No one knows more about everything—especially everything rude, clever, and offensively compelling—than John Waters. The man in the pencil-thin mustache, auteur of the transgressive movie...
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...
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 discuss their new novels, The Cassandra and The Obsoletes. About The Cassandra Mildred Groves is an unusual young...
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...
POETS! - featured readers to be announced followed by an open mic
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 is a book club dedicated to reading and celebrating authors of color year round. Discussions are the first Tuesday of each...
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 is a Scottish-American singer, songwriter, musician, record producer, artist, actor, writer and filmmaker who was a founding member, principal songwriter and lead singer...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 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...
RECLAIMING THE FUTURE: PRIVACY, ETHICS & ORGANIZING IN TECH WITH MEREDITH WHITTAKER & KADE CROCKFORD Friday, June 7, 2019, 7:30 pm Venue: Sydney Goldstein Theater Series: Conversations...
RECLAIMING THE FUTURE: PRIVACY, ETHICS & ORGANIZING IN TECH WITH MEREDITH WHITTAKER & KADE CROCKFORD Friday, June 7, 2019, 7:30 pm Venue: Sydney Goldstein Theater Series: Conversations...
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...
* Saturday, June 8 ____ Guest co-curators: Eric Dolan & Lisa Wenzel ____ Readers: Tongo Eisen-Martin * Jennifer Elise Foerster Stacy Johnson * Jevohn Newsome * Linda Norton Djenanway...
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...
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...
The Bindery hosts a special afternoon event with Josh Frankfor his book Giraffes on Horseback Salad. With him in conversation is Paul Myers. Please join us! Giraffes on...
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...
Come to a book party that is an experience of celebration for those who are single, happily coupled, heartbroken, recently divorced. Come one come all....
JUN 10 William Trevor "Broken Homes" and "Sitting with the Dead" (rights pending) Directed by Paul Finocchiaro "Every sentence William Trever wrote was perfectly crafted,...
The monthly collaboration between Litquake: San Francisco’s Literary Festival and the Yerba Buena Gardens Festival features an array of Bay Area poets and musicians.