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  • September 2020
  • Tue 29
    September 29, 2020 @ 7:00 pm PDT

    Perfectly Queer “A Very Gay Book Reading”

    The Perfectly Queer reading series returns to host "A Very Gay Book Reading" online via Zoom Tuesday, September 29, 7pm to 8:15pm. Four Gay authors...

    Free
  • Tue 29
    September 29, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PDT

    Juan Felipe Herrera & Naomi Shihab Nye: Every Day We’re More Illegal

    online

    Tuesday, Sept 29, 7-9pm Pacific time KPFA Radio 94.1 FM with City Lights Books presents a webinar Juan Felipe Herrera & Naomi Shihab Nye Every...

    $5 – $20
  • Wed 30
    September 30, 2020 @ 2:30 pm PDT

    Ingrid Rojas Contreras

    Ingrid Rojas Contreras was born and raised in Bogotá, Colombia. Her first novel Fruit of the Drunken Tree won the Silver Medal in First Fiction from the California Book...

    Free
  • Wed 30
    September 30, 2020 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm PDT

    VIRTUAL EVENT: Sy Montgomery, Becoming a Good Creature

    Join us on the Crowdcast platform for an event with National Book Award finalist Sy Montgomery (Soul of an Octopus) for her new book, Becoming a...

  • Wed 30
    September 30, 2020 @ 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm PDT

    Rachel Hollis with Brit Barron – Didn’t See That Coming (Virtual Event)

    I want you to know that what’s been good will always be good: the smell of coconut sunblock, a five year old showing you the...

  • Wed 30
    September 30, 2020 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm PDT

    Virtual Event: francine j. harris

    virtual

    Join us on Wenesday, September 30 at 6pm PDT when francine j. harris joins us to read from her new collection, Here is the Sweet Hand on...

    Free
  • Wed 30
    September 30, 2020 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    Virtual Event: francine j. harris

    Join us on Wenesday, September 30 at 6pm PDT when francine j. harris joins us to read from her new collection, Here is the Sweet Hand on...

  • Wed 30
    September 30, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    SFPL Live – Benjamin Bac Sierra in convo with Luis Rodriguez

    San Francisco Public Library - Virtual Library

    In conjunction with iVIVA!: Latino Heritage Month SFPL is honored to host Benjamin Bac Sierra as our On the Same Page author. We will celebrate...

    Free
  • Wed 30
    September 30, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PDT

    VIRTUAL: Caitlin Doughty / Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs?

    Booksmith and The Bindery host a virtual event with Caitlin Doughty for the paperback release of her New York Times bestseller Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs?! More information to...

    $21
  • October 2020
  • Thu 1
    October 1, 2020 @ 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm PDT

    Reverend Al Sharpton – Rise Up (Virtual Event)

    A rousing call to action for today's turbulent political moment, drawing on lessons learned from Reverend Sharpton's unique experience as a politician, television and radio...

  • Thu 1
    October 1, 2020 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    Zoetrope Magazine Fall Issue Celebration

    City Lights celebrates the award winning literary periodical's fall issue. Editor Michael Ray and Managing Editor Manjula Martin are joined by several contributors in an...

  • Thu 1
    October 1, 2020 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    Daniel Mendelsohn Acclaimed writer discusses his new book, Three Rings, with local Chris Jennings

    Daniel Mendelsohn is joined in conversation by Chris Jennings to discuss his latest book, Three Rings: A Tale of Exile, Narrative, and Fate (University of Virginia Press)....

  • Fri 2
    October 2, 2020 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm PDT

    Virtual Event: Yamile Saied Méndez

    Green Apple Books 506 Clement St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Join us on Friday, October 2nd at 6pm PDT, when Yamile Saied Méndez dicusses her YA debut novel, Furia, on Zoom! Zoom Login Info Please click the...

    Free
  • Fri 2
    October 2, 2020 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm PDT

    Nomadic Press’ Virtual Open Mic #29

    90 minutes 30 readers 3 minutes each On Zoom! FREE AND ALL WELCOME! Sign up to read here: https://forms.gle/1ZNKSnnzRZpXxvUE7 If you enjoy spaces like this...

  • Sat 3
    October 3, 2020 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm PDT

    Conversations with Authors – P. J. O’Rourke (Virtual Event)

    P. J. O’Rourke‘s latest work, A Cry from the Far Middle, asks his fellow Americans to take it down a notch, offering a new collection of...

  • Sun 4
    October 4, 2020 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm PDT

    Conversations with Authors – Bobbie Ann Mason (Virtual Event)

    Bobbie Ann Mason‘s new release, Dear Ann, is a beautifully crafted and profoundly moving novel which follows a woman as she looks back over her life...

  • Sun 4
    October 4, 2020 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm PDT

    Barbara Kingsolver – How to Fly (Virtual Event)

    In this intimate collection, the beloved author of The Poisonwood Bible and more than a dozen other New York Times bestsellers, winner or finalist for the Pulitzer and countless...

  • Mon 5
    October 5, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    Virtual Event: Aarti Namdev Shahani

    online

    Join us on Monday, October 5th at 7pm PST when Aarti Namdev Shahani discusses her memoir, Here We Are, on Zoom! Zoom Login Info Please...

    Free
  • Tue 6
    October 6, 2020 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm PDT

    Poised to Soar Helen Macdonald and Camille Dungy discuss Vesper Flights

    Bestselling author Helen Macdonald is joined in conversation by Camille T. Dungy to celebrate the publication of Vesper Flights (Grove). This event is presented in...

    $20 – $35
  • Tue 6
    October 6, 2020 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm PDT

    Mike Jung In Conversation with Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich –VIRTUALLY!

    Join us for a virtual conversation between Mike Jung and Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich as they discuss Jung's new novel,The Boys in the Back Row. Jung will debut his forthcoming music video opus of absurdity,...

  • Tue 6
    October 6, 2020 @ 5:30 pm PDT

    [Virtual Ruby] Book Launch: A Good True Thai by Sunisa Manning

    Join us for a reading and Q&A to celebrate the release of Ruby member Sunisa Manning's debut novel, A Good True Thai (Epigram Books, September...

    Free
  • Tue 6
    October 6, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    Virtual Event: Robert Duncan and Gary Wilson

    online

    Three Rooms Press and Green Apple Books present... The Official West Coast Launch for LOUDMOUTH, a novel, featuring reading, discussion, and music by author Robert Duncan,...

    Free
  • Tue 6
    October 6, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PDT

    VIRTUAL: Rachel Brahinsky and Alexander Tarr / A People’s Guide to the San Francisco Bay Area

    Booksmith and The Bindery host a virtual event with the authors of A People’s Guide to the San Francisco Bay Area, Rachel Brahinsky and Alexander Tarr. ** Please note ** > ...

  • Tue 6
    October 6, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PDT

    Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell | GGP Online Book Club

    Please join us on Tuesday, October 6, 2020 at 7 PM PDT for a GGP Online Book Club discussion of Maggie O'Farrell's new novel, HAMNET. The...

  • Tue 6
    October 6, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PDT

    Virtual Event: Robert Duncan and Gary Wilson

    Three Rooms Press and Green Apple Books present the Official West Coast Launch for LOUDMOUTH, a novel, featuring reading, discussion, and music by author Robert Duncan, former...

  • Tue 6
    October 6, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PDT

    Alex Ross and John Adams in Conversation

    Alex Ross and John Adams in Conversation Wagnerism: Art and Politics in the Shadow of Music One of today’s most influential and well-respected writers on...

    $15
  • Tue 6
    October 6, 2020 @ 9:30 pm - 10:30 pm PDT

    Colossus:Home Reading

    Paul Corman Roberts  CV Devorah major- special guest Deborah Fruchey Hannah Ingebretsen Halim Madi Peggy Morrison  Abe Becker  Sheryl Bize-Boute Lisa Lim

  • Wed 7
    October 7, 2020 @ 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm PDT

    Katherine May On Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times

    Katherine May joins us from the UK to discuss her new book, Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times (Riverhead Books). “Every bit as...

  • Wed 7
    October 7, 2020 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm PDT

    Contemporary Classics – Call Me Zebra

    Patricia Holt, former book editor at the San Francisco Chronicle, continues her popular book group, “Contemporary Classics.” A book should stand the test of time...

    $20
  • Wed 7
    October 7, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    Virtual Event: Kazim Ali, Gillian Conoley, and Brian Teare

    virtual

    Join us on Wednesday, October 7th at 7pm PST when Kazim Ali is joined by poets Gillian Conoley and Brian Teare to celebrate his new...

    Free
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