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  • POETS! – Michael Koch + Robert Anbian followed by an open mic

    Bird & Beckett Books and Records 653 Chenery St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    A Night Horn Press celebration...  On April 1st, poet and Night Horn Press publisher Robert Anbian joins poet Michael Koch to recite verse and celebrate...

  • Laurie Halse Anderson

    Kepler's Books 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park , CA, United States

    We are thrilled to welcome New York Times bestselling, award-winning author Laurie Halse Anderson for her new book, SHOUT, a memoir and call to action...

    $5 – $22

  • Clive Thompson on the Future of Coding

    HanaHaus 456 University Ave, PAlo Alto, CA

    A comprehensive cultural portrait that Kirkus recommends for fans of John Markoff and Ari Levy, Clive Thompson offers smart, funny, necessary reporting with Coders: The...

    $10 – $40

  • K Chess

    Green Apple Books on the Park 1231 9th Ave, San Francisco , CA, United States

    This event will be held at our 9th Ave. location. K Chess discusses her new novel, Famous Men Who Never Lived. Praise for Famous Men Who...

  • Unnamed Press @ City Lights with Rheea Mukherjee & Adam Nemett

    City Lights Bookstore 261 Columbus Ave, San Francisco , CA, United States

      Rheea Mukherjee reads from The Body Myth Adam Nemett reads from We Can Save Us All About The Body Myth: A moving exploration of loss, Mukherjee delivers...

  • Meredith May – – The Honey Bus

    East Bay Booksellers 5433 College Avenue, Oakland

    EAST BAY BOOKSELLERS welcomes Meredith May to discuss her new new book The Honey Bus, on Tuesday, April 2nd at 7pm. An extraordinary story of a girl, her grandfather...

  • Laurie Halse Anderson, SHOUT

    Bookshop Santa Cruz 1520 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz , CA, United States

    Bookshop Santa Cruz welcomes New York Times bestselling, award-winning author Laurie Halse Anderson for a discussion and signing of her new book, SHOUT – a searing poetic memoir for the #MeToo...

  • BERKELEY ARTS & LETTERS: Nathan Englander / Kaddish.com

    Hillside Club 2286 Cedar St, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Berkeley Arts & Letters presents Pulitzer finalist Nathan Englander for his new novel, Kaddish.com. More information to come, but save the date and join us!   Please note:...

    $12 – $46

  • T Kira Madden and Pam Zhang

    Green Apple Books on the Park 1231 9th Ave, San Francisco , CA, United States

    T Kira Madden discusses her new memoir, Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls, with Pam Zhang. Praise for Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls...

  • Lynn Breedlove

    City Lights Bookstore 261 Columbus Ave, San Francisco , CA, United States

    reading from his new book 45 Thought Crimes from Manic D Press 45 Thought Crimes conveys a lineage of resistance and places the reader squarely in...

  • April in Paris: Springtime in Blossom

    The Octopus Literary Salon 2101 Webster St #170, Oakland , CA, United States

    Featured readers: James Cagney, Sara McAulay, George Korolog, Lucille Lang Day. Late Night Open Mic follows the featured readers. Sign-up now. Book & Broadside Giveaway....

  • RACHEL KLEINFELD at Books Inc. Berkeley

    Books Inc. Berkeley 1491 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley , CA, United States

    Senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Rachel Kleinfeld discusses her comprehensive work, A Savage Order: How the World's Deadliest Countries Can Forge a Path to...

  • MARGARET DUMAS at Books Inc. Palo Alto

    Books Inc. Palo Alto 74 Town & Country Village, Palo Alto, CA, United States

    Local author Margaret Dumas shares the first book in her humorous mystery series, Murder at the Palace: Movie Palace Mystery #1. Welcome to the Palace movie theater! Now Showing:...

  • Dave Eggers

    Kepler's Books 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park , CA, United States

    A star at the heart of our literary constellations for decades, from the bestselling A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius to McSweeney’s, Dave Eggers returns...

    $10 – $40

  • Lyrics & Dirges: A “Weekly” Reading Series

    Pegasus Books Downtown 2349 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley , CA, United States

    Wednesday, April 3, 7:30pm This Recurring Event is at Pegasus Books Downtown Lyrics & Dirges: A Monthly Weekly Reading Series In celebration of National Poetry Month, our flagship reading series...

  • Dana Frank: The Long Honduran Night in the Aftermath of the Coup

    St. John's Presbyterian Church 2727 College Avenue, Berkeley

    KPFA Radio 94.1 FM & St. John's Presbyterian Church present: DANA FRANK "The Long Honduran Night: Resistance, Terror, and the United States in the Aftermath...

    $12 – $15

  • Ben Lerner

    Morrison Library, UC Berkeley 2000 Carleston Street, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Ben Lerner was born in Topeka, Kansas. He has received fellowships from the Fulbright, Guggenheim, and MacArthur Foundations, among other honors. He is the author of three books of poetry (The...

  • Meredith May, The Honey Bus

    Bookshop Santa Cruz 1520 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz , CA, United States

    Meredith May, The Honey Bus THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 2019 - 7:00PM An extraordinary story of a girl, her grandfather and one of nature's most mysterious...

  • RHYS BOWEN at Books Inc. Palo Alto

    Books Inc. Palo Alto 74 Town & Country Village, Palo Alto, CA, United States

    Award-winnig crime writer Rhys Bowen shares her heart-rending new novel, The Victory Garden. As the Great War continues to take its toll, headstrong twenty-one-year-old Emily Bryce is determined to...

  • LOLLY WINSTON at Books Inc. Campbell

    Book Inc. Campbell 1875 S. Bascom Avenue, Suite #600, Campbell, CA

    Lolly Winston--New York Times-bestselling author of Good Grief--discusses her poignant new novel, Me for You. The last thing Rudy expected was to wake up one Saturday morning,...

  • SFJAZZ Poetry Festival: American Dream States

    SFJAZZ Center 201 Franklin St, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Curated by SFJAZZ Poet Laureate Marc Bamuthi Joseph SFJAZZ Center’s Joe Henderson Lab Thursday, April 4 - Saturday, April 6, 7pm & 8:30pm Sunday, April...

    $30 – $35

  • Laila Lalami

    Kepler's Books 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park , CA, United States

    Join us at Kepler's Literary Foundation for a book discussion with author Laila Lalami! From the celebrated Pulitzer Prize finalist who swept multiple book awards...

  • Solito, Solita Book Launch

    Pegasus Books Downtown 2349 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley , CA, United States

    Thursday, April 4, 7:30pm Pegasus Books Downtown Join the editors and two narrators of Solito, Solita for a discussion of this powerful new book from Voice of...

  • W. Thomas Boyce OFFSITE

    First Presbyterian Church of Berkeley 2407 Dana St., Berkeley, CA, United States

    A celebration and reading from his new book The Orchid and the Dandelion: Why Some Children Struggle and How All Can Thrive.  “The Orchid and the Dandelion is...

  • After Hours: Poetry World Series

    Main Reading Room, Mill Valley Public Library 375 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley , CA, United States

    After Hours: Poetry World Series Friday, April 5th · 7:00pm Wine reception at 6:30pm for registered guests. This unlikely pairing of baseball and poetry showcases...