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  • October 2020

  • Tue 6

    Virtual Event: Robert Duncan and Gary Wilson

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

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

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

    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

    Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell | GGP Online Book Club

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

    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

    Virtual Event: Robert Duncan and Gary Wilson

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

    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

    Alex Ross and John Adams in Conversation

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

    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

    Colossus:Home Reading

    October 6, 2020 @ 9:30 pm - 10:30 pm PDT

    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

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

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

    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

    Contemporary Classics – Call Me Zebra

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

    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

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

    October 7, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT
    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

    Fowzia Karimi

    October 8, 2020 @ 12:00 pm PDT

    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

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

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

    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

    Patti Smith

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

    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

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

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

    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

    San Francisco Poet Laureate Kim Shuck’s Poem Jam

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

    VIRTUAL: Launch for Paul Madonna / Come to Light

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

    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

    Virtual Event: Neal Karlen on Prince

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

    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

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

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

    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

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

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

    13th Annual Life is Living Festival

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

    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

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

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

    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

    Virtual Event: Shannon Lee and Jeff Chang

    October 9, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PDT

    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

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

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

    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

    Building Bridges Book Club

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

    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

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

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

    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

    Poetry Reading: Barbara Jane Reyes and Friends

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

    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

    Resistencia Feminista: Contemporary Mexican Poetry

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

    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

    Every Day We Get More Illegal

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

    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...

  • Sat 10

    Libra Party Online

    October 10, 2020 @ 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    Please register in advance for this party: https://us02web.zoom.us/.../tZAodOCprzIjHdbNOehEcyyXZKmLN... come celebrate the Libra season with your favorite Libras who both had books published this year! we'll...

  • Sat 10

    Foreman : Georges : Holtland : Mody : Robinson

    October 10, 2020 @ 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm PDT

    Please join Drop Leaf Press as we celebrate our first chapbook author’s first full-length collection with our first-ever online reading! Tanya Holtland (Inner River, Drop...

  • Sat 10

    Tania Romanov in conversation with Don George – One Hundred Years of Exile (Virtual Event)

    October 10, 2020 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    In One Hundred Years of Exile: A Romanov's Search of Her Father’s Russia San Francisco author Tania Romanov tells the story of her journey through 100 years of...

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