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  • MFA Core Faculty Reading

    Hagerty Lounge, SMC 1928 Saint Mary's Road, Moraga , CA, United States

    Free and open to the public!

  • Third Thursday Has a Birthday Party

    American Bookbinders Museum 355 Clementina St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Please join the American Bookbinders Museum on Thursday, September 15, as we celebrate the museum’s first year in our new home!

  • Zach Wyner

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

    DIESEL, A Bookstore in Oakland welcomes Zach Wyner, to the store to discuss and sign his new novel, What We Never Had.

  • Mary Mackey: The Village of Bones

    Modern Times Bookstore Collective 2919 24th St, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Prequel to the Earthsong Series

  • Colson Whitehead

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

    Colson Whitehead in conversation about his new novel, The Underground Railroad (Doubleday Books).

  • Gayle Forman

    Book Passage San Francisco 1 Ferry Building, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Gayle Forman is a bestselling, award-winning author of young adult novels.

  • George Omi: American Yellow

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

    Follow the Omi family as they make their way through World War II -- from San Francisco to the internment camp in Arkansas and back again in American Yellow.

  • San Jose Poetry Festival

    History Park San José 1650 Senter Road, San Jose , CA, United States

    The theme of the 2016 San José Poetry Festival is Breaking Borders, which celebrates not only our community's diverse ethnic and cultural heritage, but also the wide range of topics and literary styles reflected in our festival workshops, presentations, and small press fair.

    $5 – $20

  • Amor Towles

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

    A Gentleman in Moscow immerses us in another elegantly drawn era with the story of Count Alexander Rostov.

  • Jennifer Barone + CaraVida

    Bird & Beckett Books and Records 653 Chenery St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Come hear Jennifer Barone & Cara Vida feature their latest poetry and more.

  • Poetry Express: James Cagney

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

    Cave Canem fellow James Cagney is a poet and writer from Oakland.

  • Lee Marrs

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

    Pegasus Books Downtown welcomes Lee Marrs, one of the founding mommies of the Wimmen’s Comix Collective, for the launch of her long-awaited collection "The Further Fattening Adventures of Pudge, Girl Blimp".

  • Short Nonfiction

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

    Queer essay authors Julia Serano (Whipping Girl), Aaron Shurin (The Skin of Meaning), and Yuska Lutfi Tuanakotta (Gentlemen Prefer Asians) will read from their essay collections

  • Joseph Fink + Jeffrey Cranor

    Sundance Kabuki 1881 Post Street, San Francisco , CA, United States

    The Booksmith presents Welcome to Night Vale creators Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor for the release of, not just one, but two new books based on the #1 international podcast.

    $27 – $40

  • phren-Z Online Literary Magazine Reading

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

    phren-Z is a quarterly online literary magazine dedicated to showcasing Santa Cruz writers.

  • Poetry into the Beyond

    SF Camerawork 1011 Market St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Please join us for a rare chance to see one of Japan's most innovative and acclaimed performers, poets, photographers, and filmmakers.

  • Jessica Bennett w/ Rachel Thomas

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

    Discussing Feminist Fight Club: An Office Survival Manual for a Sexist Workplace.

    $10 – $40

  • Lee Marrs

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

    Pegasus Books Downtown welcomes Lee Marrs, one of the founding mommies of the Wimmen’s Comix Collective, for the launch of her long-awaited collection "The Further Fattening Adventures of Pudge, Girl Blimp".

  • 52nd Annual Fall Big Book Sale

    Festival Pavillion at Fort Mason 2 Marina Blvd, San Francisco , CA, United States

    WHEN: September 21-25, 2016 // 10 AM - 6 PM. Proceeds support the San Francisco Public Library!

  • Affinity Konar

    Book Passage San Francisco 1 Ferry Building, San Francisco, CA, United States

    A superbly crafted story, told in a voice as exquisite as it is boundlessly original, Mischling defies every expectation, traversing one of the darkest moments in human history to show us the way toward ethereal beauty, moral reckoning, and soaring hope.

  • Ann Patchett w/ Roy Eisenhardt

    Nourse Theatre 275 Hayes Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Part of "On Arts" Benefiting 826 Valencia Scholarship Program Series.

    $29

  • Mary Szybist

    Maude Fife Room, UC Berkeley 2000 Carleston Street, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Free reading!

  • Swan Huntley

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

    Join California author and Columbia University alum, Swan Huntley, to celebrate the publication of her suspenseful debut novel.

  • Alexander Weinstein

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

    Alexander Weinstein reads from his story collection, Children of the New World.

  • Birthright: The Book Party

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

    Celebrating a new book of poems by Cesar Love.