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  • September 2020
  • Thu 24
    September 24, 2020 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm PDT

    Tara Fickle in Conversation with Andrew Way Leong

    Join us for a book talk with Tara Fickle about her new book The Race Card: From Gaming Technologies to Model Minorities and Aiiieeeee!: An...

  • Thu 24
    September 24, 2020 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm PDT

    A Reading of Osip Mandelstam in English, with Ilya Bernstein

    Globus Books presents a reading of Osip Mandelstam's poetry in English. Mandelstam is one of the dozen luminous names in Russian poetry. Mandelstam (1891–1938) began as...

  • Thu 24
    September 24, 2020 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm PDT

    Zoom Book Launch of The Lines Between Us: Author Rebecca D’Harlingue in Conversation with Author Jill G. Hall

    Please join us on Thursday, September 24 at 5 PM PDT for a Zoom book launch with author Rebecca D'Harlingue discussing her new novel, THE LINES BETWEEN US,...

  • Thu 24
    September 24, 2020 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm PDT

    Virtual Event: Rowan Ricardo Phillips and Marcelo Hernadez Castillo

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

    Join us on Thursday, September 24 at 6pm PDT when Rowan Ricardo Phillips reads from his latest collection, Living Weapon, with Marcelo Hernandez Castillo on...

    Free
  • Thu 24
    September 24, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PDT

    Kerri Arsenault and John Freeman Discuss Mill Town: Reckoning with What Remains

    Kerri Arsenault joins us via Crowdcast to discuss her debut book, Mill Town: Reckoning with What Remains (St. Martin's Press), with poet, editor, and writer John Freeman....

  • Fri 25
    September 25, 2020 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm PDT

    Presentation: Harlem of the West: The San Francisco Fillmore Jazz Era

    San Francisco Public Library - Virtual Library

    Elizabeth Pepin Silva and Lewis Watts will present an illuminating slide show and talk about the new edition of Harlem of the West: The San Francisco...

    Free
  • Sat 26
    September 26, 2020 @ 10:00 am - 3:30 pm PDT

    Writer As Fearless Citizen Workshop Featuring Cheryl Strayed

    Topic: "Writer as Fearless Citizen" featuring Cheryl Strayed Join us for this extraordinary *benefit* writing workshop featuring bestselling writer Cheryl Strayed where we will explore...

    $249
  • Sat 26
    September 26, 2020 @ 10:00 am - 6:00 pm PDT

    Bookshop’s Independent Bookstore Day

    Independent Bookstore Day looks a little bit different this year. While we had planned to celebrate virtually alongside more than 450 other bookstores nationwide on August...

  • Sat 26
    September 26, 2020 @ 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm PDT

    Eastwind Book Club: Exit West

    Join Eastwind's (virtual) Book Club!This September, we will be reading Exit West by Mohsin Hamid. The book club meeting will take place via Zoom on...

  • Sat 26
    September 26, 2020 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm PDT

    Jorma Taccone in Conversation with Tony Taccone-VIRTUALLY!

    Jorma Taccone, member of the hit comedy trio The Lonely Island, (and Berkeley High alum), presents his debut picture book, Little Fox and the Wild Imagination, a...

  • Sat 26
    September 26, 2020 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm PDT

    Conversations with Authors – Terry Virts (Virtual Event)

    Terry Virts‘ How to Astronaut is an insider’s guide to an experience few will ever know firsthand—the highs, lows, humor, and wonder of experiences including survival training,...

  • Sun 27
    September 27, 2020 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm PDT

    Conversations with Authors – Michael Ian Black (Virtual Event)

    Michael Ian Black's A Better Man: A (Mostly Serious) Letter to My Son, is both poignant look at boyhood in the form of a heartfelt letter from...

  • Sun 27
    September 27, 2020 @ 7:00 pm PDT

    BAWDY STORYTELLING: THE OFFICIAL AFTERPARTY OF FOLSOM STREET FAIR

    We need Kink Community, now more than ever. And Bawdy Storytelling is the perfect way to come together this year - right after Folsom Street...

    $10 – $69.69
  • Mon 28
    September 28, 2020 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm PDT

    Joe Clifford in conversation with Jennifer Hillier – The Lakehouse (Virtual Event)

    After being cleared of his wife’s murder, Todd Norman returns to her small Connecticut hometown in order to finish building their dream house by the...

  • Tue 29
    September 29, 2020 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm PDT

    Virtual Event: Andreas Karelas, Katharine Hayhoe, & Bill McKibben

    Presented by Beacon Press Join us on Tuesday, September 29 at 1pm PDT for the book launch of Andreas Karelas' Climate Courage: How Tackling Climate Change Can Build Community,...

  • Tue 29
    September 29, 2020 @ 5:00 pm PDT

    [Virtual Ruby] Q&A with Brit Bennett, author of THE VANISHING HALF

    Join us for a Q&A with New York Times–bestselling author Brit Bennett! We encourage you to read The Vanishing Half before this event. Find it at local...

    Free
  • Tue 29
    September 29, 2020 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm PDT

    ReTargeting Iran

    Event will be held on Zoom. Click the link in the event description for info. https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ltKvFjldSkuS9Em-JDXLgQ What will it take to reverse the current US...

  • Tue 29
    September 29, 2020 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm PDT

    David Eagleman

    This event is online. With rave reviews from Kirkus and Publisher’s Weekly, from Khaled Hosseini and Russell Brand alike, Livewired is a fascinating review of...

  • Tue 29
    September 29, 2020 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    Eileen Myles

    eading from her new book For Now published by Yale University Press --- This is a virtual event that will be hosted by City Lights...

  • Tue 29
    September 29, 2020 @ 7:00 pm PDT

    Perfectly Queer “A Very Gay Book Reading”

    The Perfectly Queer reading series returns to host "A Very Gay Book Reading" online via Zoom Tuesday, September 29, 7pm to 8:15pm. Four Gay authors...

    Free
  • Tue 29
    September 29, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PDT

    Juan Felipe Herrera & Naomi Shihab Nye: Every Day We’re More Illegal

    online

    Tuesday, Sept 29, 7-9pm Pacific time KPFA Radio 94.1 FM with City Lights Books presents a webinar Juan Felipe Herrera & Naomi Shihab Nye Every...

    $5 – $20
  • Wed 30
    September 30, 2020 @ 2:30 pm PDT

    Ingrid Rojas Contreras

    Ingrid Rojas Contreras was born and raised in Bogotá, Colombia. Her first novel Fruit of the Drunken Tree won the Silver Medal in First Fiction from the California Book...

    Free
  • Wed 30
    September 30, 2020 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm PDT

    VIRTUAL EVENT: Sy Montgomery, Becoming a Good Creature

    Join us on the Crowdcast platform for an event with National Book Award finalist Sy Montgomery (Soul of an Octopus) for her new book, Becoming a...

  • Wed 30
    September 30, 2020 @ 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm PDT

    Rachel Hollis with Brit Barron – Didn’t See That Coming (Virtual Event)

    I want you to know that what’s been good will always be good: the smell of coconut sunblock, a five year old showing you the...

  • Wed 30
    September 30, 2020 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm PDT

    Virtual Event: francine j. harris

    virtual

    Join us on Wenesday, September 30 at 6pm PDT when francine j. harris joins us to read from her new collection, Here is the Sweet Hand on...

    Free
  • Wed 30
    September 30, 2020 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    Virtual Event: francine j. harris

    Join us on Wenesday, September 30 at 6pm PDT when francine j. harris joins us to read from her new collection, Here is the Sweet Hand on...

  • Wed 30
    September 30, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    SFPL Live – Benjamin Bac Sierra in convo with Luis Rodriguez

    San Francisco Public Library - Virtual Library

    In conjunction with iVIVA!: Latino Heritage Month SFPL is honored to host Benjamin Bac Sierra as our On the Same Page author. We will celebrate...

    Free
  • Wed 30
    September 30, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PDT

    VIRTUAL: Caitlin Doughty / Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs?

    Booksmith and The Bindery host a virtual event with Caitlin Doughty for the paperback release of her New York Times bestseller Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs?! More information to...

    $21
  • October 2020
  • Thu 1
    October 1, 2020 @ 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm PDT

    Reverend Al Sharpton – Rise Up (Virtual Event)

    A rousing call to action for today's turbulent political moment, drawing on lessons learned from Reverend Sharpton's unique experience as a politician, television and radio...

  • Thu 1
    October 1, 2020 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    Zoetrope Magazine Fall Issue Celebration

    City Lights celebrates the award winning literary periodical's fall issue. Editor Michael Ray and Managing Editor Manjula Martin are joined by several contributors in an...

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