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  • 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.

  • Brit Benett

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

    Brit Bennett in conversation about her debut novel, The Mothers (Riverhead).

  • USF MFA Faculty Reading

    FR 125 - Maraschi Room, USF 2130 Fulton St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Please join us for the fall MFA in Writing Faculty Reading.

  • Geneva Chao + Mg Roberts

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

    Poets Geneva Chao and Mg Roberts read from new work and engage in conversation with their audience.

  • Patrick Hoffman w/ Oscar Villalon

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

    Patrick Hoffman follows up his sensational debut The White Van with Every Man A Menace, the inside story of an increasingly ruthless ecstasy-smuggling ring.

  • Hannah Hart

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

    This Buffering: Unshared Tales of a Life Fully Loaded appearance is a signing and photo op ONLY. Hannah will not be performing, drunk-cooking, or reading at this event.

    $26

  • Dave Eggers, Master Writer in Residence

    Timken Lecture Hall, CCA San Francisco Campus 1111 Eighth Street , San Francisco , CA, United States

    All events are free and open to the public.

  • Queer Open Mic

    Modern Times Bookstore Collective 2919 24th St, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Hosted by Baruch Porras-Hernandez and Blythe Baldwin.

  • Breathe between the Beats

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

    An evening of The Beats poets and the Zen of Haiku poetry.

  • 37th Annual American Book Awards

    SFJAZZ Center 201 Franklin St, San Francisco, CA, United States

    The 2016 American Book Award winners will be formally recognized.

  • Andrés Neuman

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

    Andrés Neuman returns to Books on the Park to read from his newly translated essay collection, How to Travel Without Seeing.

  • Am I Alone Here?: Peter Orner’s San Francisco Book Launch

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

    Catapult celebrates the release of Peter Orner's AM I ALONE HERE? with a reading and conversation with Peter Orner and award-winning journalist and radio producer Julia Scott.

  • Shipwreck: Stephen King’s PET SEMATARY

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

    Featured writers: Amanda Rosenberg, Kathleen Miller, Jamie Real, Lauren Wheeler, Nicole Love, and Elaine Gavin.

    $10 – $12

  • Carolina De Robertis + Micah Perks

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

    Fiction writers, Assistant Professor Carolina De Robertis and Micah Perks, read from their work.