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  • Paul Kerschen reads from The Warm South

    Moe's Books 2476 Telegraph Avenue, BERKELEY

    Tuesday, May 07, 2019 7:00 PM Location:  In the basement of the store. 2476 Telegraph Ave., Berkeley Website Paul Kerschen was born in 1978 and...

  • ANAND GIRIDHARADAS In Conversation with Courtney E. Martin

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

    ANAND GIRIDHARADAS In Conversation with Courtney E. Martin Tuesday, May 7, 2019, 7:30 pm Venue: Sydney Goldstein Theater Series: Social Studies  Buy Tickets | Buy Series Tickets | 415.392.4400 Anand Giridharadas is...

    $29

  • Jazz Stories: Live Jazz. Wonderful Stories.

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

    Tuesday, May 7, 7:30 pm This Recurring Event is at Pegasus Books Solano People love hearing jazz...and hearing about it. Musicians like Miles Davis, Charlie Parker and Buddy Rich...

  • Andrew Ross

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

    discussing the subject of his new book Stone Men: The Palestinians Who Built Israel published by Verso Books The story of Palestine's stonemasons and the...

  • Alison Hart at Alameda Authors Series 3

    Alameda Free Library 1550 Oak Street, Alameda

    For the third year, AAUW Alameda presents a spring series of talks featuring authors who live and write in Alameda and nearby, now co-sponsored by...

    Free

  • 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

  • StageWrite presents: WORD! Short Plays by Short People

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

    Come see original plays written by fifth graders from SFUSD, inspired by works of visual art at the de Young Museum, and performed by professional...

    $10 – $40

  • ZYZZYVA’s Art Issue Celebration

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

    Hosted by ZYZZYVA Managing Editor Oscar Villalon with Cate Lycurgus, Dean Rader, Jordan Kantor, Rusty Morrison, and Mira Rosenthal ZYZZYVA's newest issue features fiction, nonfiction, and poetry on the...

  • Why There Are Words Presents: Strange

    Studio 333 333 Caledonia Street, Sausalito , CA, United States

    Aren’t the strangest experiences often the most relatable—the most memorable? Join Why There Are Words on May 9, 2019, at Studio 333 in Sausalito for...

    $10

  • Denise Bergman and Dean Rader

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

    Denise Bergman discusses her new poetry collection, Three Hands None, with Dean Rader. Praise for Three Hands None "Fearless, unsparing, Denise Bergman probes a violent, sexual assault...

  • Foucault in California: David Wade in Conversation with James Penner

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

    Thursday, May 9, 7:30pm Pegasus Books Downtown Join David Wade and University of Puerto Rico Rio Pedras professor James Penner for a night of philosophy and discussion of the...

  • You’re Going To Die

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

    YOU'RE GOING TO DIE: POETRY, PROSE & EVERYTHING GOES... Thursday, May 9, 2019 7:30 PM  10:30 PM The Lost Church (map) You’re Going to Die: Poetry, Prose...

    $10

  • Have a Poet for Lunch: Brandon Brown

    Contemporary Jewish Museum 736 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Poet Brandon Brown presents work in dialogue with the exhibition "Show Me as I Want to Be Seen." Many of the poets speaking in this...

    Free – $14

  • StageWrite presents: WORD! Short Plays by Short People

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

    Come see original plays written by fifth graders from SFUSD, inspired by works of visual art at the de Young Museum, and performed by professional...

    $10 – $40

  • Writers with Drinks

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

    Saturday, May 11, 2019: Mallory O'Meara (The Lady From the Black Lagoon) Kate Hope Day (If, Then) Joanna Robinson (Vanity Fair) Andrea Lawlor (Paul Takes...

    $5

  • 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...

  • Loteria 2

    LOTERIA READING SERIES, No. 2: La Muerte, El Nopal, La Sirena

    3rd Floor McRoskey Mattress Loft 1687 Market Street, San Francisco

    WILLIE PERDOMO JOSIAH LUIS ALDERETE BARABARA JANE REYES Curated by ➬ MK CHAVEZ    SUNDAY, MAY 12th, 2019   Doors ➬ 4PM | Program ➬ 4:30PM FREE ENTRY...

    Free

  • Jo Lendle

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

    Seagull Books, in conjunction with City Lights and the Goethe Institut San Francisco present Jo Lendle reading from and speaking about All The Land by...

  • Poetic Tuesdays with Litquake at Jessie Square

    jessie Square 536 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    The monthly collaboration between Litquake: San Francisco’s Literary Festival and the Yerba Buena Gardens Festival features an array of Bay Area poets and musicians. Enjoy...

    Free

  • New Queer Books at Perfectly Queer San Francisco

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

    Charlie Jane Anders, Sara Cahill Marron, Joseph Cassara, and Baruch Porras-Hernandez read from their new books at Perfectly Queer San Francisco on Tuesday, May 14,...

  • Elizabeth Acevedo

    Mrs. Dalloway's Bookstore 2904 College Ave, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Young Adults 14-17! Elizabeth Acevedo presents With the Fire on High, a dazzling novel in prose about a girl with talent, pride, and a drive to feed...

  • Julie Orringer and Michael Chabon

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

    Julie Orringer (The Invisible Bridge) joins Michael Chabon (Moonglow) for a conversation about The Flight Portfolio, Orringer’s new historical novel set in occupied Europe and...

    $30

  • Book Launch: Aatif Rashid | Portrait of Sebastian Khan

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

    About the Book Sebastian Khan is 380 days away from the end of college. An art history major who’s as much a connoisseur of members...

  • Aysegül Savas

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

    Aysegül Savas discusses her new novel, Walking on the Ceiling. Praise for Walking on the Ceiling “Ayşegül Savaş is an enormous new talent who writes...