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  • April 2021
  • Sun 18
    April 18, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm PDT

    Virtual Event: Jonathon Keats and Alla Efimova

    Join us on Sunday, April 18 at 6pm PT when Jonathon Keats is joined by Alla Efimova to discuss the new monograph, Thought Experiments: The...

  • Mon 19
    April 19, 2021 @ 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm PDT

    Evening Literary Seminar: Lost Children Archive by Valeria Luiselli

    THIS SESSION IS ONLINE Lost Children Archive by Valeria Luiselli Arguably the most important novel of the spring seminar series, Lost Children Archive is unlike...

  • Mon 19
    April 19, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    VIRTUAL: Launch for Miah Jeffra / The Violence Almanac

    Booksmith and The Bindery are thrilled to host the virtual launch for Miah Jeffra's new story collection The Violence Almanac! More to be announced soon, but won't you...

  • Tue 20
    April 20, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    Beronda L. Montgomery

    Beronda L. Montgomery discusses her new book, Lesson from Plants (Harvard University Press), with Crystal M. Fleming. “An invitation to awareness, awe, and curiosity. Beronda Montgomery takes us...

  • Tue 20
    April 20, 2021 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    Dave Cook & Jeff Chang: Can’t Stop Won’t Stop: A Hip-Hop History

    Virtual

    KPFA Radio 94.1 FM & Marcus Books present Davey D & Jeff Chang: A Zoom Event "Can't Stop Won't Stop: A Hip-Hop History" The American...

    $5 – $20.
  • Tue 20
    April 20, 2021 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PDT

    Virtual Get Lit #71

    online

    We're in our 6th consecutive year as we continue to celebrate 12–15 writers taking risks and reading never-before-read work (rough drafts/debuts) within a 3-minute time...

    Free – $200
  • Wed 21
    April 21, 2021 @ 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm PDT

    Afternoon Literary Seminar: Lost Children Archive by Valeria Luiselli

    THIS SESSION IS ONLINE Lost Children Archive by Valeria Luiselli Arguably the most important novel of the spring seminar series, Lost Children Archive is unlike...

  • Wed 21
    April 21, 2021 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm PDT

    Ada Limón & Aria Aber

    online

    Wednesday, April 21 2021, 2:00pm via Zoom Ada Limón is the author of five books of poetry, including The Carrying, which won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry...

    Free
  • Wed 21
    April 21, 2021 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm PDT

    VIRTUAL: Alex Riley with Steve Silberman / A Cure for Darkness: The Story of Depression and How We Treat It

    Booksmith is thrilled to host award-winning science writer Alex Riley for his first book A Cure for Darkness: The Story of Depression and How We Treat It,...

  • Wed 21
    April 21, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm PDT

    Virtual Event: Jakob Guanzon and Lysley Tenorio

    online CA, United States

    Join us on Wednesday, April 21 at 6pm PT when Jakob Guanzon discusses his debut novel, Abundance, with Lysley Tenorio on Zoom! Zoom Login Info...

    Free
  • Wed 21
    April 21, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm PDT

    Unity and Struggle: A Collective Address with Tongo Eisen-Martin, San Francisco’s Poet Laureate

    online

    Register Here  Co-presented with San Francisco Public Library Please join Tongo Eisen-Martin, San Francisco’s 8th Poet Laureate, and family for an evening of poetry and exposition...

    Free
  • Wed 21
    April 21, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    Marie Mutsuki Mockett in conversation with Garnette Cadogan

    discussing her new book American Harvest: God, Country, and Farming in the Heartland published by Graywolf Press This is a virtual event that will be...

  • Wed 21
    April 21, 2021 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PDT

    VIRTUAL EVENT: Bonnie Tsui, Why We Swim

    FREE VIRTUAL EVENT: Award-winning Bay Area author Bonnie Tsui will join us to discuss Why We Swim (in paperback April 13th)—her immersive, unforgettable, and eye-opening perspective on swimming...

  • Thu 22
    April 22, 2021 @ 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm PDT

    Launch Event for American Geography in Honor of Barry Lopez

    online

    Radius Books and The Green Arcade invite you to join Sandra S. Phillips, Debra Gwartney, Toby Jurovics, and Beverly Dahlen to celebrate the launch of...

    Free
  • Thu 22
    April 22, 2021 @ 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm PDT

    Seismic Salon: T.J. Stiles

    online

    Buy Tickets  News alert, nonfiction fans! Litquake has secured the participation of two-time Pulitzer Prize winning biographer T.J. Stiles for our Seismic Salon series. Called...

    $500
  • Thu 22
    April 22, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm PDT

    Becky Albertalli with Leah Johnson

    We could not be more excited: #1 New York Times bestselling author, rom com queen, and longtime favorite Becky Albertalli will be joining us for...

  • Thu 22
    April 22, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    Heidi Kühn – Breaking Ground: From Landmines to Grapevines, One Woman’s Mission to Heal the World (Online Event)

    Both a memoir and a call to action, this book is a gripping account of the author’s quest to eradicate landmines from the face of...

  • Thu 22
    April 22, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    Mira Sethi

    reading from her new fiction collection Are You Enjoying? published by Alfred Knopf This is a virtual event that will be hosted by City Lights...

  • Thu 22
    April 22, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    Open Mic Night | Featuring Jewelle Gomez

    online

    OPEN MIC THURSDAYS continue. Join us on ZOOM twice a month for our virtual Open Mic. Look for MoAD Open Mic every other Thursday this month. Hosted...

    Free
  • Thu 22
    April 22, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    TICKETED VIRTUAL EVENT: Cook, Eat, Repeat: Nigella Lawson with Yotam Ottolenghi

    COOK, EAT, REPEAT: Nigella Lawson in Conversation with Yotam Ottolenghi Join two of the most internationally renowned and beloved food writers, Nigella Lawson and Yotam Ottolenghi, in...

  • Thu 22
    April 22, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    VIRTUAL: Berkeley Arts & Letters & Greater Good Science Center present Amanda Ripley with Jason Marsh / High Conflict: Why We Get Trapped and How We Get Out

    Berkeley Arts & Letters and the Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley are thrilled to present Amanda Ripley for her new book High Conflict: Why We Get Trapped and How...

  • Thu 22
    April 22, 2021 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm PDT

    Reclaiming Connection and Community

    Virtual

    The American Dream as it has been defined for more than a century is about the well-paying job, the nuclear family, and upward mobility. But...

    $10.
  • Thu 22
    April 22, 2021 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PDT

    Discussion of THE JACKPOT | Author Michael Mechanic in conversation with Dashka Slater

    Please join us on Thursday, April 22, 2021 at 7 PM PDT for a discussion of JACKPOT: HOW THE SUPER-RICH REALLY LIVE—AND HOW THEIR WEALTH HARMS...

  • Thu 22
    April 22, 2021 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PDT

    Andri Snaer Magnason and Rebecca Solnit In conversation about On Time and Water

    Orion Magazine and Point Reyes Books present a special Earth Day conversation featuring Rebecca Solnit and Icelandic writer Andri Snaer Magnason. The two will discuss Magnason's...

  • Fri 23
    April 23, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm PDT

    Nomadic Press’ Virtual Open Mic #56

    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 24
    April 24, 2021 @ 8:00 am - 5:00 pm PDT

    Virtual Get Lit #73

    We're in our 6th consecutive year as we continue to celebrate 12–15 writers taking risks and reading never-before-read work (rough drafts/debuts) within a 3-minute time...

    Free
  • Sat 24
    April 24, 2021 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm PDT

    VIRTUAL EVENT: My Voice in Ink: Speaking Our Truths

    TICKETED VIRTUAL POETRY WORKSHOP: My Voice in Ink: Speaking Our Truths Love Amanda Gorman and her inaugural poem? Want to write a new poem yourself...

  • Sat 24
    April 24, 2021 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm PDT

    Kyle Lukoff on Instagram Live!

    reading Explosion at the Poem Factory. "Offbeat nonsense humor of the highest order: not to be missed."--Kirkus, starred review Be sure to watch within 24 hours...

  • Sat 24
    April 24, 2021 @ 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm PDT

    Alley Cat Celebrates Independent Bookstore Day: Poetry reading with Kim Shuck and 5 Poets!

    online CA, United States

    Join us on Saturday April 24th starting at 5pm. We will be wrapping up our celebration of Independent Bookstore Day with some of our favorite...

    Free
  • Sat 24
    April 24, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm PDT

    At The Door: Chapter Three

    online CA, United States

    Join us for our monthly reading series, uplifting only Black & Brown voices. If you didn't attend last month's event... you missed out. Here's your...

    Free
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