In celebration of her 18th book, Get Over It! Thought Therapy for Healing the Hard Stuff (release date: January 30, 2018), Vanzant will stop in...
Join us for an evening with both Rebecca Skloot and members of the Lacks family to discuss the story of Henrietta Lacks, the subject of...
Robert Reich, Chancellor's Professor and Carmel P. Friesen Chair in Public Policy, UC Berkeley; Former U.S. Secretary of Labor under President Clinton; Author, The Common Good Robert...
Lily Hoang is the author of five books, including A Bestiary (PEN USA Award finalist and winner of the Cleveland State University Poetry Center’s Nonfiction...
Booksmith hosts an evening of poetry and conversation with Caroline Goodwin (The Paper Tree) and Linda Norton (The Public Gardens). Please join us for this...
Please join us on Friday, March 2nd for a reading featuring Arisa White, Aja Couchois Duncan, Adam Giannelli & Catherine Theis! Event is FREE. Laguintas...
It runs 45 minutes and admission is $15. (Advanced purchase highly recommended.)
Come and enjoy a friendly and informal read-around!
BAPC OPEN POETRY READING Upcoming First Saturday Readings in 2018: March 3, April 7, May 5, June 2 3:00 - 5:00 PM ...
A tasting of wines paired with writers, Karen Joy Fowler, Chang-Rae Lee, Forrest Gander and more TBA.
Free readings!
A reading + book party!
A short workshop with San Francisco's 7th poet laureate, Kim Shuck. She has worked with young people for over 30 years in San Francisco public...
NorCalzone: a California Reading READERS: Joseph Graham Ben Loory Mira Gonzalez Gene Morgan Mallory Whitten Timothy Willis Sanders http://disorderpress.com
Readings by Micah Ballard, Jennifer Elise Foerster, Jenn Alandy Trahan, and Kathleen Winter Hosted by Peter Kline Micah Ballard is author of three full-length collections...
Artist, poet, and naturalist Obi Kaufmann will present his number one best-selling CALIFORNIA FIELD ATLAS at the 12th annual Noe Valley Word Week festival at...
Tongo Eisen-Martin reads from and discusses his poetry.
Our 116th show!
KQED’s own pledge-master, Bud Gundy, recently published a new book, Somewhere Over Lorain Road, a mystery set in suburban Ohio. A gay man who had...
Book Release Party for Girls Burn Brighter published by Flatiron Books.
Shobha Rao Book Release Party for Girls Burn Brighter published by Flatiron Books A searing, electrifying debut novel set in India and America, for readers of...
Reads from her new collection of short stories, Beautiful Days, which includes the 2017 Pushcart Prize-winning "Undocumented Alien."
In The Future of Humanity, Dr. Michio Kaku —#1 bestselling author of The Future of the Mind — traverses the frontiers of astrophysics, artificial intelligence, and technology to...
Joyce Carol Oates reads from her new collection of short stories, Beautiful Days, which includes the 2017 Pushcart Prize-winning "Undocumented Alien." In the diverse stories of Beautiful Days, Joyce Carol...
Bonnie Siegler discusses her new book, Signs of Resistance: A Visual History of Protest in America with Roman Mars. About Signs of Resistance In hundreds of iconic,...
Reading from his new poetry collection The Body Ghost from Coffee House Press.
Joseph Lease reading from his new poetry collection The Body Ghost from Coffee House Press Spare, airy, exacting poems whose quietness is often at an ironic...
Local writers Cara Black, Andrew McIntyre, and Anne Raeff read passages from their works that discuss food, cooking, and eating. Hosted by Olive This Olive...
An open mic follows the featured readers.