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  • Left Margin LIT Reading

    Left Margin Lit 1543 Shattuck, Berkeley, CA

    Now that we have a new space (1543 Shattuck in North Berkeley), it's time to launch our own reading series. Come nosh on some snacks...

  • OAKLAND FIRST FRIDAYS AT NOMADIC PRESS!

    Nomadic Press: Uptown 2301 Telegraph Ave., Oakland, CA, United States

    Doors open at 7:00 PM; show starts at 7:30 PM SHARP! Join us at Nomadic Press as we celebrate Oakland First Fridays! Featuring readings by...

    $10 – $15

  • Obi Kaufmann in conversation with Oscar Villalon

    Pegasus Books Downtown 2349 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley , CA, United States

    Friday, September 7, 7:30pm Pegasus Books Downtown Obi Kaufmann presents his award-winning best seller, The California Field Atlas. Following a visual presentation, Obi will be...

  • Amplify: A Storytellling Conference for People of Color

    UC Berkeley

    Featuring workshops with Shanthi Sekaran on Writing Outside Your Cultural Experience, Norman Antonio Zelaya on Cadence, Community and Representation, and Vanessa Hua on Narrative Journalism, amongst others....

    $30

  • Kate Schatz and Miriam Klein Stahl present RAD GIRLS CAN

    Pegasus Books Downtown 2349 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley , CA, United States

    Pegasus Books Downtown Saturday September 8, 5:30pm Kate Schatz and Miriam Klein Stahl, the New York Times best-selling authors of Rad Women Worldwide and Rad American Women A-Z, present and sign...

  • Babylon Salon

    The Armory Club 1799 Mission St, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Babylon Salon presents our Fall Reading Saturday, September 8, 2018, 6.00 pm  at The Armory Club 1799 Mission Street  (downstairs performance space)   featuring -- Daniel Mallory Ortberg...

  • Poetry reading by Diane Frank, Erik Levins, and Mary Kay Rummel

    Frank Bette Center for the Arts 1601 Paru Street, Alameda, United States

    Poetry reading by Diane Frank, Erik Levins, and Mary Kay Rummel, followed by an open mic, hosted by Jeanne Lupton every second Saturday monthly, Frank...

  • Writers with Drinks

    Make-Out Room 3225 22nd St, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Jane Smiley (Golden Age, Moo, A Thousand Acres) R.O. Kwon (The Incendiaries: A Novel) Maria Dahvana Headley (The Mere Wife: A Novel) Cost: $5 to...

    $5 – $20

  • Invocation to Daughters Barbara Jane Reyes

    Make-Out Room 3225 22nd St, San Francisco, CA, United States

    2018 California Book Award Finalist Feminist experimental poetry in the tradition of Audre Lorde and Theresa Kyung Cha from a prominent Filipina American poet. "Reyes...

  • Vallejo Poetry Showcase @ Unity Day

    Vallejo City Park 425 Alabama Street, Vallejo

    This year’s Unity Day in Vallejo will feature performances by ten local poets: Vallejo Poet Laureate D.L. Lang, Nina Serrano, Aqueila Lewis, Ja Hicks, Lady...

  • 44th Annual Solano Stroll

    Pegasus Books on Solano 1855 Solano Ave, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Sunday, September 9, 10:00am - 5:00pm Solano Ave, Berkeley SOLANO STROLL Since 1974 Solano Avenue and the twin-cities of Albany and Berkeley CA, have hosted...

  • Laborfest Writers Anthology 2005-2017

    Bird & Beckett Books and Records 653 Chenery St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Writer-contributors read to celebrate the publication of "Giving Voice: Laborfest Writers Anthology, 2005-2017"

  • Poetry Event: GEARS TURNING w/ Kim Shuck

    Adobe Books 3130 24th St., San Francisco, CA, United States

    Join us for an afternoon of wonderful poetry by SF Bay Area based poets, artists, and musicians with your host Kim Shuck. To participate in...

  • Alexandra and David Brown

    Green Apple Books on the Park 1231 9th Ave, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Alexandra and David Brown discuss their new book, A Year Off: A Story About Traveling the World-and How to Make it Happen for You. About A...

  • R.O. Kwon celebrating the release of The Incendiaries

    City Lights Bookstore 261 Columbus Ave, San Francisco , CA, United States

    celebrating the release of The Incendiaries  from Riverhead Books Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2018 by the New York Times, Entertainment Weekly, Elle, Time, Parade, Vanity Fair, Cosmopolitan, Esquire, PBS, Vulture,Buzzfeed, BookRiot, PopSugar, Refinery29, Bustle, The Rumpus, Paste, BBC. A shocking...

  • Perfectly Queer SF “Ancestors: Real, Imagined, & Literary”

    Dog Eared Books Castro 489 Castro Street, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Our ancestors can be the real people who came before us or the imagined people of literature or the real people who imagined that literature....

  • Claudia Dey / Heartbreaker

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    The Bindery hosts Claudia Dey for her American debut, Heartbreaker! Please join us.   An isolated town. The remains of a mysterious cult. And a woman who disappears....

  • Elaine Mokhtefi

    Green Apple Books on the Park 1231 9th Ave, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Elaine Mokhtefi discusses her new book, Algiers, Third World Capital: Freedom Fighters, Revolutionaries, Black Panthers. Praise for Algiers, Third World Capital “Algiers, Third World Capital is a...

  • BINDERY: Marilyn Berlin Snell / Unlikely Ally

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    The Bindery hosts the launch party for Marilyn Berlin Snellfor her new book Unlikely Ally: How the Military Fights Climate Change and Protects the Environment. Please join...

  • Book Club

    Bird & Beckett Books and Records 653 Chenery St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Meets the 2nd Wednesday of each month at 7 pm

  • GARY SHTEYNGART

    Nourse Theatre 275 Hayes Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    In Conversation with Isabel Duffy Wednesday, September 12, 2018, 7:30 pm Venue: Nourse Theater Series: Special Events  Buy Tickets | 415.392.4400 Gary Shteyngart was born in Leningrad in 1972 and...

    $29 – $46

  • Jane Mount / Bibliophile

    The Booksmith 1644 Haight St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Booksmith hosts beloved artist and founder of Ideal Bookshelf Jane Mount for Bibliophile. Please join us! Book lovers, rejoice! In this love letter to all things bookish, Jane Mount brings literary...

  • Julie Bruck

    Green Apple Books on the Park 1231 9th Ave, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Julie Bruck reads from her new poetry collection, How to Avoid Huge Ships. Praise for Jule Bruck "She is the poet laureate of aftermath, of what...

  • Chris Hedges: America: The Farewell Tour

    First Congregational Church of Berkeley 2345 Channing Way, Berkeley, CA, United States

    KPFA Radio 94.1 FM presents CHRIS HEDGES America: The Farewell Tour Hosted by Norman Solomon Tickets: $15, 800-838-3006 or independent bookstores, $18 door, Benefit KPFA...

    $15 – $18