Mindy Uhrlaub – Unnatural Resources (Virtual Event)
When her Congolese village is destroyed by an invading militia group, eleven-year-old Therese is injured and outcast. Stranded with only her little brother’s best friend...
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Hollister Rand – Everything You Wanted to Know about the Afterlife but Were Afraid to Ask (Virtual Event)
Is it possible to continue relationships beyond death? Do loved ones see what's going on in our lives? Can they help us with the challenges...
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Anxious People by Frederik Backman | GGP Online Book Club
Please join us on Tuesday, December 8, 2020 at 7 PM PST for a GGP Online Book Club discussion of Frederik Backman's new novel, ANXIOUS PEOPLE....
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Santa Clara University Osher: Exciting Adult Learning Zoom Classes
56941Fall Quarter Open Now through December 4th, 2020 OLLI@SCU: Enjoy learning from home with exciting Zoom (virtual) classes taught by instructors who design their varied...
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Fiction Workshop: Honing the Art of Storytelling with Andy Touhy
You write something down and it’s awkward, trivial, artificial, approximate. But with effort . . . you can get it to open up, and expose...
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Colossus: Home Reading
Dena Rod Karla Brundage Peggy Morrison Sharon Coleman Norma Smith Zakiyyah G.E. Capehart Carol Dorf
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Alta Asks Live: Keenan Norris
Author Keenan Norris is joined in conversation by author and Alta contributor Susan Straight on Wednesday, November 4 at 12:30 p.m. Pacific time for an intimate discussion...
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Contemporary Classics – Weather Pat Holt’s monthly book discussion group
Patricia Holt, former book editor at the San Francisco Chronicle, continues her popular book group, “Contemporary Classics.” A book should stand the test of time...
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Orion Magazine presents Rebecca Solnit and Terry Tempest Williams
An Intimate Conversation About the U.S. Election, the State of Democracy, and The Most Radical Thing You Can Do. Join Orion Magazine and Point Reyes...
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Berkeley Lunch Poems: Aria Aber
Berkeley Lunch Poems A noontime poetry reading series Readings will take place remotely for the 2020-2021 academic year. Zoom links will be available approximately two...
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Jordy Rosenberg in Conversation with Susan Stryke
Jordy Rosenberg in Conversation with Susan Stryker, 2020–22 Barbara Lee Distinguished Professor of Women's Leadership (RSVP to receive the event link) Thursday, November 5, 2020...
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Writers Against Trump
Writers Against Trump Join us as writers and booksellers across the nation come together in a day of solidarity. City Lights hosts a regional event...
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Karen Tei Yamashita in Conversation with Andrew Way Leong
Join us for a book talk with Karen Tei Yamashita, author of I-Hotel, Letters to Memory, and Sansei and Sensibility. Hosted by Andrew Way Leong...
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Virtual Reading: Nate Klug and Fiona Sze-Lorrain
Join us on Thursday, November 5 at 5pm when Nate Klug and Fiona Sze-Lorrain read from their new collections, Hosts and Guests and Rain in Plural, on Zoom! Zoom Login Info...
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Mauro Javier Cárdenas
reading from his new novel Aphasia published by Farrar Straus Giroux Mauro Javier Cárdenas, the critically-acclaimed author of The Revolutionaries Try Again—"an original, insubordinate novel" (New...
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Great Good Gifts for the Holidays #1: Cookbooks and Gift Books
Please join us on Thursday, November 5, 2020 at 7 PM PST for staff recommendations on cookbooks and giftbooks in the first episode of our Great...
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Awesome Asian Americans: Children’s Story Time with Oliver Chin
It's about time - rebel girls, rad women, little leaders, and great guys are Asian American too! Readers will enjoy learning about 20 trailblazers who...
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Conversations with Authors – Anthony Lee Head with Peter Coyote (Virtual Event)
Anthony Lee Head’s debut collection, Driftwood: Stories from the Margarita Road, tells the story of modern-day runaways escaping the rat race and heading to a tropical paradise in...
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Ayşegül Savaş Reading
You must register to attend this event! Free and Open to the Public. Co-sponsored by the MFA Program in Writing and the English Department. Ayşegül...
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Eves at the (Virtual) Beat: Womxn Reading Curated by Mia Ruiz
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2020 AT 7 PM PST – 9:30 PM PST During Women's History month a constellation of events brought together a group of...
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Conversations with Authors – Elizabeth Strout (Virtual Event)
Elizabeth Strout's latest novel, Olive Again, continues the life of her beloved Olive Kitteridge, a character who has captured the imaginations of millions. Elizabeth is the...
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November Manuscript Intensive Program
Send your book out without the self-doubt. Instead work with one of our editors to get your manuscript in shape. In this month-long one-on-one...
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Online Evening Literary Seminar: Let’s Pretend This Never Happened, Jenny Lawson
Jenny Lawson’s ridiculously eccentric childhood in Texas—combined with a hefty dose of anxiety, depression and serious intelligence—makes for a hilariously dark memoir that will bring...
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Odd Mondays Reading “Far Away Places”
Odd Mondays Reading "Far Away Places" Now that the election is (sort of) over, are you looking for escape? Or were you already ready to...
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San José Poetry Slam
San José Poetry Slam Sunday, November 8, 6:30pm sign-ups, 7pm slam! Featuring Michael Jasso Hosted by San Jose Slammaster Scorpiana Xlent! Zoom information to be announced...
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Bookseller Happy Hour: GIFT PICKS
Make gift giving easy! Grab a beverage and join us from the comfort of home as our booksellers share terrific books that make great gifts...
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SIP & LEARN: THE ART OF THE STENCIL WITH KRISTIN HUGO
Grab a cocktail and join us for another edition of Odd Salon Happy Hour Sip and Learn. Odd Salon Fellow and stencil artist Kristin Hugo...
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Maw Shein Win with Nathalie Khankan and Marcelo Hernandez Castillo
City Lights in conjunction with Omnidawn Books present Maw Shein Win with Nathalie Khankan and Marcelo Hernandez Castillo reading from new poetry Storage Unit for...
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Maw Shein Win and Nathalie Khankan with Su Hwang and Marcelo Hernandez Castillo
Maw Shein Win and Nathalie Khankan celebrating new Omnidawn Books with Su Hwang and Marcelo Hernandez Castillo reading from new poetry City Lights celebrates the...
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Well-RED
Well-RED Reading Series Tuesday, November 10, 7:00pm featuring "California Burning: NorCal and Coast" online on Zoom register here and join at the event time! or phone...
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