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  • August 2020

  • Thu 6

    John Scalzi and Lindsay Ellis (ONLINE)

    August 6, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 8:10 pm PDT

    This event is online. Do you love political turmoil, daring heroines, fast-paced stories, unknown worlds, and the threat of complete ecological and societal collapse? Outside...

  • Thu 6

    Author Rose Andersen Discussing The Heart And Other Monsters w/ Alia Volz | Virtual Author Chat on Zoom

    August 6, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PDT

    Please join us on Thursday, August 6, 2020 at 7 PM PDT for an online discussion with author Rose Andersen discussing her new memoir, THE HEART AND OTHER...

  • Fri 7

    Rebecca Giggs and Robert Moor In conversations about Fathoms: The World in the Whale

    August 7, 2020 @ 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm PDT

    Rebecca Giggs is joined in conversation by Robert Moor, bestselling author of On Trails, in this virtual event for her debut book, Fathoms: The World in...

  • Sat 8

    No Fascist USA! Discussion Series, Talk #2 – Hilary Moore, James Tracy, and Edward Onaci

    August 8, 2020 @ 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm PDT

    MAIN TOPIC OF DISCUSSION: Accomplices Hilary Moore, James Tracy, and Dr. Edward Onaci in the first of four talks about anti-fascist movements, past and present, and street-level organizing....

  • Sun 9

    VIRTUAL EVENT: Suffrage + the Struggle for Voting Rights

    August 9, 2020 @ 11:00 am - 1:00 pm PDT

    LIVE ZOOM PANEL DISCUSSION, FOLLOWED BY AUDIENCE Q&A As we approach the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment and stand at the...

  • Sun 9

    No Fascist USA!

    August 9, 2020 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm PDT

    Event will be held on Zoom. Click the link in the event description for info. https://zoom.us/webinar/register/8015934697570/WN_JVyHTp29QxmfoEbsX2QQjQ Powell's Books Presents Hilary Moore & James Tracy in...

  • Sun 9

    The Bomb: Understanding its History and the Hope for a Nuclear-Free Future

    August 9, 2020 @ 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm PDT

    City Lights Booksellers & Publishers in conjunction with the San Francisco Bay Chapter of Physician's for Social Responsibility present The Bomb: Understanding its History and...

  • Sun 9

    Book Launch and Panel: Migrant Crossings

    August 9, 2020 @ 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm PDT

    FREE Zoom Event Presented by Eastwind Books of Berkeley Co-sponsored by the Asian American and Asian Diaspora Studies Department of UC Berkeley. Join us online...

  • Sun 9

    Conversations with Authors – Michelle Bowdler (Virtual Event)

    August 9, 2020 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm PDT

    Michelle Bowdler’s debut blend of memoir and cultural investigation, Is Rape a Crime?, tells the story of her rape and recovery while interrogating why one of...

  • Mon 10

    VIRTUAL: Federico Finchelstein / A Brief History of Fascist Lies

    August 10, 2020 @ 11:00 am - 1:00 pm PDT

    Booksmith and UC Press present a 6-part series of virtual events focused on urgent societal issues, broadcasting every Monday at 11am PST. This second event in the series features Federico Finchelstein discussing his book A...

  • Mon 10

    Virtual Event: Molly Wizenberg and Esmé Weijun Wang

    August 10, 2020 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm PDT

    Join us on Monday, August 10 at 5pm PDT when Molly Wizenberg discusses her memoir The Fixed Stars with Esmé Weijun Wang on Zoom. Zoom Login https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85317065845 Or iPhone one-tap...

  • Tue 11

    Launch for Nancy Jooyoun Kim with Ingrid Rojas Contreras / The Last Story of Mina Lee

    August 11, 2020 @ 8:00 am - 5:00 pm PDT

    Booksmith and The Bindery host a virtual event with Nancy Jooyoun Kim to launch her debut novel The Last Story of Mina Lee. She'll be in conversation with Ingrid...

  • Tue 11

    Bernard-Henri Levy in conversation with Adam Gopnik

    August 11, 2020 @ 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm PDT

    City Lights in conjunction with the Cultural Services of the French Embassy in the United States and Yale University Press celebrate the release of Bernard-Henri...

  • Tue 11

    Virtual Event: Shruti Swamy and Meng Jin

    August 11, 2020 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm PDT

    Join us on Tuesday, August 11 at 5pm PDT when Shruti Swamy discusses her story collection A House is a Body with Meng Jin on Zoom. Zoom Login Info...

  • Tue 11

    Well-RED Virtual

    August 11, 2020 @ 7:00 pm PDT

    Reading Series Tuesday, August 11, 7pm on Zoom featuring Safia Elhillo and MK Chavez open mic preceeds the featured readers online on Zoom registration link...

    Free
  • Tue 11

    VIRTUAL EVENT: Jana Marcus, Line of Blood

    August 11, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PDT

    When a newspaper article about a murdered mobster from the 1940s was discovered in her grandmother's secret drawer, award-winning photographer and local author Jana Marcus...

  • Tue 11

    Virgil Wander by Leif Enger | GGP Online Book Club

    August 11, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PDT

    Please join us on Tuesday, August 11, 2020 at 7 PM PDT for a GGP Online Book Club discussion of Leif Enger's novel, VIRGIL WANDER....

  • Tue 11

    Geri Spieler & Rick Kaplowitz – San Francisco Values (Virtual Event)

    August 11, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PDT

    As Americans are one step from deciding who will be our next president, Geri Spieler and Rick Kaplowitz, the authors of San Francisco Values: Common Ground for Getting America Back...

  • Wed 12

    Pilipinx Essential Workers: Colonization, Delano, and Beyond

    August 12, 2020 @ 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm PDT

    Eastwind Books and the Association for Asian American Studies (AAAS) present an online panel conversation with authors Enrique de la Cruz, Patty Enrado, Tony Robles,...

  • Wed 12

    Joshua Bennett in conversation with Tongo Eisen Martin, Jesse McCarthy, and Simone White

    August 12, 2020 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    discussing Joshua Bennett's new book Being Property Once Myself: Blackness and the End of Man published by Belknap Press/Harvard University Press This is a virtual...

  • Wed 12

    SHAUN KING presents MAKE CHANGE: HOW TO FIGHT INJUSTICE, ​DISMANTLE SYSTEMIC OPPRESSION, AND OWN OUR FUTURE

    August 12, 2020 @ 7:00 pm PDT

    ** PLEASE NOTE ** >  This event will be virtual and free of charge. Connection information is forthcoming. Please save the date and join us! >  Order...

    Free
  • Wed 12

    VIRTUAL TICKETED EVENT: John Waters, Mr. Know-It-All

    August 12, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PDT

    Join us as we celebrate Mr. Know-It-All, the newest essay collection from legendary New York Times bestselling author John Waters, reflecting on how to overcome newfound respectability and...

    $24 – $29
  • Thu 13

    Lunch Visit and Discussion with Molly Wizenberg, author of THE FIXED STARS

    August 13, 2020 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm PDT
    The Ruby 23rd and bryant street, san francisco

    Join us for a discussion and Q&A with Molly Wizenberg, author of The Fixed Stars. Molly will be in conversation with Ruby member Sana Javeri Kadri. Thanks to...

    Free
  • Thu 13

    Solidarity: From Third World Liberation Front to Black Lives Matter

    August 13, 2020 @ 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm PDT

    Eastwind Books of Berkeley and the Association for Asian American Studies (AAAS) present an online conversation with authors Juanita Tamayo Lott, Dr. LaNada War Jack...

  • Thu 13

    VIRTUAL: Diane Cook in conversation with Rahawa Haile / The New Wilderness

    August 13, 2020 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    Booksmith and The Bindery host a virtual event with Man V. Nature author Diane Cook for her anticipated debut novel, The New Wilderness. She'll be in conversation with Rahawa Haile. Please join...

  • Thu 13

    VIRTUAL EVENT: Karen Tei Yamashita, Sansei and Sensibility

    August 13, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PDT

    Bookshop Santa Cruz and The Humanities Institute at UC Santa Cruz invite you to join us for a free online event with Karen Tei Yamashita who...

  • Thu 13

    [Virtual Ruby] Molly Wizenberg, author of THE FIXED STARS

    August 13, 2020 @ 7:30 pm PDT

    Join us for a discussion and Q&A with Molly Wizenberg, author of The Fixed Stars. Molly will be in conversation with Ruby member Sana Javeri Kadri. We...

    Free
  • Fri 14

    Jessica Lee and Bathsheba Demuth Celebrate the publication of Two Trees Make a Forest

    August 14, 2020 @ 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm PDT

    Jessica J. Lee is joined in conversation by Bathsheba Demuth to celebrate the publication of her book, Two Trees Make a Forest: In Search of My...

  • Fri 14

    Zoom Forward! Jessica Breheny, Richard Huffman & Helene Simkin Jara

    August 14, 2020 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm PDT

    VIRTUAL EVENT: Please join us for an online reading with Jessica Breheny, Richard Huffman, and Helene Simkin Jara, part of the Zoom Forward Reading Series, hosted by...

  • Sat 15

    R.O. Kwon, Rachel Khong And Cathy Park Hong For Point Reyes Books

    August 15, 2020 @ 12:00 pm PDT

    Fundraising Goal: $2000 It’s a tough time for local bookstores, what with the social distancing and the sheltering in place. So we’re raising funds to...

    Free
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