• 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
  • February First Friday

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

    6pm-7pm, featuring: - Children's Storytelling with children's book author Lashon Daley, who will be reading from her book Mr. Okra Sells Fresh Fruits and Vegetables...

    Free
  • Lidia Yuknavitch / Verge

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    The Bindery welcomes the fierce and fabulous Lidia Yuknavitch back for her first collection of stories, Verge. Please join us! I tell you, do not go near that place....

    Free
  • KSW Presents Meng Jin and Mimi Lok

    Kearny Street Workshop 1246 Folsom St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Kearny Street Workshop celebrates the latest book releases from Meng Jin and Mimi Lok! About this Event On Friday, February 7th, KSW Presents Meng Jin,...

    $8 – $20
  • After Hours – Naked Truth: real.stories.live.

    Mill Valley Public Library 375 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley , CA, United States

    Wine reception at 6:30pm for registered guests. Celebrate ten years of the Naked Truth with some of our favorite storytellers! Emcee Josh Healey is joined...

    Free
  • About Last Night: A One Night Stand Storytelling Series Feb

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

    About Last Night - Join us for an evening of laughter, sex positivity and of course hilariously true one night stand stories. 7 brave souls...

    $10 – $20
  • Marcelo Hernandez Castillo in conversation with Jose Antonio Vargas

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

    celebrating Marcelo Hernandez Castillo's new book Children of the Land published by HarperCollins This unforgettable memoir from a prize-winning poet about growing up undocumented in...

    Free
  • Soul Food for Thought Open Mic Night

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

    Join us for Manny's monthly open mic! Everyone is welcomed. Come to Manny's for our monthly open mic nights. Poets, readers, performers - all are...

    Free
  • Launch Reading for “Dear—”

    United Japanese Christian Church 136 N Villa Ave., Clovis, CA, United States

    A community reading of letters commemorating "Day of Remembrance" and launching "Dear—" a new book project and online letter archive compiled by Brynn Saito with...

    Free
  • Zora Neale Hurston | Stories from the Harlem Renaissance

    Museum of the African Diaspora 685 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Co-presented by MoAD & Litquake In 1925, Barnard student Zora Neale Hurston—the sole black student at the college—was living in New York, “desperately striving for...

    $5 – $10
  • Anna-Marie McLemore and Elana K Arnold

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

    Two much loved authors. Two fabulous critically-acclaimed new books. One exceptional afternoon. The Red Tour is coming to Kepler’s! Meet Anna-Marie McLemore and Elana K....

    Free
  • P: Carl Becoming a Man

    Book Passage 1 Ferry Building, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Renowned artist and activist P. Carl uncovers the intricacies of transitioning and finding himself anew in his memoir, Becoming A Man. Carl is an award-winning producer and dramaturg, and...

    Free
  • Robert Hass: Summer Snow

    Pt. Reyes Books 11315 CA-1, Pt. Reyes Station, CA, United States

    Former U.S. Poet Laureate Robert Hass reads from Summer Snow, his first collection of new poems in a decade. About Summer Snow A new volume...

    Free
  • Queerbound Queer Open Mic at Alley Cat Books

    Alley Cat Books 3036 24th St, San Francisco, CA, United States

      FEB 8 Open Mic, Poetry, Reading Queerbound Queer Open Mic Saturday, February 8, 2020 6:00 PM 9:00 PM Queerbound open mic meets again!!!!!!

    Free
  • Jan Steckel & Shazam at Works in Progress Women’s Open Mic

    Plymouth Jazz and Justice Church 424 Monte Vista, Oakland

    A WOMEN-ONLY open mic featuring poet Jan Steckel and singer-songwriter Shazam. Jan Steckel is a former pediatrician who stopped practicing medicine because of chronic pain....

    $7
  • Writers With Drinks featuring Charles Yu and Meng Jin!

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

    January's Writers With Drinks features the long-awaited second novel by Charles Yu, plus acclaimed debut author Meng Jin. Plus sex and feminism, science fiction, and...

    $5 – $20
  • Marcelo Hernandez Castillo

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

    reading from his new book Children of the Land published by HarperCollins This unforgettable memoir from a prize-winning poet about growing up undocumented in the...

    Free
  • Sarah Abrevaya Stein

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

    Family Papers: A Sephardic Journey Through the Twentieth Century In conversation with Janine Zacharia 6:00 pm: Complimentary wine and cheese reception 7:00 pm: Talk The...

    Free
  • Niloufar Talebi: Self-Portrait In Bloom

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

    Niloufar Talebi visits to share from her new hybrid and poetic memoir, Self-Portrait In Bloom, the literary accompaniment to her recent opera, both inspired by...

    $5 – $25
  • Contemporary Writers Series: Brenda Shaughnessy

    Mills Hall Living Room, Mills College 5000 MacArthur Blvd, Oakland , CA, United States

    Brenda Shaughnessy was born in Okinawa and raised in Southern California. She is the author of five poetry collections, most recently The Octopus Museum. She’s the...

    Free
  • Marcelo Hernadez Castillo, Children of the Land at Bookshop Santa Cruz

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

    Bookshop Santa Cruz welcomes award-winning poet Marcelo Hernandez Castillo for a discussion and signing of his new memoir about growing up undocumented in the United States. Children...

    Free