• Danielle Svetcov: Parked

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

    This event will be held at our 9th Ave. location. Danielle Svetcov discusses her new book, Parked. Praise for Parked "A big-hearted novel with characters...

    Free
  • Danielle Svetcov: Parked

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

    Danielle Svetcov discusses her new book, Parked. Praise for Parked "A big-hearted novel with characters I wish were my friends in real life." --Gennifer Choldenko, author of the...

    Free
  • b, Book, and Me Happy Hour

    DaDa Bar 65 Post St., San Francisco, CA, United States

    Join us after work to raise a glass to Two Lines latest from Kim Sagwa, b, Book, and Me, translated from Korean by Sunhee Jeong. There...

    Free
  • Harlem of The West: The San Francisco Fillmore Jazz Era

    Mechanics Institute Library 57 Post Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    In the 1940s and 50s, a jazz aficionado could find paradise in the nightclubs of San Francisco's Fillmore District: Billie Holiday sang at the Champagne...

    $15
  • Howard Eiland

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

    City Lights in conjunction with the Program in Critical Theory at the University of California at Berkeley present an evening with Howard Eiland celebrating two...

    Free
  • Red Light Lit: Valentine’s Show

    PianoFight 144 Taylor St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Celebrate Valentine's a day early with Red Light Lit. The show is a mashup of poetry, storytelling, and art set to a live score by...

    $15 – $20
  • Babar in Exile #22: Up Close and Personal

    Himalayan Flavors 1585 University Avenue, Berkeley

    Babar in Exile will be ending in May, and for its penultimate installment we proudly feature a lineup of queer readers who will take a...

    Free of charge
  • Howard Eiland at City Lights Books

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

    City Lights in conjunction with the Program in Critical Theory at the University of California at Berkeley present an evening with Howard Eiland celebrating two...

  • Craig Vachon, The Knucklehead of Silicon Valley

    Bookshop Santa Cruz 1520 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz , CA, United States

    ookshop welcomes Craig Vachon for a reading and signing of The Knucklehead of Silicon Valley, his entertaining tale of a befuddled but highly capable venture capitalist who...

    Free
  • Sisters in Crime

    Sunnyvale Presbyterian Church 728 Fremont Avenue, Sunnyvale

    We are excited to have our Legal Advocacy Fundraiser, Sisters in Crime. Featured this year will be four local authors: The moderator Heather Haven has...

    $15
  • So This Sucks: A Night of Heartbreak & Disappointment

    The Black Box Theater at The Palace of Fine Arts 3601 Lyon St., San Francisco, CA, United States

    Heartbroken? Join us. Single? Join us. Not single? Well let's be real, you live in the Bay Area, so chances are you will be VERY...

    $15 – $20
  • You’re Going to Die: Poetry, Prose & Everything Goes

    The Lost Church 65 Capp Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    You're Going to Die: Poetry, Prose & Everything Goes... Open Mic at The Lost Church - San Francisco w/Ned Buskirk $10 in advance & at...

    $10
  • CAFÉ SOCIETY PRESENTS ROBERT HASS

    Kaleidoscope Coffee 109 Park Place, Point Richmond, California, United States

    Robert Hass reads from his new collection, Summer Snow, in Point Richmond. A new volume of poetry from Robert Hass is always an event. In...

    Free
  • Love Songs for Dyslexic Hearts: A Night of Poetry at Alley Cat Books

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

    Featuring Kim Shuck and the legendary bloodflower. Featuring Jack Hirschman, Rusty Rebar, Wrob Rosenberger, Jack Mellender, James Zealous, and the legendary bloodflower! The second hour...

    Free
  • Enter Generations

    Counterpulse 80 Turk St, San Francisco

    ENTER GENERATIONS: A Night of Intergenerational QTPOC Brilliance, curated by Shannon Prasad, Greg Pond, and Dazie Grego-Sykes with the support of Queer Rebels, in their...

    Free
  • A Tribute to Toni Morrison

    Mechanics Institute Library 57 Post Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Join this extraordinary evening to celebrate and honor one of America’s most important authors who gave voice to of the African American experience through the...

    $5 – $15
  • Alexandra Petri: Nothing Is Wrong and Here Is Why

    Berkeley Hillside Club 2286 Cedar St, Berkeley

    In Nothing Is Wrong and Here Is Why, acclaimed Washington Post satirist Alexandra Petri offers perfectly logical, reassuring reasons for everything that has happened in recent American politics...

    $12 – $46
  • Clearly Meant presents Rebecca Radner

    Claremont Branch, Berkeley Public Library 2940 Benvenue Ave, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Clearly Meant presents: a poetry reading, interview, and discussion, featuring Rebecca Radner. Rebecca Radner, a Berkeley poet, is the author of What you least expect—selected poems...

    Free
  • Book Release: Synchronicity by Tureeda Mikell

    East Side Arts Alliance 2277 International Blvd., Oakland, CA

    Join us as we celebrate the long-awaited and much-anticipated release of Tureeda Mikell's first full-length collection of poetry, Synchronicity: The Oracle of Sun Medicine. Location...

    Free
  • Jan Steckel on Poetry and Activism

    Robinson Classroom A 1204 Preservation Park Way, Oakland

    On February 16th the California Writers Club – Berkeley branch welcomes award-winning poet and activist Jan Steckel as a featured guest of the club. Steckel...

    $10
  • Gish Jen’s The Resisters Book Talk with Helen Zia

    Oakland Asian Cultural Center 388 9th St Ste 290, Oakland, CA, United States

    A moving and important story of an America that seems ever more possible, The Resisters is also the story of one family struggling to maintain...

    Free
  • Clement: Schulkind, McClung, Grafton, & Barnes

    Green Apple Books Clement Street 506 Clement Street, San Francisco, United States

    About the Authors Lynne Barnes was born in Georgia and moved to New York City in 1968 with a front row ticket to HAIR, before migrating...

    Free
  • Book Swap!

    Novel Brewing Company 6510 San Pablo Ave, Oakland, CA

    Join us for our semiannual Book Swap at Novel Brewing Co.! How does it work? Bring a book, or a few books. We prefer ones...

    Free
  • Conor Dougherty – Golden Gates w/Nellie Bowles

    East Bay Booksellers 5433 College Avenue, Oakland

    EAST BAY BOOKSELLERS is excited to welcome Conor Doughertyto read from his new book, Golden Gates: Fighting for Housing in America on Monday, February 17th...

    Free
  • Dia Felix and Matt Longabucco

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

    Come out for an impromptu reading featuring Dia Felix and their longtime pal Matt Longabucco!! Also featuring super surprise guests!! Come for the reading and...

    Free
  • Gish Jen at The Ruby: Potluck and Discussion!

    The Ruby 23rd and bryant street, san francisco

    Join us for a very special lunchtime conversation with award-winning novelist, Gish Jen. Jen will be in conversation with our very own Mimi Lok about...

    $10