Litseen
Get lit. Push play.
Menu
  • about
  • bay area literary calendar
  • ongoing
  • profiles of local authors
  • past events
    • watch past events
    • book reviews
    • event reviews
30 events found.

San Francisco

  1. Events
  2. San Francisco

Events Search and Views Navigation

Event Views Navigation

  • List
  • Month
  • Day
Today
  • November 2020
  • Wed 18
    November 18, 2020 @ 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm PST

    Virtual Event: Night of Memoir with Alden Jones and Rick Moody

    online

    Join us on Wednesday, November 18 at 5pm PST for a special Night of Memoir with writers Alden Jones and Rick Moody, as they discuss their latest...

    Free
  • Thu 19
    Jane Hirshfield
    November 19, 2020 @ 8:00 am - 5:00 pm PST

    Marin Poetry Center Present Jane Hirshfield & Meryl Natchez

    Jewish Community Center of San Francisco 3200 California St, San Francisco, CA, United States

    November 19, 2020 Jewish Community Center/Marin Poetry Center Present Jane Hirshfield & Meryl Natchez Mill Valley poet Jane Hirshfield’s most recent, ninth poetry collection is Ledger (Knopf,...

  • Thu 19
    November 19, 2020 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm PST

    Author: Rand Quinn, Class Action: Desegregation and Diversity in San Francisco Schools

    online

    Quinn discusses the contentious racial politics that emerged from school desegregation and why the school district gradually resegregated despite a court mandate. San Francisco’s school...

    Free
  • Fri 20
    November 20, 2020 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm PST

    Panel: How We Go Home: Voices from Indigenous North America

    online

    Celebrate the release of How We Go Home: Voices from Indigenous North America, the latest addition to the Voice of Witness book series, with a roundtable...

    Free
  • Mon 30
    November 30, 2020 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm PST

    Virtual Event: Tracy Anne Hart on Stevie Ray Vaughan

    online

    Join us on Monday, November 30 at 6:00pm PST when photographer Tracy Anne Hart discusses her book, Seeing Stevie Ray, with former Creem magazine editor Robert Duncan on...

    Free
  • December 2020
  • Fri 11
    December 11, 2020 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm PST

    Andrea & Edmund Read You Art Out Loud

    online

    Andrea Passwater's "We Sing" (The Rumpus) and Edmund Zagorin's "Year Are Sentences" (Rabid Oak Review) are out soon in the anthology Best Small Fictions 2020....

    $7
  • Fri 18
    December 18, 2020 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm PST

    HIGH DAWN: Noah Ross, S*an D. Henry-Smith, Jamie Townsend, Topazu, Subset

    online

    Small Press Traffic and UC Berkeley Poetry Colloquium present HIGH DAWN 4 Readings by Noah Ross and S*an D. Henry-Smith Introduced by Jamie Townsend Music...

    Free
  • January 2021
  • Tue 19
    January 19, 2021 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm PST

    LUSH: A SOMArts Series

    SOMArts 934 Brannan Street, San Francisco , CA, United States

    LUSH: A SOMArts Series launches on Tuesday, January 19, 2021. The first of three virtual programs, this event features readings, a panel discussion, and Q&A with Juli...

    $5 – $20
  • Wed 27
    January 27, 2021 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am PST

    ‘Wasted: When Trash Becomes Treasure’ MCD Virtual Event

    Museum of Craft and Design 2569 Third Street, San Francisco

    The Museum of Craft and Design welcomes writer and speaker Katie Treggiden for a virtual discussion of her new book, "Wasted: When Trash Becomes Treasure"...

    $8
  • February 2021
  • Thu 4
    February 4, 2021 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm PST

    Lunar New Year Poetry and Calligraphy with Poets Michael Warr, Chun Yu, and Calligrapher Aiqin Zhou

    online

    Celebrate the Year of the Ox with us! Poets Michael Warr and Chun Yu read works in English and Chinese (Mandarin) that reflect the essence...

    Free – $25
  • Thu 4
    image for Eves at the Beat
    February 4, 2021 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PST

    Eves at the (Virtual) Beat: Womxn Reading Curated by Georgina Marie!!

    online

    During Women's History month a constellation of events brought together a group of fabulous womxn+ writers. The meeting of these hearts and minds exploded into...

    Free
  • Thu 18
    Lily King
    February 18, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm PST

    LILY KING

    online

    LILY KING Thursday, February 18, 2021 6:00pm Pacific Time TICKETS “Lily King writes with a great generosity of spirit.” – Ann Patchett Lily King is...

    $29
  • Sat 20
    February 20, 2021 @ 12:00 pm - February 21, 2021 @ 3:00 pm PST

    Prepping to Publish: a workshop for writers of color

    Virtual

    Geared toward marginalized writers who may lack access to MFA programs, workshops, and conferences, Prepping to Publish is a six-hour, two-session intensive. Sonora will select...

    Free
  • Sun 28
    February 28, 2021 @ 8:00 am - 5:00 pm PST

    High Dawn 7: Ahsan / Montes / Low / Dennis

    online

    Presented in partnership with UC Berkeley Poetry Colloquium RSVP for Zoom link: spt-march.eventbrite.com Bahaar Ahsan is a poet in the Bay Area. Bahaar’s work is...

    Free
  • March 2021
  • Mon 1
    March 1, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm PST

    Patricia Lockwood in conversation with Sheila Heti

    online

    City Arts & Lectures presents: Patricia Lockwood in conversation with Sheila Heti Monday, March 1, 2021 6:00pm Pacific Time KQED Broadcast: 03/14/2021, 03/16/2021, 03/17/2021 TICKETS This event...

    $29
  • Thu 4
    March 4, 2021 @ 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm PST

    Seismic Salon: Alka Joshi

    online

    Seismic Salon: Alka Joshi Thu Mar 4th 5:00pm - 6:30pm   Buy Tickets  Litquake’s second season of Seismic Salons begins with the always fascinating Alka Joshi, whose...

    $500
  • Thu 4
    March 4, 2021 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm PST

    Cristina Rivera Garza and Kit Schluter, reading and in conversation

    online

    Remote access event, free and open to the public REGISTER TO ATTEND —or— Watch this program at YouTube With emcee, Carolina de Robertis Supported in part by...

    Free
  • Thu 4
    March 4, 2021 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PST

    Eves at the (Virtual) Beat: Womxn Reading Curated by Barbara Saunders!!!

    online

    During Women's History month 2019 a constellation of events brought together a group of fabulous womxn+ writers. The meeting of these hearts and minds exploded...

    Free
  • Sat 6
    March 6, 2021 @ 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm PST

    Page Poets reading online event at The Green Arcade

    online

    COVID wouldn't stop Ovid! Or any other poets worth their salt, so please join us for an exciting online reading from The Page Poets Series...

    Free
  • Sun 7
    flier for bazaar writers salon
    March 7, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm PST

    Bazaar Writers Salon

    online

    Readings by Jen Burke Anderson, Ryan Fox, Sarah Schweig, and Molly Spencer Hosted by Peter Kline Bazaar Writers Salon Zoom meeting – see link and...

    Free
  • Mon 8
    March 8, 2021 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm PST

    MFA Reading Series: Shapes of Native Nonfiction – Deborah Miranda, Theresa Warburton, Elissa Washuta

    online

    Deborah A. Miranda is the author of Bad Indians: A Tribal Memoir (2013), recipient of the PEN-Oakland Josephine Miles Literary Award, a Gold Medal from the Independent...

    Free
  • Mon 8
    March 8, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm PST

    Reuben Jonathan Miller in conversation with Terah Lawyer

    online

    City Arts & Lectures presents: Reuben Jonathan Miller in conversation with Terah Lawyer Co-presented with Impact Justice Monday, March 8, 2021 6:00pm Pacific Time KQED Broadcast: 03/21/2021,...

    $29
  • Wed 10
    March 10, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm PST

    Virtual Event: Sam Cohen and Andrea Lawlor

    online

    Join us on Wednesday, March 10th at 6pm PT when Sam Cohen discusses her story collection, Sarahland, with Andrea Lawlor on Zoom! Zoom Login Info...

    Free
  • Thu 11
    March 11, 2021 @ 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm PST

    Seismic Salon: Lysley Tenorio

    online

    Seismic Salon: Lysley Tenorio Thu Mar 11th 5:00pm - 6:30pm Buy Tickets  Litquake is thrilled to welcome Lysley Tenorio to our Seismic Salon series! Of his...

    $500
  • Sat 13
    March 13, 2021 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm PST

    Word Week 2021 “Colm Toibin, Paula Meehan & Michelle Gallen Read Contemporary Irish Literature”

    online

    Irish authors Colm Toibin, Paula Meehan, and Michelle Gallen read from new work Saturday, March 13, 11 a.m. Pacific time via Zoom. Colm gives us...

    Free
  • Sat 13
    March 13, 2021 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm PST

    Tripwire Cross-Cultural Poetics Series: Momtaza Mehri and Zoé Samudzi, reading and in conversation

    online

    Remote access event, free and open to the public REGISTER TO ATTEND —or— Watch this program at YouTube With emcee, alex cruse This remote-access event starts promptly...

    Free
  • Mon 15
    March 15, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm PDT

    Virtual Event: Michaeleen Doucleff

    online

    Join us on Monday, March 15 at 6pm PT when Dr. Michaeleen Doucleff joins us to discuss her book, Hunt, Gather, Parent: What Ancient Cultures...

    Free
  • Tue 16
    March 16, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm PDT

    One City One Book: Chanel Miller

    online

    One City One Book: Chanel Miller Tue Mar 16th 6:00pm - 7:00pm Register  Co-presented with San Francisco Public Library Litquake is honored to partner with San...

    Free
  • Tue 16
    March 16, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm PDT

    Chanel Miller in conversation with journalist Robynn Takayama

    Virtual

    San Francisco Public Library is honored to announce its 16th Annual One City One Book selection, Chanel Miller's, Know My Name. Chanel Miller will join...

    Free
  • Wed 17
    March 17, 2021 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm PDT

    Tongo Eisen-Martin, Mahogany L. Browne, Safia Elhillo in conversation

    Virtual

    Join the San Francisco Public Library in welcoming the San Francisco Poet Laureate, Tongo Eisen-Martin, along with celebrated authors Mahogany L. Browne and Safia Elhillo...

    Free
  • Previous Events
  • Today
  • Next Events
  • Google Calendar
  • iCalendar
  • Outlook 365
  • Outlook Live
  • Export .ics file
  • Export Outlook .ics file

Archives

Copyright © 2026

Powered by Oxygen Theme.

 

Loading Comments...