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  • Odd Salon : Risk

    Public Works 161 Erie Street, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Tales of peril and possibility, jeopardy and chance; of flirting with danger and being willing to lose it all RISK Tuesday,  October 2nd Public Works...

    $15 – $25

  • Robert Hass and Essy Stone

    Main Reading Room, Mill Valley Public Library 375 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley , CA, United States

    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...

  • Jazz Stories: Live Jazz. Wonderful Stories.

    Pegasus Books on Solano 1855 Solano Ave, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Tuesday, October 2, 7:30 pm This Recurring Event is at Pegasus Books Solano People love hearing jazz...and hearing about it. Musicians like Miles Davis, Charlie Parker and Buddy Rich...

  • Hot New Books

    The Octopus Literary Salon 2101 Webster St #170, Oakland , CA, United States

    Featured readers: Kathleen McClung, Casandra Dallett, Mary Mackay, Ingrid Keir. Open Mic Night follows the featured readers. Sign-up now for Ist Annual Open Mic Award's...

  • BOOKSMITH: Yung Pueblo / Inward

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

    Booksmith hosts a special evening with Yung Pueblo, to celebrate his first book Inward. Please join us!   Please note: this is a ticketed event, to be held...

    $18.50

  • 7pm Book Club

    Bird & Beckett Books and Records 653 Chenery St, San Francisco , CA, United States

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  • Fady Joudah

    Morrison Library, UC Berkeley 2000 Carleston Street, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Fady Joudah's fourth and most recent poetry collection is Footnotes in the Order of Disappearance. He is the recipient of a Yale Younger Poets prize, a...

  • Shipwreck Presents: The Wind-up Bird Chronicle

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

    Murakami has a new book out on 10/9 (preorder link below), and censors in Hong Kong have declared it 'obscene,' so naturally, we're going in. Don't worry...

    $12 – $15

  • John Sims

    City Lights Bookstore 261 Columbus Ave, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Multi-media conceptual artist, writer and activist visits City Lights to celebrate the release of his video poem chapbook, A Blazing Grace and the AfroDixieRemixes: The San...

  • Red Light Lit with Josiah Johnson

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

    Red Light Lit is a mashup of live music, photography, storytelling and poetry set to a live score. Featuring musician Josiah Johnson (The Head and...

    $15

  • Man Booker International Prizewinners Olga Tokarczuk and Jennifer Croft

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

    Man Booker International Prizewinners Olga Tokarczuk and Jennifer Croft discuss Flights. Sponsored by The Center for the Art of Translation. About Flights Flights is a novel about travel in...

  • Rise & Shine: A Back To School Celebration

    Chapter 510 & the Dept. of Make Believe 2301 Telegraph Ave, Oakland, CA, United States

    Join us for a family friendly night of live music, storytelling, art making and community! Come get down with the GRAMMY nominated Oakland based children’s...

    Free

  • Kai Carlson-Wee — RAIL

    East Bay Booksellers 5433 College Avenue, Oakland

    Friday, October 5 7:00pm MORE INFO TO COME Event date: Friday, October 5, 2018 - 7:00pm Event address: East Bay Booksellers 5433 College Avenue Oakland, CA 94618

  • No Where to Go: How Public Bathrooms Fail Our Private Needs

    Oakland Public Library - Main Branch 125 - 14th Street, Oakland

    Lezlie Lowe discusses the history and current dilemmas of public bathrooms. Everybody must use them, so how come public restrooms still aren’t universally accessible? And...

    Free

  • Poetry Flash – featuring Terese Svoboda

    East Bay Booksellers 5433 College Avenue, Oakland

    Sunday, October 7 3:00pm EAST BAY BOOKSELLERS is excited to welcome back our friends from Poetry Flash on Sunday, October 7th at 3pm. Terese Svoboda will...

  • Terrian Walling and George Gerard

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

    Join us at Green Apple Books on Clement street on Sunday, October 7th at 7:00 p.m. to welcome Terrian Walling and George Gerard as they read from their (with...

  • The Diesel Readers book group discuss MANHATTAN BEACH

    East Bay Booksellers 5433 College Avenue, Oakland

    East Bay Booksellers invites you to The Diesel Readers Book Group's discussion of Manhattan Beach, by Jennifer Egan, on Monday October 8th at 7pm. Anna Kerrigan, nearly twelve years old,...

  • ‘Hitler, My Neighbor: Memories of a Jewish Childhood, 1929-1939’

    Albert and Janet Schultz Cultural Arts Hall 3921 Fabian Way, Palo Alto

    "Hitler My Neighbor: Memories of a Jewish Childhood, 1929-1939" is about Edgar Feuchtwanger's unique experience as a young boy, watching Hitler from inside the windows...

    $8 – $26

  • BINDERY: Launch for Cary McClelland / Silicon City

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    The Bindery hosts the launch party for Cary McClelland andSilicon City: San Francisco in the Long Shadow of The Valley, an intimate, eye-opening portrait of San Francisco transformed...

  • Poetic Tuesdays with Jason Bayani

    Yerba Buena Gardens 750 Howard St., San Francisco, CA, United States

    FREE! Enjoy line breaks during your lunch break, as some of the Bay Area’s best poets and musicians share their work in the great outdoors....

  • Writing Hope: Queer Authors in Times of Oppression

    Dog Eared Books 900 Valencia St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence present hopeful readings from various Queer Authors written during time of oppression

  • Voices of Witness @ City Lights

    City Lights Bookstore 261 Columbus Ave, San Francisco , CA, United States

    with Mateo Hoke, Taylor Pendergrass, and Mohammed "Mike" Ali celebrating the release of Six By Ten: Stories From Solitary Confinement Edited by Mateo Hoke and Taylor Pendergrass, published by Haymarket...

  • BINDERY: Lisa Brennan-Jobs / Small Fry

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    The Bindery hosts Lisa Brennan-Jobs for Small Fry, her smart, frank, and captivating coming-of-age memoir.   Note: Seating is limited for what will surely be a big night....