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The Booksmith

The Booksmith is hiring an Events Manager

June 19, 2016
Evan Karp
NEWS

The Booksmith has a rare full-time job opening for Events Manager! If you’ve been, you know the Haight’s bookstore not only hosts celebrities and thinkers (i.e. Neil Gaiman, Adam Johnson, Mary Roach,…

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COLLECTIVE RE-TELLING: Colin Winnette's Haints Stay

COLLECTIVE RE-TELLING: Colin Winnette’s Haints Stay

June 28, 2015
Evan Karp
C4 YOURSELF, Playlists

Colin Winnette launched Haints Stay (Two Dollar Radio) at The Booksmith on Wednesday, June 3 2015 with a retelling experiment: each of the following were given about…

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DAVID MITCHELL AND ADAM JOHNSON @ THE KABUKI THEATER

October 22, 2014
Christopher Steffen
Event Review, I WOULD SAY, Overheard, REVIEWS

You write a character we can root for, and then throw them into jeopardy. – David Mitchell, on how to construct a narrative David Mitchell, author…

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IN CASE OF EMERGENCY: courtney moreno @ the booksmith

September 19, 2014
Evan Karp
C4 YOURSELF, Playlists

Courtney Moreno launched In Case of Emergency at The Booksmith on Tuesday, September 16th 2014 with a reading and Q&A, both of which you can…

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EMMA STRAUB @ THE BOOKSMITH

June 15, 2014
Evan Karp
C4 YOURSELF, Playlists

Watch Emma Straub read from and discuss her novel The Vacationers at The Booksmith on Wednesday, June 11th 2014:

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13 CRIME STORIES FROM LATIN AMERICA: McSweeney’s @ The Booksmith

June 9, 2014
Lindsay Merbaum
Event Review, REVIEWS

On Monday night, June 2nd, readers emerged from the fog to gather in The Booksmith on Haight Street for the release of McSweeney’s‘ Thirteen Crime Stories…

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CALIFORNIA BOOKSTORE DAY: saturday may 3

April 30, 2014
Evan Karp
NEWS, Upcoming Events

On Saturday, May 3, 93 stores representing 80 of our state’s zip codes will celebrate the first California Bookstore Day with parties that include everything…

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PETER MOUNTFORD + PETER ORNER: the politics of the human heart

March 4, 2014
Michael Shufro
C4 YOURSELF, Event Review, Playlists, REVIEWS

Author Peter Mountford discussed his newest novel, The Dismal Science, with local author Peter Orner recently at the Haight’s The Booksmith. The conversation was held in…

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CHANG-RAE LEE @ THE BOOKSMITH: on such a full sea

January 21, 2014
Evan Karp
C4 YOURSELF, Playlists

Chang-rae Lee reading from and discussing On Such a Full Sea at The Booksmith in San Francisco on Friday, January 10th 2014:

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DANIEL ALARCÓN: at night we walk in circles

November 27, 2013
Evan Karp
C4 YOURSELF, Playlists

Daniel Alarcón read from and discussed his novel At Night We Walk in Circles at The Booksmith on Thursday, November 14 2013. Watch the reading…

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