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  • April 2020

  • Fri 3
    Nomadic Press' Virtual Open Mic #3

    Nomadic Press’ Virtual Open Mic #3

    April 3, 2020 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm PDT

    FREE AND ALL WELCOME! Donate (only if you can swing it) by clicking on the "ticket" link or dropping donations via the $Cash app to...

    Free
  • Fri 3

    Litquake on Lockdown: Beth Lisick and “Edie on the Green Screen”

    April 3, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    Beth Lisick's canceled book tour for her debut novel transmogrifies into an at-home spoken word and music performance with her husband, musician and studio wizard...

    Free
  • Fri 3
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    Bess Kalb / Nobody Will Tell You This But Me

    April 3, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm PDT

    Booksmith hosts a live-stream with Bess Kalb for her new book Nobody Will Tell You This but Me. Please join us … we'll be streaming on our Facebook page!...

    Free
  • Sat 4

    Litquake on Lockdown: “Home Baked” Booty Shake

    April 4, 2020 @ 7:00 pm PDT

    In the seventies, when author Alia Volz was tucked into in her stroller, her parents ran Sticky Fingers Brownies, an underground bakery that delivered more...

    Free
  • Sun 5
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    Smack Dab Queer Open Mic Online!

    April 5, 2020 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm PDT

    We are giving ONLINE Smack Dab Queer & Trans Open Mic a try. Meet us on Zoom at our usual time :) Smack Dab Queer...

    Free
  • Sun 5

    Litquake on Lockdown: Met Cute–The Happy Side of Gay Romance

    April 5, 2020 @ 7:00 pm PDT

    In these stressful times, everyone could use a little fun. Because sometimes loving goes best with laughter, four bestselling authors of gay romance read from...

    Free
  • Mon 6

    Litquake on Lockdown: DIY Flash with the Flash Fiction Collective

    April 6, 2020 @ 7:00 pm PDT

    A reading of dozens of tiny stories from micro-fictionistas, including guest readers, plus a discussion of the Art of Flash and prompts—including visual prompts—to write...

    Free
  • Mon 6
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    Escape From Quarantine Reading – a weekly online thing

    April 6, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm PDT

    a weekly digital gathering and poetry reading. join our weekly zoom chat to meet with friends without having to leave your house. this is a...

    Free
  • Tue 7
    Bonnie Tsui - author of Why We Smim

    WHY WE SWIM with Bonnie Tsui, Daniel Handler, and Andrew Sean Greer

    April 7, 2020 @ 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm PDT

    Join these three author-swimmers in a discussion of Bonnie Tsui's fascinating new book, Why We Swim. Join us here at 5pm PDT on Tueday, April 7! https://us04web.zoom.us/j/476150449?pwd=MGtobFBYWXFINHVOUTAzNWdiYXpidz09

    Free
  • Tue 7

    Poet Tongo Eisen-Martin, live streamed from Bird & Beckett

    April 7, 2020 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    Live Stream:  https://www.facebook.com/bird.and.beckett/ Tongo Eisen-Martin, a child of the Bay Area, seemed to emerge full blown on the Bay Area poetry front in 2015 with...

    Free
  • Tue 7

    Litquake on Lockdown: ZYZZYVA’s 35th Anniversary Issue Release

    April 7, 2020 @ 7:00 pm PDT

    Celebrate ZYZZYVA's 35th anniversary issue, to be released in early April, with contributors from the issue which includes such authors and writers as Bryan Washington,...

    Free
  • Wed 8
    Ayelet Waldman & Michael Chabon

    Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman in Conversation

    April 8, 2020 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm PDT

    A fundraiser for Pegasus Books About this Event It's a tough time for local bookstores, what with the social distancing and the sheltering in place....

    Free – $100
  • Wed 8

    Litquake on Lockdown: We All Want to Change the World

    April 8, 2020 @ 7:00 pm PDT

    Fiction writers are often told – by teachers, editors, and agents – that politics and literature don’t mix. But in these times of political polarization...

    Free
  • Wed 8
    flier for Lyrics & Dirges- Ether Edition #2

    Lyrics & Dirges: Ether Edition #2

    April 8, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    This week Lyrics & Dirges Ether Edition features Maw Shein Win, Vernon Keeve III, and Amanda Moore Learn about our readers by visiting their bio...

    Free
  • Wed 8
    front cover of The Pelton Papers by Mari Coates

    Mari Coates with Peg Alford Pursell / Launch for The Pelton Papers

    April 8, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    Booksmith hosts the launch party for Mari Coates and her new novel The Pelton Papers. She'll be in conversation with Peg Alford Pursell (A Girl Goes into the Forest). PLEASE...

    Free
  • Thu 9

    Take Place: SFSU Reading & Open Mic

    April 9, 2020 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm PDT

    This is a time for all of us to come together and support one another & our SFSU writing community. Join us on Zoom for our...

    Free
  • Thu 9

    Litquake on Lockdown: Bring the World into Your Home with World Editions

    April 9, 2020 @ 7:00 pm PDT

    Let's connect our global literary community in a time of closed borders. Hear World Editions authors read from their works, discuss the current situation in...

    Free
  • Thu 9
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    The Racket : View From A Room

    April 9, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    We're doing a weekly event, every week until we're allowed out into the blinding light of the future. This week: VIEW FROM A ROOM Great...

    Free
  • Thu 9
    Mental Health Comedy Hour presented by Strut! April 9th 2020

    Mental Health Comedy Hour presented by Strut!

    April 9, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PDT

    Join us virtually this Thursday, April 9th, at 7pm PST! At the Mental Health Comedy Hour "We're not OK, and that's OK!" Mental Health Comedy...

    Free
  • Fri 10

    Zoom Forward! #3 with Irene Reti, Cameron Vanderscoff, and Sarah Rabkin

    April 10, 2020 @ 5:00 pm PDT

    Phren-Z, The Hive Poetry Collective, and Bookshop Santa Cruz present Zoom Forward! #3 with Irene Reti, Cameron Vanderscoff, and Sarah Rabkin part of the Zoom...

    Free
  • Fri 10
    Stegner Poets for The Ruby

    National Poetry Month: Stegner Fellows VIRTUAL Reading

    April 10, 2020 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    Join us for a special VIRTUAL Ruby gathering in honor of National Poetry Month featuring readings by Monica Sok, Safia Elfhillo, Claire Meuschke, and Taneum Bambrick;...

    Free
  • Fri 10

    Litquake on Lockdown: Letters of Love and Dissent in Dangerous Times

    April 10, 2020 @ 7:00 pm PDT

    Hear from the writers of Radical Hope: Letters of Love and Dissent in Dangerous Times as they read briefly from their contribution and engage in...

    Free
  • Sat 11

    Virtual Poetry Reading

    April 11, 2020 @ 3:00 pm PDT

    Poets Tess Taylor and Judy Halebsky read from their new collections--in a graveyard! Click here to watch the video of this reading. About Tess Taylor's...

    Free
  • Sat 11
    We fell into weather

    Inside Weather: Writing and Art

    April 11, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm PDT

    Join us Saturday evening from your room, where the following writers and artists will Zoom-share work that in some way contemplates the rooms and roomlessness...

    Free
  • Sun 12

    Dave Eggers

    April 12, 2020 @ 4:00 pm PDT

    Live: Sunday, April 19th, 7:00est/4:00pst Dave Eggers is known for writing wonderful, gripping stories that tug at the heart. His award-winning body of work consists...

    Free
  • Mon 13

    VIRTUAL EVENT: Lisa Brown and Andrew Sean Greer

    April 13, 2020 @ 5:00 pm PDT

    Join us on Instagram live for a virtual event with Lisa Brown and Andrew Sean Greer discussing Long Story Short! Starting at 5:00pm on the greenapplebooks Instagram....

    Free
  • Mon 13
    image for Escape from Quarantine Reading

    Escape From Quarantine Reading – a weekly online thing

    April 13, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm PDT

    a weekly digital gathering and poetry reading. join our weekly zoom chat to meet with friends without having to leave your house. this is a...

    Free
  • Tue 14
    A [quarantined] Room of One’s Own- Virtual Reading Series

    A [quarantined] Room of One’s Own: Virtual Reading Series

    April 14, 2020 @ 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm PDT

    A Room of One’s Own: Virtual Reading Series / POETRY night with MK Chavez, Letisia Cruz, and Wendy-O Matik If you, like the rest of...

    Free
  • Tue 14
    front cover of The Gringa

    The Gringa: Andrew Altschul (VIRTUAL EVENT: In Conversation with Darcie Dennigan)

    April 14, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    We will be presenting this event virtually, using Zoom. RSVP here. A gripping and subversive novel about the slippery nature of truth and the tragic consequences...

    Free
  • Wed 15

    Carl Zimmer and Apoorva Mandavilli in Conversation

    April 15, 2020 @ 12:00 pm PDT

    Carl Zimmer and Apoorva Mandavilli will read via video conference from their work and talk about writing about real-life experiences through a creative lens. All...

    Free – $100
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