Booksmith and The Bindery are proud to host a four-event series presented by Clarion Alley Mural Project (CAMP) called Wall + Response, featuring sixteen Bay Area poets responding to...
From acclaimed Nigeria-born, Brooklyn-based poet Uche Nduka, a book of love poems written with compact elegance and vivid eroticism. Facing You is a collection of love...
Join CHSA in welcoming brothers Jim & Philip Chiao for an exploration into the history of Chinese in the Pacific salmon canning industry. In 1852,...
JT ft Tongo Eisen-Martin, William Archila, Barbara Jane Reyes Named after the Fruitvales’s historic neighborhood in Oakland, Jingletown Reading & Open Mic is a monthly...
Deborah Madison’s An Onion in My Pocket: My Life with Vegetables is a warm, bracingly honest memoir that gives us an insider’s look at the vegetarian movement. Deborah...
Jamie Ritchie, head of Sotheby’s wine, is proud to present The New Sotheby’s Wine Encyclopedia, an essential reference for oenophiles—long used as the go-to text for...
a reading and discussion of the great Romanian-born poet Paul Celan on the occasion of his 100th birthday with Judith Butler, Fady Joudah, and more guests TBD...
Tuesday, November 24 at 7:00 PM | 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM Environment/Nature Women/Gender Camille T. Dungy, Helen Macdonald Helen Macdonald’s bestselling memoir H is For Hawk, a transcendent...
Please join us on Tuesday, November 24, 2020 at 7 PM PDT for a GGP Online Book Club discussion of Brit Bennett's new novel, THE...
Fifteen years ago, Kathleen became the owner of A Great Good Place for Books. On this Saturday, we'll celebrate Kathleen throughout the day. Please come...
Well friends, 2020 has been a hell of a year. And here we are, almost at the end of it. Join me this traditional season...
This particular version of Round Robin with a run time of three weeks is built with the holidays in mind. It is designed to offer writers a...
Marlena Fiol, author of Nothing Bad Between Us, will be in conversation with renowned author Joshua Coleman in a very special virtual event. Join them on Sunday, November...
A Manual for Cleaning Women, Lucia Berlin Lucía Berlin’s short stories have caused more than one critic to call her “America’s best kept secret.” Born...
Join us on Monday, November 30 at 6:00pm PST when photographer Tracy Anne Hart discusses her book, Seeing Stevie Ray, with former Creem magazine editor Robert Duncan on...
Join us on Monday, November 30 at 6:00pm PST when photographer Tracy Anne Hart discusses her book, Seeing Stevie Ray, with former Creem magazine editor Robert Duncan on...
Join us on Monday, November 30 at 6:00pm PST when photographer Tracy Anne Hart discusses her book, Seeing Stevie Ray, with former Creem magazine editor Robert Duncan on...
Editor Alice Quinn is joined by contributors to the anthology, Together in a Sudden Strangeness: America's Poets Respond to the Pandemic (Knopf), for this special virtual poetry...
Writing the Virus, the first anthology to explore the human effects of the pandemic, parses the virus as it hits a society polarized by racism,...
Writing the Virus, the first anthology to explore the human effects of the pandemic, parses the virus as it hits a society polarized by racism,...
Send your book out without the self-doubt. Instead work with one of our editors to get your manuscript in shape. In this month-long one-on-one...
Join Bookshop's interim head Children's buyer as she shares Bookshop's picks for the Best Kids Books of the Year! From picture books to middle grade, graphic novels...
Fans of Sabaa Tahir's beloved New York Times bestselling Ember Quartet rejoice - the wait is almost over. We are launching Sabaa’s highly anticipated jaw...
Booksmith and The Bindery are very pleased to partner with the Headlands Center for the Arts to present an evening of readings by Ari Banias, Vincent Chu, Tomas...
We’re beginning to remember that the first poets didn’t come out of a classroom, that poetry began when somebody walked off of a savanna or...
Poetry Inside Out Virtual Workshop Virtual Event We’ve put together a virtual teacher workshop to help you adapt Poetry Inside Out for distance learning this school year....
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2020 - 7:00PM VIRTUAL EVENT: Join us online as we welcome distinguished professor of history, Sherry Smith in conversation with Geoffrey Dunn to talk about...
VIRTUAL EVENT: Join us online as we welcome Sherry Smith, distinguished professor of history, in conversation with Geoffrey Dunn to talk about Smith's new book, Bohemians West: Free...
Berkeley Lunch Poems A noontime poetry reading series Readings will take place remotely for the 2020-2021 academic year. Zoom links will be available approximately two...
Legacy of Forugh Farrokhzad: with Sholeh Wolpé, Jasmin Darznik, and Shabnam Piryaei—poetry, fiction, film, and conversation Thursday, December 3 - 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm Register to...