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  • Oakland Peace Festival

    Oakland Peace Center 111 Fairmount Ave, Oakland, CA

    WELCOME Join us at the inaugural Oakland Peace Festival organized by Nomadic Press and hosted at the Oakland Peace Center for a celebration of all...

    $10

  • Socialist Realism | Trisha Low, Jane Gregory & Brandon Brown

    moe's books 2476 Telegraph Avenue, Berkeley

    Please join us for the launch of SOCIALIST REALISM (Emily Books/Coffee House, 2019)! TRISHA LOW will read, with special guests JANE GREGORY & BRANDON BROWN....

    Free

  • Meet the 2020 Candidate: Senator Kirsten Gillibrand

    Manny's 3092 16th St, San Francisco, CA 94103, San Francisco, United States

    The Next 50 is excited to host another 2020 contender in the San Francisco Bay Area: Senator Kirsten Gillibrand. To secure a place at this...

    $50 – $500

  • Rick Moody: The Long Accomplishment

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

    Rick Moody discusses his new memoir, The Long Accomplishment: A Memoir of Hope and Struggle in Matrimony. Praise for The Long Accomplishment “Touching. . . ....

    Free

  • E.R. Ramzipoor:The Ventriloquists

    Moe's Books 2476 Telegraph Avenue, Bekeley

    E.R. Ramzipoor is a writer based in California. She also works as a content marketer, writing about cybercrime and online fraud. She studied political science...

    Free

  • Scott Hylbert: Task Lyst

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

    Scott Hylbert joins us to discuss his new novel, Task Lyst. About Task Lyst Do you need to have someone walk your dog? How about to...

    Free

  • Kimberly King Parsons / Black Light: Stories

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    The Bindery hosts Kimberly King Parsons for her new story collection, Black Light. More to be announced soon, but please save the date and join us! “The stories...

  • Catamaran Literary Reader, Fall 2019 Issue Launch

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

    Contributors to the Fall 2019 Issue of Catamaran Literary Reader will join us for a live reading in celebration of the issue launch. Readers featured at this issue...

  • Silent Reading Party

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    Presented by Lemony Snicket and Radio Silence. Bring a book to read to yourself in silence. Drinks and light snacks will be available. There is...

  • SF LAUNCH for Daniel Handler w/Dan Stone / Bottle Grove

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    The Bindery hosts a special evening to celebrate Daniel Handler's new novel Bottle Grove. With him in conversation is Dan Stone, and we'll have specialty cocktails created by...

  • Chuck Forester: Eat, Sleep, Love

    James C. Hormel LGBTQIA Center of San Francisco Public Library 100 Larkin St. San Francisco,, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Eat, Sleep, Love, by Chuck Forester, is a fond look back on a brief time when life opened up for gay men only to collapse with the...

    Free

  • Mark Arax

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

    discussing the subject of his new book THE DREAMT LAND: Chasing Water and Dust Across California published by Alfred Knopf A vivid, searching journey into...

  • Carolina De Robertis w/R. O. Kwon / LAUNCH for Cantoras

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    Carolina De Robertis w/R. O. Kwon / LAUNCH for Cantoras Wednesday, September 4, 2019 - 7:30pm Body: The Bindery hosts a special evening to launch...

  • Hot Boxx Girls by Darwin Bell

    Tenderloin Museum 398 Eddy St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    September 5, 6pm-9pm Opening Reception A free public celebration of the third Aunt Charlie’s art exhibition, featuring the work of Darwin Bell. Recently named “Best...

  • John Billheimer

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

    John Billheimer joins us to discuss his new book, Hitchcock and the Censors. About Hitchcock and the Censors Throughout his career, Alfred Hitchcock had to deal...

  • Daniel Handler as Daniel Handler

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

    reading from his new novel Bottle Grove published by Bloomsbury Books A razor-sharp tale of two couples, two marriages, a bar, and a San Francisco...

  • Left Margin LIT 3rd Birthday Party (and Reading)

    Novel Brewing Company 6510 San Pablo Ave, Oakland, CA

    Come celebrate with us as we cap our 3rd year (and enter our 4th) as the East Bay's creative writing center/workspace. This is also our...

  • Neeli Cherkovski and Jim Dunn, reading and in conversation

    The Poetry Center, San Francisco State University 1600 Holloway Ave, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Neeli Cherkovski and Jim Dunn, reading and in conversation Thursday, September 5 - 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm The Poetry Center, Humanities 512, San Francisco...

    Free

  • Mike Isaac w/Casey Newton / SF Launch for Super Pumped

    The Booksmith 1644 Haight St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Booksmith hosts New York Times technology correspondent Mike Isaac for the San Francisco launch ofSuper Pumped: The Battle for Uber. With Mike in conversation is Casey Newton (The Interface). Please join...

  • System Reboot: Rosenthal / Witte / Armendinger / Greyja / Sáenz

    Alley Cat Books 3036 24th St, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Come celebrate the launch of Sarah Rosenthal and Valerie Witte's collaborative chapbook, 'The Grass Is Greener When the Sun Is Yellow', and Brent Armendinger's 'Street...

    Free

  • Launch for Vivian Ho / Those Who Wander: America’s Lost Street Kids

    The Booksmith 1644 Haight St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    The Booksmith hosts the launch for former San Francisco Chronicle criminal justice reporter Vivian Ho's debut book, Those Who Wander: America's Lost Street Kids. More information to be announced...

  • The Last Hoisan Poets

    Chinese Historical Society of America 965 Clay St., San Francisco, CA, United States

    Genny Lim, Nellie Wong, and Flo Oy Wong return to CHSA! These three monumentally influential women artists and poets all trace their roots to China’s...

    Free – $15
  • front cover for Underground Living

    Re/Search Celebrates The Release Of Issue 19: Underground Living

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

    Re/Search celebrates the release of Issue 19: UNDERGROUND LIVING with V. Vale and Rudy Rucker. V. Vale has traversed the major global underground movements of...

    Free

  • Aging: Representations on Screen and in Print, a Conversation

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

    How is aging represented though different media – on film and by the written word? Sheila Malkind will talk about film, specifically the Legacy Film...

    Free

  • APAture 2019: Living as an Artist Panel

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

    Join Kearny Street Workshop for a panel on the experiences of living as a professional artist, featuring Weston Teruya, Terisa Siagatonu, and DJ Umami, and...

    Free

  • Poetic Tuesdays with Litquake at Jessie Square

    Jessie Square 736 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    The monthly collaboration between Litquake: San Francisco’s Literary Festival and the Yerba Buena Gardens Festival features an array of Bay Area poets and musicians.

    Free