During the '70s in San Francisco, Alia's mother ran the underground Sticky Fingers Brownies, delivering upwards of 10,000 illegal marijuana edibles per month throughout the...

Red Light Lit is having its first virtual reading series hosted by comedian, Luna Malbroux. Featured readers include Peter Thomas Bullen, Lara Coley, Jenee Darden,...

“Quit being a drop. Make yourself an ocean.” Rumi’s inspiring and deceptively simple poems have been called ecstatic, mystical, and devotional. For writer and activist...

Watch the upcoming webcast on our YouTube channel → You can support the cost of this public webcast by making a tax-deductible donation. Thank you...

Lyrics & Dirges continues its long-running reading series featuring the diverse voices of the East Bay. With a reading by poets Tureeda Mikell and Sarah...

We Are The Voices Presents: Ashia Ajani and The Burl Concentrate (curated by Wolfman Books) Yes! We are so excited for this reading! Ashia Ajani...

Grab your favorite beverage and snacks and join THD for a happy hour in a personal conversation between David Talbot, local well-known writer and historian,...

Join us for our third Screenside Chat, a new limited-run series where Nomadic Press partners with other small publishers to bring you "fireside chat"-esque readings...

Join the SF Creative Writing Institute for an online reading by former and current students, faculty, and friends to celebrate the end of our Spring...

Open Mic at MoAD is going virtual! Hosted by poet Nia McAllister, join us for an evening of spoken word, featuring amazing poets from throughout...

Virtual Event Surreal stories for a surreal time. Hong Kong surrealist writer Dorothy Tse and translator Natascha Bruce join Calico editor Sarah Coolidge to talk...

This event is online. Join us online when political commentator, author, and international affairs expert Tom Nichols returns for a new conversation. You may know...

We're doing a weekly reading series while the world continues to be what it is. This week we're celebrating Chicago-based poet Keith Wilson. He's the...

Bookshop Santa Cruz invites you to join us for an online event with psychologist and bestselling author Rick Hanson, Ph.D., who will discuss his new...

Featured reader: Rachelle Escamilla! Open mic to follow. Free and open to the public with Eventbrite registration, tix booth closes at 6:30pm on 5/21. Rachelle...

You’re Going to Die: Poetry, Prose & Everything Goes Online! an ONLINE Open Mic w/Ned Buskirk, the You're Going to Die team & music from...

Introducing our online book club Join us as we read The Unseen by Roy Jacobsen, a bestseller in Norway and finalist for the Booker International Prize in...

Phren-Z, The Hive Poetry Collective, and Bookshop Santa Cruz present Zoom Forward! #9 with Karen Joy Fowler, Elizabeth McKenzie, Peggy Townsend part of the Zoom...

Phren-Z, The Hive Poetry Collective, and Bookshop Santa Cruz present Zoom Forward! #10 with Karen Joy Fowler, Elizabeth McKenzie, and Peggy Townsend, part of the Zoom...

90 minutes 30 readers 3 minutes each On Zoom! FREE AND ALL WELCOME! Showing up is one amazing form of support that we really appreciate....

Join us for a virtual book talk with Redress author John Tateishi. Email berkeleyjacl@gmail.com or message us to receive the Zoom link. Buy your book...

This event is free & will be broadcast on Zoom. Sign up here to attend! Stan Cox, author of The Green New Deal and Beyond, will join his...

Poetry and conversation with Aileen Cassinetto, Maw Shein Win, and Jason Bayani About this Event Celebrate Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month with Eastwind Books of Berkeley!...

Foglifter's Emerging Writer Fellows Reginald Edmonds and Ali Michael Cannon Present: Living Between Generations: An Intergenerational Reading Please join Foglifter in celebrating the culmination of...