• Book Launch: Monkey Around by Jadie Jang

    Arc Studios & Gallery 1246 Folsom St., San Francisco, California

    We are proud to host the book launch for Monkey Around! The debut novel from Claire Light (writing as Jadie Jang) About this event Monkey...

    Free – $15
  • Book Launch: Monkey Around by Jadie Jang

    online CA, United States

    (UPDATE: We are canceling the live in-person reading and will shift to online only, please RSVP to receive the link to Zoom room or join...

    Free
  • Nomadic Press Virtual Open Mic #70

    online CA, United States

    90 minutes 30 readers 3 minutes each On Zoom! FREE AND ALL WELCOME! Sign up to read here: https://forms.gle/4nYSi5fLNyo229Lj9 If you enjoy spaces like this...

    Free
  • Kat Zhang

    online CA, United States

    Register Meet Kat Zhang, children’s book author of Amy Wu and the Perfect Bao in an interactive food-themed read-aloud certain to delight. Learn how the mixture of...

    Free
  • Beautiful Black Books featuring Tolu Agbelusi!

    online CA, United States

    Poetry Center San José presents its new program Beautiful Black Books featuring Tolu Agbelusi reading and in conversation with host Tshaka Campbell! Tolu Agbelusi is...

    Free
  • Offsite: Authors on the Street @ Inner Sunset Flea

    Inner Sunset Flea Market 800 Irving Street, San Francisco

    Join us on Sunday, August 8th at 12pm PT for the latest Authors on the Street event at Inner Sunset Flea! Featuring writers Jazmin Darznik,...

    Free
  • San Jose Poetry Slam Zoom Slam feat Deonte Osayande!

    online CA, United States

    Poetry Center San Jose presents The San Jose Poetry Slam Zoom Edition featuring Deonte Osayande Come join us for Poetry from the comfort of your...

    Free
  • Reimagine Candlelight Vigil with Author Armistead Maupin

    online CA, United States

    Monday, August 9 12:00pm-1:30pm PDT At this month's Reimagine Candlelight Vigil, our special guest is "Tales of the City" author Armistead Maupin. Let's honor our loved...

    Free
  • Virtual Event: Claire Luchette and Helen Ellis

    online CA, United States

    Join us on Monday, August 9th at 6pm PT when Claire Luchette joins us to discuss her debut novel, Agatha of Little Neon, with Helen...

    Free
  • Odd Mondays Reading “Poetry & Poetic Prose”

    online CA, United States

    August 9 at 7pm Pacific, the Odd Mondays reading series brings you an hour of poetry and poetic prose on Zoom. Paul Corman-Roberts reads from...

    Free
  • Jessamyn Stanley, Yoke

    online CA, United States

    VIRTUAL EVENT: Bestselling author and staff favorite Jessamyn Stanley (Every Body Yoga) will join us online to discuss her new book, Yoke: My Yoga of Self-Acceptance,...

    Free
  • Saïd Sayrafiezadeh

    reading from American Estrangement published by W.W. Norton One of Literary Hub's Most Anticipated Books of 2021 This is a virtual event that will be hosted...

  • VIRTUAL EVENT: Jessamyn Stanley, Yoke

    VIRTUAL EVENT: Bestselling author and staff favorite Jessamyn Stanley (Every Body Yoga) will join us online to discuss her new book, Yoke: My Yoga of Self-Acceptance....

  • Tao Lin with Tommy Orange / Leave Society

    online CA, United States

    Booksmith is thrilled to host Tao Lin again for his new novel, Leave Society. He'll be in conversation with Tommy Orange. Join us! This event is free and all...

    Free
  • Katherine E. Standefer, Kate Washington & Naomi Williams

    online CA, United States

    Katherine E. Standefer and Kate Washington discuss their new books on healthcare with Naomi Williams Facebook Twitter Pinterest  Tuesday, August 10, 2021 - 7:00pm Crowdcast CA Tickets:...

    Free
  • Jeremy Lent & Joanna Manqueros: The Web of Meaning

    Virtual

    KPFA Radio 94.1 FM presents Jeremy Lent & Joanna Manqueros The Web of Meaning: Integrating Science and Traditional Wisdom to Find Our Place in the...

    $5 – $20.
  • Katherine E. Standefer, Kate Washington & Naomi Williams

    Katherine E. Standefer and Kate Washington discuss their new books, Lightning Flowers: My Journey to Uncover the Cost of Saving a Life (Little, Brown Spark) and Already Toast: Caregiving...

  • Alta Live: The Future of Quarantine

    online CA, United States

    Many years before “quarantine” entered quotidian language during the COVID-19 pandemic, Geoff Manaugh and Nicola Twilley were at work on a book about it, researching...

    Free
  • Virtual Event: Da’Shaun L. Harrison and Kiese Laymon

    online CA, United States

    Join us on Wednesday, August 11th at 6pm PT when Da'Shaun L. Harrison discusses their book, Belly of the Beast: The Politics of Anti-Fatness as Anti-Blackness, with Kiese Laymon on...

    Free
  • Benjamin Gucciardi with Eduardo C. Corral

    Launch Party for Benjamin Gucciardi's new poetry collection West Portal published by University of Utah Press Winner of the 2020 Agha Shahid Ali Poetry Prize...

  • Virtual Event: Nawaaz Ahmed and Nina McConigley

    online CA, United States

    Join us on Thursday, August 12th at 6pm PT when Nawaaz Ahmed discusses his debut, Radiant Fugitives, with Nina McConigley on Zoom! Zoom Registration https://us02web.zoom.us/.../reg.../WN_bvWs1Xb1R5KoaIVf1tstCg...

    Free
  • Alia Volz

    Kerouac Alley 255 Columbus Ave, San Francisco, CA 94133, San Francisco, California, United States

    City Lights in conjunction with Vesuvio Cafe present A celebration of the paperback edition of Home Baked: My Mom, Marijuana, and the Stoning of San Francisco by...

    Free
  • Voz Sin Tinta

    online CA, United States

    Every 2nd Thursday of the month at Alley Cat Books in the heart of the Mission!Hosted and curated by Marguerite Munoz and René Vaz.Each reading...

    Free
  • Daniel Sherrell and Bill McKibben

    online CA, United States

    Discusses his new book Warmth: Coming of Age at the End of Our World. Co-sponsored by the Mesa Refuge. Facebook Twitter Pinterest  Thursday, August 12, 2021 -...

    Free
  • Omar El Akkad, What Strange Paradise

    online CA, United States

    Writer and journalist Omar El Akkad, author of the acclaimed book American War, will be in conversation with Lauren Markham about his new book What Strange...

    Free