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  • April 2021

  • Thu 22

    Launch Event for American Geography in Honor of Barry Lopez

    April 22, 2021 @ 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm PDT
    online

    Radius Books and The Green Arcade invite you to join Sandra S. Phillips, Debra Gwartney, Toby Jurovics, and Beverly Dahlen to celebrate the launch of...

    Free
  • Thu 22

    Seismic Salon: T.J. Stiles

    April 22, 2021 @ 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm PDT
    online

    Buy Tickets  News alert, nonfiction fans! Litquake has secured the participation of two-time Pulitzer Prize winning biographer T.J. Stiles for our Seismic Salon series. Called...

    $500
  • Thu 22

    Becky Albertalli with Leah Johnson

    April 22, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm PDT

    We could not be more excited: #1 New York Times bestselling author, rom com queen, and longtime favorite Becky Albertalli will be joining us for...

  • Thu 22

    Heidi Kühn – Breaking Ground: From Landmines to Grapevines, One Woman’s Mission to Heal the World (Online Event)

    April 22, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    Both a memoir and a call to action, this book is a gripping account of the author’s quest to eradicate landmines from the face of...

  • Thu 22

    Mira Sethi

    April 22, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    reading from her new fiction collection Are You Enjoying? published by Alfred Knopf This is a virtual event that will be hosted by City Lights...

  • Thu 22

    Open Mic Night | Featuring Jewelle Gomez

    April 22, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT
    online

    OPEN MIC THURSDAYS continue. Join us on ZOOM twice a month for our virtual Open Mic. Look for MoAD Open Mic every other Thursday this month. Hosted...

    Free
  • Thu 22

    TICKETED VIRTUAL EVENT: Cook, Eat, Repeat: Nigella Lawson with Yotam Ottolenghi

    April 22, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    COOK, EAT, REPEAT: Nigella Lawson in Conversation with Yotam Ottolenghi Join two of the most internationally renowned and beloved food writers, Nigella Lawson and Yotam Ottolenghi, in...

  • Thu 22

    VIRTUAL: Berkeley Arts & Letters & Greater Good Science Center present Amanda Ripley with Jason Marsh / High Conflict: Why We Get Trapped and How We Get Out

    April 22, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    Berkeley Arts & Letters and the Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley are thrilled to present Amanda Ripley for her new book High Conflict: Why We Get Trapped and How...

  • Thu 22

    Reclaiming Connection and Community

    April 22, 2021 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm PDT
    Virtual

    The American Dream as it has been defined for more than a century is about the well-paying job, the nuclear family, and upward mobility. But...

    $10.
  • Thu 22

    Discussion of THE JACKPOT | Author Michael Mechanic in conversation with Dashka Slater

    April 22, 2021 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PDT

    Please join us on Thursday, April 22, 2021 at 7 PM PDT for a discussion of JACKPOT: HOW THE SUPER-RICH REALLY LIVE—AND HOW THEIR WEALTH HARMS...

  • Thu 22

    Andri Snaer Magnason and Rebecca Solnit In conversation about On Time and Water

    April 22, 2021 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PDT

    Orion Magazine and Point Reyes Books present a special Earth Day conversation featuring Rebecca Solnit and Icelandic writer Andri Snaer Magnason. The two will discuss Magnason's...

  • Fri 23

    Nomadic Press’ Virtual Open Mic #56

    April 23, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm PDT
    online

    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 – $200
  • Sat 24

    Virtual Get Lit #73

    April 24, 2021 @ 8:00 am - 5:00 pm PDT

    We're in our 6th consecutive year as we continue to celebrate 12–15 writers taking risks and reading never-before-read work (rough drafts/debuts) within a 3-minute time...

    Free
  • Sat 24

    VIRTUAL EVENT: My Voice in Ink: Speaking Our Truths

    April 24, 2021 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm PDT

    TICKETED VIRTUAL POETRY WORKSHOP: My Voice in Ink: Speaking Our Truths Love Amanda Gorman and her inaugural poem? Want to write a new poem yourself...

  • Sat 24

    Kyle Lukoff on Instagram Live!

    April 24, 2021 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm PDT

    reading Explosion at the Poem Factory. "Offbeat nonsense humor of the highest order: not to be missed."--Kirkus, starred review Be sure to watch within 24 hours...

  • Sat 24

    Alley Cat Celebrates Independent Bookstore Day: Poetry reading with Kim Shuck and 5 Poets!

    April 24, 2021 @ 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm PDT
    online CA, United States

    Join us on Saturday April 24th starting at 5pm. We will be wrapping up our celebration of Independent Bookstore Day with some of our favorite...

    Free
  • Sat 24

    At The Door: Chapter Three

    April 24, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm PDT
    online CA, United States

    Join us for our monthly reading series, uplifting only Black & Brown voices. If you didn't attend last month's event... you missed out. Here's your...

    Free
  • Sat 24

    Saturday Night Special presents: Roots

    April 24, 2021 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT
    online CA, United States

    Join SNS this month, for a reading about ROOTS. For our April writing challenge, you are invited to explore an origin story, history, or ancestry...

    Free
  • Sun 25

    Dia de los Ninos/Dia de los Libros Virtual Celebration

    April 25, 2021 @ 12:00 pm - 1:15 pm PDT
    Virtual

    It's a celebration of literacy, books and nature! We invite you and your family to enjoy stories, songs, crafts and learn about special places to...

    Free
  • Sun 25

    CWC WORKSHOP: How To Submit Your Poetry With Keith M. Gaboury

    April 25, 2021 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm PDT
    Virtual

    This workshop led by poet Keith M. Gaboury will focus on a step-by-step process of how a poet can submit their poetry to a wide...

    $10 – $20
  • Mon 26

    Virtual Event: Robert Alter and Daniel Mason on Nabokov

    April 26, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    JOIN US ON MONDAY, APRIL 26 AT 6PM WHEN ROBERT ALTER IS JOINED BY DANIEL MASON TO DISCUSS HIS BOOK, NABOKOV AND THE REAL WORLD: BETWEEN APPRECIATION AND...

  • Mon 26

    Doug Bierend and Joanna Steinhardt

    April 26, 2021 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PDT

    In conversation about In Search of Mycotopia: Citizen Science, Fungi Fanatics, and the Untapped Potential of Mushrooms Doug Bierend is joined by Joanna Steinhardt of...

  • Tue 27

    Sesshu Foster & Arturo Ernesto Romo in conversation with Carribean Fragoza

    April 27, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm PDT
    online

    This is a virtual event that will be hosted by City Lights on the Zoom platform.    celebrating the book launch of ELADATL: A History of...

    Free
  • Tue 27

    This Is Now: Kawai Strong Washburn

    April 27, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm PDT

    Join Angie Coiro as she interviews the critically acclaimed debut novelist who stunned everyone from former President Obama to Marlon James and Tommy Orange with...

  • Tue 27

    Odd Salon + Context Travel: The Rise and Fall of Angkor

    April 27, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm PDT
    online

    Explore the quintessential “lost city” of Angkor Wat with us during this very special interactive seminar led by Charles Higham, archaeologist and Emeritus Professor of...

    $100
  • Tue 27

    VIRTUAL: Launch for Yung Pueblo / Clarity & Connection

    April 27, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    Booksmith is thrilled to host Yung Pueblo again, for the launch of his second collection of poetry and short prose, Clarity & Connection. Some of you might remember...

  • Tue 27

    THE BAD MUSLIM DISCOUNT by Syed M. Masood | GGP Online Book Club

    April 27, 2021 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PDT

    Please join us on Tuesday, April 27, 2021 at 7 PM PDT for a GGP Online Book Club discussion of THE BAD MUSLIM DISCOUNT by Syed...

  • Tue 27

    VIRTUAL EVENT: Brian Fies, A Fire Story

    April 27, 2021 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PDT

    VIRTUAL EVENT: Celebrated author and illustrator Brian Fies will share A Fire Story, his firsthand account of the Northern California wildfires of 2017—revised and expanded, and...

  • Wed 28

    VIRTUAL: Why Trust A Corporation to Do a Library’s Job?

    April 28, 2021 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm PDT

    Joanne McNeil, author of Lurking: How a Person Became a User explores our dependence on Google as the Internet's Library. But is it? A generation ago, when...

  • Wed 28

    Virtual Event: Damon B. Akins and William J. Bauer Jr.

    April 28, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm PDT
    Green Apple Books 9th Avenue 1231 9th Avenue, San Francisco, CA, United States

    JOIN US ON WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28 AT 6PM PT WHEN DAMON B. AKINS AND WILLIAM J. BAUER JR. DISCUSS THEIR BOOK, WE ARE THE LAND: A HISTORY OF NATIVE...

    Free
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