Join us for a fun afternoon in Oakland! After the reading, we will meet at the Fairlyland sign at Lake Merritt for open mic readings and a low-rent afterparty.
The CJC is proud to present four local poets, George Davis, Amos White, Amber McZeal, and James Ellis for our final day of Poetry Weekend.
We're gathering some fantastic writers to share their thoughts on, well, drugs.
An award-winning writer rescues seven first-rate twentieth-century women artists from oblivion—their lives fascinating, their artwork a revelation.
Suggested donation $7.00 (admission), $10.00 with a souvenir chapbook!
Susan Steinberg talks with Kristen Radtke about her debut graphic novel, Imagine Wanting Only This.
Moderated by Eddie Muller & Jerry Thompson with Kim Addonizio, Nick Petrulakis, Jamie DeWolf, Joe Loya.
Andres Barba discusses his new novel, Such Small Hands, with Yiyun Li, followed by a party sponsored by Transit Books.
Booksmith is delighted to host local literary nonprofit Small Press Traffic as they present two superb visiting poets, Anselm Berrigan + Hoa Nguyen.
Jacqueline Winspear reads from her latest Maisie Dobbs adventure, In This Grave Hour.
In The Last Machine in the Solar System, life on Earth ended billions of years ago, but the last machine carries on.
Featured readers include: Peter Thomas Bullen, Allyson Darling, Fred Dodsworth, Nick Jaina, Ari Moskowitz, Xan Roberti and more.
Andrés Barba discusses and signs "Such Small Hands".
What you will donation, free refreshments, and door prizes for the prompt!
Skloot specializes in narrative science writing and has explored a wide range of topics, including tissue ownership rights, race and medicine, and food politics in The New York Times Magazine, O, The Oprah Magazine, Discover, and elsewhere.
John Waters reads from his new book, Make Trouble, and delivers advice for artists, graduates and anyone trying to make a living as a creative person.
She's a member of the SF Writers' Grotto and the Portuguese Artists Colony.
Discussing Doctorow's book, Walkaway, and Scalzi's book The Collapsing Empire.
Long known as a vital, innovative author in her native Korea (as well as the publisher of Oulipopress), Han Yujoo here presents her first full-length...
Celebrating the release of his new poetry collection In Memory of an Angel.
So come read, raise a glass and support literature in public schools!
Activist, former political prisoner, and poet Ericka Huggins reaches into her own history, reading the words of her sheroes and heroes.
Orlando White receives the Poetry Center Book Award for LETTERRS and reads with award judge Patrick James Dunagan.
Jackie Townsend shares her compelling new novel, The Absence of Evelyn.
Talking Down to Trump is an evening featuring short film, reading, and live dance performance, as well as group meditation organized by artists, activists, and mothers who work, live, and resist in the Bay Area.
Celebrating National Poetry Month!
Jennifer Lin dramatizes her family history in her new book, Shanghai Faithful: Betrayal and Forgiveness in a Chinese Christian Family
Clarion Alley reading series for an afternoon of solidarity, joy, grim resilience, and a way forward.
The workshop includes a discussion and featured readings by Nathalie Khankan, Lena Khalif Tuffah, + Priscilla Wathington.
Michael Chabon joins us on Independent Bookstore Day to read from his new novel, Moonglow. The classic arcade game Moon Patrol will also be available to play!