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  • Emily Yoon, Sam Sax, Monica Sok

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

        Emily Yoon, Sam Sax and Monica Sok read their latest poems. About A Cruelty Special To Our Species A piercing debut collection of...

  • Marcia Douglas: Natural Herstory Remix

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

    In 2008, Douglas began performing Natural Herstory, a one-woman multimedia performance drawing from her poetry and fiction to explore Jamaican women's voices. Natural Herstory Remix is a continuation...

  • Sara Mumolo and Caroline O’Connor Thomas

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

    Sara Mumolo and Caroline O'Connor Thomas read from their latest poetry collections, Day Counter and Unusual Light Source. Sara Mumolo’s previous book is Mortar. Her poems have appeared...

  • City Arts & Lectures JAMES FORMAN, JR.

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

    JAMES FORMAN, JR. In Conversation with Lara Bazelon Thursday, December 13, 2018, 7:30 pm Venue: Nourse Theater Series: Cultural Studies  Buy Tickets | Buy Series Tickets | 415.392.4400 James Forman, Jr. has...

    $29

  • Bawdy Story Telling ‘HAPPY ENDINGS’

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

    Thursday, December 13th, 2018 at the Verdi Club, 2424 Mariposa Street, San Francisco CA Remember: Bang-O & Games at 7 PM, Stories at 8 PM...

    $25 – $35

  • LABORFEST ANTHOLOGY – ‘GIVING VOICE’

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

    LABORFEST ANTHOLOGY – ‘GIVING VOICE’ FRI. DEC. 14TH, 7PM Join us for a reading celebrating the release of Giving Voice, a LaborFest anthology spanning 2005-2017. Readers:...

  • Michael Wall in conversation with Jonathon Keats

    Bar Fluxus 18 Harlan Place, San Francisco, United States

    discussing Alien Life, Antimatter, and Human Space Travel at the fabulous Bar Fluxus, 18 Harlan Place, San Francisco, CA 94108 celebrating the release of Out There:...

  • The JCCSF Presents TA-NEHISI COATES

    JCCSF 3200 California St , San Francisco, CA, United States

    Monday, Dec 17 Starts at: 7:00 pm TICKETS Standard  $45 Premium  $125 Members get 10% off. ______________________________________________________ Join us for a conversation with one of...

    $45 – $125

  • Odd Mondays reading: Lily Iona MacKenzie & Laurie Ann Doyle

    Folio Books 3957 24th St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Novelist Lily Iona MacKenzie and short story author Laurie Doyle read from and discuss their writing at Odd Mondays January 7, 7pm at Folio Books...

    Free

  • Quiet Lightning at Manny’s

    Manny's 3092 16th St, San Francisco, CA 94103, San Francisco, United States

    Help us kick off our 10th year with a live literary mixtape, performed one night only at Manny's! Side A Jennifer Lewis » Meredith Heller...

  • Frank Abe Discusses John Okada

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

    Author and journalist Frank Abe discusses his new book John Okada: The Life and Rediscovered Work of the Author of No-No Boy. Co-edited by Abe,...

    Free
  • Happy Endings - Wild Animals

    Happy Endings: Wild Animals

    Make-Out Room 3225 22nd St, San Francisco, CA, United States

    HAPPY ENDINGS is a brand new monthly reading series created to celebrate new writing and offer up a little sunshine for your soul. What's gonna...

    $10

  • Gigi Pandian: The Alchemist’s Illusion

    Book Passage San Francisco 1 Ferry Building, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Gigi Pandian presents The Alchemist’s Illusion, a story of the centuries-old alchemist Zoe Faust who is tired of running from her past. She’s finally got her...

  • Public Speaking for Authors

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

    Writers specialize in carefully chosen words. But when it comes time to share their work, they must learn to think on their feet, compose with...

  • The Match Book: Tenderloin Historical Ephemera Project

    Tenderloin Museum 398 Eddy St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Join the Tenderloin Museum for the opening reception of our Matchbook Map Exhibit, featuring a searchable, interactive touchscreen map that connects matchbook imagery to historical...

  • ANGELA Y. DAVIS & IBRAM X. KENDI

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

    ANGELA Y. DAVIS & IBRAM X. KENDI In Conversation with Jeff Chang Thursday, January 10, 2019, 7:30 pm Venue: Nourse Theater Series: Cultural Studies  Buy Tickets | Buy Series Tickets |...

    $29

  • JEFF TWEEDY In Conversation with George Saunders

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

     Buy Tickets | 415.392.4400 “Jeff is our great, wry, American consolation poet. I don’t mean this abstractly: to see him play is to find yourself in...

    $35

  • Writers with Drinks

    Make-Out Room 3225 22nd St, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Saturday, Jan. 12, 2019: Colin Winnette (The Job of the Wasp) Simon Sheppard (Man on Man: The Best of Simon Sheppard) Izzy Oneiric (The Year...

    $5 – $20

  • JENN STROUD ROSSMAN at Books Inc. in The Marina

    Books Inc. in The Marina 2251 Chestnut St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Pushcart Prize-nominee Jenn Stroud Rossman shares her witty debut novel, The Place You're Supposed to Laugh. It's 2002 in Silicon Valley. 9/11's still fresh, the dot-com bubble has...

  • A NIGHT OF POETRY WITH THE TELEGRAPH HILL DWELLERS

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

    TUES. JAN. 15TH, 6:30PM Join us as we kick off the new year with our friends and neighbors reading their latest poems and works in...

  • Brittany Ackerman and Francesca Bell

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

    Brittany Ackerman discusses her new memoir, The Perpetual Motion Machine, with Francesca Bell. About The Perpetual Motion Machine Inspired by a brother's high school science project--a perpetual...

  • ANA ARANDA at Books Inc. Opera Plaza

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

    Join internationally exhibited artist Ana Aranda in celebration of her delightful new bilingual picture book, ¡Our Celebración!: ¡la Celebracion! (Ages 5+) It's a sunny summer day. Come join the crowd...