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POETS! every 1st & 3rd Monday Monday, July 16th – 7-9 pm Kathleen McClung & Dawn McGuire, followed by an open mic
Bird & Beckett Books and Records 653 Chenery St, San Francisco , CA, United StatesKathleen McClung is the author of two collections of poetry, The Typists Play Monopoly (2018) and Almost the Rowboat (2013). Her poetry, memoir, and fiction...
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An evening of poetry
Alley Cat Books 3036 24th St, San Francisco, CA, United Statesan evening of poetry with Matt Potter, Carly Moore, and Dia Felix Hosted by Kevin Killian
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Cara Black’s Murder on the Left Bank book reading & signing
Noe Valley Metting Room 451 Jersey St, San Francisco, United StatesJoin Cara Black, New York Times bestselling author of the Aimée Leduc series (set in Paris) AND Noe Valley resident for a special Summer Stride...
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Lisa Jensen, Beast
Bookshop Santa Cruz 1520 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz , CA, United StatesThis is an advanced event listing. Please check back for updated information, or sign up for our events emails. This free event will take place in...
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GET LIT #38 (MUSIC BY TBD)
Ale Industries 3096 E 10th Street, Oakland, CA, United StatesDoors open at 7:00 PM; show starts at 7:30 PM SHARP! An amazing gathering of 12-15 writers will read NEVER-BEFORE-READ material (rough drafts / debuts)...
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Summer Reading at the El Cerrito Library
El Cerrito Public Library 6510 Stockton Ave, El Cerrito, CA, United StatesPlease join Baruch Porras-Hernandez and Maw Shein Win on Tuesday, July 17th at the El Cerrito Library. We'll begin with an open mic followed by...
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Elizabeth Rush
Green Apple Books on the Park 1231 9th Ave, San Francisco , CA, United StatesElizabeth Rush discusses her new book, Rising: Dispatches from the New American Shore. Praise for Rising “Sea level rise is not some distant problem in a...
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Keep Begin Detach: Inspired by Isadora Duncan
E.M. Wolfman General Interest Small Bookstore 410 13th Street, Oakland , CA, United StatesJuly 18 in the evening time from 6:30-8pm The Event Keep Begin Detach: Inspired by Isadora Duncan Come to EM Wolfman for an exploration of...
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Poets Jane Gregory & Claire Marie Stancek
Mrs. Dalloway's Bookstore 2904 College Ave, Berkeley, CA, United StatesPoets Jane Gregory & Claire Marie Stancek Reading from their recent respective volumes Yeah No and Oil Spell, and introduced by Lyn Hejinian. To reserve your seat, purchase a...
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Launch for Heather June Gibbons / Her Mouth as Souvenir
The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United StatesThe Bindery hosts the launch event for Heather June Gibbons' Her Mouth as Souvenir, winner of the 2017 Agha Shahid Ali Poetry Prize. More information to be announced...
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Lyrics & Dirges: A Monthly Reading Series
Pegasus Books Downtown 2349 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley , CA, United StatesWednesday, July 18, 7:30pm This Recurring Event is at Pegasus Books Downtown Lyrics & Dirges: A Monthly Reading Series Lyrics and Dirges is our flagship monthly reading series featuring...
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Kelli Maria Korducki discusses her new book Hard To Do: The Surprising Feminist History of Breaking Up
Green Apple Books on the Park 1231 9th Ave, San Francisco , CA, United StatesAbout Hard To Do From Jane Austen to Taylor Swift, a look at the surprising politics of romantic love and its dissolution. Whatever the...
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InsideStorytime HUBRILITY
The Octopus Literary Salon 2101 Webster St #170, Oakland , CA, United States2101 Webster Street, Oakland, on Thursday July 19th, 7-9 pm, will feature Shobha Rao (Girls Burn Brighter), Maw Shein Win (Invisible Gifts), Kitty Costello (Upon Waking), Grant Faulkner (Fissures), and Graham Todd.
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Richard Rhodes, Energy
Bookshop Santa Cruz 1520 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz , CA, United StatesThis event is cosponsored by Ecology Action. Pulitzer Prize- and National Book Award-winning author Richard Rhodes will join us to discuss his new book, Energy, which reveals...
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Marin Poetry Center Summer Traveling Show
O'Hanlon Center for the Arts 616 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley, United StatesHosted by Meryl Natchez, readers include Linda Lancione, Patricia McCaron, Janis Seagrave, Doreen Stock, and Elizabeth Underwood Hear local poets read their poems! Readers and Host...
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Launch for Kate Schatz and Miriam Klein Stahl / Rad Girls Can
The Booksmith 1644 Haight St, San Francisco , CA, United StatesJoin feminist artists and activists Kate Schatz and Miriam Klein Stahl—the Bay Area duo behind the New York Timesbest-selling books Rad Women Worldwide and Rad American Women A-Z, for the San Francisco...
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Olympian Eddie Hart and sports journalist Dave Newhouse discuss Disqualified
Pegasus Books Downtown 2349 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley , CA, United StatesGold Medal-winning Olympian Eddie Hart and award-winning sports journalist Dave Newhouse discuss Disqualified: Eddie Hart, Munich 1972, and the Voices of the Most Tragic Olympics. ABOUT DISQUALIFIED...
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Red Light Lit: Love Is The Drug
The Lost Church 65 Capp Street, San Francisco, CA, United StatesRed Light Lit is releasing its first poetry anthology, Love Is The Drug & Other Dark Poems💜Featured readers include: Cassandra Dallett, Miah Jeffra, Tomas Moniz, Christine No, Sarah Bethe Nelson, Riss Rosado, Tara...
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Bawdy Storytelling’s ‘Transformed’
Verdi Club 2424 Mariposa St, San Francisco , CA, United StatesThe Award-winning Bawdy Storytelling Podcast is based on our revered sex and storytelling stage series - which has been the measuring stick for storytelling for...
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SF Art Book Fair Opening Night!
E.M. Wolfman General Interest Small Bookstore 410 13th Street, Oakland , CA, United StatesThe 2018 SF Art Book Fair is an annual multi-day festival of artists' publications. This event is FREE and OPEN to the public and will feature artists’ books, art catalogs,...
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Release party for “the World has a Timestamp, and so do I” by Ash Tre` Philips
Alley Cat Books 3036 24th St, San Francisco, CA, United StatesRelease party for "the World has a Timestamp, and so do I" by Ash Tre` Philips
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SF Art Book Fair Day 1
E.M. Wolfman General Interest Small Bookstore 410 13th Street, Oakland , CA, United StatesThe 2018 SF Art Book Fair is an annual multi-day festival of artists' publications. This event is FREE and OPEN to the public and will feature artists’ books, art catalogs,...
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Pop-up Zine-fest & Reading
Alley Cat Books 3036 24th St, San Francisco, CA, United StatesSF Zine-fest hosts hosts a pop up in the back gallery featuring work from local artists, writers and zine-makers Reading at 7 (readers TBA)
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Special Reading & Book Signing w/ BRIDGET QUINN, author
O'Hanlon Center for the Arts 616 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley, United StatesMeet the Author! “Broad Strokes: 15 Women Who Made Art And Made History (In That Order)” Historically, major women artists have been excluded from the...
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Mark Leidner (Tyrant Books) West Coast Book Release + Pinball Party
Free Gold Watch 1767 Waller Street, San FranciscoPINBALL. BOOZE. LIT. A brief reading and free party from TYRANT BOOKS to drop-kick UNDER THE SEA, a new book by Mark Leidner, out into...
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SF Art Book Fair Day 2
E.M. Wolfman General Interest Small Bookstore 410 13th Street, Oakland , CA, United StatesThe 2018 SF Art Book Fair is an annual multi-day festival of artists' publications. This event is FREE and OPEN to the public and will feature artists’ books, art catalogs,...
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Paul Park & Terry Bisson, with guest moderator Cliff Winnig
The American Bookbinders Museum 355 Clementina Street, San Francisco, CA, United StatesDoors open: 6:00pm Event starts: 6:30pm The American Bookbinders Museum 355 Clementina San Francisco, CA Books for sale via Borderlands Books The SF in SF podcast...
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LaborFest 2018 Dying to Work: Death and Injury in the American Workplace
The Green Arcade 1680 Market St, San Francisco , CA, United StatesWriter and labor lawyer Jonathan Karmel has written Dying to Work: Death and Injury in the American Workplace, about the cost to workers and their...
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Owen Hill, Pamela Jackson, and Anthony Rizzuto, editors of the Annotated Big Sleep
Moe's Books 2476 Telegraph Ave, Berkeley, CA, United StatesThe new edition of Raymond Chandler's Big Sleep, edited, annotated and prefaced by past and present Moe's staffers. We've asked a few friends to read their favorite...
