• Patrick Hoffman

    DIESEL, A Bookstore 5433 College Ave, Oakland, CA, United States

    DIESEL, A Bookstore in Oakland welcomes Patrick Hoffman to the store to discuss and sign his new thriller, Every Man a Menace.

  • Francine Prose

    Book Passage Marin 51 Tamal Vista Blvd. , Corte Madera, CA, United States

    The acclaimed bestselling author weaves an ingenious, darkly humorous, and brilliantly observant story that follows the exploits and intrigue of a constellation of characters affiliated with an off-off-off-off Broadway children’s musical.

  • Brit Benett

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

    Brit Bennett in conversation about her debut novel, The Mothers (Riverhead).

  • USF MFA Faculty Reading

    FR 125 - Maraschi Room, USF 2130 Fulton St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Please join us for the fall MFA in Writing Faculty Reading.

  • Gary Snyder

    Maude Fife Room, UC Berkeley 2000 Carleston Street, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Reading with a great poet!

  • Geneva Chao + Mg Roberts

    The Poetry Center, San Francisco State University 1600 Holloway Ave, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Poets Geneva Chao and Mg Roberts read from new work and engage in conversation with their audience.

  • Get Lit! October 2016 Edition

    Corkscrew Wine Bar 100 Petaluma Blvd N #103, Petaluma, CA, United States

    Get Lit celebrates our last event of 2016 with special guest readers Dani Burlison, Jacqueline Doyle and Megan Turner!

  • Patrick Hoffman w/ Oscar Villalon

    The Booksmith 1644 Haight St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Patrick Hoffman follows up his sensational debut The White Van with Every Man A Menace, the inside story of an increasingly ruthless ecstasy-smuggling ring.

  • Anne Raeff + Lisa Graley

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

    Co-winners of the 2015 Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction talk and read from their respective works.

  • Hannah Hart

    The Booksmith 1644 Haight St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    This Buffering: Unshared Tales of a Life Fully Loaded appearance is a signing and photo op ONLY. Hannah will not be performing, drunk-cooking, or reading at this event.

    $26
  • Dave Eggers, Master Writer in Residence

    Timken Lecture Hall, CCA San Francisco Campus 1111 Eighth Street , San Francisco , CA, United States

    All events are free and open to the public.

  • Queer Open Mic

    Modern Times Bookstore Collective 2919 24th St, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Hosted by Baruch Porras-Hernandez and Blythe Baldwin.

  • Breathe between the Beats

    The Beat Museum 540 Broadway, San Francisco , CA, United States

    An evening of The Beats poets and the Zen of Haiku poetry.

  • Fruitvale Fridays

    Nomadic Press 2926 Foothill Blvd, Oakland , CA, United States

    Readings + music!

  • BustingOut: HalloWeird

    Geoffrey's Inner Circle 410 14th St, Oakland, CA, United States

    Five storytellers plus 3min. audience stories.

    $10 – $20
  • Saturday Night Special Reading + Contest

    Nick's Lounge 3218 Adeline St., Berkeley, CA, United States

    After the reading and costume contest, stick around for karaoke starting at 10pm!

  • 37th Annual American Book Awards

    SFJAZZ Center 201 Franklin St, San Francisco, CA, United States

    The 2016 American Book Award winners will be formally recognized.

  • Andrés Neuman

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

    Andrés Neuman returns to Books on the Park to read from his newly translated essay collection, How to Travel Without Seeing.

  • Lawrence Levy w/ Michal Lev-Ram

    Kepler's Books 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park , CA, United States

    The never-before-told story of Pixar's improbable success.

    $10 – $40
  • Am I Alone Here?: Peter Orner’s San Francisco Book Launch

    The Booksmith 1644 Haight St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Catapult celebrates the release of Peter Orner's AM I ALONE HERE? with a reading and conversation with Peter Orner and award-winning journalist and radio producer Julia Scott.

  • Ballard, Fenner, + Opstedal

    Moe's Books 2476 Telegraph Ave, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Three great readings!

  • Carmen Giménez Smith

    Morrison Library, UC Berkeley 2000 Carleston Street, Berkeley, CA, United States

    An afternoon of reading.

  • Shipwreck: Stephen King’s PET SEMATARY

    The Booksmith 1644 Haight St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Featured writers: Amanda Rosenberg, Kathleen Miller, Jamie Real, Lauren Wheeler, Nicole Love, and Elaine Gavin.

    $10 – $12
  • Carolina De Robertis + Micah Perks

    The Poetry Center, San Francisco State University 1600 Holloway Ave, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Fiction writers, Assistant Professor Carolina De Robertis and Micah Perks, read from their work.

  • Steffi Drewes + nick johnson

    Writers' Studio, SF Campus 195 De Haro Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    An afternoon of reading.

  • Civil Coping Mechanisms: #Recurrent

    DIESEL, A Bookstore 5433 College Ave, Oakland, CA, United States

    The evening's feature writers are Harold Abramowitz, Jordan Okumura, and Doug Rice.

  • Rolling Writers: Bay Crossing

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

    Special East Bay edition!

  • The Basement Series: The Morning After

    Sports Basement 1590 Bryant St., San Francisco, CA, United States

    Lit Camp's Basement Series-the only reading series with FREE BEER-presents NY Times Bestseller Frances Dinkelspiel and Lit Camp alum Frances Stroh.

    $5 – $10
  • Wayne Miller

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

    Wayne Miller reads from his new collection of poems, Post-.