Jarett Kobek
City Lights Bookstore 261 Columbus Ave, San Francisco , CA, United Statescelebrating the release of his new novel Only Americans Burn in Hell published by We've Heard You Like Books 'Brilliantly funny ... the best satire...
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Elizabeth Strout, Olive Again
DNA's Comedy Lab & Experimental Theatre 155 S River St, Sanata Cruz, CAA LITERARY SOIREE WITH ELIZABETH STROUT In Conversation with Elizabeth McKenzie Offsite & Ticketed Event at DNA’s Comedy Lab Cosponsored by The Humanities Institute at...
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Gary Janetti: Do You Mind If I Cancel?
Green Apple Books on the Park 1231 9th Ave, San Francisco , CA, United StatesGary Janetti discusses his new book, Do You Mind If I Cancel? (Things That Still Annoy Me). Praise for Do You Mind If I Cancel? "Gary...
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Folkland Book Club featuring books from Small Press Distribution
Oakland Main Library 125 14th St, Oakland, CA, United StatesJoin us for a monthly book club featuring titles from Small Press Distribution. Pick up a free copy of our October book at the September...
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Future Tense Fiction: Stories of Tomorrow
Green Apple Books on the Park 1231 9th Ave, San Francisco , CA, United StatesHannu Rajaniemi, Meg Elison, Annalee Newitz discuss their contributions to Future Tense Fiction: Stories of Tomorrowwith editor Torie Bosch. About Future Tense Fiction Future Tense Fiction is a...
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JOHN LITHGOW In Conversation with Calvin Trillin
Sydney Goldstein Theater 275 Hayes St, San Francisco, CA, United StatesJOHN LITHGOW In Conversation with Calvin Trillin Wednesday, October 30, 2019, 7:30 pm Venue: Sydney Goldstein Theater Series: Special Events Buy Tickets | 415.392.4400 John Lithgow is an award-winning actor...
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Susan Steinberg presents Machine
Pegasus Books Downtown 2349 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley , CA, United StatesSusan Steinberg presents Machine Wednesday, October 30, 7:30pm Pegasus Books Downtown Susan Steinberg discusses Machine: a haunting story of guilt and blame in the wake of a drowning,...
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Impromptu writing online via Zoom!
onlineCome join us to write together from the comfort of home! This chance to meet via computer or mobile device (or by phone) is surprisingly...
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SoMa Lurk Book Launch & Reading
Project Kalahati 150 Frank H Ogawa Plaza, Oakland, CA, United StatesJoin on First Friday. Book description: SoMa Lurk is a collection of poems and photographs by José Vadi that documents, channels, and writes from the...
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Nighttime on the Other Side of Everything – Book Launch
Jered's Pottery 5743A Horton St., Emeryville, CA, United StatesJoin Sarah Kobrinsky for the celebration of the launch of her new book, Nighttime on the Other Side of Everything (New Rivers Press). Expect a...
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Word for Word Presents: “EXACTLY!” THEY SAID… A Festival of Short Stories by California Writers Brought Straight to the Stage
various venues CA, United StatesWord for Word Presents: “EXACTLY!” THEY SAID… A Festival of Short Stories by California Writers Brought Straight to the Stage SUBMISSIONS NOW CLOSED November 1-7...
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Mikhal Dekel: Tehran Children
Green Apple Books on the Park 1231 9th Ave, San Francisco , CA, United StatesMikhal Dekel discusses her new book, Tehran Children: A Holocaust Refugee Odyssey. Praise for Tehran Children “A revelatory history, a saga of flight and welcome, of...
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BAPC OPEN POETRY READING
Strawberry Creek Lodge 1320 Addison Street, Berkeley, CA, United StatesBAPC OPEN POETRY READING Upcoming First Saturday Readings in 201 November 2, December 7 3:00 - 5:00 PM STRAWBERRY CREEK LODGE 1320 Addison St.,...
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Elizabeth Chiles Shelburne: Holding on to Nothing
Green Apple Books on the Park 1231 9th Ave, San Francisco , CA, United StatesElizabeth Chiles Shelburne discusses her new novel, Holding on to Nothing. Praise for Holding on to Nothing “Holding On To Nothing is a resonant song of the...
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50 Hikes with Kids Reading and Nature Scavenger Hunt
Pegasus Books on Solano 1855 Solano Ave, Berkeley, CA, United States50 Hikes with Kids Reading and Nature Scavenger Hunt Pegasus Books Solano Sunday, November 3, 2pm - 3pm Pegasus families, come join author Wendy Gorton...
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Ramesh Srinivasan
City Lights Bookstore 261 Columbus Ave, San Francisco , CA, United Statesdiscussing his new book Beyond the Valley: How Innovators around the World are Overcoming Inequality and Creating the Technologies of Tomorrow Published by The MIT...
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Quiet Lightning in the Doolan-Larson Building
Doolan-Larson Building 557 Ashbury St., San Francisco, CA, United StatesMonday, November 4 in the Doolan-Larson Building a literary mixtape, featuring: A.A. Vincent Noah Sanders Anna Allen Chelsea Davis Kelly Alsup Abe Becker Emilie Osborn Genie Cartier...
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Raina Telgemeier
First Congregational Church of Berkeley 2345 Channing Way, Berkeley, CA, United StatesRaina Telgemeier OFFSITE TICKETED EVENT presents Guts, a true story from the bestselling, multiple Eisner Award-winning author of Smile, Sisters, Drama, and Ghosts. Telgemeier once again brings a thoughtful, charming, and funny tale about...
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Jane Hirshfield & Ellery Acres A Benefit Reading for the Sierra Club
Sierra Club National Headquarters 2101 Webster St, 13th Floor, Oakland, CA - CaliforniaTuesday, November 5, 2019 at 6:30pm Jane Hirshfield & Ellery Acres A Benefit Reading for the Sierra Club 2101 Webster St., 13th Floor, Oakland Poems...
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Release Party for New great weather for MEDIA Anthology
Bird & Beckett Books and Records 653 Chenery St, San Francisco , CA, United StatesBird & Beckett and great weather for MEDIA present an inspiring evening of cutting edge poets and prose writers from across the Bay Area and...
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Shannon Pufahl: On Swift Horses
Green Apple Books on the Park 1231 9th Ave, San Francisco , CA, United StatesShannon Pufahl discusses hew new novel, On Swift Horses. Praise for On Swift Horses “Once in a rare while you come across a novel of such...
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ANDRÉ ACIMAN & ANDREW SEAN GREER In Conversation with Steven Winn
Sydney Goldstein Theater 275 Hayes St, San Francisco, CA, United StatesAndre Aciman is a memoirist, essayist, novelist, and scholar of seventeenth-century literature. Call Me By Your Name, Aciman’s best-known novel, was adapted into an Academy Award-winning film. The sequel, Find...
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Tamim Ansary discusses The Invention of Yesterday
Pegasus Books Downtown 2349 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley , CA, United StatesWednesday, November 6, 730pm Pegasus Books Downtown Tamim Ansary discusses and signs copies of The Invention of Yesterday: A 50,000-Year History of Human Culture, Conflict, and...
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Monica Youn
Morrison Library, UC Berkeley 2000 Carleston Street, Berkeley, CA, United StatesMonica Youn is the author of three books of poems, most recently BLACKACRE (2016), which won the William Carlos Williams Award of the Poetry Society of America...
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Women* Bike Book Club: Back in the Frame
Oakland Public Library - Golden Gate Branch 5606 San Pablo Ave., Oakland, CAWe're excited to read Back in the Frame by Jools Walker for our November meeting. Jools Walker, the writer behind the blog VeloCityGirl, rediscovered biking in her late...
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Tripwire Cross-Cultural Poetics Series: Cardboard House Press/Cartonera Collective: Giancarlo Huapaya, Omar Pimienta, José Antonio Villarán
The Poetry Center, San Francisco State University 1600 Holloway Ave, San Francisco , CA, United StatesThe Poetry Center's Tripwire Cross-Cultural Poetics Series continues in its second year, as welcome Giancarlo Huapaya, Omar Pimienta, and José Antonio Villarán—all three poets involved in the outstanding literary...
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Give Us The Word
Alley Cat Books 3036 24th St, San Francisco, CA, United StatesGive Us The Word, Queer Rebels present an evening of words of wisdom, words of resistance, words to inspire, words that heal. Words that help...
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Julia Scheeres hosting Q & A with author Mary Merv Ladd
East Bay Booksellers 5433 College Avenue, OaklandMary Ladd will co-host a book-signing and Q&A with author and journalist Julia Scheeres. The Wig Diaries is Mary Ladd’s debut disrespectful cancer book, delivered...
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CHRIS HUGHES In Conversation with Courtney E. Martin
Sydney Goldstein Theater 275 Hayes St, San Francisco, CA, United StatesIn 2002, Chris Hughes met Mark Zuckerberg at Harvard, in his freshman year, and the two co-founded what would become Facebook. In 2007, Hughes left Facebook to...
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Eves at the Beat: Womxn Reading at The Beat Museum
The Beat Museum 540 Broadway, San Francisco , CA, United StatesDuring Women's History month a constellation of events brought together a group of fabulous womxn+ writers. The meeting of these hearts and minds exploded into...
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