• Rachel Howard Book Launch

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

    Rachel Howard joins us to launch her new novel, The Risk of Us. Praise for The Risk of Us “An emotionally complex and amazingly suspenseful novel...

  • Freud’s Bar – – details to come!

    East Bay Booksellers 5433 College Avenue, Oakland

    Wednesday April 10 6:30pm Ad Event EAST BAY BOOKSELLERS is pleased to host another installment of Freud's Bar on Wednesday, April 10th at 6:30pm. Presenter tbd. Are you...

  • Book Club

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

    Meets the 2nd Wednesday of each month at 7 pm

  • Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o

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

    reading from Minutes of Glory and Other Stories published by The New Press A dazzling short story collection from the person Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie calls...

  • STILL PROCESSING with Jenna Wortham & Wesley Morris

    Sydney Goldstein Theater 275 Hayes St, San Francisco, CA, United States

    STILL PROCESSING with Jenna Wortham & Wesley Morris Wednesday, April 10, 2019, 7:30 pm Venue: Sydney Goldstein Theater Series: Special Events  Buy Tickets | 415.392.4400 Co-presented with The New...

    $35
  • Leslie Carol Roberts

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

    Leslie Carol Roberts discusses her new book, Here Is Where I Walk. About Here is Where I Walk It is in the Presidio of San Francisco,...

  • Timothy Hampton

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

    Zone Books in conjunction with City Lights present an evening of discussion centering around the release of Timonthy Hampton's new book Bob Dylan's Poetics: How...

  • Translator Marian Schwartz

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

      Marian Schwartz discusses her latest translations from Russian, The Man Who Couldn't Die: The Tale of an Authentic Human Being and Horsemen of the Sands. About The...

  • MICHAEL LEWIS

    Sydney Goldstein Theater 275 Hayes St, San Francisco, CA, United States

    MICHAEL LEWIS Against The Rules In Conversation with Jacob Weisberg Thursday, April 11, 2019, 7:30 pm Venue: Sydney Goldstein Theater Series: Special Events  Buy Tickets | 415.392.4400 Journalist and...

    $29
  • The Poetry Center at SF State Presents: Feliz Lucia Molina

    The Green Arcade 1680 Market St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Feliz' latest chapbook is Crystal Marys. Written from the impassive surface of the Internet and the high desert of Southern California, Crystal Marys is a field study of...

  • Show Me as I Want to be Seen with Porchlight Storytelling

    CIIS Public Programs 1453 Mission St., San Francisco, CA, United States

    Join us for an evening of storytelling presented in collaboration with Contemporary Jewish Museum and San Francisco’s storytelling series, Porchlight. Each storyteller is sharing a...

    $20
  • Fire & Rain: Ecopoetry of California contributors read

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

    Publisher Lucille Lang Day and poet Joan Gelfand are joined by several Bay Area colleagues who are among the 150 contributors throughout the state whose...

  • GEARS TURNING w/ Kim Shuck

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

    Join us for an afternoon of wonderful poetry by SF Bay Area based poets, artists, and musicians with your host Kim Shuck. To participate in...

  • LOTERIA READING SERIES No. 1: La Luna, La Arãna, La Estrella

    Institute Of advanced Uncertainty P.O. Box 460908, San Francisco

    LOTERIA READING SERIES, No. 1: La Arãna, La Luna, La Estrella An afternoon reading with Raina J. León Thea Matthews MK Chavez Sunday, April 14th,...

    Free
  • New Poetry & 100 Years of Ferlinghetti at Odd Mondays

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

    Shauna Hannibal, Fernando Martí, and Zack Rogow, three poets with new collections, read from their work and from the work of Lawrence Ferlinghetti at "New...

    Free
  • JELANI COBB In Conversation with Hilton Als

    Sydney Goldstein Theater 275 Hayes St, San Francisco, CA, United States

    JELANI COBB In Conversation with Hilton Als Tuesday, April 16, 2019, 7:30 pm Venue: Sydney Goldstein Theater Series: Social Studies  Buy Tickets | Buy Series Tickets | 415.392.4400 Jelani Cobb has been...

    $29
  • Bright: Mui Poopoksakul in conversation with Saskia Vogel

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    APRIL 16, 2019 | 7:30PM Bright: Mui Poopoksakul in conversation with Saskia Vogel The Bindery | 1727 Haight Street | San Francisco, CA RSVP Mui...

  • Jenny Odell

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

    Jenny Odell discusses her new book, How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy. Praise for How To Do Nothing “Self-help for the collectively minded, How to...

  • Oliver Nachtwey in conversation with Adrian Daub

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

    City Lights inconjunction with the Goethe Institut and Verso Books present Oliver Nachtwey in conversation with Adrian Daub discussing the subject of Oliver Nachtwey's new book Germany's...

  • Pamela Nadell

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

    Pamela Nadell discusses her new book, America's Jewish Women: A History from Colonial Times to Today. About America's Jewish Women What does it mean to be...

  • BINDERY: Edna in a Bottle (tastes funny)

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    Edna in a Bottle (tastes funny) is a new San Francisco comedy hour at The Bindery in the Haight district. Edna and her friends are trapped...

    $12 – $25
  • Author Talk: Susan Alexander Red Diana

    San Francisco Public Library, Main Branch 100 Larkin St., San Francisco, CA

    Author Susan Alexander will discuss her most recent book "Red Diana", a psychological thriller. Set in San Francisco, the book is a sequel to "A...

  • Damon Krukowski

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

    discussing the subject of his new book   Ways of Hearing by Damon Krukowski forward by Emily Thompson published by MIT Press A writer-musician examines...