Charlie Getter has been the ringleader for the poetry that happens in the 16th & Mission BART plaza for a decade. Aqueila M. Ross, we'll...
with special guests Mauro Javier Cardenas and Dick Cluster celebrating the release of Poso Wells published by City Lights Books An ABA Summer/Fall 2018 Indies Introduce Selection Celebrated...
Booksmith hosts an evening with Arjun Singh Sethi, editor ofAmerican Hate: Survivors Speak Out. More information TBA soon -- save the date and join us! “Why...
Lydia Kiesling joins us to celebrate the release of her new novel, The Golden State, with Ismail Muhammad. Praise for The Golden State “The Golden State is a perfect...
Featured readers: Judy Wells, Dale Jensen, Fred Dodsworth, Missy Church. Open Mic Night follows the featured readers. Sign-up now for Ist Annual Open Mic Award's...
The Bindery hosts the launch party for Mia Ayumi Malhotra's debut collection of poems, Isako Isako. Joining Mia areJennifer S. Cheng (Moon: Letters, Maps, Poems) and the experimental...
Jacqueline Doyle, Chiyuma Elliott, Tracy Jane Gregory, Steve Gutierrez, Carla Harryman, Persis Karim, Caroline Kessler, Rae Liberto and Dean Rader read pieces from They Said: A Multi-Genre...
Meet Gabriela Alemán, celebrated Ecuadorian writer and author of the novel Poso Wells. Among other honors, she is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and was...
In a powerful debut novel about modern-day motherhood, immigration, and identity, a pregnant Chinese woman makes her way to California and stakes a claim to...
It's back to school, so this month, we're taking our harpoons to noteworthy National Treasure and Greatest Love Story Ever Told: Herman Melville's Moby Dick. Featured...
Join us for this rare reading at The Poetry Center by poet-translator — and SF State alum — Forrest Gander, just in time for the debut...
The Bindery hosts the San Francisco launch for the new W. W. Norton anthology New Micro: Exceptionally Short Fiction, featuring readings by local contributors. More TBA...
Kamila Shamsie joins us to celebrate the paperback release of her new novel, Home Fire. Praise for Home Fire “Home Fire left me awestruck, shaken, on the...
KPFA Radio 94.1 FM, Middle East Children's Alliance & Jewish Voice for Peace present MIKO PELED The General's Son: Journal of an Israeli in Palestine...
A rare gathering of youth talent and voices! Oakland Youth Poet Laureates, Finalists and Honorable Mentions from the past SEVEN years will be performing at...
ZQ-287 PRESENTS: KILLING THE FUTURE A Fiction Reading and Discussion on How to Make Sure There's No Future Forever Sep. 7 *featuring* AFFLICTION INCLUDED (AUTHOR'S...
Friday, September 7th | 7pm - Main Reading Room Four to five esteemed Bay Area authors and booksellers debate the merits of the 100 Books...
Now that we have a new space (1543 Shattuck in North Berkeley), it's time to launch our own reading series. Come nosh on some snacks...
Doors open at 7:00 PM; show starts at 7:30 PM SHARP! Join us at Nomadic Press as we celebrate Oakland First Fridays! Featuring readings by...
Friday, September 7, 7:30pm Pegasus Books Downtown Obi Kaufmann presents his award-winning best seller, The California Field Atlas. Following a visual presentation, Obi will be...
Featuring workshops with Shanthi Sekaran on Writing Outside Your Cultural Experience, Norman Antonio Zelaya on Cadence, Community and Representation, and Vanessa Hua on Narrative Journalism, amongst others....
Pegasus Books Downtown Saturday September 8, 5:30pm Kate Schatz and Miriam Klein Stahl, the New York Times best-selling authors of Rad Women Worldwide and Rad American Women A-Z, present and sign...
Babylon Salon presents our Fall Reading Saturday, September 8, 2018, 6.00 pm at The Armory Club 1799 Mission Street (downstairs performance space) featuring -- Daniel Mallory Ortberg...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Writer-contributors read to celebrate the publication of "Giving Voice: Laborfest Writers Anthology, 2005-2017"
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...