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

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

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

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

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

    Pitch-o-Rama, literary agent pitch festival

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

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

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

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

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

    Virtual Event: Jeff VanderMeer

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

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

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

    THE MIDNIGHT LIBRARY by Matt Haig | GGP Online Book Club

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

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

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

    Alonzo King in conversation with Steven Winn

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

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

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

    Virtual Event: Melissa Febos and R.O. Kwon

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

    Willie Vlautin in conversation with Megan Abbot

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

    VIRTUAL EVENT: Daniel Lieberman, Exercised

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

    On the Couch with Kelly! An Evening with Kelly Corrigan

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

    Virtual Event: Adam Jentleson Book Club Talk

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

    Virtual Event: Patrick Radden Keefe and Jane Mayer

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

    Reading: Rick Barot & Barbara Jane Reyes

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

    Jonathan Meiburg

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

    VIRTUAL EVENT: Mike Mechanic, Jackpot

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

    Virtual Speaking Axolotl Reading and Open Mic #34

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

    High Dawn 8: Choi / Morgan / Foster / Suzuki

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

    Virtual Event: Frank Mortimer and Bob Tanem

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

    Nomadic Press’ Virtual Open Mic #55

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

    Poetry and Environmental Justice, Writers tba

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

    Courttia Newland in conversation with Naomi Jackson and Victor LaValle

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

    Conversations with Authors – Jasmin Darznik (Online Event)

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

    CWC SPEAKER SERIES: Emily Cotler of WaxCreative Author Websites

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

    Virtual Event: Jonathon Keats and Alla Efimova

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

    Evening Literary Seminar: Lost Children Archive by Valeria Luiselli

    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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