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  • November 2020

  • Sat 21

    Conversations with Authors – Deborah Madison (Virtual Event)

    November 21, 2020 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm PST

    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...

  • Sun 22

    Conversations with Authors – Jamie Ritchie (Virtual Event)

    November 22, 2020 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm PST

    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...

  • Mon 23

    Under the Dome: Paul Celan at 100 Celebration

    November 23, 2020 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PST

    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...

  • Tue 24
    Vesper

    WL #UNBOUND: Poised to Soar: Nature-Writing Sensation Helen Macdonald with Vesper Flights

    November 24, 2020 @ 7:00 pm PST

    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...

  • Tue 24

    The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett | GGP Online Book Club

    November 24, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PST

    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...

  • Sat 28

    A Celebration of Kathleen’s 15 Year GGP Anniversary

    November 28, 2020 @ 10:00 am - 6:00 pm PST
    A Great Good Place for Books 6120 La Salle Ave., Oakland, California

    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...

  • Sat 28
    Silver Linings

    Saturday Night Special presents: Silver Linings

    November 28, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:30 pm PST

    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...

  • Sun 29

    Daily Write Holiday Round Robin with Kathy Garlick

    November 29, 2020

    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...

    $95.00
  • Sun 29

    The Roots of the Tree: Family Dynamics, Forgiveness & Reconciliation with Dr. Marlena Fiol and Dr. Joshua Coleman (Virtual Event)

    November 29, 2020 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm PST

    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...

  • Mon 30

    Online Evening Literary Seminar: A Manual for Cleaning Women, Lucia Berlin

    November 30, 2020 @ 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm PST

    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...

  • Mon 30

    Virtual Event: Tracy Anne Hart on Stevie Ray Vaughan

    November 30, 2020 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm PST
    online

    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...

    Free
  • Mon 30

    Virtual Event: Tracy Anne Hart on Stevie Ray Vaughan

    November 30, 2020 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PST

    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...

  • Mon 30

    Virtual Event: Tracy Anne Hart on Stevie Ray Vaughan

    November 30, 2020 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PST

    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...

  • Mon 30

    Together in a Sudden Strangeness: America’s Poets Respond to the Pandemic

    November 30, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PST

    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...

  • Mon 30

    Writing the Virus with Caille Millner, Jon Roemer, David Dario Winner, and Oscar Villalon (Virtual Event)

    November 30, 2020 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm PST

    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,...

  • Mon 30

    Writing the Virus with Caille Millner, Jon Roemer, David Dario Winner, and Oscar Villalon (Virtual Event)

    November 30, 2020 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm PST

    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,...

  • December 2020

  • Tue 1

    December Manuscript Intensive Program

    December 1, 2020

    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...

    $770.00
  • Tue 1

    VIRTUAL EVENT: Best Kids Books of the Year Presentation

    December 1, 2020 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm PST

    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...

  • Tue 1

    Sabaa Tahir with J. Elle

    December 1, 2020 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm PST

    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...

  • Tue 1

    VIRTUAL: Headlands Center for the Arts / Ari Banias, Vincent Chu, Tomas Moniz, Shelley Wong & Hazel White

    December 1, 2020 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PST

    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...

  • Tue 1

    Digging Deep: A Generative Writing Workshop with Lee Romer Kaplan

    December 1, 2020 @ 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm PST

    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...

    $165.00
  • Wed 2
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    Poetry Inside Out Virtual Workshop

    December 2, 2020 - December 4, 2020

    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....

  • Wed 2

    VIRTUAL EVENT: Sherry Smith, Bohemians West

    December 2, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PST

    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...

  • Wed 2

    VIRTUAL EVENT: Sherry Smith, Bohemians West

    December 2, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PST

    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...

  • Thu 3
    Yusef Komunyakaa

    Berkeley Lunch Poems: Yusef Komunyakaa

    December 3, 2020 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm PST
    online

    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...

    Free
  • Thu 3
    Forugh Farrokhzad

    Legacy of Forugh Farrokhzad: with Sholeh Wolpé, Jasmin Darznik, and Shabnam Piryael

    December 3, 2020 @ 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm PST

    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...

  • Thu 3

    Danez Smith and Patricia Smith | Readings + Conversation

    December 3, 2020 @ 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm PST
    YouTube

    Join Danez Smith and Patricia Smith for a joint reading and conversation. This reading is generously funded by the Engaging the Senses Foundation, and part of...

    Free
  • Thu 3

    Travel Stories of Wonder and Change with Laura Deutsch, April Orcutt, and Anne Sigmon (Virtual Event)

    December 3, 2020 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm PST

    You’re invited to the virtual launch of Travel Stories of Wonder and Change, a new anthology put out by the Bay Area Travel Writers! Readers will...

  • Thu 3

    Derek McCormack and Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore

    December 3, 2020 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PST

    A Semiotexte Books Double Bill with two razor-sharp writers of fiction        celebrating the the release of two new novels Castle Faggot - by Derek McCormack...

  • Thu 3

    VIRTUAL: Maria Dahvana Headley (Beowulf) and Annalee Newitz (The Future of Another Timeline)

    December 3, 2020 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PST

    Booksmith and The Bindery are very pleased to host a virtual event with Maria Dahvana Headley (Beowulf) and Annalee Newitz (The Future of Another Timeline). This event is free...

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