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  • August 2020
  • Sun 9
    August 9, 2020 @ 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm PDT

    The Bomb: Understanding its History and the Hope for a Nuclear-Free Future

    City Lights Booksellers & Publishers in conjunction with the San Francisco Bay Chapter of Physician's for Social Responsibility present The Bomb: Understanding its History and...

  • Sun 9
    August 9, 2020 @ 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm PDT

    Book Launch and Panel: Migrant Crossings

    FREE Zoom Event Presented by Eastwind Books of Berkeley Co-sponsored by the Asian American and Asian Diaspora Studies Department of UC Berkeley. Join us online...

  • Sun 9
    August 9, 2020 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm PDT

    Conversations with Authors – Michelle Bowdler (Virtual Event)

    Michelle Bowdler’s debut blend of memoir and cultural investigation, Is Rape a Crime?, tells the story of her rape and recovery while interrogating why one of...

  • Mon 10
    August 10, 2020 @ 11:00 am - 1:00 pm PDT

    VIRTUAL: Federico Finchelstein / A Brief History of Fascist Lies

    Booksmith and UC Press present a 6-part series of virtual events focused on urgent societal issues, broadcasting every Monday at 11am PST. This second event in the series features Federico Finchelstein discussing his book A...

  • Mon 10
    August 10, 2020 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm PDT

    Virtual Event: Molly Wizenberg and Esmé Weijun Wang

    Join us on Monday, August 10 at 5pm PDT when Molly Wizenberg discusses her memoir The Fixed Stars with Esmé Weijun Wang on Zoom. Zoom Login https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85317065845 Or iPhone one-tap...

  • Tue 11
    August 11, 2020 @ 8:00 am - 5:00 pm PDT

    Launch for Nancy Jooyoun Kim with Ingrid Rojas Contreras / The Last Story of Mina Lee

    Booksmith and The Bindery host a virtual event with Nancy Jooyoun Kim to launch her debut novel The Last Story of Mina Lee. She'll be in conversation with Ingrid...

  • Tue 11
    August 11, 2020 @ 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm PDT

    Bernard-Henri Levy in conversation with Adam Gopnik

    City Lights in conjunction with the Cultural Services of the French Embassy in the United States and Yale University Press celebrate the release of Bernard-Henri...

  • Tue 11
    August 11, 2020 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm PDT

    Virtual Event: Shruti Swamy and Meng Jin

    Join us on Tuesday, August 11 at 5pm PDT when Shruti Swamy discusses her story collection A House is a Body with Meng Jin on Zoom. Zoom Login Info...

  • Tue 11
    August 11, 2020 @ 7:00 pm PDT

    Well-RED Virtual

    Reading Series Tuesday, August 11, 7pm on Zoom featuring Safia Elhillo and MK Chavez open mic preceeds the featured readers online on Zoom registration link...

    Free
  • Tue 11
    August 11, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PDT

    VIRTUAL EVENT: Jana Marcus, Line of Blood

    When a newspaper article about a murdered mobster from the 1940s was discovered in her grandmother's secret drawer, award-winning photographer and local author Jana Marcus...

  • Tue 11
    August 11, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PDT

    Virgil Wander by Leif Enger | GGP Online Book Club

    Please join us on Tuesday, August 11, 2020 at 7 PM PDT for a GGP Online Book Club discussion of Leif Enger's novel, VIRGIL WANDER....

  • Tue 11
    August 11, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PDT

    Geri Spieler & Rick Kaplowitz – San Francisco Values (Virtual Event)

    As Americans are one step from deciding who will be our next president, Geri Spieler and Rick Kaplowitz, the authors of San Francisco Values: Common Ground for Getting America Back...

  • Wed 12
    August 12, 2020 @ 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm PDT

    Pilipinx Essential Workers: Colonization, Delano, and Beyond

    Eastwind Books and the Association for Asian American Studies (AAAS) present an online panel conversation with authors Enrique de la Cruz, Patty Enrado, Tony Robles,...

  • Wed 12
    August 12, 2020 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    Joshua Bennett in conversation with Tongo Eisen Martin, Jesse McCarthy, and Simone White

    discussing Joshua Bennett's new book Being Property Once Myself: Blackness and the End of Man published by Belknap Press/Harvard University Press This is a virtual...

  • Wed 12
    August 12, 2020 @ 7:00 pm PDT

    SHAUN KING presents MAKE CHANGE: HOW TO FIGHT INJUSTICE, ​DISMANTLE SYSTEMIC OPPRESSION, AND OWN OUR FUTURE

    ** PLEASE NOTE ** >  This event will be virtual and free of charge. Connection information is forthcoming. Please save the date and join us! >  Order...

    Free
  • Wed 12
    August 12, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PDT

    VIRTUAL TICKETED EVENT: John Waters, Mr. Know-It-All

    Join us as we celebrate Mr. Know-It-All, the newest essay collection from legendary New York Times bestselling author John Waters, reflecting on how to overcome newfound respectability and...

    $24 – $29
  • Thu 13
    August 13, 2020 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm PDT

    Lunch Visit and Discussion with Molly Wizenberg, author of THE FIXED STARS

    The Ruby 23rd and bryant street, san francisco

    Join us for a discussion and Q&A with Molly Wizenberg, author of The Fixed Stars. Molly will be in conversation with Ruby member Sana Javeri Kadri. Thanks to...

    Free
  • Thu 13
    August 13, 2020 @ 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm PDT

    Solidarity: From Third World Liberation Front to Black Lives Matter

    Eastwind Books of Berkeley and the Association for Asian American Studies (AAAS) present an online conversation with authors Juanita Tamayo Lott, Dr. LaNada War Jack...

  • Thu 13
    August 13, 2020 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    VIRTUAL: Diane Cook in conversation with Rahawa Haile / The New Wilderness

    Booksmith and The Bindery host a virtual event with Man V. Nature author Diane Cook for her anticipated debut novel, The New Wilderness. She'll be in conversation with Rahawa Haile. Please join...

  • Thu 13
    August 13, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PDT

    VIRTUAL EVENT: Karen Tei Yamashita, Sansei and Sensibility

    Bookshop Santa Cruz and The Humanities Institute at UC Santa Cruz invite you to join us for a free online event with Karen Tei Yamashita who...

  • Thu 13
    August 13, 2020 @ 7:30 pm PDT

    [Virtual Ruby] Molly Wizenberg, author of THE FIXED STARS

    Join us for a discussion and Q&A with Molly Wizenberg, author of The Fixed Stars. Molly will be in conversation with Ruby member Sana Javeri Kadri. We...

    Free
  • Fri 14
    August 14, 2020 @ 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm PDT

    Jessica Lee and Bathsheba Demuth Celebrate the publication of Two Trees Make a Forest

    Jessica J. Lee is joined in conversation by Bathsheba Demuth to celebrate the publication of her book, Two Trees Make a Forest: In Search of My...

  • Fri 14
    August 14, 2020 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm PDT

    Zoom Forward! Jessica Breheny, Richard Huffman & Helene Simkin Jara

    VIRTUAL EVENT: Please join us for an online reading with Jessica Breheny, Richard Huffman, and Helene Simkin Jara, part of the Zoom Forward Reading Series, hosted by...

  • Sat 15
    August 15, 2020 @ 12:00 pm PDT

    R.O. Kwon, Rachel Khong And Cathy Park Hong For Point Reyes Books

    Fundraising Goal: $2000 It’s a tough time for local bookstores, what with the social distancing and the sheltering in place. So we’re raising funds to...

    Free
  • Sat 15
    August 15, 2020 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm PDT

    Online Fundraiser for GGP: Authors Byron Lane (A STAR IS BORED) & Steven Rowley (THE EDITOR) in Discussion with Author Bianca Marais

    A Great Good Place for Books welcomes authors Byron Lane (A STAR IS BORED) & Steven Rowley (THE EDITOR) in a discussion with author Bianca...

    $10 – $55
  • Sun 16
    August 16, 2020 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm PDT

    Conversations with Authors – Christine Montross, M.D. (Virtual Event)

    Sunday, August 16th • 7:00pm ET/4:00pm PT Christine Montross, M.D. in conversation with Susannah Calahan Conversations with Authors is our free virtual event series! Join us...

  • Sun 16
    August 16, 2020 @ 8:00 pm PDT

    Virtual Speaking Axolotl Reading and Open Mic

    Sign up for the 10-slot virtual open mic by filling out this form: https://forms.gle/ewznSNDq86xmJ5NA7 A monthly Latinx poetry reading series y open mic that happens...

    Free
  • Mon 17
    August 17, 2020 @ 11:00 am - 1:00 pm PDT

    VIRTUAL: Aya Gruber / The Feminist War on Crime: The Unexpected Role of Women’s Liberation in Mass Incarceration

    Booksmith and UC Press present a 6-part series of virtual events focused on urgent societal issues, broadcasting every Monday at 11am PST. This third event in the series features Aya Gruber discussing her...

  • Mon 17
    August 17, 2020 @ 8:00 pm PDT

    Speaking Axolotl Reading and Open Mic

    Nomadic Press 2926 Foothill Blvd, Oakland , CA, United States

    A Latinx poetry reading series y open mic that happens every third Thursday (unless otherwise noted) in "The Chapel" at Nomadic Press. Decolonized beats provided...

    Free
  • Tue 18
    August 18, 2020 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm PDT

    Virtual Event: Bridget Quinn and Carol Edgarian

    Join us on Tuesday, August 18 at 5pm PDT when Bridget Quinn discusses her new book She Votes: How U.S. Women Won Suffrage, and What Happened Next with Carol...

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