Project VOICE is proud to present a special evening of live performance with two world-renowned spoken word poets: Sarah Kay and Phil Kaye. Showtime :...
STRAWBERRY CREEK LODGE 1320 Addison St., Berkeley, CA Addison is one block south of and parallel to University Ave. between Acton & Bonar St. Parking on...
National Book Award Finalist and winner of the Shirley Jackson award, author of the bestselling Her Body and Other Parties , Carmen Maria Machado’s writing...
Gregory Pond was born in Brooklyn, NY to Panamanian parents and moved to San Francisco in the late 1970’s. Author and publisher of four books...
Litquake is proud to again partner with San Francisco's annual edition of the global marathon event Night of Ideas (Nuit des Idées), at the city's Main Library. Presented...
Mary Ladd, author of The Wig Diaries, will host a book signing at Alibi Bookshop. The Wig Diaries is Mary Ladd’s debut disrespectful cancer book,...
Tommy Orange, author of one of the best books of 2019, There, There, is coming to Manny's!! One of the 10 best books fo the...
Smack Dab Queer Open Mic is a free LGBTQIA community Our slogan? slogan “All ages, all genders, all the time.” We're the longest running QT...
Nancy Au (Spider Love Song), Anita Felicelli (Chimerica), and Luiza Flynn-Goodlett (Harm's Way and Twice Shy) will read at Odd Mondays February 3, 6:30pm Folio...
The Bindery hosts Joshua Yaffa for his new book Between Two Fires: Truth, Ambition, and Compromise in Putins Russia. He'll be in conversation with Mother Jones editorial director Amanda Silverman. Please...
Booksmith hosts Jennifer S. Hirsch, co-author with Shamus Khan of the new book Sexual Citizens: A Landmark Study of Sex, Power, and Assault on Campus. Please join us!...
Bird & Beckett is proud to present a San Francisco poet of exquisite talents and profound dedication to humanity. Beau Beausoleil’s long history as a...
Showered with critical acclaim, Ocean Vuong’s 2016 poetry collection Night Sky with Exit Wounds cemented his status as a young new voice. His equally beloved debut novel, On Earth...
Poetry and the Senses Program Launch + Celebration With Readings by Indira Allegra, Chiyuma Elliott, and Lyn Hejinian Tuesday, February 4, 2020 5:30 – 7:00pm:...
Presented by Lemony Snicket and Radio Silence. Bring a book to read to yourself in silence. Drinks and light snacks will be available. There is...
New Yorker writer Anna Wiener’s new book “Uncanny Valley” is a brilliant memoir of a half-decade lived in San Francisco as tech changes the community...
Benicia Public Library in the Dona Benicia Room. Hosted by Benicia Poet Laureate Tom Stanton. Mystery Poet followed by open mic! Founded in 2003.
Booksmith holds a special in-store event with Brooke Barker (Sad Animal Facts and Sad Animal Babies) and Boaz Frankel, creators of the new book Let's Be Weird Together. Please join us!...
Ian Brennan in conversation with Kevin Army about Silenced by Sound: The Music Meritocracy Myth at Moe’s Books in Berkeley, CA on Tuesday, February 4th at 7pm....
The Wig Diaries is Mary Ladd’s debut disrespectful cancer book. Delivered with bold gallows humor, it intimately address the gravity of cancer and invites the reader to bear witness...
This lecture addresses how wastes have become globalized, but also how one decision - such as China's decision not to import paper and plastic scrap...
Mary Ladd, author of The Wig Diaries, will host a book signing at Copperfield's Books in Napa. The Wig Diaries is Mary Ladd’s debut disrespectful...
with Joan Hawkins, Alex Wermer-Colan, Peter Hale, and Jon Longhi celebrating the release of William S. Burroughs Cutting Up the Century Edited by Joan Hawkins and Alex Wermer-Colan...
Tickets: $40 (includes signed book) In 2014, Theranos founder and CEO Elizabeth Holmes was widely seen as the next Steve Jobs: a brilliant Stanford dropout...
Dmitry’s new book is Soviet Stamps, wherein he recounts how he became an artist. Through written vignettes, artwork, and family photos the book charts Samarov's...
Big Familia follows Juan Gutiérrez, a self-employed single father, as he navigates a tumultuous year of inescapable change. His daughter, Stella, is on the verge of...
Richie Jackson is an award-winning Broadway, television and film producer. He is coming to Manny's to talk about his new book 'Gay Like Me'. In...
Robert Hass’s many awards include the National Book Award, the Pulitzer Prize, and the National Book Critics Circle Award. Additionally, he served as U. S....
Lidia Yuknavitch will read from her new book, VERGE, on Thursday, February 6 at 7:00 PM at East Bay Booksellers. A Q&A and Signing will...
reading from her new book Romance or The End: poems published by Soft Skull Press Romance or The End takes up the tools of romantic narrative...