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  • MariNaomi: Turning Japanese

    The Booksmith 1644 Haight St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    MariNaomi presents Turning Japanese, an illustrated memoir that chronicles her experiences working at illegal hostess bars from San Jose to Tokyo.

  • Milvia Street Journal Release Party

    Pegasus Books Downtown 2349 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley , CA, United States

    Milvia Street art and literary journal first came out in 1989 from Vista Community College. We're celebrating the newest issue with a reading by Diana Arnold, Paul Elias Taylor, Lark Omura, Raymond Richard, Patricia France, and others.

  • Well-RED: Mantecón, Duran, + Myers

    Works/San José 365 S Market St, San Jose, CA, United States

    Admission: $2 Suggested Donation; No one turned away.

    $2

  • Farewell Friends/Hurry Home Tour Launch

    The Speakeasy 605 56th Street, Oakland , CA, United States

    Come say goodbye to us and help us kick off the tour with an open mic event!

  • Kate Tempest

    Green Apple Books on the Park 1231 9th Ave, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Poet, playwright, and hip-hop artist Kate Tempest will read from her debut novel, The Bricks That Built the Houses.

  • Fireside Storytelling: GOTTA BAIL

    The Institute of Possibility 3359 Cesar Chavez St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    We’ve assembled six great storytellers who’ll share their best stories about those sticky “gotta bail” situations. Join us!

    $15

  • Reyes, Tremblay-McGaw, + Stecopoulos

    San Francisco Public Library 100 Larkin St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Reading from their most recently published books.

  • A History of Latino Comics: “The Underground”

    San Francisco Public Library 100 Larkin St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    The audience will get a sneak peek at the origins of the Underground Comix scene of the 1960s-70s, and how it stimulated the Latino comics movement.

  • Genny Lim + Michael Warr

    Readers Bookstore Fort Mason Center, Building C, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Proceeds from our bookstores benefit the San Francisco Public Library.

  • Voz Sin Tinta: Cruz Gonzales, Dallett, + Veylit

    Alley Cat Books 3036 24th St, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Event is FREE and open to the public. Bring friends, bring something to drink and/or nosh on, and get ready for an epic evening of live performances by local artists.

  • C. Dale Young + Rick Barot

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

    Please join Green Apple Books on Clement street on Thursday, May 12th at 7:00 p.m. as we host C. Dale Young and Rick Barot, who will be reading from their collections of poetry Halo and Chord, respectively.

  • Jodie Hollander

    Adobe Books 3130 24th St., San Francisco, CA, United States

    Free Reading!

  • Why There Are Words: Begin Again

    Studio 333 333 Caledonia Street, Sausalito , CA, United States

    Why There Are Words presents an evening of readings on the theme “Begin Again.”

    $10

  • Martin Seay + Robin Sloan

    Green Apple Books on the Park 1231 9th Ave, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Martin Seay will talk about The Mirror Thief (Melville House), one of the most talked-about debut novels of 2016, with Robin Sloan.

  • Noah Warren

    Green Apple Books on the Park 1231 9th Ave, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Noah Warren reads from his first collection, The Destroyer in the Glass, winner of the 110th Yale Series of Younger Poets Prize.

  • Northern California Book Awards

    San Francisco Public Library 100 Larkin St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    A lively reception with book signing follows, all free and open to the public.

  • Amanda Nadelberg + Ben Mirov

    DIESEL, A Bookstore 5433 College Ave, Oakland, CA, United States

    DIESEL, A Bookstore in Oakland and Coffee House Press welcome Amanda Nadelberg and Ben Mirov to the store to discuss and sign their new poetry books, Songs from a Mountain and Ghost Machines.

  • Red Light Lit: You’re So Wrong for Me

    PianoFight 144 Taylor St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Listen to Bay Area writers Miah Jeffra, Anna Pulley, Hannah Wehr and comedian Emily Van Dyke perform material inspired by musical guest Angelina Moysov's song "You're So Wrong for Me."

    $12 – $15

  • West Marin Review Artists + Writers

    Book Passage Marin 51 Tamal Vista Blvd. , Corte Madera, CA, United States

    Join us for an informal evening featuring authors and artists reading from and talking about their work published in West Marin Review, Volume 6.

  • Tom Odegard

    Himalayan Flavors 1585 University Ave, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Tom Odegard (aka Tom/Ms.G).

  • RADAR: Black Queer Artists in Conversation

    The GLBT Historical Society 4127 18th Street, San Francisco , CA, United States

    As part of our QUEERING THE CASTRO program we're bringing a conversation with three Bay Area artists about the intersections of blackness, queerness and art.

  • Ken Kalfus w/ Rachel Monroe

    The Booksmith 1644 Haight St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Ken Kalfus and Rachel Monroe are current Writers in Residence at Headlands Center for the Arts.

  • Louise Erdrich

    Nourse Theatre 275 Hayes Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Louise Erdrich is one of the most gifted, prolific, and challenging of contemporary Native American novelists.

    $29

  • Mark Binelli

    Green Apple Books on the Park 1231 9th Ave, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Mark Binelli, author of Green Apple staff favorite Detroit City is the Place to Be, reads from his new novel, Screamin' Jay Hawkins' All-Time Greatest Hits.

  • Jim Lynch

    Book Passage San Francisco 1 Ferry Building, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Before the Wind is a grand and idiosyncratic family saga.