Enjoy line breaks during your lunch break, as some of the Bay Area’s best poets and musicians share their work in the great outdoors.
Book signing follows the readings.
We have the great pleasure of presenting the release of spring mother tongue, edited by Santa Clara County Poet Laureate Arlene Biala!
Alex Dimitrov and Randall Mann reading from new poetry.
Four great readers!
Booksmith hosts local poet Christopher Bernard for his new book Chien Lunatique.
The bi-monthly Borderlands Lectura reading series returns with writers exploring the issues of borders and boundaries. Featured readers: Scott Duncan, Noam Zelaya, Sara Campos, Norma...
Thomas Centonella presents his new poetry collection, Almost Human, winner of the Dorset Prize, selected by Edward Hirsch.
IMPORTANT ::: DON’T TAKE YOURSELF SO SERIOUSLY. Come and have fun. The end.
Mark your calendars for June 16-18 and join your fellow arts leaders and professionals for the arts networking event of the year!
FREE with regular admission as follows: General Admission, $14; Students with a valid ID and Seniors, $12; Members and Youth 18 and under, free.
The At The Inkwell series returns with its usual variety of tender mayhem.
Join us on Saturday, June 17th, as we celebrate independent publishing and the Bay Area's diverse queer histories.
MK Chavez reads her poems, followed by an interview and discussion. Pick up a free chapbook of MK Chavez poems at any BPL branch!
A night of reading!
From Jane Green -- the New York Times bestselling author of Falling -- comes The Sunshine Sisters.
Dan Liberthson + Charles Curtis Blackwell.
Carolina will be joined by Jeff Chang, Aya De León, Cristina García, Kate Schatz, and Jane Smiley to discuss how on earth we'll keep resisting amid the daily chaos.
Free reading!
Nomadic Press continues to burst at the seams with programming and publications, and we need your continued support to keep the doors open and our programming and publication schedule as robust as they currently are.
Eastridge Open Mic w/ host Lorenz Dumuk.
This program is part of San Francisco's 50th anniversary celebration of the Summer of Love.
Come celebrate the one-year anniversary of Dog Eared Books keeping books in the Castro!! We are beyond excited to have Cleve Jones, Charlie Jane Anders,...
An amazing gathering of writers will read never-before-read material (rough drafts/debuts) within a three-minute time limit.
Featured Poet: Val Ibarra!
The bestselling author of the Mary Russell mysteries, Laurie King, celebrates the release of an altogether new novel, an ominous and stunningly intricate story set in an inner-city middle school.
Join Brontez Purnell at Pegasus Books Downtown for the launch of his debut novel, Since I Laid My Burden Down.
Naomi Klein presents her new book No Is Not Enough in a discussion of resistance in the Trump era.
Reading from her new short story collection The Tower of the Antilles.
Iowa Writers' Workshop graduate Paul Cohen joins us in the Marina for a reading and discussion of his lyrical debut novel, The Glamshack.