• Studio One Reading Series

    Studio One Arts Center 365 45th Street, Oakland, CA, United States

    Friday, December 7th, feat. Brenda Hillman and Rae Armantrout! Please join us on Friday, December 7th, from 7:30-9:30 pm, for a reading featuring Brenda Hillman...

  • Writers with Drinks

    Make-Out Room 3225 22nd St, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Jaymee Goh (The Sea is Ours: Steampunk Tales of Southeast Asia) Jennifer S. Cheng (Moon: Letters, Maps, Poems) Bryan Thao Worra (On the Other Side...

    $5 – $20
  • Tongues of Fire Reading Series

    Bound Together Bookstore 1369 Haight St,, San Francisco, CA, United States

    TONGUES OF FIRE Reading Series 8pm bound together anarchist collective bookstore, 1369 Haight St. Featuring Anna Allen, James Warner, Phyllis Oscar, and others!

  • Poetry Event: GEARS TURNING w/ Kim Shuck

    Adobe Books 3130 24th St., San Francisco, CA, United States

    Join us for an afternoon of wonderful poetry by SF Bay Area based poets, artists, and musicians with your host Kim Shuck. To participate in...

  • San José Poetry Slam

    Cafe Stritch 374 S. First Street, San Jose, CA, United States

    Sunday, December 9 hosted by Mighty Mike McGee, Santa Clara County Poet Laureate feature: tba Doors and sign up list opens at 5:00pm Sign up...

    $5 – $10
  • Dana Frank in conversation with John Lindsay-Poland

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

      discussing their new books The Long Honduran Night: Resistance , Terror, and the United States in the Aftermath of the Coup By Dana Frank...

  • Odd Salon ‘ODDMENTS 2018’

    Public Works 161 Erie Street, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Join us on Dec 11th for our annual celebration of strange stories, curious happenings, odd ends, and unclassified wonders: ODDMENTS Featuring our favorite stories from...

    $15 – $25
  • The Racket!

    Adobe Books 3130 24th St., San Francisco, CA, United States

    The summer's over and light is getting dimmer in the evenings. Let's gather a bunch of writerly souls together to shed a little light on...

  • Roman Muradov

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

    presenting a polyphonic play of interconnected stories from the new book Vanishing Act by Roman Muradov from Fantagraphics Books Written and drawn in thirteen styles,...

  • Emily Yoon, Sam Sax, Monica Sok

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

        Emily Yoon, Sam Sax and Monica Sok read their latest poems. About A Cruelty Special To Our Species A piercing debut collection of...

  • Marcia Douglas: Natural Herstory Remix

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

    In 2008, Douglas began performing Natural Herstory, a one-woman multimedia performance drawing from her poetry and fiction to explore Jamaican women's voices. Natural Herstory Remix is a continuation...

  • Why There Are Words Presents: Ultimate

    Studio 333 333 Caledonia Street, Sausalito , CA, United States

    Join Why There Are Words on December 13, 2018, at Studio 333 in Sausalito when eight acclaimed authors read from their works to help us...

    $10
  • Sara Mumolo and Caroline O’Connor Thomas

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

    Sara Mumolo and Caroline O'Connor Thomas read from their latest poetry collections, Day Counter and Unusual Light Source. Sara Mumolo’s previous book is Mortar. Her poems have appeared...

  • City Arts & Lectures JAMES FORMAN, JR.

    Nourse Theatre 275 Hayes Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    JAMES FORMAN, JR. In Conversation with Lara Bazelon Thursday, December 13, 2018, 7:30 pm Venue: Nourse Theater Series: Cultural Studies  Buy Tickets | Buy Series Tickets | 415.392.4400 James Forman, Jr. has...

    $29
  • Bawdy Story Telling ‘HAPPY ENDINGS’

    Verdi Club 2424 Mariposa St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Thursday, December 13th, 2018 at the Verdi Club, 2424 Mariposa Street, San Francisco CA Remember: Bang-O & Games at 7 PM, Stories at 8 PM...

    $25 – $35
  • LABORFEST ANTHOLOGY – ‘GIVING VOICE’

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

    LABORFEST ANTHOLOGY – ‘GIVING VOICE’ FRI. DEC. 14TH, 7PM Join us for a reading celebrating the release of Giving Voice, a LaborFest anthology spanning 2005-2017. Readers:...

  • MICHELLE OBAMA at SAP Center at San Jose

    SAP Center 525 W Santa Clara St, San Jose, CA, United States

    Books Inc. will be selling copies of Becoming, the memoir by the former First Lady of the United States, at her December 14 event with Michelle Norris...

    $95 – $126
  • Michael Wall in conversation with Jonathon Keats

    Bar Fluxus 18 Harlan Place, San Francisco, United States

    discussing Alien Life, Antimatter, and Human Space Travel at the fabulous Bar Fluxus, 18 Harlan Place, San Francisco, CA 94108 celebrating the release of Out There:...

  • GET LIT #43 (MUSIC BY TBD)

    Ale Industries 3096 E 10th Street, Oakland, CA, United States

    Doors 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)...

    $10 – $25
  • The JCCSF Presents TA-NEHISI COATES

    JCCSF 3200 California St , San Francisco, CA, United States

    Monday, Dec 17 Starts at: 7:00 pm TICKETS Standard  $45 Premium  $125 Members get 10% off. ______________________________________________________ Join us for a conversation with one of...

    $45 – $125
  • Book Launch for Jan Steckel’s Like Flesh Covers Bone

    Frank Bette Center for the Arts 1601 Paru Street, Alameda, United States

    Oakland poet Jan Steckel will read from her new poetry book Like Flesh Covers Bone (Zeitgeist Press, December 2018), followed by an open mic, hosted...

    Free
  • Memorial Gathering for Julia Vinograd

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

    As most or all of you know, Julia Vinograd passed away very peacefully on the morning of December 5. There will be a gathering to...

    $5 – $10