• Odd Salon: Scandal

    Public Works 161 Erie Street, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Tales of tawdry misadventure and outrageous revelations, secret sins, shocking sensations, and closets overbrimming with skeletons   Curated by Tamar Baskind Artwork by Imogen Speer Tuesday, April 10...

    $15 – $25
  • Perfectly Queer: National Poetry Month

    Dog Eared Books Castro 489 Castro Street, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Join us in celebrating National Poetry Month with San Francisco Poet Laureate Kim Shuck, Aja Couchois Duncan, Luna Merbruja, and Lourdes Figueroa

    Free
  • Weekday Wanderlust

    Weekday Wanderlust 562 Sutter Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Hello Wanderlusters. Mark your calendars for TUESDAY APRIL 10. We have a superb line-up waiting just for you with Julia Scott, John Ellis, and Amanda...

    Free
  • The Spooky, Strange, and Magical History of San Francisco, Volume 3

    Tenderloin Museum 398 Eddy St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    The magician and raconteur Christian Cagigal returns to the Tenderloin Museum to share a freshly unearthed set of bizarre tales about San Francisco’s fantastic and...

    $10
  • Maw Shein Win

    City Lights Bookstore 261 Columbus Ave, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Maw Shein Win   celebrating the release of her new collection of poetry Invisible Gifts: Poems published by Manic D Press Themes of vulnerability and...

    Free
  • Literary Cafe Presents: SEAN PENN

    The Osher Marin JCC 200 North San Pedro Road, San Rafael

    Actor, filmmaker, and political activist Sean Penn, discusses his most recent endeavor and first novel. Bob Honey Who Just Do Stuff is a scorching, darkly...

    $42 – $60
  • Rachel Levin

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

    Rachel Levin celebrates the release of her new book Look Big: And Other Tips for Surviving Animal Encounters of All Kinds. About Look Big A humorous...

    Free
  • Emerging Writers Festival

    Fromm Hall - FR 120 - Xavier Auditorium, USF 2130 Fulton St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    TUESDAY, APRIL 10 7:45 – 9:30 p.m. Fromm Hall - FR 125 - Maraschi Room Elizabeth Greenwood is the author of the nonfiction book Playing Dead: A Journey...

    Free
  • A Talk with The Black Aesthetic

    Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive 2155 Center St., Berkeley, CA, United States

    A Talk with The Black Aesthetic Wednesday / 4.11.18 / 12:00 Free, no ticket needed. FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC --- The Black Aesthetic...

    Free
  • This is Now with Angie Coiro Presents: Leslie Jamison on Alcoholism

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

    Leslie Jamison is the author of the essay collection The Empathy Exams, a New York Times bestseller. Her work has appeared in the New York Times Magazine and Harper's, among others, and she...

    Free
  • Caspar Henderson

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

    Caspar Henderson, author of The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, discusses his new book A New Map of Wonders: A Journey in Search of Modern Marvels. Praise...

    Free
  • Meg Wolitzer / The Female Persuasion

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    To be admired by someone we admire—we all yearn for this: the private, electrifying pleasure of being singled out by someone of esteem. But sometimes...

    Free
  • Emerging Writers Festival

    Fromm Hall - FR 120 - Xavier Auditorium, USF 2130 Fulton St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11 7:30 – 9 p.m. Fromm Hall - FR 125 - Maraschi Room Patricia Horvath is the author of the memoir All the Difference (Etruscan Press). Her...

    Free
  • Lewandowski Poet: Peter Balakian

    Hammer Theater Center 101 Paseo De San Antonio Walk, San Jose, CA, United States

    Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for Ozone Journal, Peter Balakian shares a reading and conversation with San José State University President Mary Papazian....

    $10 – $50
  • Marcel Schwob: Chris Clarke and Kit Schluter

    THE LAUNDRY 3359 26th Street, San Francisco

    Join translators Chris Clarke and Kit Schluter in an overdue celebration of the beguiling French writer Marcel Schwob, a cult phenomenon who secretly influenced a...

    Free
  • Peter Balakian

    Hammer Theater Center 101 Paseo De San Antonio Walk, San Jose, CA, United States

    Lewandowski Poet In conjunction with Legacy of Poetry Day.

  • Get Lit Spring Reading!

    Aqus Petaluma 101 H St, Petaluma, CA, United States

    Come join us April 12 as we celebrate spring reads with a fun night of literary storytelling with featured readers Christine No, Patty Somlo and...

    Free
  • Why There Are Words Presents: “Search”

    Studio 333 333 Caledonia Street, Sausalito , CA, United States

    Join Why There Are Words on April 12th, 2018, at Studio 333 in Sausalito as six acclaimed authors read on the theme of “Search.” Doors...

    $10
  • Leslie Jamison

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

    Leslie Jamison discusses her new book, The Recovering: Intoxication And Its Aftermath. Praise for The Recovering "Leslie Jamison has written an honest and important book. It...

    Free
  • Kathleen Belew

    City Lights Bookstore 261 Columbus Ave, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Kathleen Belew   discussing the subject of her new book Bring the War Home: The White Power Movement and Paramilitary America from Harvard University Press...

    Free
  • Jami Attenberg & Friends / All Grown Up

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    Join us as we celebrate the paperback launch of Jami Attenberg'sAll Grown Up, with local superheroes Charlie Jane Anders, Rachel Khong, and Esmé Weijun Wang all talking on the...

    Free
  • Angel Dominguez and Kit Schluter

    Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive 2155 Center St., Berkeley, CA, United States

    Two renowned poets, Dominguez and Schluter read their work.

    Free
  • Half Past the Unlucky: A Friday the 13th Reading

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

    & DRAWING FOR POEMS UNDER THE DOME FRI. APRIL 13TH, 7PM On Friday the 13th, join us for an auspicious evening of poetry in celebration...

    Free
  • Cliterary Salon: Unlucky in Love

    SOMA

    Cliterary Salon is a show of ribald and rowdy stories about the clitoris, bringing a spirit of fun sexuality to a literary scene that's traditionally...

    Free
  • Neruda: The Poet’s Calling

    Red Poppy Art House 2698 Folsom St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Neruda: The Poet's Calling   Book release party for the new definitive biography of Pablo Neruda, Neruda: The Poet's Calling by Mark Eisner, published by Ecco Press....

    $10 – $20
  • Writers With Drinks

    Make-Out Room 3225 22nd St, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Chelsey Johnson (Stray City) Shobha Rao (Girls Burn Brighter) Lilah Sturges (Jack of Fables) Javier Zamora (Unaccompanied) Dominica Phetteplace (Zyzzyva, Asimov's Science Fiction) Chiwan Choi...

    $5 – $20