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  • June 2020
  • Mon 8
    June 8, 2020 @ 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm PDT

    VIRTUAL: Minna Salami / Sensuous Knowledge: A Black Feminist Approach for Everyone

    Booksmith and The Bindery host Minna Salami for her new book of essays, Sensuous Knowledge: A Black Feminist Approach for Everyone. Please join us! This will be a virtual event, which...

  • Mon 8
    June 8, 2020 @ 7:00 pm PDT

    Well-RED: Doren Robbins and Sharon Olson

    Tuesday, June 9, 7pm on Zoom Doren Robbins and Sharon Olson open mic follows online on Zoom Free, register on Eventbrite! presented with Works/San José...

    Free
  • Tue 9
    June 9, 2020 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm PDT

    ZYZZYVA & The Booksmith: Lockdown Lit @ Lunch

    With Melanie Abrams and Andrew Altschul. Via Facebook Live: facebook.com/booksmith

    Free
  • Tue 9
    June 9, 2020 @ 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm PDT

    Charis Book Store of Decatur, GA hosts a virtual event celebrating Julian Bond w/Michael Long and Pamela Horowitz!

    Register ahead of time at here! Charis Bookstore hosts a virtual event with Michael Long, editor of Race Man, and Pamela Horowitz, who worked in partnership with...

  • Tue 9
    June 9, 2020 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    Jennifer Worley

    Book Release Party for Neon Girls: A Stripper's Education in Protest and Power by Jennifer Worley from Harper Collins This is a virtual event that...

  • Tue 9
    June 9, 2020 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    Carter Sickels – The Prettiest Star

    Book Passage San Francisco 1 Ferry Building, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Small-town Appalachia doesn't have a lot going for it, but it's where Brian is from, where his family is, and where he's chosen to return...

  • Tue 9
    June 9, 2020 @ 7:00 pm PDT

    International Thrills: #1 Scandinavian Bestseller Lars Kepler in conversation with Jesse Kellerman

    The blockbuster Swedish suspense phenomenon Lars Kepler, famed for the #1 internationally bestselling Joona Linna series, is actually two people: husband-and-wife duo Alexandra Coelho Ahndoril...

    Free
  • Tue 9
    Oakland Voices Tonight: Cat Brooks on Race, Policing, and COVID
    June 9, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    Oakland Voices Tonight: Cat Brooks on Race, Policing, and COVID

    Join Oakland Voices for a conversation about COVID-19, policing, and inequality in Oakland. This weeks’ guest is Cat Brooks, executive director of Justice Teams Network...

    Free
  • Tue 9
    June 9, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PDT

    VIRTUAL EVENT: Laurie R. King, Riviera Gold

    VIRTUAL EVENT: Bookshop Santa Cruz invites you to join us for an online event with beloved bestselling author Laurie R. King, who will will celebrate...

  • Tue 9
    Rachel Kushner
    June 9, 2020 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm PDT

    Rachel Kushner in conversation with Heidi Julavits

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

    Rachel Kushner is the bestselling author of The Flamethrowers, a finalist for the National Book Award and a New York Times Top Ten Book of 2013; Telex from Cuba, a...

    $29
  • Wed 10
    June 10, 2020 @ 12:00 pm PDT

    John Scalzi And Sarah Gailey For Dark Carnival

    Fundraising Goal: $2000 It’s a tough time for local bookstores, what with the social distancing and the sheltering in place. So we’re raising funds to...

    Free
  • Wed 10
    Pelosi
    June 10, 2020 @ 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm PDT

    Molly Ball in conversation with Carla Marinucci / Pelosi

    Molly Ball, National Political Correspondent at Time Magazine and Author of "Pelosi" In Conversation with Carla Marinucci, Senior Writer of Politico's California Playbook Part of...

    Free
  • Wed 10
    June 10, 2020 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm PDT

    Virtual Event: Megha Majumdar and Marie-Helene Bertino

    Join us on Zoom on June 10th at 5:00pm PDT for Megha Majumdar and Marie-Helene Bertino discussing their new novels A Burning and Parakeet. Zoom Login Please click the link below to...

  • Wed 10
    Author Talk: Alvin Orloff, Beth Lisick and K.M.Soehnlein
    June 10, 2020 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm PDT

    Author Talk: Alvin Orloff, Beth Lisick and K.M.Soehnlein

    Our Summer On the Same Page author Alvin Orloff will be in conversation with Beth Lisick and K.M. Soehnlein. Alvin Orloff, Bay Area native and...

    Free
  • Wed 10
    June 10, 2020 @ 7:00 pm PDT

    ALEXANDRA PETRI presents NOTHING IS WRONG AND HERE IS WHY: ESSAYS

    Berkeley Hillside Club 2286 Cedar St, Berkeley

    In Nothing Is Wrong and Here Is Why, acclaimed Washington Post satirist Alexandra Petri offers perfectly logical, reassuring reasons for everything that has happened in recent American politics...

    $13 – $49
  • Wed 10
    June 10, 2020 @ 7:00 pm PDT

    Nerd Nite is part of ReedPop’s Sea Week on June 10, 2020

    We’re holding a virtual water-themed Nerd Nite on Wednesday June 10, 2020 at 7pm EDT / 4pm PDT as part of ReedPop’s Sea Week. ReedPop,...

    Free
  • Wed 10
    June 10, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PDT

    Laurie R. King – Riviera Gold

    Book Passage Corte Madera 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera, CA, United States

    t’s summertime on the Riviera, and the Jazz Age has come to France’s once-sleepy beaches. As American expatriates begin to drift down from Paris, their...

  • Wed 10
    Black Artists Showcase ft. Meccamorphosis
    June 10, 2020 @ 8:00 pm - 10:30 pm PDT

    Black Artists Showcase ft. Meccamorphosis

    THE LONGEST RUNNING POETRY SLAM ON THE WEST COAST! Bringing you some of the best poetry from across the world every week since 1999, and...

    Free
  • Thu 11
    Red Light Lit Livestream 1 - Thea Matthews w/ David Williams
    June 11, 2020 @ 2:00 pm - 2:30 pm PDT

    Red Light Lit Livestream 1 – Thea Matthews w/ David Williams

    Red Light Lit and Light Rail Station are teaming up for a series of livestream readings through June. For our first event we're hosting poet...

  • Thu 11
    June 11, 2020 @ 6:00 pm PDT

    Litquake on Lockdown: Alka Joshi and The Henna Artist

    Please join us for this vivid and compelling evening with Alka Joshi, author of The Henna Artist, the May selection for Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine...

    Free – $5
  • Thu 11
    Write from the Gut! Virtual Reading + open mic
    June 11, 2020 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    Write From The Gut at SFPL Poem Jam

    SF Poet Laureate Kim Shuck presents Poem Jam as it makes its debut as an online forum. Kim hands the keys to the car over...

    Free
  • Thu 11
    logo for The Racket
    June 11, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm PDT

    The Racket Weekly : Black Girl Magic w/ Yodassa Williams

    THE RACKET WEEKLY: BLACK GIRL MAGIC w/ YODASSA WILLIAMS. THURSDAY, JUNE 11TH, 7PM / ZOOM LINK TO COME This week we are celebrating Yodassa Williams,...

    Free
  • Thu 11
    June 11, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PDT

    VIRTUAL: Juli Delgado Lopera in conversation with Daniel Handler / Fiebre Tropical

    Are you still bummed we had to postpone the launch party for Juli Delgado Lopera and their debut novel, Fiebre Tropical? Us too! But be bummed no longer and...

  • Fri 12
    Conversations Across the Diaspora | Writer & Model Jess Cole
    June 12, 2020 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm PDT

    Conversations Across the Diaspora | Writer & Model Jess Cole

    Introducing a new monthly series with guests from all over the globe — some you may recognize and some you may not, but all will...

    Free
  • Fri 12
    Poetry Cocktail Hour- Amber Tamblyn, Alejandro Murguia, Steph Burt, etc.!
    June 12, 2020 @ 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm PDT

    Poetry Cocktail Hour: Amber Tamblyn, Alejandro Murguia, Steph Burt, etc.!

    It's a tough time for local bookstores, what with the social distancing and the sheltering in place. So we're raising funds to help local Bay...

    Free
  • Fri 12
    June 12, 2020 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm PDT

    Zoom Forward! Dion Lissner O’Reilly & Jory Post

    VIRTUAL EVENT: Join us for a special online event with authors Dion Lissner O'Reilly (Ghost Dogs) and Jory Post (Of Two Minds) to celebrate the...

  • Fri 12
    We Are The Voices: Bay Area Bookseller Voices with SPD Presents
    June 12, 2020 @ 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    We Are The Voices: Bay Area Bookseller Voices with SPD Presents

    We Are The Voices presents: Bay Area Bookseller Voices and SPD Presents invite you to a night of readings with: Julia Bloch Angie Sijun Lou...

    Free
  • Fri 12
    June 12, 2020 @ 6:00 pm PDT

    Nomadic Press’ Virtual Open Mic #13

    90 minutes 30 readers 3 minutes each On Zoom! FREE AND ALL WELCOME! Sign up to read here: https://forms.gle/1ZNKSnnzRZpXxvUE7 Showing up is one amazing form...

    Free
  • Fri 12
    June 12, 2020 @ 6:30 pm PDT

    *Virtual* Reading feat. Jeff Alessandrelli and Alix Coupet, Jr.

    Please join us on Friday, June 12th from 6:30-7:10 pm PDT for a virtual reading featuring Jeff Alessandrelli and Alix Coupet, Jr.!    ***** author...

    Free
  • Sat 13
    USAAF 2020 | KSW Presents Aria Aber & Monica Sok
    June 13, 2020 @ 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm PDT

    USAAF 2020 | KSW Presents Aria Aber & Monica Sok

    co-presented by API Cultural Center- San Francisco with special musical guest, Kohinoorgasm Screening on www.ovee.itvs.org On Saturday, June 13, as part of API Cultural Center...

    $5
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