• MEG WOLITZER

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

    MEG WOLITZER In Conversation with Adam Gopnik Thursday, January 24, 2019, 7:30 pm Venue: Nourse Theater Series: "On Arts" Benefiting 826 Valencia Scholarship Program  Buy Tickets | Buy Series Tickets |...

    $29
  • MEG WOLITZER In Conversation with Adam Gopnik

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

     Buy Tickets | Buy Series Tickets | 415.392.4400 In her many novels, such as The Interestings, The Uncoupling, The Ten-Year Nap, The Position, and The Wife, Meg Wolitzer brings readers deep into...

    $29
  • Rolling Writers ‘Rolling this Way’

    Rolling Out Cafe 1722 Taraval St, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Submissions are OPEN for our first 2019 reading: Beginnings Saturday, January 26, 2019, 6 pm Rolling Out 1722 Taraval St. San Francisco To submit work...

  • Bazaar Writers Salon

    Bazaar Cafe 5927 California St, San Francisco, CA, United States

    The wait is over! Please join us for the relaunch of Bazaar Writers Salon in the newly remodeled Bazaar Café with this fantastic lineup of...

  • Seating #2: The History of Prisons in California

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

    ---SOLD OUT!!---   California's prison system started as a privately-run barge anchored in the Bay, and was embroiled in corruption, political scandal, and violence. Since...

  • Douglas Rushkoff

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

    discussing the subject of his new book Team Human published by W.W. Norton Though created by humans, our technologies, markets, and institutions often contain an...

  • BINDERY: Sam Lipsyte / Hark

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    The Bindery hosts Sam Lipsyte for his brilliant new novel Hark. Please join us!   In an America convulsed by political upheaval, cultural discord, environmental collapse, and spiritual...

  • Tracy K. Smith, Poet Laureate of the United States

    Jewish Community Center of San Francisco 3200 California St, San Francisco, CA, United States

    GET TICKETS co-presented with the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco Join us for a conversation with Tracy K. Smith, the current Poet Laureate of...

    $20
  • Sally Wen Mao

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

    reading and in conversation with Jennifer S. Cheng celebrating the release of Oculus: Poems published by Graywolf Press In Oculus, Sally Wen Mao explores exile not just...

  • BINDERY: On the Cusp

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    The events that define us aren't always immediately apparent. That's the idea behind On the Cusp, a quarterly reading series that seeks to explore the meaning...

  • Tosh: Growing Up in Wallace Berman’s World by Tosh Berman

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

    We are looking forward to celebrating TOSH, published by City Lights! Tosh Berman will be in conversation with Natalia Mount, Executive Director, Pro Arts Gallery, Oakland...

  • MFA Reading: Wendy C. Ortiz

    USF Fromm Hall - FR 125 - Maraschi Room 2130 Fulton Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Wendy C. Ortiz is the author of Excavation: A Memoir, Hollywood Notebook, and the dreamoir, Bruja. In 2016, Bustle named her one of "9 Women Writers Who Are Breaking New Nonfiction Territory.” Her work...

  • Anya Martin and Nick Mamatas

    The American Bookbinders Museum 355 Clementina Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Doors open 6:00pm Event begins 6:30pm At the American Bookbinders Museum

    TBD
  • The Racket!

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

    Details soon! Hosted by Noah B. Sanders

  • Kristen Tracy with Daniel Handler / Half-Hazard

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    The Bindery is pleased to host Kristen Tracy for her first book of poems, Half-Hazard, winner of the Emily Dickinson First Book Award from the Poetry Foundation. Joining Kristen...

  • Fourteen Hills Presents Kimberly Reyes

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

    Kimberly Reyes reads from her new collection Life During Wartime, winner of the 2018 Michael Rubin Book Award. With additional readings from Kar Johnson, Truong Tran, Max Shanley...

    Free
  • City Lights presents “The Poetic City” at the Night of Ideas.

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

    City Lights presents "The Poetic City" at the Night of Ideas. Saturday, February 2nd, 8:00-9:00pm, San Francisco, CA: SF Library, Main Branch https://www.nightofideassf.com/   What...

  • What If: The Fiction of the Future

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

    GET TICKETS Fantasy and science fiction stories have long embraced the darker themes of a dystopian future, and our fascination continues unabated in recent films...

  • David Thomson / Sleeping with Strangers: How the Movies Shaped Desire

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    The Bindery hosts a special afternoon with David Thomson, the celebrated film critic and author of The Biographical Dictionary of Film, for his new book Sleeping with Strangers: How...

  • Bawdy Storytelling ‘NOTORIOUS’

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

    Description Sunday, February 3rd, 2019 Bang-O & Cocktails at 6:30 PM, Stories & Songs at 7 PM at the Verdi Club 2424 Mariposa Street, San...

    $25 – $35
  • The Poetry Center presents Vincent Katz & Jane Gregory

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

    4:30pm at The Poetry Center San Francisco State University 1600 Holloway Avenue San Francisco free

  • Paul Hoover & Joseph Lease

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

    7:00pm Paul Hoover & Joseph Lease read at Alley Cat Books 3036 24th Street San Francisco

  • REBECCA TRAISTER In Conversation with Lara Bazelon

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

    REBECCA TRAISTER In Conversation with Lara Bazelon Monday, February 4, 2019, 7:30 pm Venue: Nourse Theater Series: Special Events  Buy Tickets | 415.392.4400 Rebecca Traister is the author of Good and...

    $29
  • Silent Reading Party

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    Presented by Lemony Snicket and Radio Silence. Bring a book to read to yourself in silence. Drinks and light snacks will be available. There is...

  • A William S Burroughs Birthday Celebration

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

    with Steven Taylor, Peter Hale, Peter Carlaftes, and V Vale celebrating the release of Don't Hide the Madness: William S. Burroughs in Conversation with Allen Ginsberg Edited...

  • The Poetry Center presents Tom Clark & Vincent Katz

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

    7:00pm The Poetry Center presents Tom Clark & Vincent Katz at The Green Arcade 1680 Market Street San Francisco

  • Komal Kapoor / Unfollowing You

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    The Bindery hosts a special evening with Komal Kapoor, to celebrate her first poetry collection Unfollowing You. This will be her only SF/Bay Area event. Please join...

    $16.50