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  • C. Dale Young + Rick Barot

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

    Please join Green Apple Books on Clement street on Thursday, May 12th at 7:00 p.m. as we host C. Dale Young and Rick Barot, who will be reading from their collections of poetry Halo and Chord, respectively.

  • Jodie Hollander

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

    Free Reading!

  • Why There Are Words: Begin Again

    Studio 333 333 Caledonia Street, Sausalito , CA, United States

    Why There Are Words presents an evening of readings on the theme “Begin Again.”

    $10

  • Martin Seay + Robin Sloan

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

    Martin Seay will talk about The Mirror Thief (Melville House), one of the most talked-about debut novels of 2016, with Robin Sloan.

  • Noah Warren

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

    Noah Warren reads from his first collection, The Destroyer in the Glass, winner of the 110th Yale Series of Younger Poets Prize.

  • Northern California Book Awards

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

    A lively reception with book signing follows, all free and open to the public.

  • Amanda Nadelberg + Ben Mirov

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

    DIESEL, A Bookstore in Oakland and Coffee House Press welcome Amanda Nadelberg and Ben Mirov to the store to discuss and sign their new poetry books, Songs from a Mountain and Ghost Machines.

  • Red Light Lit: You’re So Wrong for Me

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

    Listen to Bay Area writers Miah Jeffra, Anna Pulley, Hannah Wehr and comedian Emily Van Dyke perform material inspired by musical guest Angelina Moysov's song "You're So Wrong for Me."

    $12 – $15

  • West Marin Review Artists + Writers

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

    Join us for an informal evening featuring authors and artists reading from and talking about their work published in West Marin Review, Volume 6.

  • Tom Odegard

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

    Tom Odegard (aka Tom/Ms.G).

  • RADAR: Black Queer Artists in Conversation

    The GLBT Historical Society 4127 18th Street, San Francisco , CA, United States

    As part of our QUEERING THE CASTRO program we're bringing a conversation with three Bay Area artists about the intersections of blackness, queerness and art.

  • Ken Kalfus w/ Rachel Monroe

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

    Ken Kalfus and Rachel Monroe are current Writers in Residence at Headlands Center for the Arts.

  • Louise Erdrich

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

    Louise Erdrich is one of the most gifted, prolific, and challenging of contemporary Native American novelists.

    $29

  • Mark Binelli

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

    Mark Binelli, author of Green Apple staff favorite Detroit City is the Place to Be, reads from his new novel, Screamin' Jay Hawkins' All-Time Greatest Hits.

  • Jim Lynch

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

    Before the Wind is a grand and idiosyncratic family saga.

  • Fenton Johnson

    Books Inc. Berkeley 1491 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley , CA, United States

    Award-winning author Fenton Johnson discusses his unforgettable new novel, The Man Who Loved Birds.

  • Lyrics and Dirges

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

    Chernoff, Murphy, Omura, Rosner, + Velasco

  • Louise Erdrich w/ Gail Tsukiyama

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

    Join us for a very special evening with Louise Erdrich, one of the most gifted, prolific, and challenging of contemporary Native American novelists.

    $10 – $25

  • Townsend Walker

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

    Townsend Walker draws inspiration from cemeteries, foreign places, violence and strong women. A novella in noir, La Ronde, was published by Truth Serum Press in June 2015.

  • Paul Madonna

    The Dryansky Gallery 2120 Union Street, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Paul Madonna’s First Solo Show in Five Years Comes to The Dryansky Gallery in San Francisco in the Form of an Exhibition & Book Launch.

  • BI the way

    E.M. Wolfman General Interest Small Bookstore 410 13th Street, Oakland , CA, United States

    Our readers for this evening are Mk Chavez, Ruth Crossman, J de Salvo, Keeley Ann Finn, Kelly Klein, Colleen McKee, and Jan Steckel.

  • InsideStoryTime SANCTUARY

    The Octopus Literary Salon 2101 Webster St #170, Oakland , CA, United States

    Our first East Bay event!

  • Yaghoub Yadali: Rituals of Restlessness

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

    Yaghoub Yadali, a fiction writer from Iran, has directed for television and worked for Roshd Magazine as the editor of the film section.