Brittany Ackerman discusses her new memoir, The Perpetual Motion Machine, with Francesca Bell. About The Perpetual Motion Machine Inspired by a brother's high school science project--a perpetual...
Join internationally exhibited artist Ana Aranda in celebration of her delightful new bilingual picture book, ¡Our Celebración!: ¡la Celebracion! (Ages 5+) It's a sunny summer day. Come join the crowd...
In the last two years many of the gains the LGBT rights movement fought so hard for have either wiped away or are in serious...
Lyndsay Faye, author of Edgar-nominated Jane Steele and Gods of Gotham, will discuss her exciting new historical thriller, The Paragon Hotel, which follows Alice “Nobody” from Prohibition-era Harlem to Portland’s the...
Joining Books Inc. in Berkeley for an evening of thrills and chills with award-winning mystery writer Matt Coyle sharing his intriguing new novel, Wrong Light: Rick Cahill #5. Matt will...
discussing the subject of her new book Segregation by Design: Local Politics and Inequality in American Cities from Cambridge University Press Segregation by Design draws...
The Bindery hosts Jeremy N. Smith for Breaking and Entering: The Extraordinary Story of a Hacker Called "Alien". Please join us! When she arrived at MIT in...
Stevan Allred discusses his new novel, The Alehouse at the End of the World with Renee Macalino Rutledge. About The Alehouse at the End of the World When...
Rachel Roy & Ava Dash: 96 Words for Love 01/17/2019 - 6:00pm Fiction Reading/Talk Ever since her acceptance to UCLA, 17-year-old Raya Liston has been...
Tony Platt, Distinguished Affiliated Scholar at the Center for the Study of Law & Society, UC Berkeley, discusses his groundbreaking new work, Beyond These Walls: Rethinking...
Family nurse practitioner, nutritional consultant and health educator Azati Sehatti discusses her critical guides The Inner Control Is the True Control: Making Lasting Lifestyle Changes and The Inner Control Is the...
Come celebrate writer Joshua Sperling’s new book, A Writer of Our Time: The Life and Work of John Berger. We love John Berger here at...
Bookshop is delighted to welcome Lyndsay Faye, author of the best-selling staff favorites Jane Steele and The Gods of Gotham, for a reading and signing of her new novel, The...
featuring Roman Muradov (Vanishing Act), Colleen McKee (The Kingdom of Roly-Polys), James Cagney (Black Steel Magnolias in the Hour of Chaos Theory), Dinika Amaral, and Ralph Paone, will be at Octopus Literary Salon, 2101...
Edna in a Bottle (tastes funny) is a new San Francisco comedy hour at The Bindery in the Haight district. Edna and her friends are trapped...
When was the last time you got to spend your Friday night with a Member of Congress? Now's your chance! Any not just any member...
East Bay Booksellers welcomes Austin Smith and Dora Malech to read from their books Flyover Countryand Stet. Smith’s Flyover Country is a powerful collection of poems about violence: the...
David St. John has won many significant prizes, including both the Rome Fellowship and the Award in Literature from the American Academy and Institute of...
Writer and youth mental health advocate Jamie Weil shares her powerful novel for young adults, First Break. When your first break from home is your first break with reality...
Tessa Hadley returns to Mrs. Dalloway's to read from her new novel, Late in the Day. "Perceptive, finely wrought....Hadley is a writer of the first order, and...
BJ MILLER In Conversation with Pico Iyer Tuesday, January 22, 2019, 7:30 pm Venue: Nourse Theater Series: Cultural Studies Buy Tickets | Buy Series Tickets | 415.392.4400 Through his writing, teaching,...
Buy Tickets | Buy Series Tickets | 415.392.4400 Through his writing, teaching, and work with the San Francisco Zen Center and University of California, San Francisco, BJ Miller has spearheaded...
How can you re-ignite your community and create greater participation? Join us for an informal discussion of Nina Simon’s recent book, The Art of Relevance,...
reading from her new novel Sketchtasy from Arsenal Pulp Press Sketchtasy takes place in that late-night moment when everything comes together, and everything falls apart: it's...
The Booksmith hosts former SF Weekly music editor Ian S. Port for the Bay Area launch of his first book, The Birth of Loud: Leo Fender, Les Paul, and the Guitar-Pioneering...
Randy Shaw, Director of the Tenderloin Housing Clinic, discusses his compelling new book, Generation Priced Out: Who Gets to Live in the New Urban America. Generation Priced...
Health & wellness coach Michelle Cady discusses her quintessential lifestyle guide, Self-Care in the City: 100 Ways to Optimize Your Nutrition, Fitness. Brimming with practical tips for finding balance...
Audrey Harris and Matt Gleeson in conversation celebrating the release of The Houseguest: Fiction by Amparo Dávila by Amparo Dávila translated by Audrey Harris and Matt Gleeson published...
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