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  • Perfectly Queer-East Bay: Pride Zine Fest

    Laurel Book Store 1423 Broadway, Oakland , CA, United States

    Guest curator Anand Vedawala presents four East Bay queer zine creators: Erin Stokes, Lawrence Lindell, Maira, and Nia King

  • Who Will Speak For America?

    City Lights Bookstore 261 Columbus Ave, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Who Will Speak For America? Wednesday, June 27, 2018, 7:00 p.m., City Lights Booksellers, 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco with Veronica Scott Esposito, Charlie Jane Anders, and Craig...

  • BINDERY: Porochista Khakpour / Sick

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    Booksmith hosts an evening with the author of Sons and Other Flammable Objects and The Last Illusion, Porochista Khakpour for her new book Sick: A Memoir. Porochista will be in conversation...

  • Poetry Jam

    San Francisco Public Library 100 Larkin St, San Francisco , CA, United States

  • LONG SHOT & WORKS BY DANNY SHOT

    The Beat Museum 540 Broadway, San Francisco , CA, United States

    appearing with Jack Hirschman and Jessica Loos Works honors the longtime Long Shot magazine, credo of “Writing from the Real World.” This collection of poems traverses a course...

  • Michael Isikoff & David Corn, Russian Roulette

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

    Bookshop Santa Cruz welcomes Michael Isikoff and David Corn—"Two of the best and most accomplished investigative reporters of their generation... superpower reporting team" (Rachel Maddow)—for a...

  • My Old Faithful: Book Talk and Signing with Author Yang Huang

    San Francisco Public Library, Main Branch 100 Larkin St., San Francisco, CA

    Local author Yang Huang’s new novel My Old Faithful, a Juniper Prize winner, depict the lives of one family over thirty years in China and the...

  • Dive Deep into Roxane Gay’s Hunger

    Mechanics Institute 57 Post St 4th Floor Boardroom, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Roxane Gay’s Hunger has been called “Luminous. . . . intellectually rigorous and deeply moving” by The New York Times Book Review. And Entertainment Weekly wrote, "on nearly every page, Gay’s raw, powerful...

    $50

  • Terry Brooks

    Kepler's Books 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park , CA, United States

    With 23 New York Times bestsellers and 21 million copies of his books in print, Terry Brooks is one of America’s most celebrated authors. Join...

  • Bay Area Poetry Marathon

    Alley Cat Books 3036 24th St, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Readers TBA!

  • Book Release: Collapse by Cassandra Dallett

    Nomadic Press: Uptown 2301 Telegraph Ave., Oakland, CA, United States

    Join us at our Uptown, Oakland, location for the much-anticipated release of Cassandra Dallett's full-length poetry collection, Collapse! It's going to be an amazing evening...

  • POETS! – James Cagney & Cassandra Dallet followed by an open mic

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

    James Cagney Cassandra Dallet plus open mic Jerry Ferraz & SF Poet Laureate Kim Shuck co-host James Cagney is a poet from Oakland, and has featured at...

  • Quiet Lightning

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

    Join us on July 2 for a literary mixtape curated  by Lapo Guzzini and Romalyn Schmaltz!   Performances by: Shelley Valdez Mia Kirsi Stageberg Natasha Dennerstein Carol Dorf...

    $5 – $20

  • Bookswap at The Bindery: Antagonist Edition

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    We're feeling evil this summer, so for July, bring a book with a villain you love to hate. Maybe het's a ring-bearer with an insatiable...

    $15

  • Ivy Johnson, Syd Staiti, Isabel Bezerra Balé

    Moe's Books 2476 Telegraph Ave, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Ivy Johnson is a poet and performance artist in Oakland, CA. Her book, As They Fall, is a collection of 110 notecards for aleatoric ritual and was...

  • Queer Writing Group

    Alley Cat Books 3036 24th St, San Francisco, CA, United States

    A group of LGTBQ+ writers to share new work

  • AMBER TAMBLYN presents ANY MAN

    Hillside Club 2286 Cedar St, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Thursday, July 5, 2018, 7:30pm Hillside Club, 2286 Cedar St., Berkeley Tickets available soon! In her electric and provocative debut novel Any Man, Amber Tamblyn...

    $12 – $37

  • OAKLAND FIRST FRIDAYS AT NOMADIC PRESS!

    Nomadic Press: Uptown 2301 Telegraph Ave., Oakland, CA, United States

    Doors open at 7:00 PM; show starts at 7:30 PM SHARP! Join us at Nomadic Press as we celebrate Oakland First Fridays! Featuring readings by...

  • BINDERY: Amber Tamblyn / Any Man

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    In her electric and provocative debut novel Any Man, Amber Tamblyn blends genres of poetry, prose, and elements of suspense to give shape to the shocking narratives of...

  • Bay Area Poets Coalition

    Strawberry Creek Lodge 1320 Addison Street, Berkeley, CA, United States

    June 2, July 7, August 4 3:00 – 5:00 PM STRAWBERRY CREEK LODGE 1320 Addison St., Berkeley, CA Addison is one block south of and...

  • Adrienne Eberhardt / closing reception for Emotional Science

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    The Bindery hosts a closing for Adrienne Eberhardt's exhibition Emotional Science Emotional Science presents experimental and analog work Adrienne made as a teenager in her makeshift darkroom in...

  • Poetry Event: GEARS TURNING w/ Kim Shuck

    Adobe Books 3130 24th St., San Francisco, CA, United States

    Join us for an afternoon of wonderful poetry by SF Bay Area based poets, artists, and musicians with your host Kim Shuck. To participate in...

  • The Diesel Readers Book Group discuses THE INTERIOR CIRCUIT

    East Bay Booksellers 5433 College Avenue, Oakland

    East Bay Booksellers invites you to The Diesel Readers Book Group's discussion of The Interior Circuit, by Francisco Goldman, on Monday July 9th at 7pm. The Interior Circuit is Francisco Goldman's...

  • Poetic Tuesdays with Jason Bayani

    Yerba Buena Gardens 750 Howard St., San Francisco, CA, United States

    Enjoy line breaks during your lunch break, as some of the Bay Area’s best poets and musicians share their work in the great outdoors. This...

  • Perfectly Queer San Francisco “Summer Reading List”

    Dog Eared Books Castro 489 Castro Street, San Francisco , CA, United States

    What to read when there's a summer chill in the air in San Francisco? Perfectly Queer has five suggestions: Admissions by Eric Sasson, Alpha Wave by Andrew...

  • Zoe Samudzi presents AS BLACK AS RESISTANCE

    East Bay Booksellers 5433 College Avenue, Oakland

    EAST BAY BOOKSELLERS welcomes Zoe Samudzi to discuss her book As Black As Resistance: Finding the Conditions for Liberation, on Tuesday, July 10th at 7pm. Over the course of United States history, resistance...