• The Velvet Underground Experience – Litquake 2019

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

    The Velvet Underground Experience - Litquake 2019 Thursday, October 17, 2019, 7:00 p.m., City Lights Booksellers, 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco   Hat & Beard...

  • Deepak Chopra, Metahuman

    santa cruz civic auditorium 307 Church St, Santa Cruz, CA

    Bookshop Santa Cruz is thrilled to present an evening with New York Times bestselling author Deepak Chopra, who will share his new book, Metahuman: Unleashing Your Infinite Potential....

    $35
  • Joanna Howard with Rita Bullwinkel & Forrest Gander

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

    Joanna Howard discusses her new memoir Rerun Era with Rita Bullwinkel and Forrest Gander. Praise for Rerun Era ”Rerun Era is both a romp and a deep dive...

    Free
  • Disasterama! Release Party

    Dog Eared Books Castro 489 Castro Street

    Celebrate the release of Disasterama!: Adventures in The Queer Underground 1977 - 1997 by Alvin Orloff. A compelling and hilarious memoir of social life in...

  • APAture 2019 & Litquake present Proclaim (a literary arts showcase)

    Arc Studios & Gallery 1246 Folsom St., San Francisco, California

    Co-presented by Litquake 2019 Join us at Arc Gallery & Studies for APAture 2019 presents Proclaim (a literary arts showcase)! Featuring Jennifer S. Cheng, Jayinee...

    $10 – $30
  • Ed Hardy: Deeper Than Skin

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

    Legendary American tattoo artist Ed Hardy discusses his groundbreaking tattoos, flash, drawings, and artworks with Jeff Gunderson, contributor to Ed Hardy: Deeper than Skin:Art of the New...

    Free
  • 2019 Moby Dick Reading Marathon

    Breaching on Saturday, October 19: San Francisco’s 2019 Moby Dick reading marathon. Mark your calendars for this tribute to a classic American novel - and...

    Free
  • Pam Grossman / Waking the Witch

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    The Bindery hosts a special late afternoon event in conjunction with the Modern Witches Confluence, presenting Pam Grossman for her new book Waking the Witch. Please join us! Please...

  • LITQUAKE! LIT-Crawl

    LIT-Crawl SF Please join us for a great night of literary fun along 24th Street! 5:00pm - Phase 1:  TONGO EISEN-MARTIN and friends 8:00pm -...

  • Hazel Reading Series at Litcrawl 2019

    the woods 910 Valencia st., San Francisco, CA - California, United States

    Hazel Reading Series is back and is excited to participate at Litcrawl 2019 with some of the best writers of 2019! Join us on October...

  • Mark Mallman: The Happiness Playlist

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

    Mark Mallman discusses his new book, The Happiness Playlist: The True Story of Healing My Heart With Feel-Good Music. Praise for The Happiness Playlist ''Mark Mallman...

    Free
  • Birds of Paradise at LitQuake Lit Crawl

    Lone Palm 3394 22nd Street, San Francisco, CA

    Birds of Paradise at LitQuake Lit Crawl Saturday October 19th, 2019, from 8-9pm at Lone Palm, 3394 22nd Street, San Francisco CA 94110 Presented by Feather...

  • Richard Powers & Bill McKibben

    Jewish Community Center of San Francisco 3200 California St, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Richard Powers is the Pulitzer-prize and National Book Award-winning author of twelve novels, including Orfeo, The Echo Maker, and The Time of Our Singing. The...

    $30
  • Hollywood Chinese: The Chinese in American Feature Films with Arthur Dong

    Koret Auditorium, San Francisco Main Library 100 Larkin Avenune, SAN FRANCISCO, CA, United States

    Oscar-nominated and triple Sundance award-winning filmmaker Arthur Dong presents a slide show and talk from his newest book Hollywood Chinese: The Chinese in American Feature...

    Free
  • LIZ PHAIR In Conversation with Tabitha Soren

    Sydney Goldstein Theater 275 Hayes St, San Francisco, CA, United States

    LIZ PHAIR In Conversation with Tabitha Soren Monday, October 21, 2019, 7:30 pm Venue: Sydney Goldstein Theater Series: Special Events  Buy Tickets | 415.392.4400 co-presented with Noise Pop A...

    $29
  • Gillian Conoley and Donna de la Perrière

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

    Gillian Conoley and Donna de la Perrière Tuesday, October 22, 2019, 7:00 p.m., City Lights Booksellers, 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco reading from new poetry...

  • Amanda Yates Garcia: Initiated

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

    Amanda Yates Garcia discusses her new memoir, Initiated: Memoir of a Witch. Praise for Initiated "Mythic journeys to the underworld, goddesses, ecstasies, fairy tales, ghosts, love,...

    Free
  • LAUNCH for Mimi Lok / Last of Her Name, w/Rita Bullwinkel

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    The Bindery is thrilled to host the launch party for Mimi Lok's debut story collection, Last of Her Name. She'll be in conversation with Rita Bullwinkel (Belly Up). Please save...

  • Tui Sutherland, Wings of Fire

    Bookshop Santa Cruz 1520 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz , CA, United States

    Tui T. Sutherland—bestselling author of the Wings of Fire series, the Menagerie trilogy, and the Pet Troubleseries—will join us to read and sign copies of her enthralling new books, Hidden Kingdom (Wings...

  • Jake Brennan: Disgraceland

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

    Jake Brennan discusses his new book, Disgraceland: Musicians Getting Away With Murder and Behaving Very Badly. Praise for Disgraceland "Through his gritty and powerful stories, Brennan...

    Free
  • Lawrence Weschler

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

    Lawrence Weschler presents And How Are You, Dr. Sacks? A Biographical Memoir of Oliver Sacks, the untold story of the famous neurologist, his own most singular patient. "The story...