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  • August 2020
  • Mon 3
    August 3, 2020 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    VIRTUAL EVENT: Congressman Eric Swalwell, Endgame

    Join us for an online discussion with Congressman Eric Swalwell, who will be in conversation with Steve Kettman about his new book, Endgame: Inside the...

  • Tue 4
    August 4, 2020 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm PDT

    ZYZZYVA & The Booksmith Present: Lockdown Lit @ Lunch with Lysley Tenorio & Sameer Pandya

    Booksmith and The Bindery, in partnership with Zyzzyva, present Lockdown Lit @ Lunch, a weekly salon, Tuesdays at 11am PST. Lockdown Literature is a group of authors with books published during the...

  • Tue 4
    August 4, 2020 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm PDT

    No Fascist USA! Discussion Series, Talk #1 – Hilary Moore, James Tracy, and Shane Burley

    Hilary Moore, James Tracy, and Shane Burley in the first of four talks about anti-fascist movements, past and present, and street-level organizing, with Hilary Moore, James...

  • Tue 4
    August 4, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PDT

    David Sheff Local writer discusses his new book, The Buddhist on Death Row

    David Sheff, author of Beautiful Boy, joins us for a virtual event for his new book, The Buddhist on Death Row. This event will be...

  • Wed 5
    August 5, 2020 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm PDT

    Conversations with Authors – Jordan Blashek & Christopher Haugh (Virtual Event)

    Wednesday, August 5th • 7:00pm ET/4:00pm PT Jordan Blashek & Christopher Haugh  Conversations with Authors is our free virtual event series! Join us every Saturday and...

  • Wed 5
    August 5, 2020 @ 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm PDT

    Virtual Event: Colin Dickey

    Join us on Wednesday, August 5 at 5:00pm PDT as Colin Dickey discusses his new book, The Unidentified: Mythical Monsters, Alien Encounters, and Our Obsession with The Unexplained on...

  • Wed 5
    August 5, 2020 @ 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm PDT

    VIRTUAL: Aimee Bender in conversation with Ploi Pirapokin / The Butterfly Lampshade

    Booksmith and The Bindery are thrilled to host a virtual event with Aimee Bender for her new novel, The Butterfly Lampshade, her first since New York Times bestseller The Particular Sadness of Lemon...

  • Wed 5
    August 5, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PDT

    VIRTUAL EVENT: David Sheff, The Buddhist on Death Row

    Join us for an online event with David Sheff about his new book, The Buddhist on Death Row: How One Man Found Light in the Darkest Place,...

  • Thu 6
    August 6, 2020 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm PDT

    VIRTUAL: Tenacious D / Post-Apocalypto: The Graphic Novel

    Join Tenacious D as they host four virtual book signings to celebrate the upcoming release of Post-Apocalypto: The Graphic Novel from Fantagraphics Books. With a pre-order of Post-Apocalypto, you’ll also...

  • Thu 6
    August 6, 2020 @ 6:00 pm PDT

    Screenside Chat #4: Tureeda Mikell and Mónica de la Torre

    Join us for our fourth Screenside Chat, a new limited-run series where Nomadic Press partners with other small publishers to bring you "fireside chat"-esque readings...

    Free
  • Thu 6
    August 6, 2020 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    Virtual Event: Jokes and Poems with Mike Birbiglia and J. Hope Stein

    Join us on Thursday, August 6 at 6pm PDT for an evening with Mike Birbiglia and J. Hope Stein as a part of their Jokes...

    $30
  • Thu 6
    August 6, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 8:10 pm PDT

    John Scalzi and Lindsay Ellis (ONLINE)

    This event is online. Do you love political turmoil, daring heroines, fast-paced stories, unknown worlds, and the threat of complete ecological and societal collapse? Outside...

  • Thu 6
    August 6, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PDT

    Author Rose Andersen Discussing The Heart And Other Monsters w/ Alia Volz | Virtual Author Chat on Zoom

    Please join us on Thursday, August 6, 2020 at 7 PM PDT for an online discussion with author Rose Andersen discussing her new memoir, THE HEART AND OTHER...

  • Fri 7
    August 7, 2020 @ 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm PDT

    Rebecca Giggs and Robert Moor In conversations about Fathoms: The World in the Whale

    Rebecca Giggs is joined in conversation by Robert Moor, bestselling author of On Trails, in this virtual event for her debut book, Fathoms: The World in...

  • Sat 8
    August 8, 2020 @ 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm PDT

    No Fascist USA! Discussion Series, Talk #2 – Hilary Moore, James Tracy, and Edward Onaci

    MAIN TOPIC OF DISCUSSION: Accomplices Hilary Moore, James Tracy, and Dr. Edward Onaci in the first of four talks about anti-fascist movements, past and present, and street-level organizing....

  • Sun 9
    August 9, 2020 @ 11:00 am - 1:00 pm PDT

    VIRTUAL EVENT: Suffrage + the Struggle for Voting Rights

    LIVE ZOOM PANEL DISCUSSION, FOLLOWED BY AUDIENCE Q&A As we approach the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment and stand at the...

  • Sun 9
    August 9, 2020 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm PDT

    No Fascist USA!

    Event will be held on Zoom. Click the link in the event description for info. https://zoom.us/webinar/register/8015934697570/WN_JVyHTp29QxmfoEbsX2QQjQ Powell's Books Presents Hilary Moore & James Tracy in...

  • Sun 9
    August 9, 2020 @ 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm PDT

    The Bomb: Understanding its History and the Hope for a Nuclear-Free Future

    City Lights Booksellers & Publishers in conjunction with the San Francisco Bay Chapter of Physician's for Social Responsibility present The Bomb: Understanding its History and...

  • Sun 9
    August 9, 2020 @ 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm PDT

    Book Launch and Panel: Migrant Crossings

    FREE Zoom Event Presented by Eastwind Books of Berkeley Co-sponsored by the Asian American and Asian Diaspora Studies Department of UC Berkeley. Join us online...

  • Sun 9
    August 9, 2020 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm PDT

    Conversations with Authors – Michelle Bowdler (Virtual Event)

    Michelle Bowdler’s debut blend of memoir and cultural investigation, Is Rape a Crime?, tells the story of her rape and recovery while interrogating why one of...

  • Mon 10
    August 10, 2020 @ 11:00 am - 1:00 pm PDT

    VIRTUAL: Federico Finchelstein / A Brief History of Fascist Lies

    Booksmith and UC Press present a 6-part series of virtual events focused on urgent societal issues, broadcasting every Monday at 11am PST. This second event in the series features Federico Finchelstein discussing his book A...

  • Mon 10
    August 10, 2020 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm PDT

    Virtual Event: Molly Wizenberg and Esmé Weijun Wang

    Join us on Monday, August 10 at 5pm PDT when Molly Wizenberg discusses her memoir The Fixed Stars with Esmé Weijun Wang on Zoom. Zoom Login https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85317065845 Or iPhone one-tap...

  • Tue 11
    August 11, 2020 @ 8:00 am - 5:00 pm PDT

    Launch for Nancy Jooyoun Kim with Ingrid Rojas Contreras / The Last Story of Mina Lee

    Booksmith and The Bindery host a virtual event with Nancy Jooyoun Kim to launch her debut novel The Last Story of Mina Lee. She'll be in conversation with Ingrid...

  • Tue 11
    August 11, 2020 @ 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm PDT

    Bernard-Henri Levy in conversation with Adam Gopnik

    City Lights in conjunction with the Cultural Services of the French Embassy in the United States and Yale University Press celebrate the release of Bernard-Henri...

  • Tue 11
    August 11, 2020 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm PDT

    Virtual Event: Shruti Swamy and Meng Jin

    Join us on Tuesday, August 11 at 5pm PDT when Shruti Swamy discusses her story collection A House is a Body with Meng Jin on Zoom. Zoom Login Info...

  • Tue 11
    August 11, 2020 @ 7:00 pm PDT

    Well-RED Virtual

    Reading Series Tuesday, August 11, 7pm on Zoom featuring Safia Elhillo and MK Chavez open mic preceeds the featured readers online on Zoom registration link...

    Free
  • Tue 11
    August 11, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PDT

    VIRTUAL EVENT: Jana Marcus, Line of Blood

    When a newspaper article about a murdered mobster from the 1940s was discovered in her grandmother's secret drawer, award-winning photographer and local author Jana Marcus...

  • Tue 11
    August 11, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PDT

    Virgil Wander by Leif Enger | GGP Online Book Club

    Please join us on Tuesday, August 11, 2020 at 7 PM PDT for a GGP Online Book Club discussion of Leif Enger's novel, VIRGIL WANDER....

  • Tue 11
    August 11, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PDT

    Geri Spieler & Rick Kaplowitz – San Francisco Values (Virtual Event)

    As Americans are one step from deciding who will be our next president, Geri Spieler and Rick Kaplowitz, the authors of San Francisco Values: Common Ground for Getting America Back...

  • Wed 12
    August 12, 2020 @ 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm PDT

    Pilipinx Essential Workers: Colonization, Delano, and Beyond

    Eastwind Books and the Association for Asian American Studies (AAAS) present an online panel conversation with authors Enrique de la Cruz, Patty Enrado, Tony Robles,...

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