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  • January 2021
  • Sat 16
    January 16, 2021 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm PST

    Kate Messner on Instagram Live IGTV

    reading her timely book The Next President: The Unexpected Beginnings and Unwritten Future of America's Presidents, an inspiring and informative book for kids about the past and...

  • Sat 16
    January 16, 2021 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm PST

    Virtual Event: Michelle Gallen and Crissy Van Meter

    online

    JOIN US ON SATURDAY, JANUARY 16 AT 12PM PT WHEN MICHELLE GALLEN DISCUSSES HER NOVEL, BIG GIRL, SMALL TOWN, WITH CRISSY VAN METER ON ZOOM! Zoom Login...

    Free
  • Sat 16
    January 16, 2021 @ 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm PST

    Virtual Event: Michelle Gallen and Crissy Van Meter

    JOIN US ON SATURDAY, JANUARY 16 AT 12PM PT WHEN MICHELLE GALLEN DISCUSSES HER NOVEL, BIG GIRL, SMALL TOWN, WITH CRISSY VAN METER ON ZOOM! Zoom Login...

  • Sun 17
    January 17, 2021 @ 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm PST

    Mahmood Mamdani in conversation with Gil Anidjar

    discussing Neither Settler Nor Native: The Making and Unmaking of Permanent Minorities by Mahmood Mamdani published by Belknap Press (an imprint of Harvard University Press)...

  • Sun 17
    January 17, 2021 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm PST

    Learn Deep Revision Techniques

    Virtual

    Dr. Laurel Yourke will speak on the heart of revision-it's not just polishing or substituting one word for another. Instead, look at revision as viewing...

    $5 – $10
  • Sun 17
    January 17, 2021 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm PST

    Rebecca Walker and Lily Diamond with Whitney Leigh Morris – What’s Your Story? (Virtual Event)

    Transformational questions for personal and collective change. In this time of global reckoning, revolution, and reinvention, authors Rebecca Walker and Lily Diamond invite you to...

  • Tue 19
    January 19, 2021 @ 9:00 am - March 9, 2021 @ 11:00 am PST

    Rise & Shine: Winter 2021 | Series of Odes

    Virtual

    Rise & Shine is a generative poetry workshop presented by Surprise the Line, hosted by Nancy Lynée Woo. Started in April 2020, Rise & Shine...

    Free
  • Tue 19
    January 19, 2021 @ 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm PST

    Paraic O’Donnell with Helen MacDonald – The House on Vesper Sands (Virtual Event)

    London, 1893: high up in a house on a dark, snowy night, a lone seamstress stands by a window. So begins the swirling, serpentine world...

  • Tue 19
    January 19, 2021 @ 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm PST

    Steven Kotler – The Art of Impossible (Virtual Event)

    Learn about The Art of Impossible from bestselling author and peak performance expert Steven Kotler as he decodes the secrets of those elite performers—athletes, artists, scientists, CEOs...

  • Tue 19
    January 19, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm PST

    This is Now: Simon Winchester

    This event is online. Webinar access comes with one copy of Land. ----- The story of the world is the story of land: stories of...

  • Tue 19
    January 19, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm PST

    This is Now: Simon Winchester

    This event is online. Webinar access comes with one copy of Land. ----- The story of the world is the story of land: stories of...

  • Tue 19
    January 19, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 7:15 pm PST

    Panel: Black Crime Writers – Celebrating the Past, Looking Toward the Future

    San Francisco Public Library - Virtual Library

    Authors, S.A. Cosby, Kellye Garrett, Gar Anthony Haywood and Cheryl A. Head discuss the history of Black writers of crime fiction and the future of...

    Free
  • Tue 19
    January 19, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm PST

    Poets Martin Espada & Dennis Bernstein: A Zoom Event: Floaters

    Virtual

    KPFA Radio 94.1 FM presents: Poets Martin Espada & Dennis Bernstein: A Zoom Event Floaters MARTIN ESPADA, a poet who stirs our social consciousness, has...

    $1 – $20
  • Tue 19
    0119 City We Became@2x-8
    January 19, 2021 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm PST

    The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin | GGP Online Book Club

    The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin | GGP Online Book Club | Tue. Jan. 19 @ 7 PM PST Please join us on Tuesday,...

  • Tue 19
    January 19, 2021 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm PST

    LUSH: A SOMArts Series

    SOMArts 934 Brannan Street, San Francisco , CA, United States

    LUSH: A SOMArts Series launches on Tuesday, January 19, 2021. The first of three virtual programs, this event features readings, a panel discussion, and Q&A with Juli...

    $5 – $20
  • Tue 19
    January 19, 2021 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PST

    The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin | GGP Online Book Club

    Please join us on Tuesday, January 19, 2021 at 7 PM PST for a GGP Online Book Club discussion of The City We Became by N.K....

  • Wed 20
    January 20, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm PST

    Virtual Event: James J. Siegel, Ben Kline, and Caroline Earleywine

    Join us on Wednesday, January 20th at 6pm PT when James J. Siegel, Ben Kline, and Caroline Earleywine read from their work to celebrate Siegel's...

    Free
  • Wed 20
    January 20, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PST

    Virtual Event: James J. Siegel, Ben Kline, and Caroline Earleywine

    JOIN US ON WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20 AT 6PM PT WHEN JAMES J. SIEGEL, BEN KLINE, AND CAROLINE EARLEYWINE READ FROM THEIR WORK TO CELEBRATE SIEGEL'S LATEST COLLECTION, THE GOD OF...

  • Wed 20
    January 20, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - March 11, 2021 @ 9:00 pm PST

    Sharpen Your Pencil: Elements of a Poem in Revision

    Virtual

    Do you want your poems to sing more sweetly? Resonate more deeply? Read more beautifully? In this 8-week craft workshop, you will learn structured techniques...

    $250
  • Thu 21
    January 21, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PST

    Wider Than The Sky: Author Katherine Rothschild in Conversation With Randy Ribay

    Please join us on Thursday, January 21, 2021 at 6 PM PST for an online book launch of the new YA novel, WIDER THAN THE SKY, with author...

  • Thu 21
    January 21, 2021 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PST

    Jonathan Lethem in Conversation with Dan Polsby, Vintage Berkeley–virtually

    discussing (with wine) Lethem's latest novel The Arrest, an utterly original post-collapse yarn about two siblings, the man that came between them, and a nuclear-powered super car....

  • Fri 22
    January 22, 2021 @ 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm PST

    VIRTUAL EVENT: Bryant Terry, presented by EcoFarm Conference

    VIRTUAL EVENT: An Evening with Bryant Terry: Live Fireside Chat and Cooking Demo, presented by the EcoFarm Conference. Terry is a James Beard Award-winning chef, educator,...

  • Fri 22
    January 22, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm PST

    Virtual Event: Rebecca Fishow and Emily Schultz

    online

    Join us on Friday, January 22 at 6pm PT when Rebecca Fishow discusses her latest collection, The Trouble with Language, with Emily Schultz on Zoom!...

    Free
  • Fri 22
    January 22, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PST

    Virtual Event: Rebecca Fishow and Emily Schultz

    JOIN US ON FRIDAY, JANUARY 22 AT 6PM PT WHEN REBECCA FISHOW DISCUSSES HER LATEST COLLECTION, THE TROUBLE WITH LANGUAGE, WITH EMILY SCHULTZ ON ZOOM! Zoom Login Info Please...

  • Fri 22
    January 22, 2021 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm PST

    ACCENTED | For Your Consideration: Diasporic Vietnamese Filmmakers

    The Diasporic Vietnamese Artists Network (DVAN) presents ACCENTED: Dialogues in Diaspora, a virtual series of programs that will feature a variety of writers, poets, artists,...

  • Sat 23
    January 23, 2021 @ 8:00 am - 5:00 pm PST

    Jen Sincero – Badass Habits (Virtual Event)

    New York Times bestselling author Jen Sincero gets to the core of transformation: habits—breaking, making, understanding, and sticking with them like you've never stuck before. Badass...

    $40
  • Sat 23
    January 23, 2021 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm PST

    Author Ed Lin Discusses new book, ‘David Tung Can’t Have A Girlfriend Until He Gets Into An Ivy League College

    Hosted by Eastwind Book Club. Live discussion with author Ed Lin. About the book: David Tung is a Chinese American high-school student in an upscale,...

  • Sat 23
    January 23, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 7:15 pm PST

    At The Door – The Preface (inaugural event)

    online

    At The Door is a monthly reading series featuring and uplifting Black, Indigenous, and people of color voices. Started in collaboration by Danielle, Ariel, Randy,...

    Free
  • Sun 24
    January 24, 2021 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm PST

    Virtual Class: Mock Caldecott (via Zoom)

    What is a Mock Caldecott? The Caldecott Medal is the most important award given to illustrated children’s books, presented each year by the American Library...

    $20
  • Mon 25
    January 25, 2021 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm PST

    Claire Wasserman & Her Father, Steve Wasserman: ‘Ladies Get Paid’

    Virtual

    KPFA  Radio 94.1 FM presents a Zoom Event: Claire Wasserman & Her Father, Steve Wasserman "Ladies Get Paid" Claire Wasserman is an author, public speaker,...

    $5 – $20
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