Chip Conley is a hospitality entrepreneur, founding boutique hotel brand Joie de Vivre Hospitality at 26 and running it as CEO for 24 years. He...
In Another, his eagerly anticipated debut as author-illustrator, Caldecott and Coretta Scott King honoree and store favorite Christian Robinson brings young readers on a playful,...
Each year, Noe Valley author Cara Black takes a few lucky readers on a real tour of the Paris she writes about in her bestselling...
Thu, March 14, 6:30pm – 9:00pm DescriptionSponsored by Alejandro Murguia, curated by Marguerite Munoz and Rene Vaz. This month's readers TBD.
reading and in conversation with Jennifer S. Cheng celebrating the release of Oculus: Poems published by Graywolf Press In Oculus, Sally Wen Mao explores exile not just...
Eleanor Burke, author of A Walker's Sketchbook of San Francisco, discusses her new book Walking Manhattan's Neighborhoods. About Walking Manhattan's Neighborhoods Walking Manhattan's Neighborhoods is a...
…collectivity as a part of speech: come again. The radio channeling an exaltation of larks: what it is to be...
Join Why There Are Words on March 14, 2019, at Studio 333 in Sausalito and bear witness to a spectacular evening of readings, as six...
Mesha Maren discusses her new novel, Sugar Run with Randal O'Wain. Praise for Sugar Run “A heady admixture of explosive plot and taut, burnished prose . . ....
Thurday, February 14, 2019 7:30 PM 10:30 PM The Lost Church (map) You’re Going to Die: Poetry, Prose & Everything Goes Open Mic at The Lost Church w/Ned Buskirk $10...
Members of the Charter Group of Word for Word, a program of Z Space will present a reading of "The Widow Dreams," a narrative of...
Friday, March 15 - 7:00 pm University Press Books, 2430 Bancroft Avenue, Berkeley I am always haunted by the wise words of my great great...
Helen Oyeyemi discusses her new novel, Gingerbread with Stephen Sparks. About Gingerbread The prize-winning, bestselling author of Boy, Snow, Bird and What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours returns with a...
The Bindery hosts a special evening with Amber Tamblyn, to celebrate her new book of essays Era of Ignition: Coming of Age in a Time of Rage...
It is estimated that William Shakespeare used 31,000 different words in his writing and that some had hidden meanings. He also invented over 30 new...
Join us to celebrate the launch of Lisa Moore Ramee’s highly anticipated, funny and big-hearted debut middle grade novel A Good Kind of Trouble, about...
EAST BAY BOOKSELLERS welcomes Helen Oyeyemi to discuss Gingerbread, on Saturday, March 16th at 7pm. Influenced by the mysterious place gingerbread holds in classic children's stories, beloved novelist Helen...
Alice Pettway is the author of three books of poetry: The Time of Hunger (2017), Moth (2019) and Station Lights (forthcoming 2021). Her poetry, nonfiction...
For the third year, AAUW Alameda presents a spring series of talks featuring authors who live and write in Alameda and nearby, now co-sponsored by...
Patria - Fernando Aramburu Please note: the Spanish Book Group will not be meeting in February. El dia en que ETA anuncia el abandono de...
POETS! - Beau Beausoleil and Tamsin Smith, followed by an open mic
Salvatore Scibona discusses his new novel, The Volunteer. Praise for The Volunteer “Salvatore Scibona is gravely, terminally, a born writer—a high artist and exquisite craftsman. Yes...
Tuesday March 19, 2019 | 5:30 pm | Mills Hall Living Room Shobha Rao’s novel Girls Burn Brighter, longlisted for the 2018 Center for Fiction First...
Two New Orleans based writers--poet and dreamworker Rodger Kamenetz and fiction writer Moira Crone--join forces with East Bay native and recent returnee Ariel Resnikoff for...
TUESDAY, MARCH 19, 2019 - 7:00PM This is an advanced event listing. Please check back for updated information, or sign up for our events emails....
TUESDAY March 19, 2019 7PM Hammer Theatre 101 Paseo de San Antonio San José, CA Reading followed by an on-stage interview – conducted by Associate...
Richard Chiem discusses his debut novel, King of Joy. Praise for King of Joy "What a funny, fresh, bittersweet masterpiece—there is no one else in the...
The Bindery hosts Jacob Tobia for their first book, Sissy: A Coming-Of-Gender Story. Please join us! A heart-wrenching, eye-opening, and giggle-inducing memoir about what it’s like to...
Queeriosity: Writing and Performance workshops celebrates LGBTQQIA+ youth voices in the Bay Area. Taught by Youth Speaks poets including Sarah O'Neal and Janae Johnson. Every...