Combining San Francisco history, art, literature, cycling, and urban exploration, Bikes to Books began as an homage to the 1988 street-naming project spearheaded by City Lights...
A Boomer, an Xer, and a Millennial walk into a book... Join us for the launch of Jon Sindell's new novel, The Pugilist Poets of...
Italian writer Giacomo Sartori discusses his new novel, I Am God. Praise for I Am God “Who better to reflect on the state of the planet...
The Bindery welcomes Mike and Anne Howard back for their second book, Comfortably Wild: The Best Glamping Destinations in North America. Join us! River rafting between luxury camps,...
Tales of the San Francisco Cacophony Society - Litquake 2019 Sunday, October 13, 2019, 5:00 p.m., City Lights Booksellers, 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco City...
Daniel Poppick reads from his new poetry collection, Fear of Description. Praise for Fear of Description: “No matter where a reader begins in Fear of Description, the end...
TA-NEHISI COATES In Conversation with Michael Chabon Monday, October 14, 2019, 7:30 pm Venue: Sydney Goldstein Theater Series: Special Events Buy Tickets | 415.392.4400 Note: Ta-Nehisi Coates will be...
Astrophysicist Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson returns to San Francisco on Monday, October 14 at Davies Symphony Hall, for a special limited book tour for his...
The monthly collaboration between Litquake: San Francisco’s Literary Festival and the Yerba Buena Gardens Festival features an array of Bay Area poets and musicians.
Jeanette Winterson - Litquake 2019 Tuesday, October 15, 2019, 7:00 p.m., Jewish Community Center of San Francisco, 3200 California St, San Francisco, CA 94118 City...
Join us for an incredible evening celebrating literature with the Pulitzer Prize finalist author of There, There. Tommy Orange is a graduate of the MFA...
Join us for a magical evening with Ariel Gore, Michelle Gonzales (The Spitboy Rule), MK Chavez (Dear Animal), Dani Burlison (All of Me), Michelle Threadgould,...
Dr. M Jackson discusses her new book, The Secret Lives of Glaciers. Praise for The Secret Lives of Glaciers "This outrageous book, rich with revelation and stewardship,...
TA-NEHISI COATES In Conversation with Chris Jackson Tuesday, October 15, 2019, 7:30 pm Venue: Sydney Goldstein Theater Series: Special Events Buy Tickets | 415.392.4400 Note: Ta-Nehisi Coates will be...
Booksmith celebrates the launch of the new book by Rachel Swaby and Kit Fox, Mighty Moe: The True Story of a Thirteen-Year-Old Women's Running Revolutionary. please join us! “A...
LOGIC MAGAZINE: print/ops - Litquake 2019 Wednesday, October 16, 2019, 7:00 p.m., City Lights Booksellers, 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco print/ops : a roundtable about...
M. Randal O'Wain and Mesha Maren discuss their new works, Meander Belt: Family, Loss and Coming of Age in the Working Class South and Sugar Run. About Meander...
The Bindery hosts Caleb Woods for his first book, Harnessing Darkness: Expressing Mental Illness Through Poetry. Please join us! Harnessing Darkness traces the struggle of living with mental illness. Through...
ZADIE SMITH Wednesday, October 16, 2019, 7:30 pm Venue: Sydney Goldstein Theater Series: "On Arts" Benefiting 826 Valencia Scholarship Program Buy Tickets | Buy Series Tickets | 415.392.4400 Zadie Smith is...
This literary event celebrates women of color authors, who will be reading from and talking about their writing and how their various backgrounds influence their...
A Betabrand Podcast Theatre event featuring author Mary Ladd and illustrator Don Asmussen.
In Common Writers Series, supported by the Walter & Elise Haas Fund Free and open to the public Details soon
The Velvet Underground Experience - Litquake 2019 Thursday, October 17, 2019, 7:00 p.m., City Lights Booksellers, 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco Hat & Beard...
Joanna Howard discusses her new memoir Rerun Era with Rita Bullwinkel and Forrest Gander. Praise for Rerun Era ”Rerun Era is both a romp and a deep dive...
Celebrate the release of Disasterama!: Adventures in The Queer Underground 1977 - 1997 by Alvin Orloff. A compelling and hilarious memoir of social life in...
In Common Writers Series, supported by the Walter & Elise Haas Fund Free and open to the public Details soon
K.R. MORRISON, WILLIAM TAYLOR JR, ZARINA ZABRISKY, JON BENNETT, JULIE VALIN, TODD CIRILLO FRI. OCT. 18TH, 7PMAn evening of poetry and music featuring the following...
Co-presented by Litquake 2019 Join us at Arc Gallery & Studies for APAture 2019 presents Proclaim (a literary arts showcase)! Featuring Jennifer S. Cheng, Jayinee...
Legendary American tattoo artist Ed Hardy discusses his groundbreaking tattoos, flash, drawings, and artworks with Jeff Gunderson, contributor to Ed Hardy: Deeper than Skin:Art of the New...
Breaching on Saturday, October 19: San Francisco’s 2019 Moby Dick reading marathon. Mark your calendars for this tribute to a classic American novel - and...