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  • April 2021

  • Fri 2

    Nomadic Press’ Virtual Open Mic #53

    April 2, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm PDT
    online

    90 minutes 30 readers 3 minutes each On Zoom! FREE AND ALL WELCOME! Sign up to read here: https://forms.gle/4nYSi5fLNyo229Lj9 If you enjoy spaces like this...

    Free – $200
  • Sat 3

    Jillian C York in conversation with Ben Tarnoff

    April 3, 2021 @ 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm PDT

    discussing Jillian York's new book Silicon Values: The Future of Free Speech under Surveillance Capitalism published by Verso Books This is a virtual event that...

  • Sat 3

    Conversations with Authors – Sue Monk Kidd (Online Event)

    April 3, 2021 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm PDT

    An extraordinary story set in the first century about a woman who finds her voice and her destiny, from the celebrated number one New York...

  • Mon 5

    Better Ancestors: Kai Sugioka-Stone, Amanda Muñiz, Isabelle Khoo-Miller, Arlene Biala and Melissa Merin

    April 5, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm PDT
    online

    Quiet Lightning presents the second Better Ancestors, featuring readings and performance by Kai Sugioka-Stone, Amanda Muñiz, Isabelle Khoo-Miller, Arlene Biala and Melissa Merin! This show curated by the artists who performed at...

    Free
  • Tue 6

    Jessica Lahey with Mary Laura Philpott – The Addiction Inoculation (Online Event)

    April 6, 2021 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm PDT

    In this supportive, life-saving resource, the New York Times bestselling author of The Gift of Failure helps parents and educators understand the roots of substance abuse and identify who is...

  • Tue 6

    Julie Lythcott-Haims with Adam Smiley Poswolsky

    April 6, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm PDT

    This event is online. Guests who pre-order a book at the time of registration will also receive temporary access to a post-event recording after the...

  • Tue 6

    Julie Lythcott-Haims with Adam Smiley Poswolsky

    April 6, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm PDT

    This event is online. Guests who pre-order a book at the time of registration will also receive temporary access to a post-event recording after the...

  • Tue 6

    Hoa Nguyen with Garrett Caples

    April 6, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    Hoa Nguyen reads from her new poetry collection A Thousand Times You Lose Your Treasure published by Wave Books ---------- This is a virtual event...

  • Tue 6

    Bettye Kearse – The Other Madisons (Book Discussion & Film Screening)

    April 6, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    In The Other Madisons, Bettye Kearse—a descendant of an enslaved cook and, according to oral tradition, President James Madison—shares her family story and explores the issues...

  • Tue 6

    Launch for Natalie Baszile / We Are Each Other’s Harvest: Celebrating African American Farmers, Land, and Legacy, with Konda Mason

    April 6, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    Booksmith and The Bindery are very pleased to host the virtual launch for Natalie Baszile for her book We Are Each Other's Harvest: Celebrating African American Farmers, Land,...

  • Tue 6

    Virtual Event: Sanjena Sathian

    April 6, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    JOIN US ON TUESDAY, APRIL 6 AT 6PM PT WHEN SANJENA SATHIAN JOINS US FOR THE LAUNCH OF HER NOVEL, GOLD DIGGERS, ON ZOOM! Zoom Login Info Please...

  • Tue 6

    VIRTUAL: Launch for Natalie Baszile / We Are Each Other’s Harvest: Celebrating African American Farmers, Land, and Legacy, with Konda Mason

    April 6, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    Booksmith and The Bindery are very pleased to host the virtual launch for Natalie Baszile for her book We Are Each Other's Harvest: Celebrating African American Farmers, Land,...

  • Tue 6

    Launch of Girl Warriors With Author Rachel Sarah

    April 6, 2021 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PDT

    Please join us on Tuesday, April 6, 2021 at 7 PM PST for an online book launch of GIRL WARRIORS: HOW 25 ACTIVISTS ARE SAVING THE...

  • Wed 7

    Mazza Writer in Residence Brontez Purnell, reading and in conversation

    April 7, 2021 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm PDT
    online

    Remote access event, free and open to the public Registration link pending With emcee, TreVaughn Malik Roach-Carter Supported by the Sam Mazza Foundation Details tba...

    Free
  • Wed 7

    Aunt Lute and POC United presents the Panel: Creating Our Own ‘Table’

    April 7, 2021 @ 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm PDT
    Virtual

    Many marginalized writers celebrate the moment that they receive "a seat at the table," and this is quite often their goal. Yet, others of us...

    Free
  • Wed 7

    Greg Grandin & Edwards-Tiekert: Empire’s Workshop

    April 7, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm PDT
    Virtual

    KPFA Radio 94.1 FM presents: Greg Grandin & Brian Edwards-Tiekert Zoom Event Empire's Workshop: Latin America, the U.S., and the Rise of the New Imperialism...

    $5 – $20
  • Wed 7

    Imbolo Mbue with Kawai Strong Washburn

    April 7, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm PDT

    This event is online. Guests who pre-order a book at the time of registration will also receive temporary access to a post-event recording after the...

  • Wed 7

    Gene Stone & Kathy Freston – 72 Reasons to Be Vegan (Virtual Event)

    April 7, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    Did you know that if you adopt a vegan diet you can enjoy better sex? Save money? Have glowing skin? You can ward off Alzheimer’s,...

  • Wed 7

    Rachel Kushner in conversation with Dana Spiotta

    April 7, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    City Lights in conjunction with Litquake and Scribner Books present Rachel Kushner in conversation with Dana Spiotta      celebrating the launch of Rachel Kushner's The Hard Crowd:...

  • Wed 7

    TICKETED VIRTUAL EVENT: Morgan Jerkins, Caul Baby

    April 7, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    HarperCollins presents New York Times bestselling author Morgan Jerkins for a reading and discussion of her new novel, Caul Baby. Following the critical and popular success of her...

  • Wed 7

    VIRTUAL: C Pam Zhang / How Much of These Hills Is Gold (paperback launch)

    April 7, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    Booksmith and The Bindery are very pleased to host the virtual launch for C Pam Zhang and the paperback edition of her debut novel How Much of These...

  • Wed 7

    Contemporary Classics – This Mournable Body

    April 7, 2021 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm PDT

    Patricia Holt, former book editor at the San Francisco Chronicle, continues her popular book group, “Contemporary Classics.” A book should stand the test of time...

  • Wed 7

    You’re Going to Die Presents: GRIEF & HEALING w/Writing & Music

    April 7, 2021 @ 7:00 pm - April 28, 2021 @ 8:45 pm PDT
    online

    a YG2D Workshop This 4-session communal workshop offers a chance to creatively express ourselves & engage with our own grief & healing through writing &...

    $80 – $250
  • Thu 8

    Women Lit #UNBOUND Presents: Secrets and the Search for Self: Alka Joshi on The Henna Artist

    April 8, 2021 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm PDT
    online

    At 62, debut novelist Alka Joshi shattered literary glass ceilings with The Henna Artist, the “eloquent and moving” (Publishers Weekly) story of a 17-year-old girl who,...

    $75
  • Thu 8

    Gabriela Garcia: Of Women and Salt

    April 8, 2021 @ 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm PDT
    online

    Litquake's Epicenter: A Virtual Series Bringing writers from around the world to your computer screen Co-presented by Green Apple Books on the Park Litquake and...

    Free
  • Thu 8

    Virtual Event: Gabriela Garcia

    April 8, 2021 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm PDT

    IN PARTNERSHIP WITH LITQUAKE JOIN US ON THURSDAY, APRIL 8 AT 5PM PT WHEN GABRIELA GARCIA DISCUSSES HER DEBUT NOVEL, OF WOMEN AND SALT! A PART OF LITQUAKE'S EPICENTER...

  • Thu 8

    Kim Shuck’s Poetry Night, One City One Book Edition

    April 8, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm PDT
    online

    REGISTER Natasha Dennerstein, Molly Fisk, Kelly Grace Thomas, Kelliane Parker and Ramona “Mona” Webb lead a One City One Book inspired reading. Natasha Dennerstein was born in Melbourne,...

    Free
  • Thu 8

    Todd Miller

    April 8, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    Todd Miller and guest TBD in conversation discussing Build Bridges, Not Walls: A Journey to a World Without Borders Published by City Lights Books In...

  • Thu 8

    Open Mic Night | Featuring Daniel B. Summerhill

    April 8, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT
    online

    OPEN MIC THURSDAYS continue. Join us on ZOOM twice a month for our virtual Open Mic. Look for MoAD Open Mic every other Thursday this month. Hosted...

    Free
  • Thu 8

    David Talbot and Margaret Talbot

    April 8, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    celebrating the launch of their new book By The Light Of Burning Dreams: The Triumphs and Tragedies of the Second American Revolution published by Harper...

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