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  • YOU’RE GOING TO DIE: Poetry, Prose, & Everything Goes

    The Lost Church 65 Capp Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Sign-ups will be the night of & the list fills up quickly, so if you want to perform, you’d better get there early!

    $10

  • New Year, New Books!

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

    Reading from new books!

  • Manjula Martin

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

    Manjula Martin in conversation with Caille Millner, Laura Goode, and Susie Cagle about her new anthology: Scratch: Writers, Money, and The Art of Making a Living.

  • Zadie Smith w/ Dave Eggers

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

    In Conversation with Dave Eggers.

    $29

  • Porchlight: BOMBS AWAY!

    Oasis 298 11th Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Stories by Eddie Pepitone, Mike Phirman, Karla Martin, Dana Merwin & more TBA.

    $25

  • Russian Tales: San Francisco Reading

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

    LGBTQ Pride Readings presents three authors of new Russian novels.

  • Shipwreck: The Little House on the Prairie

    The Booksmith 1644 Haight St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    This month, Shipwreck tries not to die of dysentery when we take it way back to Laura Ingalls Wilder's The Little House on the Prairie (et al.).

    $10

  • Hettie Jones

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

    Discussing her new book Love, H: The Letters of Helene Dorn and Hettie Jones.

  • Poets & Writers Live

    San Francisco Art Institute 800 Chestnut St, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Presenters include Juan Felipe Herrera, Jonathan Franzen; New Yorker staff writer and author of The Orchid Thief, Susan Orlean, acclaimed poet and former United States Poet Laureate Kay Ryan, Ishmael Reed, Jane Hirshfield.

    SOLD OUT

  • RADAR Productions: Drag Queen Story Hour For Kids

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

    Join Radar for our signature program, Drag Queen Story Hour! Welcome to people of all ages, but designed especially for kids. Come listen to children’s stories read by Panda Dulce! Then stay and get your face painted and eat some cookies.

  • Rolling Writers: R-Dub REAL

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

    A Moth-style evening of revelatory memoir.

  • Writers With Drinks

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

    All proceeds benefit the Center for Sex and Culture.

    $5 – $20

  • Susan Alice Bickford

    Books Inc. Mountain View 301 Castro St, Mountain View , CA, United States

    Books Inc. at Mountain View hosts a launch party for Susan Alice Bickford's new novel, A Short Time To Die.

  • From Mandalay to the Bay

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

    An Evening of Burmese & Burmese American Poets & Writers.

  • The Racket #3

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

    Let's start the hopefully far superior year of 2017 by indulging in the writing and reading of some grade-A food writers.

  • Thomas Perry

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

    Edgar Award-winning author Thomas Perry writes thrillers that move “almost faster than a speeding bullet” (Wall Street Journal). The Old Man is his latest whip-smart standalone novel.

  • Queer Words: Poetry + Prose

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

    Queer Words presents four poets reading new poetry and prose.

  • Josh Mohr

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

    Discussing his new memoir Sirens.

  • Sara Marinelli

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

    Join Sara for a special night in which she will do a reading dedicated to the memory of her father on the anniversary of his passing.

  • Pola Oloixarac

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

    Argentinian writer Pola Oloixarac in conversation about her first novel translated into English, Savage Theories.

  • Litquake: No Shadow Without Light

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

    Come and join the chorus! Admission free.

  • Cary Tennis + Danelle Morris

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

    Cary Tennis and Danelle Morris talk about their new book, Finishing School.

  • UNNAMED PRESS SHOWCASE

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

    w/ David Lida & Esme Weijun Wang.

  • Jason Diamond

    The Booksmith 1644 Haight St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Jason Diamond and his hilarious and poignant new memoir, Searching for John Hughes: Or Everything I Thought I Needed to Know about Life I Learned from Watching '80s Movies.

  • Cheng, Perez, + Calimlim

    Kearny Street Workshop 1246 Folsom St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    January artist showcase + opening reception.

    $8 – $12

  • Jonathan Moore

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

    Jonathan Moore shares his latest heart-pounding thriller, The Dark Room.

  • Songs of Protest

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

    Come to Adobe Books on Inauguration Day.

  • Zine Release Party

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

    Join us for a reading from some of the contributors and pick up a copy. All are welcome!

  • Porchlight: BOMBS AWAY

    Oasis 298 11th Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Stories by Eddie Pepitone, Mike Phirman, Karla Martin, Dana Merwin & more TBA.

    $25