Francesca Bell, Dane Cervine, and Lee Rossi Well-RED Reading Series Tuesday, May 14, 7:00pm feature: Kimy Martinez at Works/San José 365 South Market Street in...
The Bindery hosts Kathryn Scanlan for her first book,Aug 9—Fog. More to be announced soon, but please save the date and join us! Fifteen years ago, Kathryn Scanlan...
Ryan Jacobs discusses his new book, The Truffle Underground: A Tale of Mystery, Mayhem and Manipulation in the Shadowy Market of the World's Most Expensive...
Time is a pendulum. Not a river. More akin to what goes around comes around. –Ishmael Reed, Mumbo Jumbo Ishmael Reed...
The Bindery hosts William E. Jones for his debut novel I'm Open to Anything, out now from We Heard You Like Books. More information to come soon, but...
Alix Ohlin discusses her new novel, Dual Citizens. Praise for Dual Citizens “Ohlin’s story of sisters wraps its tendrils deep as any family. Dual Citizens leads a reader...
Sponsored by Alejandro Murguia, curated by Marguerite Munoz and Rene Vaz. This month's readers TBD.
discussing the subject of his new book High Weirdness: Drugs, Esoterica, and Visionary Experience in the Seventies from MIT Press A study of the spiritual...
There’s no better place to begin and end your Thursday evening than with Why There Are Words on June 13, 2019, at Studio 333 in...
Louise Aronson presents Elderhood: Redefining Aging, Transforming Medicine, Reimagining Life, an essential, empathetic look at a vital but little respected stage of life. "In the latter years there...
Ted Chiang discusses his new story collection, Exhalation, with Robin Sloan. Praise for Ted Chiang “Ted Chiang’s stories are lean, relentless, and incandescent.”—Colson Whitehead, author...
Adam David Miller reads his poems, followed by an interview and discussion Adam David Miller has worked in northern California for four decades as a...
Bloomsday with Thomas Lynch reading from Chapter Ten of James Joyce's Ulysses recalling Dublin on June 16, 1904 . Join us for Guinness, Irish soda...
Please join us for this very special reading: Michael McClure in translation, with Juvenal Acosta. Michael will read from new and selected work. Spanish translations...
POETS! - featured readers followed by an open mic
Robert Macfarlane, who has been called the "greatest nature writer of his generation," makes a rare West coast visit to celebrate the publication of his...
Heading into its fourth consecutive year, Get Lit is a community gathering of 12–15 writers reading NEVER-BEFORE-READ material (rough drafts / debuts) within a three-minute...
Booksmith hosts a special event to launch Dr. Naomi Wolf's new book Outrages: Sex, Censorship, and the Criminalization of Love. More information to be announced soon, but...
Ocean Vuong discusses his new novel, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous with Rebecca Solnit. Praise for On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous “A bruised, breathtaking love letter never meant...
with David Trinidad, Amy Gerstler, D.A. Powell, Kevin Killian, Dodie Bellamy, Randall Mann, and Roberto Bedoya celebrating the release of Punk Rock Is Cool for...
The Bindery hosts Alex Espinoza for his new bookCruising: An Intimate History of a Radical Pastime. With him in conversation is the one and only Carla Trujillo! Please...
The Booksmith hosts Stephen Markley for Ohio. Join us! Since the turn of the century, a generation has come of age knowing only war, recession, political gridlock, racial...
Thursday, June 20th, 2019 at the Verdi Club, 2424 Mariposa Street, San Francisco CA Remember: Bang-O & Games at 7 PM, Stories at 8 PM...
Thursday, Jun 20, 2019 7:00 PM Location: In the basement 2476 Telegraph Ave., Berkeley Website We are proud to present bestselling author of Golden, Marcus...
Megan Griswold joins us to discuss her new book, The Book of Help: A Memoir in Remedies. Praise for The Book of Help "Griswold’s vulnerability and deeply honest...
Shipwreck Returns! Join us for a Very Special One-Off event as San Francisco's premier Literary Erotic Fanfiction Competition gets the band back together: Amy hosts,...
Coming up: InsideStorytime PRIDE, featuring Nona Caspers (The Fifth Woman), Vernon Keeve III (Southern Migrant Mixtape), Eddie Jen, and others, will occur at Manny's, 3092 16th Street, San Francisco, Thursday June...
Nicole Dennis-Benn, author of Here Comes the Sun, discusses her new novel, Patsy. Praise for Patsy “Nicole Dennis-Benn is an exquisite writer who paints scenes with words so...
Undocumented Consequences: Life on Both Sides of the Border Saturday, June 22, 2019, Doors 1:00 p.m. Eveny begins 1:30 p.m., Woman's Building, 3543 18th St...