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  • March 2021
  • Tue 30
    March 30, 2021 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PDT

    WE RUN THE TIDES by Vendela Veda

    Please join us on Tuesday, March 30, 2021 at 7 PM PDT for a GGP Online Book Club discussion of WE RUN THE TIDES by Vendela...

  • Wed 31
    March 31, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm PDT

    Claudio Saunt & Mickey Huff: Unworthy Republic: A Zoom event

    Virtual

    KPFA Radio 94.1 FM presents CLAUDIO SAUNT & MICKEY HUFF: A Zoom Event Unworthy Republic: Dispossession of Native Americans and the Road to Indian Territory...

    $5 – $20
  • Wed 31
    March 31, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    Book Passage Presents: Martha Hall Kelly – Sunflower Sisters

    Martha Hall Kelly’s million-copy bestseller Lilac Girls introduced readers to Caroline Ferriday. Now, in Sunflower Sisters, Kelly tells the story of Ferriday’s ancestor Georgeanna Woolsey, a Union nurse...

  • April 2021
  • Thu 1
    Shane McCrae
    April 1, 2021 @ 8:00 am - 5:00 pm PDT

    Berkeley Lunch Poems: Shane McCrae

    Berkeley Lunch Poems A noontime poetry reading series Readings will take place remotely for the 2020-2021 academic year. Zoom links will be available approximately two...

  • Thu 1
    April 1, 2021 @ 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm PDT

    Seismic Salons: Tom Perrotta

    online

    Seismic Salon: Tom Perrotta Thu Apr 1st 5:00pm - 6:30pm Buy Tickets  If you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to have your fiction translated to the...

    $100
  • Thu 1
    April 1, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    Andrea Bajani and Jhumpa Lahiri Writers discuss Bajani’s novel, If You Kept a Record of Sins

    Andrea Bajani is joined in conversation by Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Jhumpa Lahiri to celebrate the publication of his novel, If You Kept a Record of Sins (translated...

  • Thu 1
    April 1, 2021 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    Youmna Chlala and Ken Chen, reading and in conversation

    online

    Remote access event, free and open to the public Registration link pending With emcee, Brent Awa Jensen Supported by the National Endowment for the Arts Details...

    Free
  • Fri 2
    April 2, 2021 @ 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm PDT

    Aiden Thomas

    online

    Friday, April 2, 2021 | 5:00 pm PDT | Zoom (RSVP to receive the event link) Aiden Thomas is a YA author with an MFA...

    Free
  • Fri 2
    April 2, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm PDT

    Nomadic Press’ Virtual Open Mic #53

    online

    90 minutes 30 readers 3 minutes each On Zoom! FREE AND ALL WELCOME! Sign up to read here: https://forms.gle/4nYSi5fLNyo229Lj9 If you enjoy spaces like this...

    Free – $200
  • Sat 3
    April 3, 2021 @ 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm PDT

    Jillian C York in conversation with Ben Tarnoff

    discussing Jillian York's new book Silicon Values: The Future of Free Speech under Surveillance Capitalism published by Verso Books This is a virtual event that...

  • Sat 3
    April 3, 2021 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm PDT

    Conversations with Authors – Sue Monk Kidd (Online Event)

    An extraordinary story set in the first century about a woman who finds her voice and her destiny, from the celebrated number one New York...

  • Mon 5
    April 5, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm PDT

    Better Ancestors: Kai Sugioka-Stone, Amanda Muñiz, Isabelle Khoo-Miller, Arlene Biala and Melissa Merin

    online

    Quiet Lightning presents the second Better Ancestors, featuring readings and performance by Kai Sugioka-Stone, Amanda Muñiz, Isabelle Khoo-Miller, Arlene Biala and Melissa Merin! This show curated by the artists who performed at...

    Free
  • Tue 6
    April 6, 2021 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm PDT

    Jessica Lahey with Mary Laura Philpott – The Addiction Inoculation (Online Event)

    In this supportive, life-saving resource, the New York Times bestselling author of The Gift of Failure helps parents and educators understand the roots of substance abuse and identify who is...

  • Tue 6
    April 6, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm PDT

    Julie Lythcott-Haims with Adam Smiley Poswolsky

    This event is online. Guests who pre-order a book at the time of registration will also receive temporary access to a post-event recording after the...

  • Tue 6
    April 6, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm PDT

    Julie Lythcott-Haims with Adam Smiley Poswolsky

    This event is online. Guests who pre-order a book at the time of registration will also receive temporary access to a post-event recording after the...

  • Tue 6
    April 6, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    Hoa Nguyen with Garrett Caples

    Hoa Nguyen reads from her new poetry collection A Thousand Times You Lose Your Treasure published by Wave Books ---------- This is a virtual event...

  • Tue 6
    April 6, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    Bettye Kearse – The Other Madisons (Book Discussion & Film Screening)

    In The Other Madisons, Bettye Kearse—a descendant of an enslaved cook and, according to oral tradition, President James Madison—shares her family story and explores the issues...

  • Tue 6
    April 6, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    Launch for Natalie Baszile / We Are Each Other’s Harvest: Celebrating African American Farmers, Land, and Legacy, with Konda Mason

    Booksmith and The Bindery are very pleased to host the virtual launch for Natalie Baszile for her book We Are Each Other's Harvest: Celebrating African American Farmers, Land,...

  • Tue 6
    April 6, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    Virtual Event: Sanjena Sathian

    JOIN US ON TUESDAY, APRIL 6 AT 6PM PT WHEN SANJENA SATHIAN JOINS US FOR THE LAUNCH OF HER NOVEL, GOLD DIGGERS, ON ZOOM! Zoom Login Info Please...

  • Tue 6
    April 6, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    VIRTUAL: Launch for Natalie Baszile / We Are Each Other’s Harvest: Celebrating African American Farmers, Land, and Legacy, with Konda Mason

    Booksmith and The Bindery are very pleased to host the virtual launch for Natalie Baszile for her book We Are Each Other's Harvest: Celebrating African American Farmers, Land,...

  • Tue 6
    April 6, 2021 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PDT

    Launch of Girl Warriors With Author Rachel Sarah

    Please join us on Tuesday, April 6, 2021 at 7 PM PST for an online book launch of GIRL WARRIORS: HOW 25 ACTIVISTS ARE SAVING THE...

  • Wed 7
    April 7, 2021 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm PDT

    Mazza Writer in Residence Brontez Purnell, reading and in conversation

    online

    Remote access event, free and open to the public Registration link pending With emcee, TreVaughn Malik Roach-Carter Supported by the Sam Mazza Foundation Details tba...

    Free
  • Wed 7
    April 7, 2021 @ 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm PDT

    Aunt Lute and POC United presents the Panel: Creating Our Own ‘Table’

    Virtual

    Many marginalized writers celebrate the moment that they receive "a seat at the table," and this is quite often their goal. Yet, others of us...

    Free
  • Wed 7
    April 7, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm PDT

    Greg Grandin & Edwards-Tiekert: Empire’s Workshop

    Virtual

    KPFA Radio 94.1 FM presents: Greg Grandin & Brian Edwards-Tiekert Zoom Event Empire's Workshop: Latin America, the U.S., and the Rise of the New Imperialism...

    $5 – $20
  • Wed 7
    April 7, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm PDT

    Imbolo Mbue with Kawai Strong Washburn

    This event is online. Guests who pre-order a book at the time of registration will also receive temporary access to a post-event recording after the...

  • Wed 7
    April 7, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    Gene Stone & Kathy Freston – 72 Reasons to Be Vegan (Virtual Event)

    Did you know that if you adopt a vegan diet you can enjoy better sex? Save money? Have glowing skin? You can ward off Alzheimer’s,...

  • Wed 7
    April 7, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    Rachel Kushner in conversation with Dana Spiotta

    City Lights in conjunction with Litquake and Scribner Books present Rachel Kushner in conversation with Dana Spiotta      celebrating the launch of Rachel Kushner's The Hard Crowd:...

  • Wed 7
    April 7, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    TICKETED VIRTUAL EVENT: Morgan Jerkins, Caul Baby

    HarperCollins presents New York Times bestselling author Morgan Jerkins for a reading and discussion of her new novel, Caul Baby. Following the critical and popular success of her...

  • Wed 7
    April 7, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    VIRTUAL: C Pam Zhang / How Much of These Hills Is Gold (paperback launch)

    Booksmith and The Bindery are very pleased to host the virtual launch for C Pam Zhang and the paperback edition of her debut novel How Much of These...

  • Wed 7
    April 7, 2021 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm PDT

    Contemporary Classics – This Mournable Body

    Patricia Holt, former book editor at the San Francisco Chronicle, continues her popular book group, “Contemporary Classics.” A book should stand the test of time...

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