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  • Roof Books Night with Sara Larsen and Kit Robinson

    Moe's Books 2476 Telegraph Avenue, BERKELEY

    Wednesday, May 29, 2019 7:00 PM Location:  The basement at Moe's 2476 Telegraph Ave., Berkeley Website Please join us as we celebrate two new titles...

  • Chia-Chia Lin

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

    Chia-Chia Lin discusses her debut novel, The Unpassing. Praise for The Unpassing "In this spare, deeply felt debut novel, Lin resists received wisdom about the American...

  • Original Plumbing: The Best of Ten Years of Trans Male Culture

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

    Editors Amos Mac and Rocco Kayiatos discuss Original Plumbing: The Best of Ten Years of Trans Male Culture. Praise for Original Plumbing “Over the course of its ten-year run, Original...

  • bay area poets coalition

    BAPC OPEN POETRY READING

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

    BAPC OPEN POETRY READING   Upcoming First Saturday Readings in 2019:    June 1 3:00 - 5:00 PM     STRAWBERRY CREEK LODGE 1320 Addison St.,...

  • Enrique Chagoya: Aliens

    Moe's Books 2476 Telegraph Avenue, BERKELEY

    Saturday, Jun 01, 2019 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM Location:  Upstairs on the 4th floor, at More Moe's 2476 Telegraph Ave., Berkeley Website Please join...

  • Sharma Shields and Simeon Mills

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

        Sharma Shields and Simeon Mills discuss their new novels, The Cassandra and The Obsoletes. About The Cassandra Mildred Groves is an unusual young...

  • Ed Coletti poetry reading

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

    Ed Coletti poetry reading

  • Poetry with Kit Robinson and James Sherry

    The Green Arcade 1680 Market St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Kit Robinson’s newest book of poetry is Thought Balloon from Roof Books. Other works include Leaves of Class (Chax, 2017), Marine Layer (BlazeVOX, 2015), A Mammal of Style(with Ted Greenwald, Roof, 2013), Determination (Cuneiform,...

  • Women at the Edges: Books About Women Breaking Creative Boundaries

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

    Kristin Kaye, Bridget Quinn, and Beth Winegarner write about women breaking creative boundaries in music, art, drama, and competitive bodybuilding in their nonfiction books IRON...

    Free

  • BINDERY: 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...

  • Beyond the Shortest Month Book Club

    Green Apple Books 506 Clement St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Beyond The Shortest Month is a book club dedicated to reading and celebrating authors of color year round. Discussions are the first Tuesday of each...

  • Ilya Kaminsky and Heather Altfeld

    Osher Marin JCC 200 North San Pedro Road, San Rafael, CA, United States

    Kurland Lounge, Osher Marin Jewish Community Center 200 N San Pedro Rd, San Rafael This special event is cosponsored by the Marin JCC. Admission is...

  • Finn Brunton

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

    discussing the subject of his new book Digital Cash: The Unknown History of the Anarchists, Utopians, and Technologists Who Created Cryptocurrency from Princeton University Press...

  • David Byrne Good News & Sleeping Beauties

    Castro Theater 429 Castro Street, San Francisco , CA, United States

    David Byrne is a Scottish-American singer, songwriter, musician, record producer, artist, actor, writer and filmmaker who was a founding member, principal songwriter and lead singer...

    TBA

  • AMOR TOWLES In Conversation with Michael Krasny

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

    AMOR TOWLES In Conversation with Michael Krasny Tuesday, June 4, 2019, 7:30 pm Venue: Sydney Goldstein Theater Series: Special Events  Buy Tickets | 415.392.4400 Amor Towles is the author of Rules...

    $29

  • Ruchika Tomar

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

    Ruchika Tomar discusses her new novel, A Prayer for Travelers. Praise For A Prayer for Travelers "Sometimes characters come along that demand a new kind of...

  • Aaron Hamburger: Nirvana Is Here

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

    Award-winning author Aaron Hamburger (The View from Stalin's Head, Faith for Beginners) reads from his new novel Nirvana Is Here. When his ex-husband is accused of sexual...

  • Poetry of Witness: Documenting what we see and feel

    The Octopus Literary Salon 2101 Webster St #170, Oakland , CA, United States

    Featured readers: MK Chavez, Sharon Coleman, Judy Bebelaar, Mary Mackey. Late Night Open Mic follows the featured readers. Sign-up now. Book & Broadside Giveaway. Free,...

  • Neal Stephenson presents Fall; or, Dodge in Hell @ Public Works

    Public Works 161 Erie Street, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Booksmith is excited to welcome #1 New York Times bestselling author of Seveneves, Anathem, Reamde, andCryptonomicon Neal Stephenson for his new novel Fall; or, Dodge in Hell, a wildly inventive and...

    $42

  • Julia Phillips

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

    Julia Phillips discusses her new novel, Disappearing Earth. Praise for Disappearing Earth "I cannot speak too highly of Julia Phillips's thrilling, impeccably written and splendidly imagined...

  • My Life, My Stories / Real life. Told by SF seniors.

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    Join us for an evening of learning and listening, hosted by My Life, My Stories and special guest, David Romanelli! My Life, My Stories is a local non-profit...

    $12

  • John Doe in conversation with Tom DeSavia

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

    John Doe in conversation with Tom DeSavia Thursday, June 6, 2019, 7:00 p.m., City Lights Booksellers, 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco City Lights in conjunction...

  • Sham-E-Ali Nayeem

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

    Sham-E-Ali Nayeem reads from her new poetry collection, City of Pearls. Also featuring readings by Monica Sok, Seema Yasmin, Vanessa Huang and Janice Sapigao. About Sham-E-Ali Sham-e-Ali...

  • Saretta Morgan and Asiya Wadud

    Moe's Books 2476 Telegraph Avenue, BERKELEY

    Friday, Jun 07, 2019 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM Location:  In the basement of the store 2476 Telegraph Ave., Berkeley Website Saretta Morgan is the...

  • Obi Kaufmann – – The State of Water

    East Bay Booksellers 5433 College Avenue, Oakland

    EAST BAY BOOKSELLERS welcomes Obi Kaufmann to discuss his new new book The State of Water: Understanding Californi'as Most Precious Resource on Friday, June 7 at 7pm. Obi Kaufmann,...