San Francisco

Bay Area-New Orleans Poets!

An afternoon of local poets reading from their latest publications.

Join us for a special round of paired readers in this post-Valentines Day Bazaar Cafe series of flash prose and poetry.

At this unique event, Stephanie Heit and Petra Kuppers will hold open spaces of healing by sharing scores and insights from Tendings, small everyday collaborative practices that combine experiential anatomy, eco-specific investigations, somatic exercises, and writing.

Observe President's Day and join the resistance.

Ian Rankin presents on his new novel, Rather Be the Devil.

Joyce Carol Oates presents on her new work, A Book of American Martyrs.

Green Apple Books and 826 Valencia present Valeria Luiselli and student writers for a special event for Tell Me How it Ends.

Featured Poet: Heather Korn.

Marc Bojanowski presents his new book, Journeyman.

Elinor Lipman presents on her book On Turpentine Lane.

Rachel Aspen discussing the subject of her new book Generation Revolution: On the Front Line Between Tradition and Change in the Middle East.

Please join us as we raise a glass and celebrate the words of this iconic poet.

Poets Hank Lazer and Andrew Maxwell present recent work, then engage in conversation with one another and their audience. This event is free and open to the public.

Meg Elison presents the gripping sequel to the Philip K. Dick Award-winning novel The Book of the Unnamed Midwife.

The Booksmith is excited to host Calder G. Lorenz for the launch of his debut novel, One Way Down (Or Another), just out from Civil Coping Mechanisms. Calder will be in conversation withMicah Ballard – please join us!

Daniel Handler discusses Three Masquerades, a collection of novellas by Rachel Ingalls.

Our theme: 'Decadent!'

Bawdy Storytelling – the Original Sex + Storytelling series – celebrates TEN YEARS in San Francisco.

Mexican writer Juan Pablo Villalobos dicusses his new novel, I'll Sell You a Dog, with Mauro Javier Cardenas.

Ari Banias, Lorenzo Herrera y Lozano, and Cintia Santana read at Alley Cat Books in support of Ari Banias’s new book, Anybody.

L.A. Kaufman presents on his book Direct Action: Protest and the Reinvention of American Radicalism.

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

A moving celebration of what Bill Hayes calls “the evanescent, the eavesdropped, the unexpected” of life in New York City, and an intimate glimpse of his relationship with the late Oliver Sacks.

Poets Layli Long Soldier and Truong Tran read from new work, then engage with one another and their audience in conversation. Free and open to the public.

Eric Puchner will read from his newest collection of short stories Last Day on Earth.

A reading with Cristina García and Josh Mohr.

Megan Marshall presents her new book, Elizabeth Bishop: A Miracle for Breakfast.