Wales to Bay V

Four beautiful poets: Two from Wales (John Goodby and Fiona Cameron) and two from the SF Bay Area (Nathasha Dennerstein and Terry Lucas) will share...

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Kazuo Ishiguro – Klara and the Sun

A magnificent new novel from the Nobel laureate Kazuo Ishiguro—author of Never Let Me Go and the Booker Prize-winning The Remains of the Day. Klara and the Sun,...

Demystifying Publishing

Crowdcast

You know you want to publish a book—but you're not sure how to take the first step, or even what the first step is. (“Write...

$10

Virtual Event: Michaeleen Doucleff

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Join us on Monday, March 15 at 6pm PT when Dr. Michaeleen Doucleff joins us to discuss her book, Hunt, Gather, Parent: What Ancient Cultures...

Free

Odd Mondays Reading Series

San Francisco has been, and continues to be, a popular setting for novels. Three authors who located recent novels in our City by the Bay...

Donna Leon

This event is online. Guests who pre-order a book at the time of registration will also receive temporary access to a post-event recording of this...

Sky Nelson-Isaacs – Leap to Wholeness

An investigation into the physics of light and our journey toward healing, connection, and wholeness. The reductionism and materialism of our modern world make it...

One City One Book: Chanel Miller

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One City One Book: Chanel Miller Tue Mar 16th 6:00pm - 7:00pm Register  Co-presented with San Francisco Public Library Litquake is honored to partner with San...

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Kim Addonizio & Friends

celebrating the launch of her new collection Now We're Getting Somewhere: Poems published by W.W. Norton ---------- This is a virtual event that will be...

VIRTUAL: Naima Coster / What’s Mine and Yours

Booksmith and The Bindery are very pleased to host Naima Coster for her novel What's Mine and Yours. This event is free and all ages, but RSVP is required. Event...

Kazim Ali and Natalie Diaz

Poet, essayist, and novelist Kazim Ali discusses his new book, Northern Light: Power, Land, and the Memory of Water (Milkweed Editions). This event will be streamed on...

VIRTUAL EVENT: Robbie Arnott, The Rain Heron

VIRTUAL EVENT: Award-winning Australian author Robbie Arnott will discuss The Rain Heron, his gripping new novel of myth, environment, adventure, and an unlikely friendship.  Registration for...

Virtual Event: LaRayia Gaston

JOIN US ON TUESDAY, MARCH 16 AT 7PM PT WHEN LARAYIA GASTON DISCUSSES HER BOOK, LOVE WITHOUT REASON: THE LOST ART OF GIVING A F*CK. IN PARTNERSHIP WITH BAY...

Virtual Get Lit #70

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We're in our 6th consecutive year as we continue to celebrate 12–15 writers taking risks and reading never-before-read work (rough drafts/debuts) within a 3-minute time...

Free – $200

Alta Live: Denise Hamilton

In Speculative Los Angeles, bestselling author and Alta contributor Denise Hamilton reimagines her hometown in dramatically disparate ways by commissioning 13 stories from some of...

Submission Roulette

Crowdcast

First impressions count—and they never count more than when you’re trying to impress an editor who has 1,500 submissions to read. Editors often say that...

$10

Lyrics & Dirges in Translation

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Lyrics and Dirges returns with a fabulous reading focusing on literary translation. We have three translators who are also poets and writers to present their...

Free