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  • April 2021
  • Sat 3
    April 3, 2021 @ 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm PDT

    Jillian C York in conversation with Ben Tarnoff

    discussing Jillian York's new book Silicon Values: The Future of Free Speech under Surveillance Capitalism published by Verso Books This is a virtual event that...

  • Sat 3
    April 3, 2021 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm PDT

    Conversations with Authors – Sue Monk Kidd (Online Event)

    An extraordinary story set in the first century about a woman who finds her voice and her destiny, from the celebrated number one New York...

  • Mon 5
    April 5, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm PDT

    Better Ancestors: Kai Sugioka-Stone, Amanda Muñiz, Isabelle Khoo-Miller, Arlene Biala and Melissa Merin

    online

    Quiet Lightning presents the second Better Ancestors, featuring readings and performance by Kai Sugioka-Stone, Amanda Muñiz, Isabelle Khoo-Miller, Arlene Biala and Melissa Merin! This show curated by the artists who performed at...

    Free
  • Tue 6
    April 6, 2021 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm PDT

    Jessica Lahey with Mary Laura Philpott – The Addiction Inoculation (Online Event)

    In this supportive, life-saving resource, the New York Times bestselling author of The Gift of Failure helps parents and educators understand the roots of substance abuse and identify who is...

  • Tue 6
    April 6, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm PDT

    Julie Lythcott-Haims with Adam Smiley Poswolsky

    This event is online. Guests who pre-order a book at the time of registration will also receive temporary access to a post-event recording after the...

  • Tue 6
    April 6, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm PDT

    Julie Lythcott-Haims with Adam Smiley Poswolsky

    This event is online. Guests who pre-order a book at the time of registration will also receive temporary access to a post-event recording after the...

  • Tue 6
    April 6, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    Hoa Nguyen with Garrett Caples

    Hoa Nguyen reads from her new poetry collection A Thousand Times You Lose Your Treasure published by Wave Books ---------- This is a virtual event...

  • Tue 6
    April 6, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    Bettye Kearse – The Other Madisons (Book Discussion & Film Screening)

    In The Other Madisons, Bettye Kearse—a descendant of an enslaved cook and, according to oral tradition, President James Madison—shares her family story and explores the issues...

  • Tue 6
    April 6, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    Launch for Natalie Baszile / We Are Each Other’s Harvest: Celebrating African American Farmers, Land, and Legacy, with Konda Mason

    Booksmith and The Bindery are very pleased to host the virtual launch for Natalie Baszile for her book We Are Each Other's Harvest: Celebrating African American Farmers, Land,...

  • Tue 6
    April 6, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    Virtual Event: Sanjena Sathian

    JOIN US ON TUESDAY, APRIL 6 AT 6PM PT WHEN SANJENA SATHIAN JOINS US FOR THE LAUNCH OF HER NOVEL, GOLD DIGGERS, ON ZOOM! Zoom Login Info Please...

  • Tue 6
    April 6, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    VIRTUAL: Launch for Natalie Baszile / We Are Each Other’s Harvest: Celebrating African American Farmers, Land, and Legacy, with Konda Mason

    Booksmith and The Bindery are very pleased to host the virtual launch for Natalie Baszile for her book We Are Each Other's Harvest: Celebrating African American Farmers, Land,...

  • Tue 6
    April 6, 2021 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PDT

    Launch of Girl Warriors With Author Rachel Sarah

    Please join us on Tuesday, April 6, 2021 at 7 PM PST for an online book launch of GIRL WARRIORS: HOW 25 ACTIVISTS ARE SAVING THE...

  • Wed 7
    April 7, 2021 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm PDT

    Mazza Writer in Residence Brontez Purnell, reading and in conversation

    online

    Remote access event, free and open to the public Registration link pending With emcee, TreVaughn Malik Roach-Carter Supported by the Sam Mazza Foundation Details tba...

    Free
  • Wed 7
    April 7, 2021 @ 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm PDT

    Aunt Lute and POC United presents the Panel: Creating Our Own ‘Table’

    Virtual

    Many marginalized writers celebrate the moment that they receive "a seat at the table," and this is quite often their goal. Yet, others of us...

    Free
  • Wed 7
    April 7, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm PDT

    Greg Grandin & Edwards-Tiekert: Empire’s Workshop

    Virtual

    KPFA Radio 94.1 FM presents: Greg Grandin & Brian Edwards-Tiekert Zoom Event Empire's Workshop: Latin America, the U.S., and the Rise of the New Imperialism...

    $5 – $20
  • Wed 7
    April 7, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm PDT

    Imbolo Mbue with Kawai Strong Washburn

    This event is online. Guests who pre-order a book at the time of registration will also receive temporary access to a post-event recording after the...

  • Wed 7
    April 7, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    Gene Stone & Kathy Freston – 72 Reasons to Be Vegan (Virtual Event)

    Did you know that if you adopt a vegan diet you can enjoy better sex? Save money? Have glowing skin? You can ward off Alzheimer’s,...

  • Wed 7
    April 7, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    Rachel Kushner in conversation with Dana Spiotta

    City Lights in conjunction with Litquake and Scribner Books present Rachel Kushner in conversation with Dana Spiotta      celebrating the launch of Rachel Kushner's The Hard Crowd:...

  • Wed 7
    April 7, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    TICKETED VIRTUAL EVENT: Morgan Jerkins, Caul Baby

    HarperCollins presents New York Times bestselling author Morgan Jerkins for a reading and discussion of her new novel, Caul Baby. Following the critical and popular success of her...

  • Wed 7
    April 7, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    VIRTUAL: C Pam Zhang / How Much of These Hills Is Gold (paperback launch)

    Booksmith and The Bindery are very pleased to host the virtual launch for C Pam Zhang and the paperback edition of her debut novel How Much of These...

  • Wed 7
    April 7, 2021 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm PDT

    Contemporary Classics – This Mournable Body

    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...

  • Wed 7
    April 7, 2021 @ 7:00 pm - April 28, 2021 @ 8:45 pm PDT

    You’re Going to Die Presents: GRIEF & HEALING w/Writing & Music

    online

    a YG2D Workshop This 4-session communal workshop offers a chance to creatively express ourselves & engage with our own grief & healing through writing &...

    $80 – $250
  • Thu 8
    April 8, 2021 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm PDT

    Women Lit #UNBOUND Presents: Secrets and the Search for Self: Alka Joshi on The Henna Artist

    online

    At 62, debut novelist Alka Joshi shattered literary glass ceilings with The Henna Artist, the “eloquent and moving” (Publishers Weekly) story of a 17-year-old girl who,...

    $75
  • Thu 8
    April 8, 2021 @ 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm PDT

    Gabriela Garcia: Of Women and Salt

    online

    Litquake's Epicenter: A Virtual Series Bringing writers from around the world to your computer screen Co-presented by Green Apple Books on the Park Litquake and...

    Free
  • Thu 8
    April 8, 2021 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm PDT

    Virtual Event: Gabriela Garcia

    IN PARTNERSHIP WITH LITQUAKE JOIN US ON THURSDAY, APRIL 8 AT 5PM PT WHEN GABRIELA GARCIA DISCUSSES HER DEBUT NOVEL, OF WOMEN AND SALT! A PART OF LITQUAKE'S EPICENTER...

  • Thu 8
    April 8, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm PDT

    Kim Shuck’s Poetry Night, One City One Book Edition

    online

    REGISTER Natasha Dennerstein, Molly Fisk, Kelly Grace Thomas, Kelliane Parker and Ramona “Mona” Webb lead a One City One Book inspired reading. Natasha Dennerstein was born in Melbourne,...

    Free
  • Thu 8
    April 8, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    Todd Miller

    Todd Miller and guest TBD in conversation discussing Build Bridges, Not Walls: A Journey to a World Without Borders Published by City Lights Books In...

  • Thu 8
    April 8, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    Open Mic Night | Featuring Daniel B. Summerhill

    online

    OPEN MIC THURSDAYS continue. Join us on ZOOM twice a month for our virtual Open Mic. Look for MoAD Open Mic every other Thursday this month. Hosted...

    Free
  • Thu 8
    April 8, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    David Talbot and Margaret Talbot

    celebrating the launch of their new book By The Light Of Burning Dreams: The Triumphs and Tragedies of the Second American Revolution published by Harper...

  • Thu 8
    April 8, 2021 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    Mazza Writer in Residence Brontez Purnell and Friends, reading and in conversation

    online

    Remote access event, free and open to the public Registration link pending With emcee, TreVaughn Malik Roach-Carter Supported by the Sam Mazza Foundation Details tba...

    Free
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