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  • November 2020

  • Fri 13

    Virtual Event: Patrick Earl Ryan and Martin Pousson

    November 13, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PST

    Join us on Friday, November 13 at 7pm PST when Patrick Earl Ryan discusses his award-winning debut collection, If We Were Electric, with Martin Pousson on Zoom! If...

  • Fri 13

    KSW Presents “Cut to Bloom”

    November 13, 2020 @ 8:00 pm PST

    This November, KSW Presents “Cut to Bloom,” a celebration of Arhm Choi Wild’s collection of poetry. Joined by Isabella “Isa” Borgeson and Hieu Minh Nguyen,...

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  • Sat 14
    Elizabeth Jiménez Montelongo

    Peace In Chaos with Elizabeth Jiménez Montelongo

    November 14, 2020 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm PST

    Online Workshop Peace In Chaos with Elizabeth Jiménez Montelongo Saturday, November 14, 1:00pm to 2:00pm $20 General/$15 PCSJ members and students Get a quick-start on...

    $20
  • Sat 14

    Conversations with Authors – Naomi Wolf (Virtual Event)

    November 14, 2020 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm PST

    Naomi Wolf‘s latest book, Outrages: Sex, Censorship, and the Criminalization of Love, explores the history of state-sponsored censorship and violations of personal freedoms through the inspiring, forgotten...

  • Sun 15

    Wales to Bay III

    November 15, 2020 @ 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm PST
    online

    The third in a series curated by poets Caroline Goodwin and Sarah Kobrinsky, this event will bring together 2 Welsh poets: Rhys Trimble and Steven...

    Free
  • Sun 15

    Virtual Event: Andrew Paynter

    November 15, 2020 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm PST

    JOIN US ON SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 15 AT 1:00PM PT WHEN ANDREW PAYNTER JOINS US ON INSTAGRAM LIVE TO TALK ABOUT BOOKS, ART, AND WHAT MAKES SAN FRANCISCO GREAT; AND TO...

  • Mon 16

    Jackie Morris: Artist and illustrator of The Lost Spells and The Lost Words joins us from her studio in Wales

    November 16, 2020 @ 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm PST

    Artist and illustrator Jackie Morris, who has collaborated with Robert Macfarlane on The Lost Words and The Lost Spells, joins us from her studio in Wales to talk...

  • Mon 16

    Conversations with Authors – Thomas Keller (Virtual Event)

    November 16, 2020 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm PST

    Thomas Keller's newest release, The French Laundry, Per Se is filled with meticulously detailed recipes for 70 beloved dishes that will change how young chefs, determined home...

  • Mon 16

    This Is Now: Beyond the Bottom Line

    November 16, 2020 @ 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm PST

    This event is online. Can a company satisfy its shareholders while improving the world around us? For some businesses, the shareholders come first— that’s their...

  • Mon 16

    VIRTUAL: Launch for Ron Nyren / The Book of Lost Light, with Ann Packer, Angela Pneuman, Ann Cummins, Lisa Michaels, Cornelia Nixon, Sarah Stone, Rafael Yglesias + Vendela Vida

    November 16, 2020 @ 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm PST

    Booksmith and The Bindery are very pleased to host a virtual launch for Ron Nyren and his debut novel, The Book of Lost Light, winner of the 2019 Black...

  • Mon 16

    Bookseller Happy Hour: BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR

    November 16, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PST

    Choosing our "best" books of the year is always a challenge, but talking about them is anything but. Grab a beverage and join us from the...

  • Mon 16

    Rooting Your Voice in Community: A Poetry Class with Alan Chazaro

    November 16, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:30 pm PST

    “Contemporary U.S. poetry is vibrant, complicated, and realer than ever — something that gives me hope as a writer,” says instructor Alan Chazaro. “It’s a...

    $295.00
  • Tue 17

    TICKETED VIRTUAL EVENT: Walk with Obi: Coast Redwoods on Fire

    November 17, 2020 @ 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm PST

    Take a once-in-a-lifetime virtual walk with Obi Kaufmann as he explores habitat recovery & restoration of a burned coast redwood forest. PRESENTED BY HEYDAY IN PARTNERSHIP WITH SEMPERVIRENS...

  • Tue 17
    Nadia Eghbal

    Nadia Eghbal: The Making and Maintenance of our Open Source Infrastructure

    November 17, 2020 @ 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm PST

    Tune in at 5:00pm PT on 11/17/20 to watch the public live stream of this talk on YouTube, Facebook, Twitter or Long Now Live. Nadia Eghbal is particularly interested in...

  • Tue 17

    FREEMAN’S: Best New Writings on LOVE

    November 17, 2020 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm PST

    John Freeman with Robin Coste Lewis, Tommy Orange, and Matt Summell John Freeman celebrates the latest installment of the journal that is called "a powerful force...

  • Tue 17

    Shannon Messenger with Roshani Chokshi

    November 17, 2020 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm PST

    We are absolutely thrilled to invite you to celebrate the launch of Unlocked, Shannon Messenger’s latest novel in the New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal bestselling Keeper...

  • Tue 17

    Ishmael Reed with Tennesee Reed

    November 17, 2020 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PST

    Each reading from their new books of poetry published by Dalkey Archive Why The Black Hole Sings The Blues by Ishmael Reed Califia Burning: Poems...

  • Tue 17

    Get Lit #66 (Music by: TBA)

    November 17, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:30 pm PST
    Ale Industries 3096 E 10th Street, Oakland, CA, United States

    12–15 writers reading new work + live music + beer made on site + tacos just down the street: pure magical Get Litness. We're headed...

  • Wed 18
    Alta Asks Live: Rancho Obi-Wan’s Steve Sansweet

    Alta Asks Live: Rancho Obi-Wan’s Steve Sansweet

    November 18, 2020 @ 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm PST

    The force is strong with Steve Sansweet, ruler of the largest collection of Star Wars memorabilia in the known world. He’ll join us on Wednesday, November...

  • Wed 18

    Conversations with Authors – Deborah Tannen (Virtual Event)

    November 18, 2020 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm PST

    Deborah Tannen’s newest work, Finding My Father: His Century-Long Journey from World War I Warsaw and My Quest to Follow, traces her father’s life from turn-of-the-century Warsaw...

  • Wed 18

    Virtual Event: Night of Memoir with Alden Jones and Rick Moody

    November 18, 2020 @ 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm PST
    online

    Join us on Wednesday, November 18 at 5pm PST for a special Night of Memoir with writers Alden Jones and Rick Moody, as they discuss their latest...

    Free
  • Wed 18

    Sun Ra’s Chicago: Afrofuturism and the City

    November 18, 2020 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PST

    William Sites in conversation with John Corbett exploring the new book Sun Ra's Chicago: Afrofuturism and the City published by University of Chicago Press Exploring...

  • Wed 18
    Perfectly Queer Reading

    Perfectly Queer Reading “Lesbians Who Sleuth”

    November 18, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm PST

    Wednesday, November 18, Perfectly Queer features mystery novels with Lesbian sleuths. Authors Laury Egan, Cheryl Head, and Anne Laughlin In November, Perfectly Queer features mystery...

  • Wed 18

    Deborah Madison, An Onion in My Pocket

    November 18, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PST

    Acclaimed and bestselling culinary author Deborah Madison (Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone) will join us for a virtual event to share An Onion in My Pocket, her warm, bracingly...

  • Wed 18

    Little Hill

    November 18, 2020 @ 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm PST

    Alli Warren reads with Jena Osman for the Poetry Project virtual events series. Motion Studies and Little Hill, the new books of Jena Osman and Alli Warren,...

  • Thu 19
    Jane Hirshfield

    Marin Poetry Center Present Jane Hirshfield & Meryl Natchez

    November 19, 2020 @ 8:00 am - 5:00 pm PST
    Jewish Community Center of San Francisco 3200 California St, San Francisco, CA, United States

    November 19, 2020 Jewish Community Center/Marin Poetry Center Present Jane Hirshfield & Meryl Natchez Mill Valley poet Jane Hirshfield’s most recent, ninth poetry collection is Ledger (Knopf,...

  • Thu 19
    Nerd Nite

    Crashing galaxies and conspiracy theories

    November 19, 2020 @ 8:00 am - 5:00 pm PST

    Crashing galaxies and conspiracy theories Facebook event Tickets from Eventbrite (£4 Regular nerds / £3 Concessions) Nerd Nite Brighton is back! Evidence-based entertainment in the comfort...

  • Thu 19

    Special Event for Kids: Henry Winkler and Lin Oliver with Varian Johnson and Lisa Yee — Alien Superstar (Virtual Event)

    November 19, 2020 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm PST

    mmy Award winner Henry Winker and Lin Oliver are back for the second installment of the New York Times bestselling middle grade series that Diary of a Wimpy...

  • Thu 19

    AUTHOR REYNA GRANDE IN CONVERSATION WITH CBC HOST JOHN FREEMAN

    November 19, 2020 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm PST

    The Distance Between Us BY REYNA GRANDE Grande puts a human face on the fraught issue of immigration in her acclaimed memoir. At age nine,...

  • Thu 19

    Author: Rand Quinn, Class Action: Desegregation and Diversity in San Francisco Schools

    November 19, 2020 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm PST
    online

    Quinn discusses the contentious racial politics that emerged from school desegregation and why the school district gradually resegregated despite a court mandate. San Francisco’s school...

    Free
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