• Your Art Will Save Your Life launch at Wolfman Books

    E.M. Wolfman General Interest Small Bookstore 410 13th Street, Oakland , CA, United States

    Wednesday, April 25, 2018 7:00 PM  9:00 PM Celebrate the launch of YOUR ART WILL SAVE YOUR LIFE with Beth Pickens and Tammy Johnson! “I’ve already...

  • This is Now with Angie Coiro presents: Sally Kohn

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

    Sally Kohn is currently a CNN political commentator and a columnist for The Daily Beast. Kohn was previously a Fox News contributor, and she has been...

    Free
  • Dana Levin and Dean Rader

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

    Dana Levin and Dean Rader read from their latest poetry collections, Banana Palace and Self-Portrait as Wikipedia Entry. About Dana Levin Dana Levin's fourth book is Banana Palace (Copper Canyon...

    Free
  • The Others: A Dramatic Reading by Matthew Rohrer & Special Guests

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    The Bindery hosts a performance of Matthew Rohrer’s novel in verse, The Others, featuring guest readers including Daniel Handler and Arisa White. Please join us! A gripping, eerie, and hilarious novel-in-verse...

    Free
  • Brynn Saito

    Hagerty Lounge, SMC 1928 Saint Mary's Road, Moraga , CA, United States

    Originally from Fresno, CA, Saito is the Distinguished Visiting Writer in Poetry at Saint Mary’s College.

  • Book Talk: Figuring Korean Futures

    Morrison Library, UC Berkeley 2000 Carleston Street, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Book Talk: Figuring Korean Futures: Children’s Literature in Modern Korea April 26 | 4-5:30 p.m. | 180 Doe Library Speaker: Dafna Zur, Stanford University Moderator:...

    Free
  • Stevenson Poetry Night at the SHPL

    Saint Helena Public Library 1492 Library Lane, Saint Helena

    Join us for an evening celebrating the spoken word and the works of Robert Louis Stevenson! The evening will feature an open mic for aspiring...

    Free
  • The Black Aesthetic, in performance and in conversation

    The Poetry Center, San Francisco State University 1600 Holloway Ave, San Francisco , CA, United States

    "Our intention is to offer constructive speculation; our earnest hope to take up the love labor of the Black canons that laid these foundations in...

    Free
  • Anna Yen

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

    Anna Yen has worked at a wide range of tech companies. She spearheaded investor relations for industry leaders such as Tesla Motors, Market Watch, and Pixar...

    $15 – $50
  • Yang Huang

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

    Yang Huang reads from her short story collection, My Old Faithful, winner of the 2017 Juniper Prize. Showing both the drama of familial intimacy and the...

    Free
  • Richard Power

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

    Richard Powers discusses his new novel, The Overstory. Praise for Richard Powers “This book is beyond special. Richard Powers manages to turn trees into vivid and...

    Free
  • Kai Carlson-Wee / Rail

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    The Bindery hosts a launch for Kai Carlson-Wee's first full-length poetry collection, Rail. More info to come soon -- save the date, and join us! Set against a landscape...

    Free
  • Richard Powers

    Benicia Public Library 150 East L St., Benicia

    Richard Powers Reads from "The Overstory."

  • 4th Annual Bay Area Book Festival

    Berkeley, CA

    Tens of thousands of book lovers meet hundreds of acclaimed authors over an exciting weekend in downtown Berkeley, California. Whether you’re a fan of science...

    Free
  • Bay Area Book Festival

    Downtown Berkeley

    The Bay Area Book Festival-one of the world's premier celebrations of writers, readers and the written word-will take place April 28 and 29 in downtown...

    Free – $15.
  • Georgeanne Brennan at Mrs. Dalloway’s

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

    Join James Beard Award winner Georgeanne Brennan as she reads from her newest book, Windows on Provence: Musings on the Food, Wine, and Culture of the...

    Free
  • Knots of Wonder: Masatsugu Ono at the Bay Area Book Fest

    Hotel Shattuck Plaza 2086 Allston Way, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Masatsugu Ono, winner of Japan’s prestigious Akutagawa Prize, will be at the Bay Area Book Festival to discuss his novel, Lion Cross Point, coming this spring from Two Lines...

    $10
  • Betty Reid Soskin: Sign My Name to Freedom

    Pegasus Books Downtown 2349 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley , CA, United States

    Author Betty Reid Soskin shares insights about her memoir, Sign My Name To Freedom, as part of Independent Bookstore Day and the Bay Area Book Festival at...

    Free
  • Almost Butterflies Reading by Sarah C. Jimenez

    Galería de la Raza 2857 24th Street, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Join us for a night of bringing characters to life! Sarah C. Jiménez’s young adult novel, Almost Butterflies, follows the lives of three teenage cousins on...

  • Book Release: The Edge of Fruitvale by Rohan DaCosta

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

    Join us at our Uptown, Oakland, location for the much-anticipated release of Rohan DaCosta's first full-length photography / poetry collection, The Edge of Fruitvale! It's...

  • Saturday Night Special presents: Dating

    Nick's Lounge 3218 Adeline St., Berkeley, CA, United States

    Spring is in the air and other clichés, and people are swiping right and left like crazy! Whether you’re single or coupled or thrupled up...

  • Spring Lecture Series: Madeleine Albright

    Angelico Hall, Dominican University 20 Olive Ave, San Rafael, CA, United States

    Former United States Secretary of State Madeleine Albright closes the 2018 Spring Leadership Lecture Series at Dominican University of California on Saturday, April 28, at...

    $40
  • Second Inning

    SF Public Library 100 Larkin Street, San Francisco, United States

    More Baseball Poetry from San Francisco Poets Join San Francisco Poet Laureate Kim Shuck and others for a poetry jam! When Monday, 4/30/2018, 4:00 -...

  • Re-Assembling Hope with Rebecca Solnit, Dacher Keltner & others

    Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive 2155 Center St., Berkeley, CA, United States

    Re-Assembling Hope: Rebecca Solnit in conversation with Dacher Keltner, Dan Kammen, Shannon Jackson and Friends of the Bay Area Book Festival Monday / 4.30.18 / 6:30 *Tickets...

    Free
  • Holly Brown

    Oakmont of Cardinal Point 2431 Mariner Square Drive, Alameda

    For the second year, AAUW Alameda and Oakmont of Cardinal Point present a spring series of talks featuring authors who live and write in Alameda....

    Free
  • Nikki McClure / The Great Chicken Escape

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    The Bindery is thrilled to host an evening with Nikki McClure. Please join us for a discussion and special presentation of The Great Chicken Escape! A...

    Free
  • Janet Mock with Mia Birdsong

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

    Janet Mock is a writer, TV host, and advocate tackling stigma through storytelling. With a Master’s in journalism from New York University, the Honolulu native began...

    $29