• Ocean Vuong with Tommy Orange

    Sydney Goldstein Theater 275 Hayes St, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Showered with critical acclaim, Ocean Vuong’s 2016 poetry collection Night Sky with Exit Wounds cemented his status as a young new voice. His equally beloved debut novel, On Earth...

    $29
  • Silent Reading Party

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    Presented by Lemony Snicket and Radio Silence. Bring a book to read to yourself in silence. Drinks and light snacks will be available. There is...

    Free
  • Benicia First Tuesday Poets

    Benicia Public Library 150 East L St., Benicia

    Benicia Public Library in the Dona Benicia Room. Hosted by Benicia Poet Laureate Tom Stanton. Mystery Poet followed by open mic! Founded in 2003.

    Free
  • Brooke Barker & Boaz Frankel / Let’s Be Weird Together

    The Booksmith 1644 Haight St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Booksmith holds a special in-store event with Brooke Barker (Sad Animal Facts and Sad Animal Babies) and Boaz Frankel, creators of the new book Let's Be Weird Together. Please join us!...

    $15
  • Author Mary Ladd in conversation with Peter Lawrence Kane

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

    The Wig Diaries is Mary Ladd’s debut disrespectful cancer book. Delivered with bold gallows humor, it intimately address the gravity of cancer and invites the reader to bear witness...

    Free
  • The New Global Politics of Waste

    Freight & Salvage 2020 Addison St., Berkeley, CA, United States

    This lecture addresses how wastes have become globalized, but also how one decision - such as China's decision not to import paper and plastic scrap...

    Free
  • The Wig Diaries Book Signing at Copperfield’s Books Napa

    Copperfield's Books Napa 3740 Bel Aire Plaza, Napa

    Mary Ladd, author of The Wig Diaries, will host a book signing at Copperfield's Books in Napa. The Wig Diaries is Mary Ladd’s debut disrespectful...

    Free
  • Cutting Up The Century: A Burroughs Birthday Miscellany

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

    with Joan Hawkins, Alex Wermer-Colan, Peter Hale, and Jon Longhi celebrating the release of William S. Burroughs Cutting Up the Century Edited by Joan Hawkins and Alex Wermer-Colan...

    Free
  • John Carreyrou – Bad Blood

    Angelico Hall, Dominican University 20 Olive Ave, San Rafael, CA, United States

    Tickets: $40 (includes signed book) In 2014, Theranos founder and CEO Elizabeth Holmes was widely seen as the next Steve Jobs: a brilliant Stanford dropout...

    $40
  • Dmitry Samarov Returns With His New Book Soviet Stamps

    The Green Arcade 1680 Market St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Dmitry’s new book is Soviet Stamps, wherein he recounts how he became an artist. Through written vignettes, artwork, and family photos the book charts Samarov's...

    Free
  • Tomas Moniz in Conversation with Nancy Au

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

    Big Familia follows Juan Gutiérrez, a self-employed single father, as he navigates a tumultuous year of inescapable change. His daughter, Stella, is on the verge of...

    Free
  • Book Talk: ‘Gay Like Me’ with author Richie Jackson

    Manny's 3092 16th St, San Francisco, CA 94103, San Francisco, United States

    Richie Jackson is an award-winning Broadway, television and film producer. He is coming to Manny's to talk about his new book 'Gay Like Me'. In...

    Free
  • Lunch Poems: Robert Hass

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

    Robert Hass’s many awards include the National Book Award, the Pulitzer Prize, and the National Book Critics Circle Award. Additionally, he served as U. S....

    Free
  • Lidia Yuknavitch VERGE Book Tour

    East Bay Booksellers 5433 College Avenue, Oakland

    Lidia Yuknavitch will read from her new book, VERGE, on Thursday, February 6 at 7:00 PM at East Bay Booksellers. A Q&A and Signing will...

    Free
  • Elaine Kahn

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

    reading from her new book Romance or The End: poems published by Soft Skull Press Romance or The End takes up the tools of romantic narrative...

    Free
  • Alexis Coe / You Never Forget Your First

    The Booksmith 1644 Haight St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Booksmith welcomes back Alexis Coe (Alice + Freda Forever) for her new book, You Never Forget Your First: A Biography of George Washington. Please join us! Young George...

    Free
  • Josiah Luis Alderete and James Cagney

    The Poetry Center, San Francisco State University 1600 Holloway Ave, San Francisco , CA, United States

    This event, the first in The Poetry Center reading series for 2020, is supported by the National Endowment for the Arts and is free and...

    Free
  • David Talbot – Between Heaven And Hell

    Bookshop West Portal 80 W Portal Ave, San Francisco , CA, United States

    If anyone knows hard work, it’s David Talbot. A bestselling author and journalist of books such as Season Of The Witch and The Devil’s Chessboard,...

    Free
  • Tommy Orange Reading & Conversation with Nick Taylor

    Hammer Theater Center 101 Paseo De San Antonio Walk, San Jose, CA, United States

    The Center for Literary Arts is pleased to present Tommy Orange, author of There There on Thursday, February 6, 2020 at the Hammer Theatre's Black...

    Free
  • Fanny Renoir Variety Show

    The Beat Museum 540 Broadway, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Join Fanny Renoir and friends for an evening of poetry, music, performance, and films! Featuring: DOMINIC ANGERAME HOWARD MUNSON JEFF GIORDANO ANTHONY BUCHANAN JESSICA LOOS...

    Free
  • Poetry Flash presents Dan Bellm and Alicia Suskin Ostriker

    Moe's Books 2476 Telegraph Ave, Berkeley

    Alicia Suskin Ostriker’s latest book of poems is Waiting for the Light. Daisy Fried says, “Ostriker so loves the world, its griefs, traumas, praises, mysteries, and joys,...

    Free
  • Garth Greenwell: Cleanness

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

    Garth Greenwell discusses his new novel, Cleanness, with R.O. Kwon. Praise for Cleanness “Garth Greenwell is an intensely beautiful and gorgeous writer. I can think of no...

    Free
  • Andy Warner presents Spring Rain

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

    Andy Warner presents and signs copies of Spring Rain: A Graphic Memoir of Love, Madness, and Revolutions. ABOUT THE BOOK An intimate graphic memoir by a New York...

    Free
  • Steven Levy, Facebook: The Inside Story at Bookshop Santa Cruz

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

    He has had unprecedented access to Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg for three years. And now renowned tech writer Steven Levy delivers the definitive history...

    Free
  • The Buried Ships of San Francisco

    Mechanics Institute 57 Post St 4th Floor Boardroom, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Every day, thousands of us walk above and over the buried hulls of ships, old wharves, and cargo. Muni streetcars below the street pass right...

    Free
  • First Friday Teen Open Mic & Children’s Storyteller Series

    Chapter 510 & the Dept. of Make Believe 2301 Telegraph Ave, Oakland, CA, United States

    Our February First Friday Children's Storyteller Series and Teen Poetry Open Mic is filled with literary magic. 6pm-7pm, featuring: - Children's Storytelling with children's book...

    Free