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  • Pittsburghers by the Bay

    The Octopus Literary Salon 2101 Webster St #170, Oakland , CA, United States

    Celebrate the Steel City with a reading by four transplanted yinzers - Laura Davis, Molly Prosser, Turi Fesler Steffen, and Laura Vrcek

  • “Kill the Ampaya!” The Best Latin American Baseball Fiction

    Oakland Public Library Temescal branch 5205 Telegraph Avenue, Oakland, CA, United States

    Oakland’s Dick Cluster will introduce Kill the Ampaya!: the Best of Latin American Baseball Fiction, his newly published selection and translations of stories by writers from Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Mexico, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico, and Venezuela.

  • Mariko Tamaki

    San Francisco Public Library 100 Larkin St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Graphic novel author Mariko Tamaki will discuss her book This One Summer.

  • Embodied Writing Workshop: Movement, Writing + Tea

    The Center SF 548 Fillmore Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Designed for: writers who want to move more and yogis who want to try creative writing, all levels welcome.

    $35

  • Christopher Bernard Reads from Chien Lunatique

    DIESEL, A Bookstore 5433 College Ave, Oakland, CA, United States

    Christopher Bernard reads from his new book of poems, Chien Lunatique, at Diesel, A Bookstore.

    Free

  • Bazaar Writers Salon

    Bazaar Cafe 5927 California St, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Readings by Adam Giannelli, Ben Hoffman, + Edgar Kunz.

  • The Dark & The Surreal: Etgar Keret + Ayelet Waldman

    Osher Marin JCC 200 North San Pedro Road, San Rafael, CA, United States

    An unparalleled evening of discussion with Etgar Keret, the best-selling Israeli writer and award-winning filmmaker.

    $10 – $25

  • Battle of the Brains 2017: A Pub Quiz in Support of SPD

    Lake Merritt Sailboat House 568 Bellevue Ave, Oakland , CA, United States

    Join us at this classic pub quiz, featuring teams of up to 8 at each table, working together to answer trivia questions (some of them literary, some not).

  • Alia Malek

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

    Alia Malek discusses her new book, The Home That Was Our Country, with Michelline Marcom.

  • Bayani, Lee, Rader, Roberts, + Lin

    Esplande, Yerba Buena Gardens 761 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Lines and lyrics from Litquake Nation! Enjoy line breaks during your lunch break, as some of the Bay Area’s best poets and musicians share their work in the great outdoors.

  • Edan Lepucki

    DIESEL, A Bookstore 5433 College Ave, Oakland, CA, United States

    A publication party for Edan Lepucki's book "Woman No. 17".

  • Well-RED

    Works/San José 365 S Market St, San Jose, CA, United States

    Reading featuring Tania Martin and Caesar Kent.

    $2

  • Irène Mathieu + special guests

    Green Apple Books 506 Clement St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Irene Mathieu and a collection of special guest readers for an evening of Poetry!

  • EXIT Press Playwrights Panel

    Folio Books 3957 24th St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Join a panel of EXIT Press playwrights and Lily Janiak.

  • MPC Stump the Laureate: Dana Gioia

    Mill Valley Public Library 375 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley , CA, United States

    Come and recite your favorite poem by a published author. California Poet Laureate, Dana Gioia will match the audience poem for poem.

  • José Gutiérrez + Dean Rader

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

    José Gutiérrez + Dean Rader - An Evening of Poetry.

  • Smut: An Unseemly Story (The Greening of Mrs. Donaldson)

    Z Space 450 Florida Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    One of England’s finest and most loved writers, Alan Bennett, explores the uncomfortable and tragicomic gap between people’s public appearance and their private desires in this tender and surprising story.

  • Sarah Ladipo Manyika

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

    Sarah Ladipo Manyika in conversation with Vendela Vida about her new book, Like a Mule Bringing Ice Cream to the Sun.

  • Dani Shapiro

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

    Dani Shapiro reads from Hourglass: Time, Memory, Marriage.

  • Lunada Literary Lounge & Free Me Fast

    Galería de la Raza 2857 24th Street, San Francisco , CA, United States

    An evening of youth spoken word, song, + community Open Mic.

    $5

  • Benjamin Ludwig

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

    Discussing Ginny Moon.