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  • Stay Amazed: A Celebration of Poetry and Music

    JCC East Bay - Jewish Community Center of the East Bay - Berkeley Branch 1414 Walnut Street, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Nearly 20 artists from Berkeley to New York will come together for this special evening of readings, songs, and dancing.

    $8 – $10

  • Night Light Multimedia Garden Party

    SOMArts 934 Brannan Street, San Francisco , CA, United States

    A one-night-only luminous art exhibition with performances celebrating radical self-determination through the work of over 60 “code-breaking” artists!

    $12 – $15

  • Christopher Bernard + Clara Hsu

    Bird & Beckett Books and Records 653 Chenery St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Novel and Poetry reading!

  • Bill Berkson Memorial

    Lecture Hall, SF Art Institute 800 Chestnut Street, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Please join San Francisco Art Institute in remembering and honoring the life of poet, art critic, and much-loved SFAI professor emeritus Bill Berkson.

  • Kim Stanley Robinson: Aurora

    Bookshop Santa Cruz 1520 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz , CA, United States

    Kim Stanley Robinson is a New York Times bestseller and winner of the Hugo, Nebula, and Locus awards.

  • Porchlight Open Door: Identity Crisis

    Hemlock Tavern 1131 Polk Street, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Bring your five-minute story about "finding yourself" and you could win a slot on Porchlight's 14th Anniversary Romp!

  • Heather Young: The Lost Girls

    Book Passage Marin 51 Tamal Vista Blvd. , Corte Madera, CA, United States

    Heather Young earned her law degree from the University of Virginia, and practiced law in San Francisco before beginning her writing career.

  • Happy Hour Stories

    Pegasus Books on Solano 1855 Solano Ave, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Solano's Story Time for Adults!

  • Get Lit! July 2016 Edition

    Corkscrew Wine Bar 100 Petaluma Blvd N #103, Petaluma, CA, United States

    Following our guest readers, we'll have time for schmoozing, buying books and drinks and then YOU can read on the open mic (3-5 minute limit).

  • InsideStoryTime: THE UNWINDING

    The Octopus Literary Salon 2101 Webster St #170, Oakland , CA, United States

    Featuring five great artists!

  • Alina Smiotanko + James Tracy

    Readers Bookstore Fort Mason Center, Building C, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Proceeds from our bookstores benefit the San Francisco Public Library.

  • Martinis & Writers – Literary Speakeasy!

    Martuni's 4 Valencia St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    This month’s featured guests include Tusiata Avia, Jason Bayani, Natasha Dennerstein, Bill Dupp, and Soma Mei Sheng Frazier.

  • Bookswap 2.0 w/ Val Brelinski

    The Booksmith 1644 Haight St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Bring a book about an exile.

    $10

  • Evan Ratliff w/ Jennifer Kahn

    Alamo Drafthouse Cinema 2550 Mission Street, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Litquake is proud to host the San Francisco launch of LOVE AND RUIN: TALES OF OBSESSION, DANGER, AND HEARTBREAK, the new nonfiction collection edited by Evan Ratliff of The Atavist.

    $15

  • Book Release Party: Uptown Thief by Aya de Leon

    La Peña Cultural Center 3105 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley, CA, United States

    The event will include a reading by Aya de Leon from UPTOWN THIEF, a performance by Vixen Noir, and Aya will be interviewed by Carolina De Robertis.

  • Rolling Writers: R-Dub Love

    Rolling Out Cafe 1722 Taraval St, San Francisco, CA, United States

    In honor of Juliet's birthday, Rolling Writers express and reflect on romantic love the evening before Lammas Eve.

  • Summer Sparks: flash fiction, poetry, and flash nonfiction

    Bazaar Cafe 5927 California St, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Readings by Hugh Behm-Steinberg, Jacqueline Doyle, Andrew Dugas, Jamey Genna, Jose Luis Gutierrez, Fernando Meisenhalter, Alia Volz, and Amos White

    Free

  • Entwined: Sisters and Secrets

    Bird & Beckett Books and Records 653 Chenery St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    "Entwined" is a penetrating personal narrative that explores a complex world of disability, loss, reunion, and the resiliency of the human spirit.

  • Poetry Express: Diane Moomey

    Himalayan Flavors 1585 University Ave, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Diane has lived and wandered around the US and Canada.

  • Lori Ostlund

    Books Inc. Berkeley 1491 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley , CA, United States

    California Book Award-winner Lori Ostlund celebrates the paperback release of her critically-acclaimed debut novel, After the Parade.

  • Baruch Porras Hernandez hosts The News

    SOMArts 934 Brannan Street, San Francisco , CA, United States

    We recommend reserving tickets on Eventbrite to guarantee your seat.

  • Dave Madden, Theodore Wheeler, + Amina Gautier

    Green Apple Books on the Park 1231 9th Ave, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Dave Madden, Theodore Wheeler, and Amina Gautier read from their new story collections.

  • Krys Lee w/ Adam Johnson

    The Booksmith 1644 Haight St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Krys Lee presents How I Became a North Korean, a debut novel that follows the lives of three characters as they struggle to survive in the complex and dangerous Chinese territory bordering North Korea.

  • Tsering Wangmo Dhompa

    Books Inc. Berkeley 1491 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley , CA, United States

    Tsering Wangmo Dhompa, the first Tibetan female poet to be published in English, shares her beautifully written memoir, Coming Home to Tibet: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Belonging.

  • InsideStorytime FORBIDDANCE

    Martuni's 4 Valencia St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    A fun, cosy event where you can booze and schmooze with the San Francisco literati.

  • Julie Rogers + Adrian Arias

    Readers Bookstore Fort Mason Center, Building C, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Proceeds from our bookstores benefit the San Francisco Public Library.