Coinciding with the 50th anniversary of the Summer of Love and following the 2016 sold-out event, we will again gather under the nautilus at the Main Library.
Poet David Watts + Poets on Parnassus.
Readings by Castillo and Zamora
Editor Gabriel Thompson discusses the latest Voice of Witness book, Chasing the Harvest: Migrant Workers in California Agriculture.
The Booksmith welcomes Edie Meidav for her new story collection, Kingdom of the Young.
Marin Poetry Center and North Berkeley Library are proud to co-sponsor a reading by B.H. Fairchild.
Cartoonists respond to trump
Featured reader Michelle Lin with an Open Mic afterward.
Morgan Parker discusses her book There Are More Beautiful Things Than Beyoncé
Poetry Open Mic with a 3 minute time limit; readings with live jazz accompaniment.
An amazing gathering of writers will read NEVER-BEFORE-READ material (rough drafts / debuts) within a three-minute time limit. The emcee for the night will be...
Launch for Sarah Ladipo Manyika's second novel, Like a Mule Bringing Ice Cream to the Sun. Sarah will be in conversation with Daniel Handler.
Edie Meidav in Conversation with Larry Bensky discussing Meidav's story collection, Kingdom of the Young.
Poets Eveline Kanes (A Coin Worn Thin) and MaryLee McNeal (The Way We Fall) will read from their latest collections.
The Holloway Series of Poetry presents a reading with Morgan Parker.
Free reading!
Join us for a reading and signing with Zachary Mason and his new book, Void Star!
Joan Frank reads from her new novel All the News I Need
Lyrics and Dirges is a monthly reading series featuring a mix of prominent, emerging and beginning writers.
Marcy Dermansky discusses her new book, The Red Car, with Daniel Handler.
A reading by five poet/translators. A reading of translation, of translating and of not translating.
We are thrilled to announce our second What We Do Now event featuring the amazing Cleve Jones in conversation with David Talbot to discuss activism...
Not just any book club. An intentional, socially engaged book club with an activist agenda. It all started with a pervasive sense of dread and...
Coming from Nowhere: Breaking Free of Cultural Branding and Identity Politics Bahiyyih Nakhjavani was born in Iran, raised in Uganda, and educated in the UK...
An Evening with Acharya Shunya and Yogacharya Ellen Grace O'Brianfeaturing heartfelt conversations on Bhakti and the Hidden Sweetness, and poetry reading by Yogacharya from her...
Poetry reading with poet laureate Dana Goia and others
A conversation with Morgan Parker and Arisa White
Reading from his acclaimed new novel American War.
Jewish writers, including many from the Bay Area, are responsible for some of the most entertaining and mind-bending stories, books, and scripts written in the...
DIESEL, A Bookstore welcomes Mark Haber, Scott Esposito and Editorial Argonáutica to the store to celebrate their latest bilingual books.