• Petina Gappah / Out of Darkness, Shining Light

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    The Bindery hosts a special afternoon event with Petina Gappah (The Book of Memory) reading from her second novel, Out of Darkness, Shining Light. Please join us! “This is...

  • Isabel Tree

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

    discussing the subject of her new book Wilding:Returning Nature to Our Farm from New York Review Books with an introduction by Eric Schlosser For many...

  • Jess Row: White Flights

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

    Jess Row discusses his new book, White Flights: Race, Fiction and the American Imagination. Praise for White Flights “These are brilliant, sweeping, intimate delights—and afterward, you...

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  • Maria Tumarkin – – Axiomatic

    East Bay Booksellers 5433 College Avenue, Oakland

    EAST BAY BOOKSELLERS is excited to welcome Maria Tumarkin to celebrate the publication of her book of essays, on Monday, September 24th at 7pm. Winner of the Melbourne...

  • Leland Cheuk: No Good Very Bad Asian

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

     Leland Cheuk discusses his new novel, No Good Very Bad Asian with Vanessa Hua. Praise for No Good Very Bad Asian "A touching, funny tale of a...

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  • LIT STARTS: Writing Humor

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

    Join us to celebrate the release of The San Francisco Writers Grotto's new series LIT STARTS with a writing night on humor. About Writing Humor...

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  • Naomi Klein / On Fire: The (Burning) Case for a Green New Deal

    First Congregational Church of Berkeley 2345 Channing Way, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Berkeley Arts & Letters presents #1 international and New York Times bestselling author Naomi Klein (The Shock Doctrine and This Changes Everything) as she makes the case for a Green...

    $10 – $49
  • Bill Berkson’s A Frank O’Hara Notebook

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

    Jordan Kantor and Connie Lewallen discuss the life and work of Bill Berkson and his book A Frank O'Hara Notebook. About Bill Berkson Born in New York...

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  • Jacqueline Woodson / Red at the Bone

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

    Booksmith hosts the beloved New York Times-bestselling and National Book Award-winning author of Another Brooklyn and Brown Girl Dreaming Jacqueline Woodsonfor her new novel, Red at the Bone. Please join us!...

  • Walker Talks

    Bird & Beckett Books and Records 653 Chenery St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Walker Talks The last Sunday of each month (except June/July and December) from 2:30 to 4 pm The last Sunday of every month (except the...

  • Bawdy Storytelling

    Verdi Club 2424 Mariposa St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Sunday, September 29th, 2019 Remember: Games & Cocktails at 7:00 PM, Stories at 8:00 PM - but we'll party till Late! at the Verdi Club...

  • Anne Boyer: The Undying

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

    Anne Boyer discusses her new book The Undying: Pain, Vulnerability, Mortality, Medicine, Art, Time, Dreams, Data, Exhaustion, Cancer, and Care. Praise for The Undying “The Undying is a startling, urgent intervention...

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  • John Freeman and Friends

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

    celebrating the relase of the latest issue of Freeman's Freeman's: California published by Grove Press Featuring work from Tommy Orange, Rabih Alameddine, Rachel Kushner, Mai...

  • Jasmine Guillory – – Royal Holiday

    East Bay Booksellers 5433 College Avenue, Oakland

    EAST BAY BOOKSELLERS is excited to welcome our friend Jasmine Guillory to celebrate the publication of her fourth novel, Royal Holiday, on Tuesday, October 1st at 7pm. From the New...

  • Beyond the Shortest Month Book Club

    Green Apple Books 506 Clement St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Beyond The Shortest Month is a book club dedicated to reading and celebrating authors of color year round. Green Apple Books and Music 506 Clement...

  • Maxim Osipov

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

    Reading excerpts from the new translation of his short fiction collection Rock, Paper, Scissors and other stories by Maxim Osipov Preface by Svetlana Alexievitch, edited...

  • LAUNCH for Jon Roemer / Five Windows

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    The Bindery hosts the launch party for Jon Roemer's debut novel Five Windows. More to be announced soon, but please save the date and join us! At...

  • Ivan Orkin and Chris Ying

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

    Ivan Orkin and Chris Ying dicuss their new cookcbook, The Gaijin Cookbook: Japanese Recipes from a Chef, Father, Eater, and Lifelong Outsider. About The Gaijin Cookbook...

  • Ian Brennan in conversation with David Harrington

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

    discussing the subject of Ian Brennan's new book Silenced by Sound: The Music Meritocracy Myth published by PM Press Popular culture has woven itself into...

  • Max Tomlinson

    Green Apple Books 506 Clement St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Max Tomlinson joins us to discuss his novel, Vanishing in the Haight. About Vanishing in the Haight Between fending off a lecherous parole officer and trying...

  • The Future of Translation with Çedilla & Co.

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

    Sean Gasper Bye, Elisabeth Jaquette, Julia Sanches, Jeremy Tiang and Jeffrey Zuckerman, members of Çedilla & Co., a collective of literary translators representing a wide range of writers, languages,...

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  • MFA in Writing Reading Series – Patricia Smith

    FR 125 - Maraschi Room, USF 2130 Fulton St, San Francisco , CA, United States

      THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3 7:45 – 9:30 p.m. Fromm Hall - FR 125 - Maraschi Room Patricia Smith is the author of eight books of poetry,...

  • John James and Julia Guez

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

    John James and Julia Guez read from their new poetry collections, The Milk Hours and In an Invisible Glass Case Which is Also a Frame. About The Milk...

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