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...
Thursday, May 30, 7:30pm Pegasus Books Downtown Congresswoman Jackie Spier discusses her inspiring and powerful memoir, Undaunted: Surviving Jonestown, Summoning Courage, and Fighting Back. “Few people...
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...
BAPC OPEN POETRY READING Upcoming First Saturday Readings in 2019: June 1 3:00 - 5:00 PM STRAWBERRY CREEK LODGE 1320 Addison St.,...
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 discuss their new novels, The Cassandra and The Obsoletes. About The Cassandra Mildred Groves is an unusual young...
Ed Coletti poetry reading
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,...
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...
POETS! - featured readers to be announced followed by an open mic
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 is a book club dedicated to reading and celebrating authors of color year round. Discussions are the first Tuesday of each...
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...
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 is a Scottish-American singer, songwriter, musician, record producer, artist, actor, writer and filmmaker who was a founding member, principal songwriter and lead singer...
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...
About the Book: “This rabbi gig. People have no idea what it's all about.” A year after graduating from rabbinical school, Pearl Ross-Levy lands the...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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 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...
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...
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,...
After Hours - Naked Truth: real.stories.live. Friday, June 7th | 7:00pm Wine reception at 6:30pm for registered guests. Internationally acclaimed comedian and storyteller Dhaya Lakshminarayanan emcees a...
RECLAIMING THE FUTURE: PRIVACY, ETHICS & ORGANIZING IN TECH WITH MEREDITH WHITTAKER & KADE CROCKFORD Friday, June 7, 2019, 7:30 pm Venue: Sydney Goldstein Theater Series: Conversations...