• VIRTUAL: Naima Coster / What’s Mine and Yours

    Booksmith and The Bindery are very pleased to host Naima Coster for her novel What's Mine and Yours. This event is free and all ages, but RSVP is required. Event...

  • Kazim Ali and Natalie Diaz

    Poet, essayist, and novelist Kazim Ali discusses his new book, Northern Light: Power, Land, and the Memory of Water (Milkweed Editions). This event will be streamed on...

  • VIRTUAL EVENT: Robbie Arnott, The Rain Heron

    VIRTUAL EVENT: Award-winning Australian author Robbie Arnott will discuss The Rain Heron, his gripping new novel of myth, environment, adventure, and an unlikely friendship.  Registration for...

  • Virtual Event: LaRayia Gaston

    JOIN US ON TUESDAY, MARCH 16 AT 7PM PT WHEN LARAYIA GASTON DISCUSSES HER BOOK, LOVE WITHOUT REASON: THE LOST ART OF GIVING A F*CK. IN PARTNERSHIP WITH BAY...

  • Virtual Get Lit #70

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    We're in our 6th consecutive year as we continue to celebrate 12–15 writers taking risks and reading never-before-read work (rough drafts/debuts) within a 3-minute time...

    Free – $200
  • Alta Live: Denise Hamilton

    In Speculative Los Angeles, bestselling author and Alta contributor Denise Hamilton reimagines her hometown in dramatically disparate ways by commissioning 13 stories from some of...

  • Submission Roulette

    Crowdcast

    First impressions count—and they never count more than when you’re trying to impress an editor who has 1,500 submissions to read. Editors often say that...

    $10
  • Lyrics & Dirges in Translation

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    Lyrics and Dirges returns with a fabulous reading focusing on literary translation. We have three translators who are also poets and writers to present their...

    Free
  • Reading: Crystal Williams & Yona Harvey

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    This Poetry Reading Series provides a unique opportunity to hear diverse and unusual sets of readers, in this case pairing long-time friends who rarely have...

    Free
  • Jenny Offill in conversation with Brit Marling

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    City Arts & Lectures presents: Jenny Offill in conversation with Brit Marling Thursday, March 18, 2021 6:00pm Pacific Time KQED Broadcast: 03/28/2021, 03/30/2021, 03/31/2021 TICKETS This...

    $29
  • Open Mic Night | Featuring Joshua Merchant

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    OPEN MIC THURSDAYS continue. Join us on ZOOM twice a month for our virtual Open Mic. Look for MoAD Open Mic every other Thursday this month. Hosted...

    Free
  • CLA Presents: Laila Lalami

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    What does it mean to be American? In this starkly illuminating and impassioned book, Pulitzer Prize­­–finalist Laila Lalami recounts her unlikely journey from Moroccan immigrant...

    Free
  • mai c. doan

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    Friday, March 19, 2021 | 5:00 pm PDT | Zoom (RSVP to receive the event link) mai c. doan is a mixed femme poet and...

    Free
  • Nomadic Press’ Virtual Open Mic #51

    online

    90 minutes 30 readers 3 minutes each On Zoom! FREE AND ALL WELCOME! Sign up to read here: https://forms.gle/4nYSi5fLNyo229Lj9 If you enjoy spaces like this...

    Free – $200
  • Tres Pochos Y Black Freighter

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    This event is a collaboration between Black Freighter Press & Alley Cat Books in San Francisco

    Free