Attempting to break the agonizing impasse between Israelis and Palestinians, Yossi Klein Halevi directly addresses his Palestinian neighbors in his new taut and provocative book,...
Meet authors Rachel Hall, Elizabeth Rosner and Hilary Zaid as they read from their work and discuss how the Holocaust continues to resonate in their...
Third Man Books @ City Lights celebrating new books by Dan Hoy and Abraham Smith Destruction of Man by Abraham Smith & The Terraformers by Dan Hoy...
InsideStorytime RESOUNDINGS at Edinburgh Castle, 950 Geary Street, San Francisco, on Thursday June 7th, 7-9 pm, will feature readings accompanied by the music of Makram Abu-Shakra. Readers...
June is Pride, so let's do that one mainstream queer book that doesn't end in tragedy! BYO Peach. Featured writers TBA. $12 advance, $15...
Jennifer Egan, Manhattan Beach Thursday, June 7, 2018 - 7:00pm Bookshop Santa Cruz welcomes Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jennifer Egan to town for a reading and...
Headlands Center for the Arts presents their writers in residence
This event will be held at our 9th Ave. location. Kai Carlson-Wee reads from his new poetry collection, Rail. Praise for Rail "Rail is a lovely book,...
KPFA Radio 94.1FM & Project Censored present MEDEA BENJAMIN Inside Iran: The Real History & Politics of the Islamic Republic of Iran Hosted by Mickey...
Doors at 7:30pm Show at 8pm $10 online & at the door... TICKETSSSSSS: https://ticketf.ly/2rOcW0A YOU’RE GOING TO DIE: Poetry, Prose & Everything Goes... is an open...
Poe Ballantine discusses his new novel, Whirlaway. Praise for Poe Ballantine Poe Ballantine is the most soulful, insightful, funny, and altogether luminous “under-known” writer in America....
Berkeley Haiku poet Bruce Feingold will read his poems, then sit for an interview and discussion.
Launch for her debut YA novel, The High Climber of Dark Water Bay "Arden has created the hero we have been waiting for in Young Adult...
a WOMEN-ONLY event� Featuring poets and birthday girls Linda Zeiser and Carolyn Stull-Zeiser as well as singer-songwriter SHAZAM Hosted by Linda Zeiser $7 - $10...
Poetry reading by Cynthia Bryant and Cher Wollard, followed by an open mic, hosted by Jeanne Lupton every second Saturday monthly, Frank Bette and Center...
Beloved poet Tinker Greene is being forced to leave San Francisco! Join us for a celebration of his work and contribution to the poetry community...
Adam Smyer (Knucklehead) Chandler Klang Smith (The Sky Is Yours) Nitasha Tiku (Wired) Adam Becker (What Is Real?) Cost: $5 to $20, no-one turned away...
Saturday, June 9, 2018 - 7:30pm This event will be held at our 9th Ave. location. Jennifer Egan joins us on Saturday, June 9th to celebrate the paperback release...
Riva Enteen, editor of KPFA radio commentator Dennis J. Bernstein’s new book “Follow the Money: Radio Voices for Peace and Justice,” will host guests who...
Details soon! Sunday, June 10, 2018 4:00 PM 6:00 PM
There will be no SF in SF events in May due to convention travel. However, we will be back on June 10th with Lucy Jane...
Heather Abel will read from her just-released novel, The Optimistic Decade. The Optimistic Decade has received praise from the New York Times, Publisher's Weekly, Kirkus,...
Details soon! https://www.facebook.com/theracketseries/ Hosted by Noah B. Sanders
discussing the subject of his new book Bullshit Jobs from Simon and Schuster From bestselling writer David Graeber, a powerful argument against the rise of...
Date of event changed to June 11, 2018 Janet Mock is a writer, TV host, and advocate tackling stigma through storytelling. With a Master’s in journalism...
Porchlight Open Door is a small stage open mic event launched by Porchlight in September 2009. Storytellers add their names to a sign-up sheet, receive...
Yerba Buena Gardens Festival presents Poetic Tuesdays guest curated by Litquake, Poetic Tuesdays features an array of poets and music.
Turk & Divis (Evan and Miles Karp) launch the Quiet Lightning album, featuring 11 tracks of original music scored to excerpts of 50 Bay Area writers performing live in...
Guest curator Anand Vedawala presents four Bay Area queer Zine artists: Tyler Cohen, Ajuan Mance, Lee Marrs, and Joshua Trujillo
Alexandra Mattraw with Tiff Dressen and Norman Fischer Tuesday, June 12, 2018, 7:00 p.m., City Lights Booksellers, 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco Alexandra Mattraw launches her...