• Poetry reading by Diane Frank, Erik Levins, and Mary Kay Rummel

    Frank Bette Center for the Arts 1601 Paru Street, Alameda, United States

    Poetry reading by Diane Frank, Erik Levins, and Mary Kay Rummel, followed by an open mic, hosted by Jeanne Lupton every second Saturday monthly, Frank...

  • Writers with Drinks

    Make-Out Room 3225 22nd St, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Jane Smiley (Golden Age, Moo, A Thousand Acres) R.O. Kwon (The Incendiaries: A Novel) Maria Dahvana Headley (The Mere Wife: A Novel) Cost: $5 to...

    $5 – $20
  • Invocation to Daughters Barbara Jane Reyes

    Make-Out Room 3225 22nd St, San Francisco, CA, United States

    2018 California Book Award Finalist Feminist experimental poetry in the tradition of Audre Lorde and Theresa Kyung Cha from a prominent Filipina American poet. "Reyes...

  • Vallejo Poetry Showcase @ Unity Day

    Vallejo City Park 425 Alabama Street, Vallejo

    This year’s Unity Day in Vallejo will feature performances by ten local poets: Vallejo Poet Laureate D.L. Lang, Nina Serrano, Aqueila Lewis, Ja Hicks, Lady...

  • 44th Annual Solano Stroll

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

    Sunday, September 9, 10:00am - 5:00pm Solano Ave, Berkeley SOLANO STROLL Since 1974 Solano Avenue and the twin-cities of Albany and Berkeley CA, have hosted...

  • Laborfest Writers Anthology 2005-2017

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

    Writer-contributors read to celebrate the publication of "Giving Voice: Laborfest Writers Anthology, 2005-2017"

  • Poetry Event: GEARS TURNING w/ Kim Shuck

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

    Join us for an afternoon of wonderful poetry by SF Bay Area based poets, artists, and musicians with your host Kim Shuck. To participate in...

  • Alexandra and David Brown

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

    Alexandra and David Brown discuss their new book, A Year Off: A Story About Traveling the World-and How to Make it Happen for You. About A...

  • R.O. Kwon celebrating the release of The Incendiaries

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

    celebrating the release of The Incendiaries  from Riverhead Books Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2018 by the New York Times, Entertainment Weekly, Elle, Time, Parade, Vanity Fair, Cosmopolitan, Esquire, PBS, Vulture,Buzzfeed, BookRiot, PopSugar, Refinery29, Bustle, The Rumpus, Paste, BBC. A shocking...

  • Perfectly Queer SF “Ancestors: Real, Imagined, & Literary”

    Dog Eared Books Castro 489 Castro Street, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Our ancestors can be the real people who came before us or the imagined people of literature or the real people who imagined that literature....

  • Claudia Dey / Heartbreaker

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    The Bindery hosts Claudia Dey for her American debut, Heartbreaker! Please join us.   An isolated town. The remains of a mysterious cult. And a woman who disappears....

  • Elaine Mokhtefi

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

    Elaine Mokhtefi discusses her new book, Algiers, Third World Capital: Freedom Fighters, Revolutionaries, Black Panthers. Praise for Algiers, Third World Capital “Algiers, Third World Capital is a...

  • BINDERY: Marilyn Berlin Snell / Unlikely Ally

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    The Bindery hosts the launch party for Marilyn Berlin Snellfor her new book Unlikely Ally: How the Military Fights Climate Change and Protects the Environment. Please join...

  • Book Club

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

    Meets the 2nd Wednesday of each month at 7 pm

  • GARY SHTEYNGART

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

    In Conversation with Isabel Duffy Wednesday, September 12, 2018, 7:30 pm Venue: Nourse Theater Series: Special Events  Buy Tickets | 415.392.4400 Gary Shteyngart was born in Leningrad in 1972 and...

    $29 – $46
  • Jane Mount / Bibliophile

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

    Booksmith hosts beloved artist and founder of Ideal Bookshelf Jane Mount for Bibliophile. Please join us! Book lovers, rejoice! In this love letter to all things bookish, Jane Mount brings literary...

  • Julie Bruck

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

    Julie Bruck reads from her new poetry collection, How to Avoid Huge Ships. Praise for Jule Bruck "She is the poet laureate of aftermath, of what...

  • Chris Hedges: America: The Farewell Tour

    First Congregational Church of Berkeley 2345 Channing Way, Berkeley, CA, United States

    KPFA Radio 94.1 FM presents CHRIS HEDGES America: The Farewell Tour Hosted by Norman Solomon Tickets: $15, 800-838-3006 or independent bookstores, $18 door, Benefit KPFA...

    $15 – $18
  • The Situationists and May 1968: An Evening with Ken Knabb

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

        Ken Knabb, leading translator of Guy Debord and the Situationist International, will discuss the situationists' key influence on the nationwide May 1968 revolt...

  • WHY THERE ARE WORDS – SAUSALITO COLLABORATES WITH BLP

    Studio 333 333 Caledonia St., Sausalito

    Join Why There Are Words in Sausalito September 13, 2018, at Studio 333 when the following five authors from Black Lawrence Press will read, along with special...

    $10
  • Tommy Pico and Brontez Purnell, reading and in conversation

    The Poetry Center, San Francisco State University 1600 Holloway Ave, San Francisco , CA, United States

    We're looking forward to a terrific evening, with friends and fellow Whiting Award 2018 recipients (respectively, for poetry and fiction) Tommy Pico and Brontez Purnell, reading and in...

  • Todd Stadtman

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

    Please join us at Green Apple Books on Clement street Thursday, September 13th at 7:00 p.m. as we welcome Todd Stadtman as he reads from his newest novel, So Good...