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  • April 2021

  • Sat 10

    Using Invented and Foreign Languages as Tools for World Building: A Fiction Workshop with Rita Bullwinkel

    March 6, 2021 @ 10:00 am - April 10, 2021 @ 12:00 pm PST
    online

    A dynamic Fiction Workshop facilitated by author, Rita Bullwinkel. This workshop will be held every Saturday 10 AM - 12 PM from Mar 6 -...

    $250
  • Sat 10

    You’re Going to Die Presents: GRIEF & HEALING w/Writing & Music

    April 7, 2021 @ 7:00 pm - April 28, 2021 @ 8:45 pm PDT
    online

    a YG2D Workshop This 4-session communal workshop offers a chance to creatively express ourselves & engage with our own grief & healing through writing &...

    $80 – $250
  • Sat 10

    Pitch-o-Rama, literary agent pitch festival

    April 10, 2021 @ 8:00 am - 1:00 pm PDT
    online

    As you likely know, we have been holding the Pitch-o-Rama literary pitch festival annually for more than 20 years. In 2020, we changed to a...

    $65 – $75
  • Sat 10

    Elizabeth George – Mastering the Process: From Idea to Novel (Virtual Event)

    April 10, 2021 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm PDT

    As the author of twenty-four novels, Elizabeth George is one of the most successful—and prolific—novelists today. In Mastering the Process, George offers readers a master class...

  • Mon 12

    VIRTUAL EVENT: Lulu Miller, Why Fish Don’t Exist

    April 12, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    VIRTUAL EVENT: NPR science reporter Lulu Miller will discuss her fantastic nonfiction debut Why Fish Don't Exist: A Story of Loss. Love, and the Hidden Order...

  • Mon 12

    Virtual Event: Jeff VanderMeer

    April 12, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    JOIN US ON MONDAY, APRIL 12 AT 6PM PT WHEN JEFF VANDERMEER JOINS US FOR THE RELEASE OF HIS LATEST NOVEL, HUMMINGBIRD SALAMANDER! STAY TUNED FOR DETAILS Praise...

  • Tue 13

    Alec MacGillis Pro Publica reporter discusses Fulfillment: Winning and Losing in One-Click America

    April 13, 2021 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PDT

    Award-winning investigative journalist Alec MacGillis joins us to discuss his new book, Fulfillment: Winning and Losing in One-Click America (FSG), a deep investigation into Amazon's business practices and...

  • Tue 13

    THE MIDNIGHT LIBRARY by Matt Haig | GGP Online Book Club

    April 13, 2021 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PDT

    Please join us on Tuesday, April 13, 2021 at 7 PM PDT for a GGP Online Book Club discussion of THE MIDNIGHT LIBRARY by Matt Haig....

  • Wed 14

    VIRTUAL: K.S. Komireddi / Malevolent Republic: A Short History of the New India

    April 14, 2021 @ 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm PDT

    Booksmith is thrilled to host K.S. Komireddi for his first book Malevolent Republic: A Short History of the New India. Please note our early start time of 12pm...

  • Wed 14

    Alonzo King in conversation with Steven Winn

    April 14, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm PDT
    online

    City Arts & Lectures presents: Alonzo King in conversation with Steven Winn Wednesday, April 14, 2021 6:00pm Pacific Time TICKETS Hailed as a visionary choreographer, Alonzo King is...

    $29
  • Wed 14

    Vivian Gornick & Kris Welch: Taking a Long Look, a Zoom event

    April 14, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm PDT
    Virtual

    KPFA Radio 94.1 FM presents VIVIAN GORNICK with KRIS WELCH Taking a Long Look: Essays on Culture, Literature and Feminism TAKING A LONG LOOK: ESSAYS...

    $5 – $20
  • Wed 14

    Virtual Event: Melissa Febos and R.O. Kwon

    April 14, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    JOIN US ON WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14 AT 6PM PT WHEN MELISSA FEBOS DISCUSSES HER BOOK, GIRLHOOD, WITH R.O. KWON ON ZOOM! Zoom Login Info Please click...

  • Wed 14

    Willie Vlautin in conversation with Megan Abbot

    April 14, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    discussing Willie Vlautin's new book The Night Always Comes published by Harper Collins This is a virtual event that will be hosted by City Lights...

  • Wed 14

    VIRTUAL EVENT: Daniel Lieberman, Exercised

    April 14, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    FREE VIRTUAL EVENT: Harvard University professor Daniel Lieberman, bestselling author of The Story of the Human Body, will join us to discuss his new book, Exercised: Why...

  • Thu 15

    On the Couch with Kelly! An Evening with Kelly Corrigan

    April 15, 2021 @ 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm PDT
    Virtual

    On The Couch With Kelly! An Evening of Connection and Conversation Kelly Tells Us More! Don't miss out on an amazing virtual experience benefiting Compass...

    $50 – $500
  • Thu 15

    Virtual Event: Adam Jentleson Book Club Talk

    April 15, 2021 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm PDT

    JOIN US ON THURSDAY, APRIL 15 AT 5PM PT WHEN FOR A BOOK CLUB TALK WITH ADAM JENTLESON ON HIS BOOK KILL SWITCH: THE RISE OF...

  • Thu 15

    Virtual Event: Patrick Radden Keefe and Jane Mayer

    April 15, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    JOIN US ON THURSDAY, APRIL 15 AT 6PM PT WHEN PATRICK RADDEN KEEFE IS JOINED BY JANE MAYER TO DISCUSS HIS LATEST BOOK, EMPIRE OF PAIN: THE SECRET...

  • Thu 15

    Reading: Rick Barot & Barbara Jane Reyes

    April 15, 2021 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT
    online

    Rick Barot was born in the Philippines in 1969 and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area. He studied at Wesleyan University and The Writers’ Workshop...

    Free
  • Thu 15

    Jonathan Meiburg

    April 15, 2021 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PDT

    Jonathan Meiburg (of the band Shearwater) discusses his new book, A Most Remarkable Creature: The Hidden Life and Epic Journey of the World's Smartest Birds of Prey (Knopf)....

  • Thu 15

    VIRTUAL EVENT: Mike Mechanic, Jackpot

    April 15, 2021 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PDT

    VIRTUAL EVENT: Bookshop welcomes Michael Mechanic, journalist and senior editor at Mother Jones magazine, to discuss his new book, Jackpot: How the Super-Rich Really Live—and How Their Wealth Harms...

  • Thu 15

    Virtual Speaking Axolotl Reading and Open Mic #34

    April 15, 2021 @ 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm PDT
    online

    A Latinx poetry reading series y open mic entering into our 3rd consecutive year that happens every third Thursday of the month en el Zoom...

    Free
  • Fri 16

    High Dawn 8: Choi / Morgan / Foster / Suzuki

    April 16, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm PDT
    online

    Presented in partnership with UC Berkeley Poetry Colloquium RSVP for Zoom link: spt-april.eventbrite.com Based in Berkeley, CA, 최 Lindsay is a poet and translator working...

    Free
  • Fri 16

    Virtual Event: Frank Mortimer and Bob Tanem

    April 16, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm PDT
    online

    Join us on Friday, April 16 at 6pm PT when Frank Mortimer discusses his new book, Bee People and the Bugs They Love, with KSFO's...

    Free
  • Fri 16

    Nomadic Press’ Virtual Open Mic #55

    April 16, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm PDT
    online

    90 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
  • Sat 17

    Poetry and Environmental Justice, Writers tba

    April 17, 2021 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm PDT
    online

    Remote access event, free and open to the public Registration link pending, will be announced here With emcee, Elise Ficarra Presented in conjunction with the...

    Free
  • Sat 17

    Courttia Newland in conversation with Naomi Jackson and Victor LaValle

    April 17, 2021 @ 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm PDT

    Courttia Newland in conversation with Naomi Jackson and Victor LaValle  discussing Courttia Newland's newly published novel A River Called Time from Akashic Books ---------- This is a virtual event...

  • Sat 17

    Conversations with Authors – Jasmin Darznik (Online Event)

    April 17, 2021 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm PDT

    A dazzling novel of one of America’s most celebrated photographers, Dorothea Lange, exploring the wild years in San Francisco that awakened her career-defining grit, compassion,...

  • Sun 18

    CWC SPEAKER SERIES: Emily Cotler of WaxCreative Author Websites

    April 18, 2021 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm PDT
    Virtual

    Emily Cotler is the Creative Director and principal of Waxcreative Design, Inc. She is the co-author of Web Redesign 2.0: Workflow that Works, an established...

    $10 – $20
  • Sun 18

    Virtual Event: Jonathon Keats and Alla Efimova

    April 18, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm PDT

    Join us on Sunday, April 18 at 6pm PT when Jonathon Keats is joined by Alla Efimova to discuss the new monograph, Thought Experiments: The...

  • Mon 19

    Evening Literary Seminar: Lost Children Archive by Valeria Luiselli

    April 19, 2021 @ 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm PDT

    THIS SESSION IS ONLINE Lost Children Archive by Valeria Luiselli Arguably the most important novel of the spring seminar series, Lost Children Archive is unlike...

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