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  • Poets @ Play

    Edwin Markham House in History Park 1650 Senter Road, San Jose, United States

    Sunday, August 19, 1pm-3:30pm this month: Jarvis Subia Edwin Markham House in History Park 1650 Senter Road, San José, CA 95112 Admission FREE Free parking...

  • David Corbett with Cara Black

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    The Bindery hosts a special afternoon event with David Corbett (The Long-Lost Love Letters of Doc Holliday) and Cara Black (Murder on the Left Bank) for their new books. Please join us!...

  • Fiction Discussion Group

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

    The Girl who Chased the Moon by Sarah Addison Allen Emily Benedict has come to Mullaby, North Carolina, hoping to solve at least some of the...

  • Dr. Dan Siegel

    Menlo-Atherton Performing Arts Center 555 Middlefield Rd, Atherton, United States

    NB: This event will be held at the Menlo-Atherton Performing Arts Center at 555 Middlefield Rd., Atherton, CA. Dr. Dan Siegel’s work has been nothing...

    $15 – $50

  • Hazel Reading Series – August 2018 edition

    Red Poppy Art House 2698 Folsom St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    It's August, and Hazel Reading Series is back after the summer break! Join us for a late-summer night of poetry and prose by women. Featuring...

    $5 – $10

  • an evening with williwaw

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    The highly protracted world tour lives ever on, as our amp'd uke comrade williwaw applies a sonic salve to the Paris of the West with some fine...

  • North Beach Poetry Reading with Heather Bourbeau and Steven Gray

    North Beach, SF Public Library 850 Columbus Ave, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Come listen to Heather Bourbeau and Steven Gray read their works as part of Tuesdays at North Beach, a highly-respected weekly poetry series celebrating internationally...

  • ELIXIR

    Public Works 161 Erie Street, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Tales of alchemical brews & magical medicines; marvelous mixtures, dubious concoctions & potions passed as perfect remedies ELIXIR Tuesday, Aug 21 Public Works SF: 161 Erie St,...

    $15 – $25

  • The WordParty Poetry & Jazz Night : Kelechi Ubozoh

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

    at PianoFight: 144 Taylor Street (between Turk & Eddy), San Francisco, CA 94102 – Powell Street BART Hosted by Jennifer Barone, Ingrid Keir, live jazz with Daniel Heffez, Geordie Van Der...

  • D. Wystan Owen presents OTHER PEOPLE’S LOVE AFFAIRS

    East Bay Booksellers 5433 College Avenue, Oakland

    EAST BAY BOOKSELLERS welcomes D. Wystan Owen to discuss his story collection, Other People's Love Affairs, on Tuesday, August 21st at 7pm. In the ten luminous stories of D. Wystan...

  • GET LIT #39 (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

  • Queer Authors read other Queer Authors

    Laurel Book Store 1423 Broadway, Oakland , CA, United States

    Queer authors Natasha Dennerstein, Gar McVey-Russel, Anand Vedawala, Vernon Keeve III, and Luiza Flynn-Goodlett read from their favorite Queer authors. Laurel Bookstore will be closing...

  • Books & Brews: Book Swap

    Santa Cruz Mountain Brewing 402 Ingalls Street, Santa Cruz, CA, United States

    Book Swap! At Santa Cruz Mountain Brewing 402 Ingalls Street, Santa Cruz Event #4 of Bookshop’s 2018 Books & Brews Passport Series Have you ever loved a book...

  • D. Wystan Owen

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

    D. Wystan Owen discusses his new story collection, Other People's Love Affairs. Praise for Other People's Love Affairs “I think this is an absolutely brilliant book...

  • The Racket #22: PETS

    Adobe Books 3130 24th St., San Francisco, CA, United States

    We love pets. We love videos of other people's pets licking lemons or getting stuck in boxes or smiling like they've just huffed down a...

  • Russell Hill

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

    Thursday, August 23, 2018 - 7:00pm This event will be held at our Clement street location. Please join us at Green Apple Books on Clement...

  • Martha Nussbaum: The Monarchy of Fear

    St. John's Presbyterian Church 2727 College Avenue, Berkeley

    KPFA Radio 94.1FM & St. John's Presbyterian Church present MARTHA NUSSBAUM THE MONARCHY OF FEAR For decades Martha C. Nussbaum has been an acclaimed scholar...

    $12 – $15

  • Ada Limon and Matthew Zapruder

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

       Ada Limon discusses her new poetry collection, The Carrying, with Matthew Zapruder. Praise for The Carrying “ new collection is her best yet, a much...

  • TELEGRAPH OPEN MIC (FEATURES: TBD AND TBD)

    Nomadic Press: Uptown 2301 Telegraph Ave., Oakland, CA, United States

    Join us at 23rd and Telegraph in Oakland for a six-slot open mic alongside two amazing features. This month's show features TBD and TBD! Music...

    $10

  • Katie Henry Launch for Heretics Anonymous

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

    Katie Henry Launch for Heretics Anonymous, her hilarious debut YA novel about a band of misfits who set out to challenge their strict Catholic school, one nun at...

  • RETURN TO THE PEOPLES

    The Beat Museum 540 Broadway, San Francisco , CA, United States

    FRI. AUGUST 24TH, 7PM presented by WORLD POETRY MOVEMENT Medellin, Colombia THE REVOLUTIONARY POETS BRIGADE San Francisco Corporatism is the fascism that is manifesting in...

  • Kids 10 & up! Pablo Cartaya

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

    Presenting Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish. One boy's search for his father leads him to Puerto Rico in this moving middle grade novel, for fans of Ghost andSee You...

  • BOOK RELEASE: BLACK STEEL MAGNOLIAS BY JAMES CAGNEY

    Nomadic Press: Uptown 2301 Telegraph Ave., Oakland, CA, United States

    Join us at our Uptown, Oakland, location for the much-anticipated release of James Cagney's first full-length poetry collection, Black Steel Magnolias in the Hour of...

  • Aware: The Science and Practice of Presence with Dr. Dan Siegel

    1440 Multiversity 800 Bethany Dr, Scotts Valley, CA, United States

    Aware: The Science and Practice of Presence with Dr. Dan Siegel Sunday, August 26th, from 7:30 - 9:00 At 1440 Multiversity 1440 Multiversity in partnership...

    $55

  • Evening Literary Seminar: Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward

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

    Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward This gorgeous, down-to-earth National Book Award Winner is not to be missed. It’s not enough to say that Salvage...

    $48