Kevin Begos in Conversation with Dan Polsby, Vintage Berkeley–virtually
discussing Tasting the Past: One Man's Quest to Discover (and Drink!) the World's Original Wines. "Takes readers along on a journey to find the historical origins...
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Nora Harlow and Saxon Holt in Conversation–virtually
discussing their new book Gardening in Summer-Dry Climates: Plants for a Lush, Water-Conscious Landscape. Every Bay Area gardener needs this book written and photographed by the same...
Virtual Event: George Saunders and Tobias Wolff
bout the Event Part hilarious prophet, part tender interpreter of the human condition, Booker Prize winner George Saunders (Lincoln in the Bardo) has been called...
$40
Kate Messner on Instagram Live IGTV
reading her timely book The Next President: The Unexpected Beginnings and Unwritten Future of America's Presidents, an inspiring and informative book for kids about the past and...
Virtual Event: Michelle Gallen and Crissy Van Meter
onlineJOIN US ON SATURDAY, JANUARY 16 AT 12PM PT WHEN MICHELLE GALLEN DISCUSSES HER NOVEL, BIG GIRL, SMALL TOWN, WITH CRISSY VAN METER ON ZOOM! Zoom Login...
Free
Virtual Event: Michelle Gallen and Crissy Van Meter
JOIN US ON SATURDAY, JANUARY 16 AT 12PM PT WHEN MICHELLE GALLEN DISCUSSES HER NOVEL, BIG GIRL, SMALL TOWN, WITH CRISSY VAN METER ON ZOOM! Zoom Login...
Mahmood Mamdani in conversation with Gil Anidjar
discussing Neither Settler Nor Native: The Making and Unmaking of Permanent Minorities by Mahmood Mamdani published by Belknap Press (an imprint of Harvard University Press)...
Learn Deep Revision Techniques
VirtualDr. Laurel Yourke will speak on the heart of revision-it's not just polishing or substituting one word for another. Instead, look at revision as viewing...
$5 – $10
Rebecca Walker and Lily Diamond with Whitney Leigh Morris – What’s Your Story? (Virtual Event)
Transformational questions for personal and collective change. In this time of global reckoning, revolution, and reinvention, authors Rebecca Walker and Lily Diamond invite you to...
Paraic O’Donnell with Helen MacDonald – The House on Vesper Sands (Virtual Event)
London, 1893: high up in a house on a dark, snowy night, a lone seamstress stands by a window. So begins the swirling, serpentine world...
Steven Kotler – The Art of Impossible (Virtual Event)
Learn about The Art of Impossible from bestselling author and peak performance expert Steven Kotler as he decodes the secrets of those elite performers—athletes, artists, scientists, CEOs...
This is Now: Simon Winchester
This event is online. Webinar access comes with one copy of Land. ----- The story of the world is the story of land: stories of...
This is Now: Simon Winchester
This event is online. Webinar access comes with one copy of Land. ----- The story of the world is the story of land: stories of...
Panel: Black Crime Writers – Celebrating the Past, Looking Toward the Future
San Francisco Public Library - Virtual LibraryAuthors, S.A. Cosby, Kellye Garrett, Gar Anthony Haywood and Cheryl A. Head discuss the history of Black writers of crime fiction and the future of...
Free
Poets Martin Espada & Dennis Bernstein: A Zoom Event: Floaters
VirtualKPFA Radio 94.1 FM presents: Poets Martin Espada & Dennis Bernstein: A Zoom Event Floaters MARTIN ESPADA, a poet who stirs our social consciousness, has...
$1 – $20
The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin | GGP Online Book Club
The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin | GGP Online Book Club | Tue. Jan. 19 @ 7 PM PST Please join us on Tuesday,...
LUSH: A SOMArts Series
SOMArts 934 Brannan Street, San Francisco , CA, United StatesLUSH: A SOMArts Series launches on Tuesday, January 19, 2021. The first of three virtual programs, this event features readings, a panel discussion, and Q&A with Juli...
$5 – $20
The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin | GGP Online Book Club
Please join us on Tuesday, January 19, 2021 at 7 PM PST for a GGP Online Book Club discussion of The City We Became by N.K....
Virtual Event: James J. Siegel, Ben Kline, and Caroline Earleywine
Join us on Wednesday, January 20th at 6pm PT when James J. Siegel, Ben Kline, and Caroline Earleywine read from their work to celebrate Siegel's...
Free
Virtual Event: James J. Siegel, Ben Kline, and Caroline Earleywine
JOIN US ON WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20 AT 6PM PT WHEN JAMES J. SIEGEL, BEN KLINE, AND CAROLINE EARLEYWINE READ FROM THEIR WORK TO CELEBRATE SIEGEL'S LATEST COLLECTION, THE GOD OF...
Wider Than The Sky: Author Katherine Rothschild in Conversation With Randy Ribay
Please join us on Thursday, January 21, 2021 at 6 PM PST for an online book launch of the new YA novel, WIDER THAN THE SKY, with author...
Jonathan Lethem in Conversation with Dan Polsby, Vintage Berkeley–virtually
discussing (with wine) Lethem's latest novel The Arrest, an utterly original post-collapse yarn about two siblings, the man that came between them, and a nuclear-powered super car....
VIRTUAL EVENT: Bryant Terry, presented by EcoFarm Conference
VIRTUAL EVENT: An Evening with Bryant Terry: Live Fireside Chat and Cooking Demo, presented by the EcoFarm Conference. Terry is a James Beard Award-winning chef, educator,...
Virtual Event: Rebecca Fishow and Emily Schultz
onlineJoin us on Friday, January 22 at 6pm PT when Rebecca Fishow discusses her latest collection, The Trouble with Language, with Emily Schultz on Zoom!...
Free
Virtual Event: Rebecca Fishow and Emily Schultz
JOIN US ON FRIDAY, JANUARY 22 AT 6PM PT WHEN REBECCA FISHOW DISCUSSES HER LATEST COLLECTION, THE TROUBLE WITH LANGUAGE, WITH EMILY SCHULTZ ON ZOOM! Zoom Login Info Please...
ACCENTED | For Your Consideration: Diasporic Vietnamese Filmmakers
The Diasporic Vietnamese Artists Network (DVAN) presents ACCENTED: Dialogues in Diaspora, a virtual series of programs that will feature a variety of writers, poets, artists,...
Jen Sincero – Badass Habits (Virtual Event)
New York Times bestselling author Jen Sincero gets to the core of transformation: habits—breaking, making, understanding, and sticking with them like you've never stuck before. Badass...
$40
Author Ed Lin Discusses new book, ‘David Tung Can’t Have A Girlfriend Until He Gets Into An Ivy League College
Hosted by Eastwind Book Club. Live discussion with author Ed Lin. About the book: David Tung is a Chinese American high-school student in an upscale,...
At The Door – The Preface (inaugural event)
onlineAt The Door is a monthly reading series featuring and uplifting Black, Indigenous, and people of color voices. Started in collaboration by Danielle, Ariel, Randy,...
Free
Virtual Class: Mock Caldecott (via Zoom)
What is a Mock Caldecott? The Caldecott Medal is the most important award given to illustrated children’s books, presented each year by the American Library...
$20