• SPANISH LANGUAGE BOOK CLUB MEETING

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

    Please join us for a lively discussion about: (author will not be present) To join the book group please contact iranyi@me.com

  • SPANISH LANGUAGE BOOK CLUB MEETING

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

    Please join us for a lively discussion about: (author will not be present) To join the book group please contact iranyi@me.com

  • Roof Books Night with Sara Larsen and Kit Robinson

    Moe's Books 2476 Telegraph Avenue, BERKELEY

    Wednesday, May 29, 2019 7:00 PM Location:  The basement at Moe's 2476 Telegraph Ave., Berkeley Website Please join us as we celebrate two new titles...

  • Chia-Chia Lin

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

    Chia-Chia Lin discusses her debut novel, The Unpassing. Praise for The Unpassing "In this spare, deeply felt debut novel, Lin resists received wisdom about the American...

  • Original Plumbing: The Best of Ten Years of Trans Male Culture

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

    Editors Amos Mac and Rocco Kayiatos discuss Original Plumbing: The Best of Ten Years of Trans Male Culture. Praise for Original Plumbing “Over the course of its ten-year run, Original...

  • Sharma Shields and Simeon Mills

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

        Sharma Shields and Simeon Mills discuss their new novels, The Cassandra and The Obsoletes. About The Cassandra Mildred Groves is an unusual young...

  • Women at the Edges: Books About Women Breaking Creative Boundaries

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

    Kristin Kaye, Bridget Quinn, and Beth Winegarner write about women breaking creative boundaries in music, art, drama, and competitive bodybuilding in their nonfiction books IRON...

    Free
  • BINDERY: 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...

  • Beyond the Shortest Month Book Club

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

    Beyond The Shortest Month is a book club dedicated to reading and celebrating authors of color year round. Discussions are the first Tuesday of each...

  • Finn Brunton

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

    discussing the subject of his new book Digital Cash: The Unknown History of the Anarchists, Utopians, and Technologists Who Created Cryptocurrency from Princeton University Press...

  • David Byrne Good News & Sleeping Beauties

    Castro Theater 429 Castro Street, San Francisco , CA, United States

    David Byrne is a Scottish-American singer, songwriter, musician, record producer, artist, actor, writer and filmmaker who was a founding member, principal songwriter and lead singer...

    TBA
  • AMOR TOWLES In Conversation with Michael Krasny

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

    AMOR TOWLES In Conversation with Michael Krasny Tuesday, June 4, 2019, 7:30 pm Venue: Sydney Goldstein Theater Series: Special Events  Buy Tickets | 415.392.4400 Amor Towles is the author of Rules...

    $29
  • Ruchika Tomar

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

    Ruchika Tomar discusses her new novel, A Prayer for Travelers. Praise For A Prayer for Travelers "Sometimes characters come along that demand a new kind of...

  • Aaron Hamburger: Nirvana Is Here

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

    Award-winning author Aaron Hamburger (The View from Stalin's Head, Faith for Beginners) reads from his new novel Nirvana Is Here. When his ex-husband is accused of sexual...

  • Neal Stephenson presents Fall; or, Dodge in Hell @ Public Works

    Public Works 161 Erie Street, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Booksmith is excited to welcome #1 New York Times bestselling author of Seveneves, Anathem, Reamde, andCryptonomicon Neal Stephenson for his new novel Fall; or, Dodge in Hell, a wildly inventive and...

    $42
  • Julia Phillips

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

    Julia Phillips discusses her new novel, Disappearing Earth. Praise for Disappearing Earth "I cannot speak too highly of Julia Phillips's thrilling, impeccably written and splendidly imagined...

  • My Life, My Stories / Real life. Told by SF seniors.

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    Join us for an evening of learning and listening, hosted by My Life, My Stories and special guest, David Romanelli! My Life, My Stories is a local non-profit...

    $12
  • John Doe in conversation with Tom DeSavia

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

    John Doe in conversation with Tom DeSavia Thursday, June 6, 2019, 7:00 p.m., City Lights Booksellers, 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco City Lights in conjunction...

  • Sham-E-Ali Nayeem

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

    Sham-E-Ali Nayeem reads from her new poetry collection, City of Pearls. Also featuring readings by Monica Sok, Seema Yasmin, Vanessa Huang and Janice Sapigao. About Sham-E-Ali Sham-e-Ali...

  • Writers with Drinks : Special Latin American Night!

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

    Saturday, June 8, 2019: Special Latin American Night! Mauro Javier Cardenas (The Revolutionaries Try Again) Rachelle Linda Escamilla (Imaginary Animal) Cristina Rivera Garza (The Taiga...

    $5
  • Bay Area Poetry Marathon

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

    * Saturday, June 8 ____ Guest co-curators: Eric Dolan & Lisa Wenzel ____ Readers:  Tongo Eisen-Martin  *  Jennifer Elise Foerster Stacy Johnson  *  Jevohn Newsome  *  Linda Norton Djenanway...

  • Poetry in Chinatown: Greg Pond and Dee Allen. Book Launch

    Clarion Music Performing Arts Center 816 Sacramento St., San Francisco, CA, United States

    Poets Greg Pond and Dee Allen. will read from their new publications. They will be joined by trumpeter Greer Rocket. Greg Pond is an American...

    Free
  • 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. 3: La Luna, El Arbol, El Pino

    Institute Of advanced Uncertainty [I.O.U.] 296 Ivy Street, btwn. Gough and Franklin, San Francisco

    INSTITUTE OF (advanced) UNCERTAINTY + McROSKEY 3RD FLOOR FACTORY LOFT  are pleased to present: LOTERIA READING SERIES, No. 3: La Luna, El Arbol, El Pino  J.K. FOWLER MARGUERITE MUNOZ...

    Free