• Literary Speakeasy’s toast to 2020

    Martuni's 4 Valencia St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    It’s time for the first Literary Speakeasy of 2020! We are celebrating with five amazing writers – Heather Bourbeau, Vincent Chu, Kevin Dublin, Lauren Ito,...

    Free
  • The Racket 38 : Flight

    Alley Cat Books 3036 24th St, San Francisco, CA, United States

    It's 2020! The future is here! We've got flying cars and robot butlers and harmless lasers that come out of our fingers because it's the...

    Free
  • The Map to Wholeness: A Conversation with Suzy Ross

    CIIS Public Programs 1453 Mission St., San Francisco, CA, United States

    ? ? ? The seemingly random events that comprise our lives can be understood as serving a higher purpose when examined through the proper lens;...

    $10
  • Poets Michael Gottlieb, Brian Ang, Sara Larsen, and James Sherry

    E.M. Wolfman General Interest Small Bookstore 410 13th Street, Oakland , CA, United States

    Michael Gottlieb is the author of twenty books, most recently Mostly Clearing, from Roof Books, published in November 2019. Other recent titles include What We...

    Free
  • InsideStorytime: Convergence

    THE LAUNDRY 3359 26th Street, San Francisco

    InsideStorytime CONVERGENCE, featuring Mimi Lok (Last of Her Name), Nancy Au (Spider Love Song And Other Stories), Jeffrey Kingman (On A Road), Ari Moskowitz, and Munashe Kaseke, will take place at Laundry Gallery,...

    $5
  • Dani Shapiro & Abraham Verghese

    JCCSF 3200 California St , San Francisco, CA, United States

    What makes us who we are? What combination of memory, history, biology, experience and that ineffable thing called the soul defines us? In 2016, celebrated...

    $30
  • Sarah Kay & Phil Kaye Live in San Francisco

    Brava Theater Center 2781 24th Street, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Project VOICE is proud to present a special evening of live performance with two world-renowned spoken word poets: Sarah Kay and Phil Kaye. Showtime :...

    $21 – $30
  • Bay Area Poets Coalition

    Strawberry Creek Lodge 1320 Addison Street, Berkeley, CA, United States

    STRAWBERRY CREEK LODGE 1320 Addison St., Berkeley, CA   Addison is one block south of and parallel to University Ave. between Acton & Bonar St. Parking on...

    Free
  • Carmen Maria Machado with Clara Sherley-Appel

    Kepler's Books 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park , CA, United States

    National Book Award Finalist and winner of the Shirley Jackson award, author of the bestselling Her Body and Other Parties , Carmen Maria Machado’s writing...

    $30
  • Poetry with Gregory Pond and Silvi Alcivar

    Black & Brown for Justice, Peace and Equality 474 Valencia St., San Francisco, CA, United States

    Gregory Pond was born in Brooklyn, NY to Panamanian parents and moved to San Francisco in the late 1970’s. Author and publisher of four books...

    Free
  • Obi Kaufmann and T.J. Stiles at Night of Ideas

    Koret Auditorium, San Francisco Main Library 100 Larkin Avenune, SAN FRANCISCO, CA, United States

    Litquake is proud to again partner with San Francisco's annual edition of the global marathon event Night of Ideas (Nuit des Idées), at the city's Main Library. Presented...

    Free
  • The Wig Diaries Book Signing and Author Chat

    Alibi Bookshop 624 Marin Street, Vallejo

    Mary Ladd, author of The Wig Diaries, will host a book signing at Alibi Bookshop. The Wig Diaries is Mary Ladd’s debut disrespectful cancer book,...

    Free
  • A Conversation with Tommy Orange: Author of There, There

    Manny's 3092 16th St, San Francisco, CA 94103, San Francisco, United States

    Tommy Orange, author of one of the best books of 2019, There, There, is coming to Manny's!! One of the 10 best books fo the...

    Free – $72
  • Smack Dab Queer Open Mic feat. Fureigh!

    Manny's 3092 16th St, San Francisco, CA 94103, San Francisco, United States

    Smack Dab Queer Open Mic is a free LGBTQIA community Our slogan? slogan “All ages, all genders, all the time.” We're the longest running QT...

    Free
  • Odd Mondays in February: Au, Felicelli, & Flynn-Goodlett

    Folio Books 3957 24th St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Nancy Au (Spider Love Song), Anita Felicelli (Chimerica), and Luiza Flynn-Goodlett (Harm's Way and Twice Shy) will read at Odd Mondays February 3, 6:30pm Folio...

    Free
  • Joshua Yaffa in conversation with Amanda Silverman

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    The Bindery hosts Joshua Yaffa for his new book Between Two Fires: Truth, Ambition, and Compromise in Putins Russia. He'll be in conversation with Mother Jones editorial director Amanda Silverman. Please...

    $10
  • Ocean Vuong with Tommy Orange

    Sydney Goldstein Theater 275 Hayes St, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Showered with critical acclaim, Ocean Vuong’s 2016 poetry collection Night Sky with Exit Wounds cemented his status as a young new voice. His equally beloved debut novel, On Earth...

    $29
  • Silent Reading Party

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    Presented by Lemony Snicket and Radio Silence. Bring a book to read to yourself in silence. Drinks and light snacks will be available. There is...

    Free
  • Benicia First Tuesday Poets

    Benicia Public Library 150 East L St., Benicia

    Benicia Public Library in the Dona Benicia Room. Hosted by Benicia Poet Laureate Tom Stanton. Mystery Poet followed by open mic! Founded in 2003.

    Free
  • Brooke Barker & Boaz Frankel / Let’s Be Weird Together

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

    Booksmith holds a special in-store event with Brooke Barker (Sad Animal Facts and Sad Animal Babies) and Boaz Frankel, creators of the new book Let's Be Weird Together. Please join us!...

    $15
  • Author Mary Ladd in conversation with Peter Lawrence Kane

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

    The Wig Diaries is Mary Ladd’s debut disrespectful cancer book. Delivered with bold gallows humor, it intimately address the gravity of cancer and invites the reader to bear witness...

    Free
  • The New Global Politics of Waste

    Freight & Salvage 2020 Addison St., Berkeley, CA, United States

    This lecture addresses how wastes have become globalized, but also how one decision - such as China's decision not to import paper and plastic scrap...

    Free
  • The Wig Diaries Book Signing at Copperfield’s Books Napa

    Copperfield's Books Napa 3740 Bel Aire Plaza, Napa

    Mary Ladd, author of The Wig Diaries, will host a book signing at Copperfield's Books in Napa. The Wig Diaries is Mary Ladd’s debut disrespectful...

    Free
  • Cutting Up The Century: A Burroughs Birthday Miscellany

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

    with Joan Hawkins, Alex Wermer-Colan, Peter Hale, and Jon Longhi celebrating the release of William S. Burroughs Cutting Up the Century Edited by Joan Hawkins and Alex Wermer-Colan...

    Free
  • John Carreyrou – Bad Blood

    Angelico Hall, Dominican University 20 Olive Ave, San Rafael, CA, United States

    Tickets: $40 (includes signed book) In 2014, Theranos founder and CEO Elizabeth Holmes was widely seen as the next Steve Jobs: a brilliant Stanford dropout...

    $40