Please join Chapter 510 and some of your favorite storytellers for an only-in-Oakland night to remember. We're thrilled to announce that our line-up this year...
Owing to a generous gift from the Leslie Scalapino-O Books Fund, The Poetry Center very happily presents renowned poet, essayist, novelist and dramatist M. NourbeSe Philip,...
Owing to a generous gift from the Leslie Scalapino-O Books Fund, The Poetry Center very happily presents renowned poet, essayist, novelist and dramatist M. NourbeSe...
What better way to spend your Saturday night none other than at our Literary Arts Showcase for APAture 2018! Come through to Arc Gallery &...
More Info To Come Event date: Sunday, October 28, 2018 - 3:00pm Event address: East Bay Booksellers 5433 College Avenue Oakland, CA 94618
From the Ice Age to the present, from Nigeria to Hawaii, images of the Goddess are reemerging, bringing renewed attention and expression to mythical and...
Presented by City Lights Booksellers in conjunction with New York Review Books Donald Nicholson-Smith and James Brook discuss the life and work of the seminal genre-bending writer celebrating...
Three musician-poet pairs each perform a set—one new poem inspired by an original song, one new song inspired by an original poem, and one piece...
Three musician-poet pairs each perform a set—one new poem inspired by an original song, one new song inspired by an original poem, and one piece...
We have all seen the horrific recent images of children separated from parents at the U.S.-Mexico border and heard stories of people from Central American...
Booksmith hosts Los Angeles-based Anne-Marie Kinney (Radio Iris) for her new novel Colwater Canyon. More details to be announced -- please save the date and join us! ...
Wendy Trevino was born and raised in the Rio Grande Valley of South Texas. She lives in San Francisco, where she shares an apartment with...
discussing the subject of her new book Du Bois's Telegram : Literary Resistance and State Containment published by Harvard U. Press In 1956 W. E....
Event date: Tuesday, October 30, 2018 - 7:00pm Event address: East Bay Booksellers 5433 College Avenue Oakland, CA 94618
Kim Adrian discusses her new memoir, The Twenty-Seventh Letter of the Alphabet with Amy Wallen. Praise for The Twenty-Seventh Letter of the Alphabet “A stunning merger of form...
Presented by KPFA Radio 94.1FM This is a searing expose of the 300 most powerful players in world capitalism, and the costs of their unyielding...
Saturday, December 1, 2018 8pm | Doors at 7:30pm Tickets: $10-$20 Sliding Scale Red Light Lit is a mashup of live music and poetry set to...
Appearing Live and In Person at City Lights on All Hallows Eve ! signing copies of their new book The Brickeaters published by Feral...
Tyehimba Jess is the author of two books of poetry, Leadbelly and Olio which won the 2017 Pulitzer Prize, the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, The Midland Society Author’s Award in...
Celebrate the publication of great weather for MEDIA's latest anthology, Suitcase of Chrysanthemums and meet an indie press looking for new voices. Featuring contributors and special guests...
Strap in for six of Stephen Kings terrifyingest, coke-iest, popular-iest books: The Shining, Misery, Carrie,It, Christine, and, of course, his seminal text on craft, On Writing. Featured writers TBA. $12...
discussing the subject of his new book Lessons from a Dark Time and Other Essays published by University of California Press In this rich collection,...
Sally McGrane Clement: Sally McGrane Thursday, November 1, 2018 - 7:00pm This event will be held at our Clement St. location. Sally McGrane discusses her...
Anita Felicelli discusses her debut story collection, Love Songs for a Lost Continent with Peg Alford Pursell. Praise for Love Songs for a Lost Continent “Love Songs...
This event is cosponsored by Poetry Society of America and the Mill Valley Library. This is sure to be a packed event, so register on the...
Celebrate the publication of great sweather for MEDIA's latest anthology, Suitcase of Chrysanthemums and meet an indie press looking for new voices. Featuring contributors and special guests...
KPFA Radio 94.1FM & St. John's Presbyterian Church & Mindful Schools present ROSHI JOAN HALIFAX Standing At the Edge: Finding Freedom where Fear and Courage...
Nov 2, 7:30-9:30pm, and Nov 3, 10am-4pm Late Czarist Russian Artistic Brilliance is a two-day program of lectures, discussions, and musical performances exploring the enduring...
Upcoming First Saturday Readings in 2018: October 6, November 3, December 1 3:00 - 5:00 PM STRAWBERRY CREEK LODGE 1320 Addison St., Berkeley,...
Hey! Poets! Friends of poets! People dragged to poetry readings for various personal and professional reasons! You know what time it is! It's time for...