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  • Michael Chabon: Pops: Fatherhood in Pieces

    moe's books 2476 Telegraph Avenue, Berkeley

    Join us for a very special early Father's Day event. Michael Chabon will read from "Pops", due out soon in paperback. “Magical prose stylist” Michael...

    Free

  • Poetic Tuesdays with Litquake at Jessie Square

    Jessie Square 736 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    The monthly collaboration between Litquake: San Francisco’s Literary Festival and the Yerba Buena Gardens Festival features an array of Bay Area poets and musicians.

    Free

  • Allan Peterson

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

    reading poetry from This Luminous: New and Selected Poems from Panhandler Books From the vast complexities of a world in which synesthesia is our natural...

  • Kathryn Scanlan / Aug 9—Fog

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    The Bindery hosts Kathryn Scanlan for her first book,Aug 9—Fog. More to be announced soon, but please save the date and join us! Fifteen years ago, Kathryn Scanlan...

  • Ryan Jacobs

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

    Ryan Jacobs discusses his new book, The Truffle Underground: A Tale of Mystery, Mayhem and Manipulation in the Shadowy Market of the World's Most Expensive...

  • An evening with Ishmael Reed

    Pro Arts Gallery 150 Frank H Ogawa Plaza, Oakland, CA, United States

    Time is a pendulum.    Not a river.    More akin to what goes around comes around.   –Ishmael Reed, Mumbo Jumbo   Ishmael Reed...

  • William E. Jones / I’m Open to Anything

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    The Bindery hosts William E. Jones for his debut novel I'm Open to Anything, out now from We Heard You Like Books. More information to come soon, but...

  • Alix Ohlin

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

    Alix Ohlin discusses her new novel, Dual Citizens. Praise for Dual Citizens “Ohlin’s story of sisters wraps its tendrils deep as any family. Dual Citizens leads a reader...

  • Erik Davis

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

    discussing the subject of his new book High Weirdness: Drugs, Esoterica, and Visionary Experience in the Seventies from MIT Press A study of the spiritual...

  • Why There Are Words Presents: Origins and Destinations

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

    There’s no better place to begin and end your Thursday evening than with Why There Are Words on June 13, 2019, at Studio 333 in...

    $10

  • Louise Aronson

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

    Louise Aronson presents Elderhood: Redefining Aging, Transforming Medicine, Reimagining Life, an essential, empathetic look at a vital but little respected stage of life. "In the latter years there...

  • Ted Chiang and Robin Sloan

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

    Ted Chiang discusses his new story collection, Exhalation, with Robin Sloan. Praise for Ted Chiang “Ted Chiang’s stories are lean, relentless, and incandescent.”—Colson Whitehead, author...

  • Clearly Meant presents Adam David Miller

    Claremont Branch, Berkeley Public Library 2940 Benvenue Ave, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Adam David Miller reads his poems, followed by an interview and discussion Adam David Miller has worked in northern California for four decades as a...

    Free

  • Bloomsday with Thomas Lynch

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

    Bloomsday with Thomas Lynch reading from Chapter Ten of James Joyce's Ulysses recalling Dublin on June 16, 1904 . Join us for Guinness, Irish soda...

  • Michael McClure and Juvenal Acosta

    Moe's Books 2476 telegraph avenue, Berkeley, United States

    Please join us for this very special reading: Michael McClure in translation, with Juvenal Acosta. Michael will read from new and selected work. Spanish translations...

    Free

  • Robert Macfarlane and Steve Silberman / Underland

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    Robert Macfarlane, who has been called the "greatest nature writer of his generation," makes a rare West coast visit to celebrate the publication of his...

    $30.50

  • Get Lit #44

    Ale Industries 3096 E 10th Street, Oakland, CA, United States

    Heading into its fourth consecutive year, Get Lit is a community gathering of 12–15 writers reading NEVER-BEFORE-READ material (rough drafts / debuts) within a three-minute...

    $10 – $25

  • Ocean Vuong and Rebecca Solnit

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

    Ocean Vuong discusses his new novel, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous with Rebecca Solnit. Praise for On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous “A bruised, breathtaking love letter never meant...

  • Alex Espinoza / Cruising: An Intimate History of a Radical Pastime

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    The Bindery hosts Alex Espinoza for his new bookCruising: An Intimate History of a Radical Pastime. With him in conversation is the one and only Carla Trujillo! Please...

  • Stephen Markley / Ohio

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

    The Booksmith hosts Stephen Markley for Ohio. Join us! Since the turn of the century, a generation has come of age knowing only war, recession, political gridlock, racial...

  • Bawdy Storytelling ‘BEST FIENDS’

    Verdi Club 2424 Mariposa St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Thursday, June 20th, 2019 at the Verdi Club, 2424 Mariposa Street, San Francisco CA Remember: Bang-O & Games at 7 PM, Stories at 8 PM...

    $25 – $35

  • Marcus Thompson on Kevin Durant

    Moe's Books 2476 Telegraph Avenue, BERKELEY

    Thursday, Jun 20, 2019 7:00 PM Location:  In the basement 2476 Telegraph Ave., Berkeley Website We are proud to present bestselling author of Golden, Marcus...

  • Megan Griswold

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

    Megan Griswold joins us to discuss her new book, The Book of Help: A Memoir in Remedies. Praise for The Book of Help "Griswold’s vulnerability and deeply honest...