George Saunders is the Man Booker Prize-winning author of Lincoln in the Bardo; Tenth of December; In Persuasion Nation; The Brief and Frightening Reign of Phil; Pastoralia; CivilWarLand in Bad Decline; The Braindead...
Release Party for HOWL:The Record Album Concord Music reissues Allen Ginsberg reading HOWL on vinyl Opening statement by Garett Caples (Poetry Editor, City Lights), and Ann Charters (BEAT Scholar) Appearance...
Roseann Lake visits The Bindery to discuss her new book, Leftover in China: The Women Shaping the World's Next Superpower. Join us! Forty years ago, China...
Booksmith is thrilled to host Morgan Jerkins for This Will Be My Undoing: Living at the Intersection of Black, Female, and Feminist in (White) America. Please join us!...
Sam Lipsyte is the author of five books of fiction, including The Fun Parts, Home Land, and The Ask. A Guggenheim fellow and winner of the Believer Book Award,...
Paul Ortiz' new book An African American and Latinx History of the United States is the latest in Beacon Press’s ReVisioning American History series. (Previous...
The Bindery hosts Shaina Hammerman as she launches her first book, Silver Screen, Hasidic Jews. Joining her in conversation is Helene Wecker (The Golem and the Jinni). Don't miss it!...
Featuring: Sarah Klineman, Amy Harcourt, Vincent Chu, Galadrielle Allman, Elizabeth Bernstein, Jacqueline Hampton and Jennifer Lewis Hosted by Noah B. Sanders https://www.facebook.com/events/165709004068905/
In town from Austin, TX, Nancy Huang will be reading from her first book of poems, Favorite Daughter. Reading with her are Bay Area poets Arati Warrier and Kiana Young—join us!...
The Bindery is thrilled to host the launch for Vincent Chu's debut story collection, Like a Champion! Please join us. In eighteen stories that shine a...
Rebecca Solnit is a writer, historian, and activist. A long-time resident of San Francisco, she has written on geography, community, the environment, art, politics, hope, and...
Booksmith is thrilled to host André Aciman reading from his sensational novels Call Me By Your Name—now a major motion picture nominated for three Golden Globes—andEnigma Variations. Please...
Poets Lily Hoang + Jackie Wang read from their work, in their first-ever appearances at The Poetry Center.
The Bindery is thrilled to welcome Brittney Cooper to read from and discuss Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower.
This March, we're partnering with local geniuses Komedio Comedy to imagine a world that revolves around the specific movies and video games that One Dude likes.
Will Boast discusses his new novel, Daphne w/ Molly Antopol.
Thursday, March 1, 2018 7:30 PM 10:30 PM The Lost Church (map) Doors at 7:30pm Show at 8pm $10 online & at the door... TICKETSSSSSS: http://ticketf.ly/2C4dYMP YOU’RE GOING...
Robert Reich, Chancellor's Professor and Carmel P. Friesen Chair in Public Policy, UC Berkeley; Former U.S. Secretary of Labor under President Clinton; Author, The Common Good Robert...
Booksmith hosts an evening of poetry and conversation with Caroline Goodwin (The Paper Tree) and Linda Norton (The Public Gardens). Please join us for this...
A tasting of wines paired with writers, Karen Joy Fowler, Chang-Rae Lee, Forrest Gander and more TBA.
Free readings!
A reading + book party!
A short workshop with San Francisco's 7th poet laureate, Kim Shuck. She has worked with young people for over 30 years in San Francisco public...
NorCalzone: a California Reading READERS: Joseph Graham Ben Loory Mira Gonzalez Gene Morgan Mallory Whitten Timothy Willis Sanders http://disorderpress.com
Readings by Micah Ballard, Jennifer Elise Foerster, Jenn Alandy Trahan, and Kathleen Winter Hosted by Peter Kline Micah Ballard is author of three full-length collections...
Artist, poet, and naturalist Obi Kaufmann will present his number one best-selling CALIFORNIA FIELD ATLAS at the 12th annual Noe Valley Word Week festival at...
Tongo Eisen-Martin reads from and discusses his poetry.
Our 116th show!