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  • Preti Taneja reading from her new novel We That Are Young

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

    We That Are Young published by Alfred Knopf A stunning debut novel, a modern-day King Lear set in contemporary India: the tale of a battle for power...

  • Tripwire Cross-Cultural Poetics Series: Jen Hofer and John Pluecker, reading from their poetry

    E.M. Wolfman General Interest Small Bookstore 410 13th Street, Oakland , CA, United States

    The Poetry Center's Tripwire Cross-Cultural Poetics Series debuts September 2018 with a two-day series by poet-translator-activists Jen Hofer and John Pluecker, who collectively organize Antena, a language justice and language experimentation collaborative,...

  • An Evening with Sean Penn, Author of ‘Bob Honey Who Just Do Stuff’

    Albert and Janet Schultz Cultural Arts Hall 3921 Fabian Way, Palo Alto

    "Bob Honey Who Just Do Stuff" (Atria Books) by two-time Academy Award(R)-winning actor, writer and director Sean Penn, is Mr. Penn's first novel. The darkly...

    $36 – $55

  • THE RACKET! #23: The Dark

    Adobe Books 3130 24th St., San Francisco, CA, United States

    The summer's over and light is getting dimmer in the evenings. Let's gather a bunch of writerly souls together to shed a little light on...

  • Léonora Miano

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

    City Lights in conjunction with the Cultural Services of the Consul General of France in San Francisco present Léonora Miano celebrating the release of Season...

  • Antena: a language justice and language experimentation collaborative, Jen Hofer and John Pluecker

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

    The Poetry Center's Tripwire Cross-Cultural Poetics Series debuts September 2018 with a two-day series by poet-translator-activists Jen Hofer and John Pluecker, who collectively organize Antena, a language justice and language experimentation collaborative,...

  • Zulema Renee Summerfield / Every Other Weekend

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

    Booksmith hosts Zulema Renee Summerfield for her debut novel, Every Other Weekend. Please join us!   The year is 1988, and America is full of broken homes. The...

  • Christian Kracht

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

    Christian Kracht reads from his new novel, The Dead. Praise for Christian Kracht “Imperium is astonishing and captivating, a tongue-in-cheek Conradian literary adventure for our time.” ―Karl...

  • THERE

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

    NEXT THERE: THERE 24 – Friday,  September 28, 2018, with a great lineup of writers and musicians to be announced. See you in the fall! THERE (THe Eastbay Reading Extravaganza) is a...

  • TELEGRAPH OPEN MIC (FEATURES: TBD AND TBD)

    Nomadic Press: Uptown 2301 Telegraph Ave., Oakland, CA, United States

    Join us at 23rd and Telegraph in Oakland for a six-slot open mic alongside two amazing features. This month's show features TBD and TBD! Music...

    $10

  • KSW Presents ‘All This Wreckage, In Your Own Language’

    Kearny Street Workshop 1246 Folsom St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    KSW Presents "All This Wreckage, In Your Own Language," a reading featuring two debut novelists-Elaine Castillo, author of America Is Not the Heart, and Ingrid...

    $8 – $20.

  • Jessica Hopper presents Night Moves, in conversation with Carvell Wallace

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

    Written in taut, mesmerizing, often hilarious scenes drawn from 2004 through 2009, Night Moves captures the fierce friendships and small moments that form us all. Drawing on...

    Free

  • SALLY FIELD

    Nourse Theatre 275 Hayes Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    SALLY FIELD Friday, September 28, 2018, 7:30 pm Venue: Nourse Theater Series: Special Events  Buy Tickets | 415.392.4400 Sally Field is one of the most celebrated, beloved and enduring...

    $29

  • Jessica Hopper

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

    Jessica Hopper, author of The First Collection of Criticism By A Living Female Rock Critic, dicusses her new memoir, Night Moves. Praise for Night Moves "Jessica Hopper's Night...

  • 11TH ANNUAL BEAT MUSEUM POETRY FESTIVAL

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

    IN ASSOCIATION WITH 100 THOUSAND POETS FOR CHANGE SAT. & SUN. SEPT. 29TH & 30TH, 1-6PM Two days of poetry and music, produced by Fred Dodsworth, Paul...

  • FRAN LEBOWITZ

    Nourse Theatre 275 Hayes Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    FRAN LEBOWITZ In Conversation with Lawrence Rinder Saturday, September 29, 2018, 7:30 pm Venue: Nourse Theater Series: Special Events  Buy Tickets | 415.392.4400 In a cultural landscape filled with...

    $29

  • KASSIDAT: Spoken word and music

    Adobe Books 3130 24th St., San Francisco, CA, United States

    Details soon! Featured readers - Musical guests: With your host Bloodflower

  • Shane Bauer: American Prison

    moe's books 2476 TELEGRAPH AVE, BERKELEY, CA, United States

    Shane Bauer is a senior reporter for Mother Jones. He is the recipient of the National Magazine Award for Best Reporting, Harvard's Goldsmith Prize for...

    Free

  • Juan Gabriel Vasquez discusses his new novel, The Shape of the Ruins

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

    Juan Gabriel Vasquez discusses his new novel, The Shape of the Ruins. Praise for Juan Gabriel Vasquez "Juan Gabriel Vásquez's The Shape of the Ruins is a highly...

  • Odd Salon : Risk

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

    Tales of peril and possibility, jeopardy and chance; of flirting with danger and being willing to lose it all RISK Tuesday,  October 2nd Public Works...

    $15 – $25

  • Robert Hass and Essy Stone

    Main Reading Room, Mill Valley Public Library 375 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley , CA, United States

    This event is cosponsored by Poetry Society of America and the Mill Valley Library. This is sure to be a packed event, so register on the...

  • Jazz Stories: Live Jazz. Wonderful Stories.

    Pegasus Books on Solano 1855 Solano Ave, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Tuesday, October 2, 7:30 pm This Recurring Event is at Pegasus Books Solano People love hearing jazz...and hearing about it. Musicians like Miles Davis, Charlie Parker and Buddy Rich...

  • Hot New Books

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

    Featured readers: Kathleen McClung, Casandra Dallett, Mary Mackay, Ingrid Keir. Open Mic Night follows the featured readers. Sign-up now for Ist Annual Open Mic Award's...