Events

Booksmith is thrilled to host a virtual event with Stacy D. Flood for his novella The Salt Fields. This event is free and all ages, but RSVP is required. Event...

JOIN US ON THURSDAY, JUNE 3 AT 6PM PT WHEN GRACE PERRY IS JOINED BY GREG MANIA TO DISCUSS HER BOOK, THE 2000S MADE ME GAY:...

City Lights celebrates the 85th anniversary of this trailblazing publishing house with Forrest Gander as MC and special guests Barbara Epler, Declan Spring, and other surprise guests New...

Booksmith is thrilled to host a virtual event with Stacy D. Flood for his novella The Salt Fields. He'll be in conversation with Ship of Fates author Caitlin Chung. This event...

The Center for the Art of Translation presents renowned translator Susan Bernofsky in this celebration of her long-awaited biography of the modernist writer Robert Walser, Clairvoyant...

The Mount Madonna School (MMS) public speaker series based on the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) began in February and the season concludes June 3...

OIN US ON FRIDAY, JUNE 4 AT 6PM PT WHEN M. LEONA GODIN JOINS US TO DISCUSS HER BOOK, THERE PLANT EYES: A PERSONAL AND CULTURAL HISTORY...

Words out Loud: Open Mic – Opposites Attract (Love and Hate) Join us for a Topical Open Mic Three minutes per reader, subject to adjustment...

Dara McAnulty, winner of several major awards, joins us to launch his extraordinary Diary of a Young Naturalist (Milkweed Editions) in the U.S. "Dara's is an extraordinary...

reading from and discussing FIELD STUDY published by FSG Originals Winner of the 2020 James Laughlin Award from the Academy of American Poets Chet'la Sebree's Field...

Booksmith and The Bindery are thrilled to partner with Babylon Salon for their Spring event, featuring readings by Deesha Philyaw, Meredith Talusan, Joshua Mohr, Emma Copley Eisenberg & Sunshine Becker! Please note: this is a free,...

Come enjoy two read-a-loud new children’s picture books: "Wishes" by Mượn Thị Văn, and "When Lola Visits" by Michelle Sterling. Join us in our kids...

Claire Nelson joins us to discuss her debut memoir, Things I Learned From Falling (HarperOne). The gripping first-person account of one woman's survival in Joshua Tree National...

Booksmith is thrilled to host the virtual launch for Matthew Clark Davison and his fiction debut, Doubting Thomas: A Novel. This will be a special evening celebrating queer...

JOIN US ON TUESDAY, JUNE 8 AT 6PM PT WHEN CHANEY KWAK IS JOINED BY DANIEL HANDLER FOR THE LAUNCH OF HIS BOOK, THE PASSENGER: HOW A TRAVLE WRITER...

Please join us on Tuesday, June 8, 2021 at 7 PM PDT for a discussion of THE MARVELOUS MIRZA GIRLS with author Sheba Karim in discussion with Mathangi Subramanian...

Join us online as we celebrate the publication of beloved and award-winning local writer Laurie R. King's new book, Castle Shade! A queen, a castle, a dark...

Carol Anderson in conversation with Roxanne Dunbar Ortiz discussing The Second: Race and Guns in a Fatally Unequal America published by Bloomsbury Books From the New...

Booksmith is thrilled to host the virtual launch for Yang Huang and her new novel, My Good Son. She'll be in conversation with Kaitlin Solimine. This will be a...