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  • Folio Night, LIVE!: Open Mic Night

    Folio Books 3957 24th St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Our third community open mic night with featured reader, Bay Area poet Tongo Eisen-Martin, and host Wayne Goodman.

  • Alexandra Teague

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

    Alexandra Teague reads from her new novel, The Principles Behind Flotation.

  • Cornelia Nixon

    Mrs. Dalloway's Bookstore 2904 College Ave, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Cornelia Nixon reads from her new novel, The Use of Fame.

  • Martha Grover

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

    Selected by Maggie Nelson as a 2017 finalist for the Oregon Book Award in Creative Nonfiction.

  • Such a Nasty Woman: Female Writers Respond to Trump

    San Francisco Public Library 100 Larkin St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    This panel of brave, outspoken, and articulate authors will ask some tough questions about women's role in a Trump era.

  • Wendy Lesser

    Books Inc. Berkeley 1491 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley , CA, United States

    Wendy Lesser, founder and editor of The Threepenny Review, discusses her landmark biography, You Say to Brick: The Life of Louis Kahn.

  • *RADAR SuperStars

    SF Public Library 100 Larkin Street, San Francisco, United States

    Join RADAR for its annual birthday and SuperStar Pride Program.

  • Radar Superstar: A Queer AF Variety Show

    San Francisco Public Library 100 Larkin St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Annual celebration showcase featuring 4 incredible queer artists.

  • Scaachi Koul + Doree Shafrir

    Book Passage San Francisco 1 Ferry Building, San Francisco, CA, United States

    A conversation between Saachi Koul and Doree Shafrir.

  • Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi + Meron Hadero

    Museum of the African Diaspora 685 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    A conversation about Kintu with author Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi and Meron Hadero. The program will include a wine reception and booksigning. Tickets are $10 for non-members, free for members of MoAD.

    $10

  • Weekday DONderlust

    Hotel Rex 562 Sutter Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Celebration of Don George's Birthday, as well as the new release of The Best Women's Travel Writing.

  • Flash Fiction Collective

    Alley Cat Books 3036 24th St, San Francisco, CA, United States

    The Flash Fiction Collective is thrilled to feature Jimin Han, Julia Halprin Jackson, and Gary Singh at our June reading!

  • Robert Hass + David Koehn

    Studio One Arts Center 365 45th Street, Oakland, CA, United States

    Please join us on Thursday, June 1st for a reading and conversation with Robert Hass + David Koehn to benefit Omnidawn.

  • Mark Lukach + Sachi Cunningham

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

    Join Mark Lukach and Sachi Cunningham in conversation about mental health, family, and creativity as Mark releases his new book, My Lovely Wife in the Psych Ward.

  • Charmaine Craig

    Books Inc. Burlingame 1375 Burlingame Ave, Burlingame, CA, United States

    Charmaine Craig shares her masterful new novel, Miss Burma.

  • Play: Exhibit + Reading

    Pro Arts Gallery 150 Frank H Ogawa Plaza, Oakland, CA, United States

    The exhibit will be a celebration of Black neighborhoods and creativity.

  • Brian Hassett’s Beat Cafe

    The Beat Museum 540 Broadway, San Francisco , CA, United States

    This appearance is celebrating a new special “Summer of Love Edition” of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Jack Kerouac with additional photos, bringing the total in the book to 70!

  • First Friday: Naked Truth real.stories.live

    Main Reading Room, Mill Valley Public Library 375 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley , CA, United States

    For Adults and High School Students only.

  • Poets of Color Podcast

    Galería de la Raza 2857 24th Street, San Francisco , CA, United States

    The Poets of Color Podcast is dropping June 2017 and your host's Asha Sudra & Chris "L7" Cuadrado need your help to make it happen!

    $5 – $10

  • Drag Queen Story Hour

    San Francisco Public Library 100 Larkin St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Drag Queen Story Hour is just what it sounds like—drag queens reading stories to children in the library. DQSH captures the imagination and play of the gender fluidity of childhood and gives kids glamorous, positive, and unabashedly queer role models.

  • Youth Poetry Workshop w/ Kim Shuck + Dan Vera

    Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts 2868 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Poets Kim Shuck and Dan Vera will host a poetry workshop for young adults, by drawing on the poetry anthology, Imaniman: Poets Writing in the Anzaldúan Borderlands

  • Babylon Salon

    The Armory Club 1799 Mission St, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Babylon Salon is a San Francisco-based showcase and community of writers, performers, readers, singers, musicians, magicians, imbibers (of spirits and spirit), and revelers.

  • Imaniman: A Night of Poetry

    Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts 2868 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Join contributors from Imaniman: Poets Writing in the Anzaldúan Borderlands for an evening of poetry and reflections on fronteras, identity, and art.

  • Tea with Mr. E

    Edwin Markham House in History Park 1650 Senter Road, San Jose, United States

    A one-day class on T.S. Eliot with Nils Peterson, discussing "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock," "The Wasteland" and one of the Quartets.

    $15 – $35