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  • Nikole Hannah-Jones

    Nourse Theatre 275 Hayes Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    City Arts & Lectures presents Nikole Hannah-Jones in conversation with Alexis Madrigal. Nikole Hannah-Jones is an award-winning investigative reporter who covers civil rights and racial injustice...

    $29

  • SIN

    Public Works 161 Erie Street, San Francisco , CA, United States

    SIN Tales of vice and veniality, peccadillos, trespasses, and indiscretions from the faux pas to the unforgivable  Featuring: Nadya Lev ~ Eating Ortolans & Other...

    $15 – $25

  • Chasing Mercury: A Novel by September Williams

    Mechanics Institute 57 Post St 4th Floor Boardroom, San Francisco, CA, United States

    An epileptic Black ballerina and a Powwow dancer meet in the Montreal Airport. They are both scheduled to perform in 1973 Cold War Berlin. During...

  • Silent Reading Party

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    Presented by Lemony Snicket and Radio Silence. Bring a book to read to yourself in silence. Drinks and light snacks will be available. There is...

  • Alexandra Mattraw, Norman Fischer, and Tiff Dressen

    Moe's Books 2476 Telegraph Ave, Berkeley, CA, United States

    This is a book launch and celebration for Alexandra Mattraws new book, small siren. Alexandra Mattraw is a Berkeley poet and fourth generation native of Northern...

  • Michael Pollan, How to Change Your Mind

    Peace United Church 900 High Street, Santa Cruz, United States

    OFFSITE & TICKETED: Michael Pollan, How to Change Your Mind Tuesday, June 5, 2018 - 7:00pm Bookshop Santa Cruz is delighted to welcome back Michael Pollan,...

    $33

  • Marin Poetry Center Summer Traveling show

    Falkirk Cultural Center 1408 Mission Ave, San Rafael , CA, United States

    First reading of the season! This year we are offering a showcase of our own board members in a Cavalcade of Marin Poetry Center Board...

  • Pamela Druckerman

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

    Pamela Druckerman is a journalist and the author of Bringing Up Bébé; and Lust In Translation. She was a staff reporter at The Wall Street Journal and has written for The...

  • Jazz Stories: Live Jazz. Wonderful Stories.

    Pegasus Books on Solano 1855 Solano Ave, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Tuesday, June 5, 7:30 pm This Recurring Event is at Pegasus Books Solano Jazz Stories: Live Jazz. Wonderful Stories. People love hearing jazz...and hearing about it. Musicians like Miles...

  • Charlie LeDuff presents SH*TSHOW!

    East Bay Booksellers 5433 College Avenue, Oakland

    EAST BAY BOOKSELLERS welcomes Charlie LeDuff to the store to discuss his new book, Sh*tshow!: The Country's Collapsing . . . and the Ratings Are Great, on Wednesday, June 6th at 7pm. ...

  • Viet Thanh Nguyen, Thi Bui and Meron Hadero

    City Lights Bookstore 261 Columbus Ave, San Francisco , CA, United States

    The Displaced: Refugee Writers on Refugee Lives Edited by Viet Thanh Nguyen from Abrams Image Pulitzer Prize-winning author Viet Thanh Nguyen (The Sympathizer), and contributors Thi Bui (The Best We...

  • Mostly Flash With a Dash of Haiku

    The Octopus Literary Salon 2101 Webster St #170, Oakland , CA, United States

    Featured readers: Sara McAulay, Amos White, Jon Sindell, Jacqueline Doyle. Late Night Open Mic follows the featured readers. Sign-up now for Ist Annual Open Mic...

  • ANDREW WEATHERS/ROOTLESS/FOREST FLORO

    Nomadic Press: Uptown 2301 Telegraph Ave., Oakland, CA, United States

    Please join us for an evening of relaxing ambient electronic music and dreamy acoustic sounds by Andrew Weathers (TX)/Rootless (LA) / and Oakland's own Forest...

  • BINDERY: Mariko Tamaki / Supergirl: Being Super

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    Mariko Tamaki, author of the Caldecott Honor and Eisner Award-winning This One Summer, and Eisner Award-nominated artist Joëlle Jones (Lady Killer) combine forces for Supergirl: Being Super​​​​​​!...

  • Letters to My Palestinian Neighbor

    Cubberley Theatre 4000 Middlefield Road, T2, Palo Alto

    Attempting to break the agonizing impasse between Israelis and Palestinians, Yossi Klein Halevi directly addresses his Palestinian neighbors in his new taut and provocative book,...

    $18 – $43

  • InsideStoryTime: Resoundings

    Edinburgh Castle Pub 950 Geary St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    InsideStorytime RESOUNDINGS at Edinburgh Castle, 950 Geary Street, San Francisco, on Thursday June 7th, 7-9 pm, will feature readings accompanied by the music of Makram Abu-Shakra. Readers...

  • Shipwreck Presents: Call Me By Your Name

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

    June is Pride, so let's do that one mainstream queer book that doesn't end in tragedy! BYO Peach.   Featured writers TBA. $12 advance, $15...

    $12 – $15

  • Jennifer Egan, Manhattan Beach

    Peace United Church 900 High Street, Santa Cruz, United States

    Jennifer Egan, Manhattan Beach Thursday, June 7, 2018 - 7:00pm Bookshop Santa Cruz welcomes Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jennifer Egan to town for a reading and...

    $20

  • Reading

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

    Headlands Center for the Arts presents their writers in residence

  • Kai Carlson-Wee

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

    This event will be held at our 9th Ave. location. Kai Carlson-Wee reads from his new poetry collection, Rail. Praise for Rail "Rail is a lovely book,...

  • Medea Benjamin Inside Iran: The Real History & Politics of Iran

    Hillside Club 2286 Cedar St, Berkeley, CA, United States

    KPFA Radio 94.1FM & Project Censored present MEDEA BENJAMIN Inside Iran: The Real History & Politics of the Islamic Republic of Iran Hosted by Mickey...

    $12 – $15

  • YOU’RE GOING TO DIE: POETRY, PROSE & EVERYTHING GOES…

    The Lost Church 65 Capp Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Doors at 7:30pm Show at 8pm $10 online & at the door... TICKETSSSSSS: https://ticketf.ly/2rOcW0A YOU’RE GOING TO DIE: Poetry, Prose & Everything Goes... is an open...

  • Poe Ballantine

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

    Poe Ballantine discusses his new novel, Whirlaway. Praise for Poe Ballantine Poe Ballantine is the most soulful, insightful, funny, and altogether luminous “under-known” writer in America....

    Free