Booksmith hosts the inimitable Rebecca Solnit reading from and discussing her memoir, Recollections of My Nonexistence. Please note: This event is ticketed and will be at the Internet Archive...
Alley Cat Books presents a reading of JP Gritton’s newest book, Wyoming.
A reading and conversation with Christina Gerhardt, who will discuss her recent three books about 1968. 1968 and Global Cinema puts cinemas of the long 1968...
Eugene Ostashevsky is a Russian-American poet and translator based in Berlin and New York. He is the author of three full-length poetry collections in English:...
Poet Lisa Robertson visits Point Reyes to discuss her debut novel, The Baudelaire Fractal. About The Baudelaire Fractal One morning, Hazel Brown awakes in a badly...
EAST BAY BOOKSELLERS is excited to welcome Sierra Crane Murdoch to read from her new book, Yellow Bird:Oil, Murder, and a Woman's Search for Justice...
discussing the subject of his new book Prison Truth: The Story of the San Quentin News from University of California Press San Quentin State Prison, California's...
12–15 writers reading new work + live music + beer made on site + tacos just down the street: pure magical Get Litness. We're headed...
Harry Dodge discusses his new book, My Metorite: Or, Without the Random There Can Be No New Thing. Praise for My Metorite "Dodge has offered a...
Our featured poet is: Clara Hsu! from 7:30-9:30pm at PianoFight: 144 Taylor Street (between Turk & Eddy), San Francisco, CA 94102 – Powell Street BART Hosted...
reading from The Baudelaire Fractal published by Coach House Books A debut novel by acclaimed poet Lisa Robertson, in which a poet realizes she has...
Lyrics & Dirges is a monthly reading series featuring a mix of prominent, emerging and beginning writers. Its aim is to highlight various forms of writing...
DATE & TIME: Wednesday, March 18, 2020 - 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. LOCATION: De La Salle Hall: Hagerty Lounge, 1928 Saint Mary's Road, Moraga, CA 94575 View...
Andrew Altschul discusses his new novel, The Gringa. Praise for The Gringa "The Gringa bites off an impressive chunk of American—and Peruvian—history with dynamic prose. It's an...
Maria Mazziotti Gillan’s latest book of poems is What Blooms in Winter. Marge Piercy has said, “Gillan contains some of the most honest poems about marriage and...
Featuring Judy Grahn, Jewelle Gomez, and Avotcja This event, supported in part by a grant to the Academy of American Poets from the Andrew W. Mellon...
NANCY AU’s essays and stories appear in many journals including Redivider, Gulf Coast, Foglifter, and Michigan Quarterly Review. She teaches creative writing (to biology majors!)...
Anders Carlson-Wee is the author of The Low Passions, published by W.W. Norton in 2019. His work has appeared in The Paris Review, BuzzFeed, Ploughshares, Virginia Quarterly...
Booksmith welcomes Paul Lisicky back to the store for his new book, Later: My Life at the Edge of the World. Please join us! When Paul Lisicky arrived...
Featuring Arisa White, Leila Weefur, and Angela Hume This event, supported in part by a grant to the Academy of American Poets from the Andrew W. Mellon...
Hidden San Francisco: A Guide to Lost Landscapes, Unsung Heroes and Radical Histories from Pluto Press San Francisco is an iconic and symbolic city. But...
A Latinx poetry reading series y open mic that happens every third Thursday (unless otherwise noted) in "The Chapel" at Nomadic Press. Decolonized beats provided...
Representation in 2020: A Night of Artists Focusing on Equitable Representation featuring Paolo Bicchieri, reading from his new book Sword in the Darkness, Nesley Rojo,...
Dennis Phillips and George Albon read from their latest works, Mappa Mundi and Lyric Multiples. About Mappa Mundi Like the medieval maps from which MAPPA MUNDI takes its...
ALAN KAUFMAN Alan Kaufman is a novelist and memoirist known for his storytelling power and who’s been not only praised by everyone from Dave Eggers,...
Saturday, March 21 2020, at East Bay Booksellers, 5433 College Avenue in Oakland, featuring Julia Flynn Siler, Devi S. Laskar and Sunisa Manning, plus musical...
The 10th edition of the Fire Thieves makes it's only foray into the East Bay at The Chapel at the Oakland Peace Center with featured...
Join us as we continue our Oakland celebration of Synchronicity: The Oracle of Sun Medicine by Tureeda Mikell at the nation's oldest black bookstore, Marcus...
Join us for an evening of learning and listening, hosted by My Life, My Stories! The theme is Family. My Life, My Stories is a local non-profit...