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  • October 2020
  • Tue 6
    October 6, 2020 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm PDT

    Poised to Soar Helen Macdonald and Camille Dungy discuss Vesper Flights

    Bestselling author Helen Macdonald is joined in conversation by Camille T. Dungy to celebrate the publication of Vesper Flights (Grove). This event is presented in...

    $20 – $35
  • Tue 6
    October 6, 2020 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm PDT

    Mike Jung In Conversation with Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich –VIRTUALLY!

    Join us for a virtual conversation between Mike Jung and Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich as they discuss Jung's new novel,The Boys in the Back Row. Jung will debut his forthcoming music video opus of absurdity,...

  • Tue 6
    October 6, 2020 @ 5:30 pm PDT

    [Virtual Ruby] Book Launch: A Good True Thai by Sunisa Manning

    Join us for a reading and Q&A to celebrate the release of Ruby member Sunisa Manning's debut novel, A Good True Thai (Epigram Books, September...

    Free
  • Tue 6
    October 6, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    Virtual Event: Robert Duncan and Gary Wilson

    online

    Three Rooms Press and Green Apple Books present... The Official West Coast Launch for LOUDMOUTH, a novel, featuring reading, discussion, and music by author Robert Duncan,...

    Free
  • Tue 6
    October 6, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PDT

    VIRTUAL: Rachel Brahinsky and Alexander Tarr / A People’s Guide to the San Francisco Bay Area

    Booksmith and The Bindery host a virtual event with the authors of A People’s Guide to the San Francisco Bay Area, Rachel Brahinsky and Alexander Tarr. ** Please note ** > ...

  • Tue 6
    October 6, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PDT

    Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell | GGP Online Book Club

    Please join us on Tuesday, October 6, 2020 at 7 PM PDT for a GGP Online Book Club discussion of Maggie O'Farrell's new novel, HAMNET. The...

  • Tue 6
    October 6, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PDT

    Virtual Event: Robert Duncan and Gary Wilson

    Three Rooms Press and Green Apple Books present the Official West Coast Launch for LOUDMOUTH, a novel, featuring reading, discussion, and music by author Robert Duncan, former...

  • Tue 6
    October 6, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PDT

    Alex Ross and John Adams in Conversation

    Alex Ross and John Adams in Conversation Wagnerism: Art and Politics in the Shadow of Music One of today’s most influential and well-respected writers on...

    $15
  • Tue 6
    October 6, 2020 @ 9:30 pm - 10:30 pm PDT

    Colossus:Home Reading

    Paul Corman Roberts  CV Devorah major- special guest Deborah Fruchey Hannah Ingebretsen Halim Madi Peggy Morrison  Abe Becker  Sheryl Bize-Boute Lisa Lim

  • Wed 7
    October 7, 2020 @ 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm PDT

    Katherine May On Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times

    Katherine May joins us from the UK to discuss her new book, Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times (Riverhead Books). “Every bit as...

  • Wed 7
    October 7, 2020 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm PDT

    Contemporary Classics – Call Me Zebra

    Patricia Holt, former book editor at the San Francisco Chronicle, continues her popular book group, “Contemporary Classics.” A book should stand the test of time...

    $20
  • Wed 7
    October 7, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    Virtual Event: Kazim Ali, Gillian Conoley, and Brian Teare

    virtual

    Join us on Wednesday, October 7th at 7pm PST when Kazim Ali is joined by poets Gillian Conoley and Brian Teare to celebrate his new...

    Free
  • Thu 8
    October 8, 2020 @ 12:00 pm PDT

    Fowzia Karimi

    Fowzia Karimi is a writer, illustrator, and alumni of the Mills MFA in Creative Writing Program. As Publishers Weeklydescribes, her illuminated debut novel Above Us...

    Free
  • Thu 8
    October 8, 2020 @ 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm PDT

    Bathsheba Demuth and Elizabeth Rush Discuss the award-winning environmental history, Floating Coast

    Bathsheba Demuth and Pulitzer Prize-finalist Elizabeth Rush join us for a conversation about Floating Coast: An Environmental History of the Bering Strait (W.W. Norton). This event will...

  • Thu 8
    October 8, 2020 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm PDT

    Patti Smith

    Bay Area Book Festival in conjunction with City Lights Booksellers present Extraordinary Dreamer: Patti Smith on "Year of the Monkey" Patti Smith in an intimate...

  • Thu 8
    October 8, 2020 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm PDT

    Aarti Namdev Shahani – Here We Are: American Dreams, American Nightmares (Virtual Event)

    Come join us! Sign up to participate in the next event in Macmillan’s Book + Author series: a virtual book club event with journalist and...

  • Thu 8
    October 8, 2020 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm PDT

    San Francisco Poet Laureate Kim Shuck’s Poem Jam

    online

    featuring  special guests, themes and writing groups. In October we honor Latinx Heritage month with poets Josiah Luis Alderete, Lourdes Figuroa and more. Josiah Luis Alderete is a full...

    Free
  • Thu 8
    October 8, 2020 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    VIRTUAL: Launch for Paul Madonna / Come to Light

    Booksmith and The Bindery host a virtual event with Paul Madonna to launch his new illustrated novel Come to Light. ** Please note ** >  This event is free and...

  • Thu 8
    October 8, 2020 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    Virtual Event: Neal Karlen on Prince

    Join us on Thursday, October 8 at 6pm PDT when Neal Karlen joins us to discuss his book, This Thing Called Life: Prince's Odyssey On+Off the Record on...

  • Thu 8
    October 8, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PDT

    Ticketed Virtual Event: Erin Brockovich, Superman’s Not Coming

    Join us for a ticketed online event with environmental activist, crusader, fighter, and maverick Erin Brockovich, who will discuss her new book, Superman's Not Coming: Our National...

  • Fri 9
    October 9, 2020 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm PDT

    Zach Norris, We Keep Us Safe: Building Secure, Just, and Inclusive Communities

    online

    Zach Norris is the Executive Director of the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, author of We Keep Us Safe: Building Secure, Just, and Inclusive Communities, and...

    Free
  • Fri 9
    October 9, 2020 @ 12:00 pm - October 11, 2020 @ 8:00 pm PDT

    13th Annual Life is Living Festival

    Life is Living is going virtual! Mark your calendars to join in the largest celebration of Oakland taking place October 9th-11th, online. Live Music Theater...

  • Fri 9
    October 9, 2020 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm PDT

    Autumn Write-Ins with the Writers Grotto, October Sessions (via Zoom)

    Take some time for your writing this fall with a series of virtual write-ins hosted by the Grotto. Led by one the Grotto’s many talented...

    $25.00
  • Fri 9
    October 9, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PDT

    Virtual Event: Shannon Lee and Jeff Chang

    Join us on Friday, October 9 at 7pm PDT when Shannon Lee, discusses her book, Be Water, My Friend: The Teachings of Bruce Lee, with author Jeff Chang on...

  • Sat 10
    October 10, 2020 @ 11:00 am - 1:00 pm PDT

    Keir Graff Discussing The Tiny Mansion | Virtual Author Chat on Zoom

    Please join us on Saturday, October 10, 2020 at 11 AM PDT for an online discussion with author Keir Graff discussing his new novel, THE...

  • Sat 10
    October 10, 2020 @ 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm PDT

    Building Bridges Book Club

    We're excited to announce the Building Bridges Book Club, a new partnership with the Marin Poetry Center and Mill Valley Library. The Marin Poetry Center Building...

  • Sat 10
    October 10, 2020 @ 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm PDT

    Keep Them Guessing: The Art of Mystery and Thriller Writing with Elaine Beale

    Mysteries and thrillers are some of the most popular and diverse genres in fiction today. They sell by the millions, and hundreds of authors have...

    $145.00
  • Sat 10
    October 10, 2020 @ 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm PDT

    Poetry Reading: Barbara Jane Reyes and Friends

    In honor of Filipinx American History Month, Eastwind Books is hosting a poetry reading featuring Barbara Jane Reyes, Monica Ong, Marianne Chan, and Kimberly Quiogue...

  • Sat 10
    October 10, 2020 @ 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm PDT

    Resistencia Feminista: Contemporary Mexican Poetry

    Red Poppy and Utah Humanities are excited to host a powerful afternoon featuring five female Mexican poets spanning several generations. Register online now to get...

  • Sat 10
    October 10, 2020 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm PDT

    Every Day We Get More Illegal

    Included in Publishers Weekly's Top 10 Poetry Books of 2020 & LitHub's Most Anticipated Books of the Year! A State of the Union from the nation's first Latino...

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