Anthony Marra, Kyle Boelte, and student contributors Isaac Schott-Rosenfield, Sian Ee, and Emma Hardison join us to celebrate the 12th annual installment of the annual Best American Nonrequired Reading anthology.
Sign-ups will be the night of & the list fills up quickly, so if you want to perform, you’d better get there early!
Translator Deborah Smith in conversation with South Korean writer Bae Suah about her novel, A Greater Music.
Billy Collins is the first poet since Robert Frost who has managed to combine high critical acclaim with broad popular appeal.
Admission: $5 presale, $7–$10 at the door.
Lindsey Boldt, Brandon Brown, and Sara Larsen.
All proceeds benefit the Center for Sex and Culture.
Readings and music!
Novelists Laura J. Merrell, Kate Jessica Raphael, and Hilary A. Zaid read from new fiction at Perfectly Queer Fall Fiction.
Readings and music!
Lines and lyrics from Litquake Nation! Enjoy line breaks during your lunch break, as some of the Bay Area’s best poets and musicians share their work in the great outdoors.
Reading from his acclaimed new novel The Reactive.
Translator Stephen Kessler and special guests will discuss Cortázar's life and read selections from his work.
Book Launch, Reading, and Discussion!
We welcome Author Variny Yim as she reads from and discusses her book The Immigrant Princess.
Jade will be in conversation with Chloe Veltman, Senior Arts Editor at KQED.
North Beach Stories is Ray Hanna’s searing comical and musical journey through the nightlife of the West Coast.
All are welcome.
The Booksmith presents All That Man Is author David Szalay in conversation with Ethan Nosowsky at Second Act.
Kevin Smokler returns to Booksmith for the launch of his new book, Brat Pack America: A Love Letter to 80s Teen Movies and the Places They Happened.
Reading from her new novel A Spare Life.
Sarah Griffin: Spare and Found Parts Launch Party!
The Poetry Brothel is a unique and immersive poetry event that takes poetry outside classrooms and lecture halls and places it in the lush interiors of a bordello.
Poets Rod Smith and Lee Ann Brown, visiting respectively from Washington, D.C. and New York City, read their work and converse with the audience.
Tickets are $10 and MUST BE purchased in advance. They do sell out!
Readings + music!
Join us for an amazing night of readings from the 2016 Grotto Fellows!
There will be a reading, a projector with images, some form of favorite childhood snacks, adult drinks, and of course books for sale!
Readings!
André Alexis, winner of the prestigious Giller Prize for his novel Fifteen Dogs, discusses his new novel, The Hidden Keys with Karen Joy Fowler.