lab 124 Columbus Ave, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Tickets are $9 in advance or $12 at the door!

    $9 – $12

  • Jonathan Lethem

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

    Bestselling author Jonathan Lethem returns with A Gambler's Anatomy.

  • Ibram X. Kendi

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

    Ibram X. Kendi discusses his National Book Award-nominated book, Stamped from the Beginning.