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...
Wednesday, March 20 - 7:00 pm The Poetry Center, HUM 512, San Francisco State University Join us for a special Wednesday evening devoted to new...
On March 20, The Bindery is hosting the launch party for Julia Plevin and her first book, The Healing Magic of Forest Bathing! The Healing...
Joyce Carol Oates reads from her latest novel The Hazards of Time Travel, an ingenious, dystopian novel of one young woman's resistance against the constraints of an...
KPFA Radio 94.1 FM presents GREG GRANDIN The End of the Myth: From the Frontier to the Border Wall In the Mind of America advance...
Thursday, March 21, 2019 7:00 PM 9:00 PM Google Calendar ICS As San Francisco’s roaring vice district, the Tenderloin of the early 20th century figures greatly into...
featuring Tongo Eisen-Martin (Heaven Is All Goodbyes), Anne-christine d'Adesky (The Pox Lover), Jenn Stroud Rossman (The Place You're Supposed to Laugh), and others, will be at Octopus Literary Salon, 2101 Webster Street,...
Last fall's Camp Fire in Butte County was the worst wildfire in California history killing at least 88 people (23 are listed as missing with...
Lynn Emanuel is the author of several volumes of poetry. She sees her Hotel Fiesta (1984), The Dig (1992), and Then, Suddenly— (1999) as a triptych exploring the convention and flexibility...
Kurt Eichenwald presents A Mind Unraveled: A Memoir, the compelling story of an acclaimed journalist and New York Times bestselling author's ongoing struggle with epilepsy--his torturous decision to keep...
Green Apple Books on the Park | 1231 9th Avenue | San Francisco, CA RSVP Swiss-Romanian writer Dana Grigorcea and translator Alta L. Price discuss An...
Edna in a Bottle (tastes funny) is a new San Francisco comedy hour at The Bindery in the Haight district. Edna and her friends are trapped...
For science-loving, world-exploring young adventurers... National Geographic presents Explorer Academy with the help of actual National Geographic Explorer Erika Bergman — scientist, submersible pilot, and...
Amy Glynn is the Poet Laureate of Lafayette, California. She is multi-generational Bay Area native and holds degrees from Mount Holyoke College and Lancaster University, England....
After Hours - Brendan Kiely: Consent and #MeToo Friday, March 22nd · 7:00pm Wine reception at 6:30pm for registered guests. Through discussion of personal experiences,...