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  • Geraldine Brooks

    Bookshop Santa Cruz 1520 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz , CA, United States

    Pulitzer Prize winning author Geraldine Brooks will join us to read and sign copies of her most recent novel, The Secret Chord.

  • Vinod Narayan + Open Mic

    Willow Glen Library 1157 Minnesota Ave, San Jose , CA, United States

    Free and open to the public.

  • Anne Raeff + Lori Ostlund w/ Jan Ellison

    Kepler's Books 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park , CA, United States

    Join us for an evening with two Flannery O'Connor prize winners as they are interviewed by the author of one of the most popular debuts of 2015.

  • Why There Are Words: “Sugar”

    Studio 333 333 Caledonia Street, Sausalito , CA, United States

    Acclaimed authors read from their works on the sweet theme of “Sugar.”

    $10

  • 2016-2017 Steinbeck Fellows

    Martha Heasley Cox Center for Steinbeck Studies, SJSU 1 Washington Square , San Jose , CA, United States

    Join the CLA and the Martha Heasley Cox Center for Steinbeck Studies for readings by this year’s Steinbeck Fellows Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo and Gary Singh.

  • Nils Peterson + Open Mic

    Willow Glen Library 1157 Minnesota Ave, San Jose , CA, United States

    Open Mic follows.

  • Flash Fiction Forum

    Works/San José 365 S Market St, San Jose, CA, United States

    An evening of readings!

    $2

  • Meredith Maran

    Books Inc. Palo Alto 74 Town & Country Village, Palo Alto, CA, United States

    Meredith will be in conversation with Michelle Richmond, bestselling author of the novel Golden State.

  • Tamam Kahn

    Willow Glen Library 1157 Minnesota Ave, San Jose , CA, United States

    A reading with Tamam Kahn.

  • Gregg Hurwitz

    Books Inc. Palo Alto 74 Town & Country Village, Palo Alto, CA, United States

    New York Times-bestselling author Gregg Hurwitz shares his latest critically-acclaimed thriller, The Nowhere Man: An Orphan X Novel.

  • SJSU MFA Open House

    SJSU MLK Library 150 E San Fernando St, San Jose, CA, United States

    Meet SJSU's core creative writing faculty, and learn about our new two-year curriculum. Refreshments served.

  • Veronica Chambers

    Books Inc. Palo Alto 74 Town & Country Village, Palo Alto, CA, United States

    Critically-acclaimed author Veronica Chambers discusses her tribute to Michelle Obama, The Meaning of Michelle: 16 Writers on the Iconic First Lady and How Her Journey Inspires Our Own.

  • Jason Rekulak

    Books Inc. Palo Alto 74 Town & Country Village, Palo Alto, CA, United States

    Jason Rekulak, publisher of Quirk Books, where he has acquired a dozen New York Times-bestsellers, shares his dazzling debut novel, The Impossible Fortress.

  • Shannon Leone Fowler

    Bookshop Santa Cruz 1520 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz , CA, United States

    Bookshop Santa Cruz welcomes Shannon Leone Fowler Tuesday, February 21st for the launch of her new memoir, Traveling With Ghosts.

  • Tom Zaniello

    Books Inc. Palo Alto 74 Town & Country Village, Palo Alto, CA, United States

    Film and cultural studies professor Tom Zaniello discussses California's Lamson Murder Mystery: The Depression Era Case That Divided Santa Clara County.

  • Bryan Stevenson

    Hammer Theater Center 101 Paseo De San Antonio Walk, San Jose, CA, United States

    CLA presents Bryan Stevenson discussing his book Just Mercy.

  • Susan Orlean

    SJSU Student Union Theatre 211 S 9th St., San Jose, CA, United States

    Part of Travel Writing Conference.

  • Lisa See

    Bookshop Santa Cruz 1520 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz , CA, United States

    Bookshop Santa Cruz is thrilled to welcome New York Times bestselling author Lisa See as she presents her new novel, The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane.

  • Jim Shephard + Ron Hansen

    Kepler's Books 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park , CA, United States

    Jim Shephard in conversation with Ron Hansen.

  • Red Light Lit: Life’s Too Short

    lille æske 13160 Central Avenue, Boulder Creek, CA, United States

    A celebration of Loria Mendoza's new book, with performances.

    $10 – $20

  • Well-RED: Yesika Salgado

    Works/San José 365 S Market St, San Jose, CA, United States

    Reading series featuring Yesika Salgado

    $2

  • Poets Night

    Sunnyvale Public Library 665 W Olive Ave, Sunnyvale, CA, United States

    Poetry reading featuring Charlotte Muse, Riley O'Connell, and Kim Johnson.

  • Eastridge Open Mic

    Barnes & Noble at Eastridge Mall 2200 Eastridge Loop, Suite #1420, San José, CA, United States

    Featured reader Michelle Lin with an Open Mic afterward.

  • Bahiyyih Nakhjavani: Coming from Nowhere

    Bishop Auditorium Stanford, CA, United States

    Coming from Nowhere: Breaking Free of Cultural Branding and Identity Politics Bahiyyih Nakhjavani was born in Iran, raised in Uganda, and educated in the UK...

    Free

  • 8th Annual Poetry Invitational

    San Jose Museum of Art 110 Market St, San José, CA, United States

    A reading featuring 10 different poets, as well as 10 different works of art.

    $5