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  • Brendan Jones: The Alaskan Laundry

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

    Brendan Jones reads from his debut novel, The Alaskan Laundry.

  • You’re Going to Die: Poetry, Prose & Everything Goes

    The Lost Church 65 Capp Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Poetry, prose, music, dancing, comedy, drama, happy, sad, & on & on & on… Remember: EVERYTHING GOES… so do whatever you want.

    $10

  • First Friday: Poetry World Series

    Main Reading Room, Mill Valley Public Library 375 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley , CA, United States

    Event curators: Rebecca Foust and Melissa Stein. Music and sound effects mixed by Franklin Walther of Mill Valley.

  • Taylor Jacob Pate: Becoming the Virgin

    Chapter 510 & the Dept. of Make Believe 2301 Telegraph Ave, Oakland, CA, United States

    Donations will be called for throughout the evening, but no one will be turned away for lack of funds. Wine will be available.

  • Listen to Your Mother

    Brava Theater Center 2781 24th Street, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Ten percent of ticket proceeds will go to benefit Oakland Elizabeth House, a transitional program for women with children who have experienced homelessness, violence, addiction, and/or poverty.

    $28.50

  • N+1 Issue 25 Launch Party

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

    Spring 2016 edition

  • Hume, Rahimtoola, Weeks, + Burger

    Studio One Arts Center 365 45th Street, Oakland, CA, United States

    Admission is FREE. Wine, Lagunitas beer, and snacks will be served.

  • UC Berkeley Extension Student Reading

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

    Join students and teachers for a selection of readings from work produced through the UC Berkeley Extension program.

  • Ayelet Waldman: Love and Treasure

    North Branch, Berkeley Public Library 1170 The Alameda, Berkeley, CA, United States

    The acclaimed author of Red Hook Road, Bad Mother, Daughter’s Keeper, and the “Mommy Track Mysteries” series joins us at the Berkeley Public Library North Branch to talk about her latest novel, Love and Treasure.

  • Beers and Poems w/ Emily Carr

    Woods Bar & Brewery 1701 Telegraph Ave, Oakland, CA, United States

    Join us as we celebrate the publication of Emily Carr’s poetry collection, WHOSOEVER HAS LET A MINOTAUR ENTER THEM, OR A SONNET.

  • Elizabeth Alford

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

    Elizabeth Alford has always had an on-again-off-again relationship with poetry; but in the wake of her graduation from CSU East Bay, she recently announced that they are now going steady (much to everyone’s relief)

  • Writers on Writing: Kevin Killian

    San Francisco State University 1600 Holloway Ave, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Writer Kevin Killian reads from and discusses his work.

  • Don DeLillo w/ Rachel Kushner

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

    Don DeLillo is the author of fifteen novels, one story collection, and three stage plays.

    $29

  • Quiet Lightning: Call and Response: Kim Anno + Pamela Z

    The Lost Church 65 Capp Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Call and Response: a specialist in any field gives a presentation—of any kind—in their area of expertise, followed by an informal Q&A and an improv response by some of the Bay Area’s finest creative musicians.

    $15

  • Kevin Clark + Wendy Barker

    Albany Library 1247 Marin Ave, Albany, CA, United States

    Followed by open mic.

  • Antonia Hayes + Sophie Cunningham

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

    Antonia Hayes talks about her debut novel, Relativity, with Sophie Cunningham.

  • MariNaomi: Turning Japanese

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

    MariNaomi presents Turning Japanese, an illustrated memoir that chronicles her experiences working at illegal hostess bars from San Jose to Tokyo.

  • Milvia Street Journal Release Party

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

    Milvia Street art and literary journal first came out in 1989 from Vista Community College. We're celebrating the newest issue with a reading by Diana Arnold, Paul Elias Taylor, Lark Omura, Raymond Richard, Patricia France, and others.

  • Well-RED: Mantecón, Duran, + Myers

    Works/San José 365 S Market St, San Jose, CA, United States

    Admission: $2 Suggested Donation; No one turned away.

    $2

  • Farewell Friends/Hurry Home Tour Launch

    The Speakeasy 605 56th Street, Oakland , CA, United States

    Come say goodbye to us and help us kick off the tour with an open mic event!

  • Kate Tempest

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

    Poet, playwright, and hip-hop artist Kate Tempest will read from her debut novel, The Bricks That Built the Houses.

  • Fireside Storytelling: GOTTA BAIL

    The Institute of Possibility 3359 Cesar Chavez St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    We’ve assembled six great storytellers who’ll share their best stories about those sticky “gotta bail” situations. Join us!

    $15

  • Reyes, Tremblay-McGaw, + Stecopoulos

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

    Reading from their most recently published books.

  • A History of Latino Comics: “The Underground”

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

    The audience will get a sneak peek at the origins of the Underground Comix scene of the 1960s-70s, and how it stimulated the Latino comics movement.

  • Genny Lim + Michael Warr

    Readers Bookstore Fort Mason Center, Building C, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Proceeds from our bookstores benefit the San Francisco Public Library.

  • Voz Sin Tinta: Cruz Gonzales, Dallett, + Veylit

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

    Event is FREE and open to the public. Bring friends, bring something to drink and/or nosh on, and get ready for an epic evening of live performances by local artists.