• Jared A. Brock / The Road to Dawn

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    The Bindery hosts Jared Brock, in town to present his new book The Road to Dawn: Josiah Henson and the Story That Sparked the Civil War and the corresponding...

  • Fiction Discussion Group

    Kepler's Books 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park , CA, United States

    Autumn by Ali Smith Autumn. Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness. Two old friends--Daniel, a centenarian, and Elisabeth, born in 1984--look to both the future and...

  • Tommy Orange, There There

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

    Tommy Orange, There There Monday, June 18, 2018 - 7:00pm Bookshop Santa Cruz welcomes Tommy Orange for a reading and signing of his highly-anticipated debut...

  • Tongo Eisen-Martin

    Himalayan Flavors 1585 University Ave, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Poetry Express presents a reading with Tongo Eisen-Martin, Heavan Is All Goodbyes, Himalayan Flavors, 1585 University Avenue, Berkeley, free, 7:00-9:00

  • Lauren Groff

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

    Lauren Groff reads from her new story collection, Florida. About Florida The bold new book from the celebrated New York Times-bestselling author of Fates and Furies. "Lauren Groff...

  • Poetry Jam

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

    Join us when San Francisco Poet Laureate Kim Shuck reads poetry with Ukiah Poet Laureate Linda Noel and Thea Matthews.

  • Queer Words: In Conversation with Rob Rosen

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

    Wayne Goodman will sit in conversation with the author of "Sparkle: The Queerest Book You’ll Ever Love," "Fierce," "Hot Lava," "Queens of the Apocalypse," "Creature...

  • David Stephen Calonne on Bukowski and writing

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

    David Stephen Calonne on Bukowski and writing celebrating the release of The Mathematics of the Breath and the Way: On Writers and Writing by Charles...

    Free
  • Susie Bright, Santa Cruz Noir

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

    Susie Bright, Santa Cruz Noir Tuesday, June 19, 2018 - 7:00pm Local writer and editor Susie Bright will discuss and sign copies of her highly-anticipated...

  • Richard Rhodes

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

    discussing the subject of his new book ENERGY: A Human History published by Simon and Schuster Pulitzer Prize- and National Book Award-winning author Richard Rhodes...

  • The WordParty Poetry & Jazz Night

    PianoFight 144 Taylor St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    NEXT up: Tuesday June 19th, 2018 Our featured artist is: James Zealous (Ellis) at PianoFight: 144 Taylor Street (between Turk & Eddy), San Francisco, CA 94102 – Powell...

  • Get Lit #37 (Music by TBD)

    Ale Industries 3096 E 10th Street, Oakland, CA, United States

    Doors open at 7:00 PM; show starts at 7:30 PM SHARP! An amazing gathering of 12-15 writers will read NEVER-BEFORE-READ material (rough drafts / debuts)...

    $10 – $25
  • BOOKSMITH: Yrsa Daley-Ward / The Terrible

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

    Booksmith hosts Yrsa Daley-Ward for her remarkable new book The Terrible: A Storyteller's Memoir. Please join us!   From the celebrated poet behind bone, a lyrical memoir -- part...

  • Chris Feliciano Arnold

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

    Chris Feliciano Arnold discusses his new book, The Third Bank of the River: Power and Survival in the Twenty-First Century Amazon. About The Third Bank of...

  • Katharine Dion

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

    Launch celebration for her debut novel, The Dependents, a wise and lyrical debut novel about a new widower confronting the truth about his long marriage. "A marvel of a...

  • Yrsa Daley-Ward : Reading & Conversation

    Mills College, Littlefield Concert Hall 5000 MacArthur Blvd, Oakland, CA, United States

    Yrsa Daley-Ward : Reading & Conversation Wednesday, June 20, 6:00pm Mills College: Littlefield Concert Hall 5000 MacArthur Blvd Oakland, CA 94613 Join Yrsa Daley-Ward in...

    $10 – $25
  • Novelist Moriel Rothman-Zecher

    Moe's Books 2476 Telegraph Ave., Berkeley, CA, United States

    Moe's welcomes Moriel Rothman-Zecher, author of Sadness is a White Bird. "Ultimately, “Sadness is a White Bird” is a nuanced examination of what it is...

    free
  • Ana Raquel Minian

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

    Ana Raquel Minian Wednesday, June 20, 2018, 7:00 p.m., City Lights Booksellers, 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco discussing the subject of her new book Undocumented...

  • Moriel Rothman-Zecher, author of Sadness is a White Bird

    Moe's Books 2476 Telegraph Ave, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Moe's welcomes Moriel Rothman-Zecher, author of Sadness is a White Bird. "Ultimately, “Sadness is a White Bird” is a nuanced examination of what it is like...

  • Moriel Rothman-Zecher in conversation with Ayelet Waldman

    Moe's Books 2476 Telegraph Ave, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Moe's welcomes Moriel Rothman-Zecher, author of Sadness is a White Bird. "Ultimately, “Sadness is a White Bird” is a nuanced examination of what it is like...

  • Lyrics & Dirges: A Monthly Reading Series

    Pegasus Books Downtown 2349 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley , CA, United States

    Lyrics & Dirges: A Monthly Reading Series Wednesday, June 20, 7:30pm This Recurring Event is at Pegasus Books Downtown Lyrics & Dirges: A Monthly Reading Series...

  • Jana Casale

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

    Jana Casale discusses her new novel, The Girl Who Never Read Noam Chomsky. Praise for The Girl Who Never Read Noam Chomsky “Casale writes with both...

  • Edna in a Bottle (tastes funny)

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    Edna in a Bottle (tastes funny) is a new San Francisco comedy hour at The Bindery in the Haight district. Edna and her friends are trapped...

    $12 – $15
  • Zoé Samudzi

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

    Zoé Samudzi discussing the subject of her new book As Black as Resistance: Finding the Conditions for Liberation by William C. Anderson and Zoé Samudzi with...

    Free
  • Joel Selvin, Fare Thee Well

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

    Joel Selvin, Fare Thee Well Thursday, June 21, 2018 - 7:00pm Bookshop Santa Cruz welcomes music journalist and bestselling author Joel Selvin for a discussion...

  • Story is the Thing

    Kepler's Books 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park , CA, United States

    Join us on Thursday, June 21st for our quarterly reading series - Story is the Thing - that highlights established authors and stars on the...