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  • Anna Merlan

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

    discussing the subject of her recently released book Republic of Lies:American Conspiracy Theorists and Their Surprising Rise to Power from Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt & Co....

  • The Diesel Readers Book Group – – Future Home of the Living God

    East Bay Booksellers 5433 College Avenue, Oakland

    East Bay Booksellers invites you to The Diesel Readers Book Group's discussion of Future Home of the Living God by Louise Erdrich, on Monday September 16th at 7pm. Louise Erdrich,...

  • Janaka Stucky

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

    celebrating the release of his new book Ascend Ascend from Third Man Books Written over the course of twenty days, coming in and out of...

  • Launch for Anniqua Rana / Wild Boar in the Cane Field

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    The Bindery hosts the launch for Anniqua Rana's debut novel, Wild Boar in the Cane Field. More information to be announced soon, but please save the date...

  • Indelible in the Hippocampus: Writings from the Me Too Movement

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

    Editor Shelly Oria discusses the new collection Indelible in the Hippocampus: Writings from the Me Too Movement  with Rita Bullwinkel, Thea Matthews and Yalitza Ferreras. Praise for Indelible...

    Free

  • Sarah M. Broom — The Yellow House

    East Bay Booksellers 5433 College Avenue, Oakland

    EAST BAY BOOKSELLERS welcomes Sarah Broom to discuss her expansive yet probing biography The Yellow House on Wednesday, September 18th at 7pm. In 1961, Sarah M. Broom's mother Ivory...

  • Catherine Flynn

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

    celebrating the release of her new book James Joyce and the Matter of Paris published by Cambridge University Press In James Joyce and the Matter of Paris,...

  • Avan Jogia / Mixed Feelings

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

    Booksmith hosts a special evening with actor Avan Jogia for his debut book, Mixed Feelings: Poems and Stories. This will be his only SF/Bay Area appearance. Please join...

  • Caitlin Doughty (TICKETED)

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

    This event will be held at our 9th Ave. location. This is a ticketed event. Tickets available here. Caitlin Doughty discusses her new book, Will My Cat Eat...

    $30

  • Bathsheba Demuth: Floating Coast

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

    Bathsheba Demuth discusses her new book, Floating Coast: An Environmental History of the Bering Strait. Praise for Floating Coast “In Floating Coast, Bathsheba Demouth has written a...

    Free

  • MALCOLM GLADWELL In Conversation with Al Letson

    Sydney Goldstein Theater 275 Hayes St, San Francisco, CA, United States

    MALCOLM GLADWELL In Conversation with Al Letson Thursday, September 19, 2019, 7:30 pm Venue: Sydney Goldstein Theater Series: Special Events Tickets Sold Out!

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    John James w/Jay Deshpande & Noah Warren / The Milk Hours

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

    Booksmith hosts Bay Area poet John James for his debut book of poems, The Milk Hours. Reading with him are local poets Jay Deshpande (The Destroyer in the Glass) & Noah Warren (Love...

  • SALMAN RUSHDIE presents QUICHOTTE

    First Congregational Church of Oakland 2501 Harrison St, Oakland , CA, United States

    SALMAN RUSHDIE presents QUICHOTTE Friday, September 20, 2019, 7:00pm First Congregational Church of Oakland, 2501 Harrison Street, Oakland Tickets are available here! Berkeley Arts & Letters presents world-renowned...

    $10 – $50

  • Deborah Fruchey and Jan Steckel at Expressions Gallery

    Expressions Gallery 2035 Ashby Ave, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Poetry Reading featuring Zeitgeist Press poets Jan Steckel and Deborah Fruchey at Expressions Gallery, 2035 Ashby Ave. in Berkeley - Open Mic to follow! Jan...

    Free

  • Oakland Peace Festival: Peace

    Oakland Peace Center 111 Fairmount Ave, Oakland, CA

    Join us at the inaugural Oakland Peace Festival organized by Nomadic Press and hosted at the Oakland Peace Center. It’ll be a daytime celebration of...

    $20

  • Petina Gappah / Out of Darkness, Shining Light

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    The Bindery hosts a special afternoon event with Petina Gappah (The Book of Memory) reading from her second novel, Out of Darkness, Shining Light. Please join us! “This is...

  • Isabel Tree

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

    discussing the subject of her new book Wilding:Returning Nature to Our Farm from New York Review Books with an introduction by Eric Schlosser For many...

  • Jess Row: White Flights

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

    Jess Row discusses his new book, White Flights: Race, Fiction and the American Imagination. Praise for White Flights “These are brilliant, sweeping, intimate delights—and afterward, you...

    Free

  • Meet Author E.R. Ramzipoor

    Oakland Main Library 125 14th St, Oakland, CA, United States

    Join author E.R. Ramzipoor for a reading of her debut novel, The Ventriloquists. Publishers Weekly calls her book a "magnetic debut... Sprawling and ambitious, with crisp pacing and...

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  • Maria Tumarkin – – Axiomatic

    East Bay Booksellers 5433 College Avenue, Oakland

    EAST BAY BOOKSELLERS is excited to welcome Maria Tumarkin to celebrate the publication of her book of essays, on Monday, September 24th at 7pm. Winner of the Melbourne...

  • Leland Cheuk: No Good Very Bad Asian

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

     Leland Cheuk discusses his new novel, No Good Very Bad Asian with Vanessa Hua. Praise for No Good Very Bad Asian "A touching, funny tale of a...

    Free

  • Book Launch: Nancy Au — Spider Love Song and Other Stories

    East Bay Booksellers 5433 College Avenue, Oakland

    Nancy Au’s debut collection is rich with scents, sounds, imaginative leaps, and unexpected angles of vision. These seventeen stories present the challenges facing characters whose...

    Free

  • LIT STARTS: Writing Humor

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

    Join us to celebrate the release of The San Francisco Writers Grotto's new series LIT STARTS with a writing night on humor. About Writing Humor...

    Free

  • J.D. Moyer – – The Guardian

    East Bay Booksellers 5433 College Avenue, Oakland

    EAST BAY BOOKSELLERS is excited to welcome J. D. Moyer to celebrate the publication of his new novel, The Guardian, on Thursday, September 26th at 7pm. In the year...

  • Naomi Klein / On Fire: The (Burning) Case for a Green New Deal

    First Congregational Church of Berkeley 2345 Channing Way, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Berkeley Arts & Letters presents #1 international and New York Times bestselling author Naomi Klein (The Shock Doctrine and This Changes Everything) as she makes the case for a Green...

    $10 – $49