Rise & Shine: Winter 2021 | Series of Odes
VirtualRise & Shine is a generative poetry workshop presented by Surprise the Line, hosted by Nancy Lynée Woo. Started in April 2020, Rise & Shine...
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Sharpen Your Pencil: Elements of a Poem in Revision
VirtualDo you want your poems to sing more sweetly? Resonate more deeply? Read more beautifully? In this 8-week craft workshop, you will learn structured techniques...
$250
Ismail Muhammad & Marie Mutsuki Mockett
onlineWednesday, May 5, 2021, 2:00pm via Zoom Ismail Muhammad is the reviews editor for The Believer, a staff writer at the Millions, a contributing editor at ZYZZYVA, and a board member at...
Free
Special Presentation: Anne Lamott
This event is online. A constant reader favorite with over a dozen bestsellers to her name, there’s one Bay Area author who has earned an...
Patricia Lockwood in conversation with Sheila Heti
onlineCity Arts & Lectures presents: Patricia Lockwood in conversation with Sheila Heti Monday, March 1, 2021 6:00pm Pacific Time KQED Broadcast: 03/14/2021, 03/16/2021, 03/17/2021 TICKETS This event...
$29
Workshop: Know Your Name with Virgie Tovar, Author, Podcaster, Educator & Icon
San Francisco Public Library - Virtual LibraryHow do we begin to see the elements that enable rape culture as the elements that are built into the structure and ethos of how...
Free
Virtual Event: Megan Wagner Lloyd and Michelle Mee Nutter with Raina Telgemeier
JOIN US ON TUESDAY, MARCH 2 AT 5PM PT FOR THE LAUNCH OF MEGAN WAGNER LLOYD AND MICHELLE MEE NUTTER'S BOOK, ALLERGIC, WITH RAINA TELGEMEIER ON ZOOM! Zoom Login...
Cassandra Clare with Holly Black
This event is online. Webinar access comes with a signed copy of Chain of Iron We are absolutely thrilled to welcome New York Times and USA Today...
Year of Wonders: A Novel of the Plague by Geraldine Brooks | GGP Online Book Club
Please join us on Tuesday, March 2, 2021 at 7 PM PST for a GGP Online Book Club discussion of Year of Wonders: A Novel of...
TICKETED VIRTUAL EVENT: Mari Andrew, My Inner Sky
TICKETED VIRTUAL EVENT: Bestselling author and illustrator Mari Andrew will be in conversation with award-winning journalist and producer Noor Tagouri about Andrew's new book, My Inner Sky, a...
Viet Thanh Nguyen in conversation with Laila Lalami
Viet Thanh Nguyen in conversation with Laila Lalami Bay Area Book Festival in conjunction with City Lights and Grove Atlantic Press celebrate the release of Viet Thanh Nguyen's new...
Online Literary Seminar: Home Movie by Jerry Burger
THIS SESSION IS ONLINE Literary Seminar; Home Movie by Jerry Burger Join Kimberly (and Jerry!) for a BONUS LITERARY SEMINAR Not only is ”Home Movie”...
Book Passage Presents: Carol Edgarian with Tobias Wolff – Vera
New York Times bestselling author Carol Edgarian delivers an astonishing feat of imagination, a grand adventure set in 1906 San Francisco—a city leveled by quake...
Courtney Zoftness with Rita Bullwinkel and Mat Johnson
celebrating the publication of Courtney Zoftness' new memoir Spilt Milk published by McSweeney's ---------- This is a virtual event that will be hosted by City...
Contemporary Classics – Interior Chinatown
Patricia Holt, former book editor at the San Francisco Chronicle, continues her popular book group, “Contemporary Classics.” A book should stand the test of time...
Berkeley Lunch Poems: Mary Jo Bang
onlineBerkeley Lunch Poems A noontime poetry reading series Readings will take place remotely for the 2020-2021 academic year. Zoom links will be available approximately two...
Free
San Francisco Public Library Presents: Celeste-Marie Bernier, Judith Butler and Isaac Julien in Conversation
San Francisco Public Library - Virtual LibraryThis online conversation with Celeste-Marie Bernier, Judith Butler and Isaac Julien, explores Douglass’ legacy and the influence of key historical figures featured in Lessons of the...
Free
Seismic Salon: Alka Joshi
onlineSeismic Salon: Alka Joshi Thu Mar 4th 5:00pm - 6:30pm Buy Tickets Litquake’s second season of Seismic Salons begins with the always fascinating Alka Joshi, whose...
$500
Virtual Event: Jamie Figueroa and Marie-Helene Bertino
onlineJoin us on Thursday, March 4th at 6pm PT when Jamie Figueroa is joined by Marie-Helene Bertino to discuss her debut novel, Brother, Sister, Mother,...
Free
Isabel Allende – The Soul of a Woman (Virtual Event)
From the New York Times bestselling author of A Long Petal of the Sea comes a passionate and inspiring meditation on what it means to be a woman. “When...
VIRTUAL: Launch for Luiza Flynn-Goodlett / Look Alive, with K-Ming Chang, Alicia Mountain, Arhm Choi Wild & Meg Day
Booksmith and The Bindery are very pleased to host the virtual launch for Luiza Flynn-Goodlett's debut full-length collection of poems Look Alive. She'll be joined for a...
Virtual Event: Jamie Figueroa and Marie-Helene Bertino
JOIN US ON THURSDAY, MARCH 4 AT 6PM PT WHEN JAMIE FIGUEROA IS JOINED BY MARIE-HELENE BERTINO TO DISCUSS HER DEBUT NOVEL, BROTHER, SISTER, MOTHER, EXPLORER, ON ZOOM!...
Cristina Rivera Garza and Kit Schluter, reading and in conversation
onlineRemote access event, free and open to the public REGISTER TO ATTEND —or— Watch this program at YouTube With emcee, Carolina de Robertis Supported in part by...
Free
VIRTUAL EVENT: Mikki Kendall, Hood Feminism
VIRTUAL EVENT: Bookshop Santa Cruz welcomes author Mikki Kendall who will discuss Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot. Registration for this free...
Online Book Launch of THE STEEL BENEATH THE SILK with Author Patricia Bracewell
Please join us on Thursday, March 4, 2021 at 7 PM PST as we welcome author Patricia Bracewell to discuss her new novel, THE STEEL BENEATH THE...
Eves at the (Virtual) Beat: Womxn Reading Curated by Barbara Saunders!!!
onlineDuring Women's History month 2019 a constellation of events brought together a group of fabulous womxn+ writers. The meeting of these hearts and minds exploded...
Free
Melissa Valentine
onlineFriday, March 5, 2021 | 5:00 pm PDT | Zoom (RSVP to receive the event link) Melissa Valentine is an award-winning writer from Oakland, California,...
Free
Melissa Valentine Reading
Friday, March 5, 2021 | 5:00 pm PDT | Zoom (RSVP to receive the event link) Melissa Valentine is an award-winning writer from Oakland, California,...
Nomadic Press’ Virtual Open Mic #49
online90 minutes 30 readers 3 minutes each On Zoom! FREE AND ALL WELCOME! Sign up to read here: https://forms.gle/4nYSi5fLNyo229Lj9 If you enjoy spaces like this...
Free – $200
Contemporary Classics – Maud’s Line
Patricia Holt, former book editor at the San Francisco Chronicle, continues her popular book group, “Contemporary Classics.” A book should stand the test of time...
$20