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  • Catherine Flynn

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

    celebrating the release of her new book James Joyce and the Matter of Paris published by Cambridge University Press In James Joyce and the Matter of Paris,...

  • Avan Jogia / Mixed Feelings

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

    Booksmith hosts a special evening with actor Avan Jogia for his debut book, Mixed Feelings: Poems and Stories. This will be his only SF/Bay Area appearance. Please join...

  • Caitlin Doughty (TICKETED)

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

    This event will be held at our 9th Ave. location. This is a ticketed event. Tickets available here. Caitlin Doughty discusses her new book, Will My Cat Eat...

    $30

  • Bathsheba Demuth: Floating Coast

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

    Bathsheba Demuth discusses her new book, Floating Coast: An Environmental History of the Bering Strait. Praise for Floating Coast “In Floating Coast, Bathsheba Demouth has written a...

    Free

  • MALCOLM GLADWELL In Conversation with Al Letson

    Sydney Goldstein Theater 275 Hayes St, San Francisco, CA, United States

    MALCOLM GLADWELL In Conversation with Al Letson Thursday, September 19, 2019, 7:30 pm Venue: Sydney Goldstein Theater Series: Special Events Tickets Sold Out!

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    John James w/Jay Deshpande & Noah Warren / The Milk Hours

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

    Booksmith hosts Bay Area poet John James for his debut book of poems, The Milk Hours. Reading with him are local poets Jay Deshpande (The Destroyer in the Glass) & Noah Warren (Love...

  • SALMAN RUSHDIE presents QUICHOTTE

    First Congregational Church of Oakland 2501 Harrison St, Oakland , CA, United States

    SALMAN RUSHDIE presents QUICHOTTE Friday, September 20, 2019, 7:00pm First Congregational Church of Oakland, 2501 Harrison Street, Oakland Tickets are available here! Berkeley Arts & Letters presents world-renowned...

    $10 – $50

  • Deborah Fruchey and Jan Steckel at Expressions Gallery

    Expressions Gallery 2035 Ashby Ave, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Poetry Reading featuring Zeitgeist Press poets Jan Steckel and Deborah Fruchey at Expressions Gallery, 2035 Ashby Ave. in Berkeley - Open Mic to follow! Jan...

    Free

  • Oakland Peace Festival: Peace

    Oakland Peace Center 111 Fairmount Ave, Oakland, CA

    Join us at the inaugural Oakland Peace Festival organized by Nomadic Press and hosted at the Oakland Peace Center. It’ll be a daytime celebration of...

    $20

  • Petina Gappah / Out of Darkness, Shining Light

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    The Bindery hosts a special afternoon event with Petina Gappah (The Book of Memory) reading from her second novel, Out of Darkness, Shining Light. Please join us! “This is...

  • Isabel Tree

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

    discussing the subject of her new book Wilding:Returning Nature to Our Farm from New York Review Books with an introduction by Eric Schlosser For many...

  • Jess Row: White Flights

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

    Jess Row discusses his new book, White Flights: Race, Fiction and the American Imagination. Praise for White Flights “These are brilliant, sweeping, intimate delights—and afterward, you...

    Free

  • Meet Author E.R. Ramzipoor

    Oakland Main Library 125 14th St, Oakland, CA, United States

    Join author E.R. Ramzipoor for a reading of her debut novel, The Ventriloquists. Publishers Weekly calls her book a "magnetic debut... Sprawling and ambitious, with crisp pacing and...

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  • Maria Tumarkin – – Axiomatic

    East Bay Booksellers 5433 College Avenue, Oakland

    EAST BAY BOOKSELLERS is excited to welcome Maria Tumarkin to celebrate the publication of her book of essays, on Monday, September 24th at 7pm. Winner of the Melbourne...

  • Leland Cheuk: No Good Very Bad Asian

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

     Leland Cheuk discusses his new novel, No Good Very Bad Asian with Vanessa Hua. Praise for No Good Very Bad Asian "A touching, funny tale of a...

    Free

  • Book Launch: Nancy Au — Spider Love Song and Other Stories

    East Bay Booksellers 5433 College Avenue, Oakland

    Nancy Au’s debut collection is rich with scents, sounds, imaginative leaps, and unexpected angles of vision. These seventeen stories present the challenges facing characters whose...

    Free

  • LIT STARTS: Writing Humor

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

    Join us to celebrate the release of The San Francisco Writers Grotto's new series LIT STARTS with a writing night on humor. About Writing Humor...

    Free

  • J.D. Moyer – – The Guardian

    East Bay Booksellers 5433 College Avenue, Oakland

    EAST BAY BOOKSELLERS is excited to welcome J. D. Moyer to celebrate the publication of his new novel, The Guardian, on Thursday, September 26th at 7pm. In the year...

  • Naomi Klein / On Fire: The (Burning) Case for a Green New Deal

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

    Berkeley Arts & Letters presents #1 international and New York Times bestselling author Naomi Klein (The Shock Doctrine and This Changes Everything) as she makes the case for a Green...

    $10 – $49

  • Bill Berkson’s A Frank O’Hara Notebook

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

    Jordan Kantor and Connie Lewallen discuss the life and work of Bill Berkson and his book A Frank O'Hara Notebook. About Bill Berkson Born in New York...

    Free

  • Jacqueline Woodson / Red at the Bone

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

    Booksmith hosts the beloved New York Times-bestselling and National Book Award-winning author of Another Brooklyn and Brown Girl Dreaming Jacqueline Woodsonfor her new novel, Red at the Bone. Please join us!...

  • Olivia Gatwood, Life of the Party: Poems

    Bookshop Santa Cruz 1520 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz , CA, United States

    Bookshop welcomes Olivia Gatwood for a reading and signing of her new poetry collection, Life of the Party. A thrilling new voice in contemporary feminist poetry weaves...

  • Kathleen McClung & Grace Marie Grafton

    St. Alban's Episcopal Church 1501 Washington Avenue, Albany, CA

    September 27: Kathleen McClung & Grace Marie Grafton Kathleen McClung’s books include The Typists Play Monopoly (Kelsay Books, 2018), which Indigo Moor called, “a wondrous example of...

  • Walker Talks

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

    Walker Talks The last Sunday of each month (except June/July and December) from 2:30 to 4 pm The last Sunday of every month (except the...

  • Bawdy Storytelling

    Verdi Club 2424 Mariposa St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Sunday, September 29th, 2019 Remember: Games & Cocktails at 7:00 PM, Stories at 8:00 PM - but we'll party till Late! at the Verdi Club...

  • Anne Boyer: The Undying

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

    Anne Boyer discusses her new book The Undying: Pain, Vulnerability, Mortality, Medicine, Art, Time, Dreams, Data, Exhaustion, Cancer, and Care. Praise for The Undying “The Undying is a startling, urgent intervention...

    Free