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  • Bay Area Poets Coalition First Saturday

    Strawberry Creek Lodge 1320 Addison Street, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Come and enjoy a friendly and informal read-around.

  • New Year, New Books!

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

    Reading from new books!

  • Get Lit # 20

    Nomadic Press 2926 Foothill Blvd, Oakland , CA, United States

    An amazing gathering of writers will read NEVER-BEFORE-READ material (rough drafts / debuts) within a three-minute time limit.

  • Manjula Martin

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

    Manjula Martin in conversation with Caille Millner, Laura Goode, and Susie Cagle about her new anthology: Scratch: Writers, Money, and The Art of Making a Living.

  • Janie Chang

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

    Join us to celebrate the launch of award-winning author Janie Chang's new novel, Dragon Springs Road.

  • Zadie Smith w/ Dave Eggers

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

    In Conversation with Dave Eggers.

    $29

  • Flash Fiction Forum

    Works/San José 365 S Market St, San Jose, CA, United States

    An evening of readings!

    $2

  • Passages on the Lake 33

    The Terrace Room 1800 Madison St, Oakland , CA, United States

    Oakland's premiere literary showcase gets the new year off to a hella strong start!

  • Shanthi Sekaran

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

    Reads from her deeply felt and timely new novel, Lucky Boy.

  • Porchlight: BOMBS AWAY!

    Oasis 298 11th Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Stories by Eddie Pepitone, Mike Phirman, Karla Martin, Dana Merwin & more TBA.

    $25

  • Russian Tales: San Francisco Reading

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

    LGBTQ Pride Readings presents three authors of new Russian novels.

  • Shipwreck: The Little House on the Prairie

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

    This month, Shipwreck tries not to die of dysentery when we take it way back to Laura Ingalls Wilder's The Little House on the Prairie (et al.).

    $10

  • Hettie Jones

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

    Discussing her new book Love, H: The Letters of Helene Dorn and Hettie Jones.

  • Why There Are Words: 7th Anniversary

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

    “Lucky Seven + One to Grow On” will feature the following eight acclaimed authors who’ve appeared at WTAW over the past seven years.

    $10

  • Julia Levine & C. Dale Young

    Falkirk Cultural Center 1408 Mission Ave, San Rafael , CA, United States

    A reading with Julia Levine and C. Dale Young.

  • Douglas Preston

    Book Passage Marin 51 Tamal Vista Blvd. , Corte Madera, CA, United States

    Suspenseful and shocking, filled with colorful history, hair-raising adventure, and dramatic twists of fortune, The Lost City of the Monkey God by Douglas Preston is the absolutely true, eyewitness account of one of the great discoveries of the twenty-first century.

  • Kay Nilson + Thea Matthews

    Nomadic Press 2926 Foothill Blvd, Oakland , CA, United States

    Readings + Music.

  • Vinograd, Dodsworth, + Odegard

    Nefeli Cafe 1854 Euclid Ave, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Part of the Last Word Reading Series.

  • Launch Party with Terry Shames

    Books Inc. Berkeley 1491 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley , CA, United States

    Join Macavity Award-winning author Terry Shames for a Launch Party celebrating her latest work, An Unsettling Crime for Samuel Craddock. Terry will be in conversation with Susan Shea.

  • Poets & Writers Live

    San Francisco Art Institute 800 Chestnut St, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Presenters include Juan Felipe Herrera, Jonathan Franzen; New Yorker staff writer and author of The Orchid Thief, Susan Orlean, acclaimed poet and former United States Poet Laureate Kay Ryan, Ishmael Reed, Jane Hirshfield.

    SOLD OUT

  • RADAR Productions: Drag Queen Story Hour For Kids

    San Francisco Public Library 100 Larkin St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Join Radar for our signature program, Drag Queen Story Hour! Welcome to people of all ages, but designed especially for kids. Come listen to children’s stories read by Panda Dulce! Then stay and get your face painted and eat some cookies.

  • Rolling Writers: R-Dub REAL

    Rolling Out Cafe 1722 Taraval St, San Francisco, CA, United States

    A Moth-style evening of revelatory memoir.

  • Writers With Drinks

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

    All proceeds benefit the Center for Sex and Culture.

    $5 – $20

  • Writers Resist

    Starline Social Club 2236 martin Luther King Jr Way, Oakland, CA, United States

    This event is a benefit for International Institute of the Bay Area, Southern Poverty Law Center, and Transgender Law Center.

  • Camille Paglia

    Hillside Club 2286 Cedar St, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Camille Paglia discusses her work, hosted by City Arts & Lectures.

    $12

  • Susan Alice Bickford

    Books Inc. Mountain View 301 Castro St, Mountain View , CA, United States

    Books Inc. at Mountain View hosts a launch party for Susan Alice Bickford's new novel, A Short Time To Die.

  • Ian Rankin

    Book Passage Marin 51 Tamal Vista Blvd. , Corte Madera, CA, United States

    Ian Rankin presents his newest novel Rather Be the Devil.

  • From Mandalay to the Bay

    Alley Cat Books 3036 24th St, San Francisco, CA, United States

    An Evening of Burmese & Burmese American Poets & Writers.