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  • June 2021

  • Wed 23

    Virtual Event: Jonathan Lee and Megha Majumdar

    June 23, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    JOIN US ON WEDNESDAY, JUNE 23 AT 6PM PT WHEN JONATHAN LEE IS JOINED BY MEGHA MAJUMDAR TO DISCUSS HIS LATEST NOVEL, THE GREAT MISTAKE, ON ZOOM! Zoom...

  • Wed 23

    Emily Rapp Black and Matthew Zapruder

    June 23, 2021 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PDT

    Emily Rapp Black discusses her new book, Frida Kahlo and My Left Leg (Notting Hill Editions), with Matthew Zapruder. This event will be streamed on our Crowdcast...

  • Wed 23

    Author Jamie Brenner Discussing BLUSH in a GGP Online Author Chat

    June 23, 2021 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PDT

    Please join us on Wednesday, June 23, 2021 at 7 PM PDT for a discussion of BLUSH with author Jamie Brenner in a GGP Online Chat. Our discussion...

  • Wed 23

    VIRTUAL EVENT: Helene Wecker, The Hidden Palace

    June 23, 2021 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PDT

    VIRTUAL EVENT: Helene Wecker’s debut novel, The Golem and the Jinni, was a runaway bestseller that snagged multiple awards. Now, after seven years, she is back...

  • Thu 24

    Doug Henderson in conversation with K.M. Soehnlein

    June 24, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    discussing The Cleveland Heights LGBTQ Sci-Fi and Fantasy Role Playing Club published by University of Iowa Press ---------- This is a virtual event that will...

  • Thu 24

    Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz in conversation with Alejandro Murguía

    June 24, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    discussing Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz's Not A Nation of Immigrants: Settler Colonialism, White Supremacy, and a History of Erasure and Exclusion published by Beacon Press Debunks the...

  • Thu 24

    On Finding the Mother Tree

    June 24, 2021 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm PDT
    Virtual

    Suzanne Simard is a pioneer on the frontier of plant communication and intelligence and hailed as a scientist who conveys complex, technical ideas in ways...

    $10.
  • Fri 25

    Virtual Event: Jenny Bitner

    June 25, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm PDT
    online CA, United States

    Join us on Friday, June 25 at 6pm PT when Jenny Bitner discusses her book, Here is a Game We Could Play, on Zoom! Broadcast...

    Free
  • Fri 25

    Nomadic Press’ Virtual Open Mic #64

    June 25, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm PDT
    online CA, United States

    90 minutes 30 readers 3 minutes each On Zoom! FREE AND ALL WELCOME! Sign up to read here: https://forms.gle/4nYSi5fLNyo229Lj9 If you enjoy spaces like this...

    Free
  • Fri 25

    Virtual Event: Jenny Bitner

    June 25, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    JOIN US ON FRIDAY, JUNE 25 AT 6PM PT WHEN JENNY BITNER DISCUSSES HER BOOK, HERE IS A GAME WE COULD PLAY, ON ZOOM! BROADCAST LIVE FROM GREEN...

  • Fri 25

    Virtual Event: Jenny Bitner

    June 25, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    JOIN US ON FRIDAY, JUNE 25 AT 6PM PT WHEN JENNY BITNER DISCUSSES HER BOOK, HERE IS A GAME WE COULD PLAY, ON ZOOM! BROADCAST LIVE FROM GREEN...

  • Fri 25

    VIRTUAL: Wall + Response: Youssef Alaoui, Jason Bayani, Genny Lim & Michael Warr

    June 25, 2021 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PDT
  • Sat 26

    Virtual Event: Heino Falcke and Kate Greene

    June 26, 2021 @ 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm PDT

    JOIN US ON SATURDAY, JUNE 26 AT 12PM PT WHEN HEINO FALCKE IS JOINED BY KATE GREENE TO DISCUSS HIS BOOK, LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS: BLACK HOLES, THE...

  • Sat 26

    Virtual Event: Heino Falcke and Kate Greene

    June 26, 2021 @ 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm PDT

    JOIN US ON SATURDAY, JUNE 26 AT 12PM PT WHEN HEINO FALCKE IS JOINED BY KATE GREENE TO DISCUSS HIS BOOK, LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS: BLACK HOLES, THE...

  • Sat 26

    A Celebration of the Pioneering Legacy of Sasha and Ann Shulgin

    June 26, 2021 @ 12:00 pm - June 27, 2021 @ 8:00 pm PDT

    City Lights in conjunction with Transform Press and Synergetic Press present A Celebration Of The Pioneering Legacy of Sasha and Ann Shulgin    Bold explorers of...

  • Sat 26

    Nobuko Miyamoto Book Launch Celebration: Not Yo’ Butterfly

    June 26, 2021 @ 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm PDT

    Join us for this celebration of a mold-breaking memoir of Asian American identity, political activism, community, and purpose by Nobuko Miyamoto. This event is co-sponsored...

  • Sun 27

    VIRTUAL EVENT: Tara Brach, Trusting the Gold

    June 27, 2021 @ 11:30 am - 1:30 pm PDT

    ara Brach will join us for an online event to share Trusting the Gold: Uncovering Your Natural Goodness, her beautifully illustrated gift book to help us...

  • Tue 29

    Senator Mazie Hirono with Jan Yanehiro

    June 29, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm PDT

    THIS IS AN ONLINE EVENT. New leaders are driving some of the biggest political shifts in our nation’s history as we speak. But do you...

  • Tue 29

    Odd Salon + Context Travel: Doctors, Diseases, and Deities

    June 29, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm PDT
    online CA, United States

    Join us for an exploration of the art, science, and archaeology of medicine in Ancient Rome. This conversation examines a remarkable discovery in Rimini, Italy that...

    $100
  • Tue 29

    Camille Roy in conversation with Eileen Myles

    June 29, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    celebrating the book release of Camille Roy's new short fiction collection Honey Mine published by Nightboat Books This is a virtual event that will be...

  • Tue 29

    Virtual Event: Rivka Galchen and Paul La Farge

    June 29, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    JOIN US ON TUESDAY, JUNE 29 AT 6PM PT WHEN RIVKA GALCHEN IS JOINED BY PAUL LA FARGE TO DISCUSS HER LATEST NOVEL, EVERYONE KNOWS YOUR MOTHER IS...

  • Wed 30

    Kate Zambreno in conversation with T Fleischmann

    June 30, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    discussing To Write as if Already Dead published by Columbia University Press To Write as if Already Dead circles around Kate Zambreno's failed attempts to write...

  • Wed 30

    VIRTUAL: Courtney Cook with Mara Altman / The Way She Feels

    June 30, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    Booksmith is excited to host a virtual event with Courtney Cook for her debut, the graphic memoir The Way She Feels: My Life on the Borderline in Pictures...

  • Wed 30

    Gillian Osborne Celebrating the release of Green Green Green

    June 30, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    Gillian Osborne reads from Green Green Green (Nightboat Books), a collection of hybrid essays that engage the intersection of habitats, horticulture, and histories both poetic and personal. “Gillian...

  • Wed 30

    Author Emily Henry Discussing PEOPLE WE MEET ON VACATION in a GGP Online Author Chat

    June 30, 2021 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PDT

    Please join us on Wednesday, June 30, 2021 at 7 PM PDT for a discussion of PEOPLE WE MEET ON VACATION with author Emily Henry. Our discussion will...

  • July 2021

  • Thu 1

    VIRTUAL EVENT: Molly Ostertag, The Girl from the Sea

    July 1, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    VIRTUAL EVENT: Molly Ostertag, author of The Witch Boy trilogy, will share The Girl from the Sea, her new graphic novel about family, romance, and first love, which School Library Journal calls...

  • Fri 2

    Nomadic Press’ Virtual Open Mic #65

    July 2, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm PDT
    online CA, United States

    90 minutes 30 readers 3 minutes each On Zoom! FREE AND ALL WELCOME! Sign up to read here: https://forms.gle/4nYSi5fLNyo229Lj9 If you enjoy spaces like this...

    Free
  • Mon 5

    Quiet Lightning / Better Ancestors: Valentina De Roca Fuerte, Lourdes Figueroa, Kelechi Ubozoh, ASHA & Teju Adisa-Farrar

    July 5, 2021 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT
    online CA, United States

    Quiet Lightning presents the third Better Ancestors, featuring readings and performance by Valentina De Roca Fuerte, Lourdes Figueroa, Kelechi Ubozoh, ASHA and Teju Adisa-Farrar. ABOUT THE SERIES One of Quiet Lightning’s efforts to...

    Free
  • Tue 6

    VIRTUAL: Michael Pollan / This Is Your Mind On Plants

    July 6, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    Booksmith is thrilled to present Michael Pollan again for his new book, This Is Your Mind On Plants, a radical challenge to how we think about drugs and an exploration...

  • Tue 6

    VIRTUAL TICKETED EVENT: Michael Pollan, This Is Your Mind on Plants

    July 6, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    TICKETED VIRTUAL EVENT: Join #1 New York Times bestselling author Michael Pollan for a discussion of his new book, This Is Your Mind on Plants, a radical challenge to...

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