Literature
Sunday, November 3
Storytime Sunday with Eugenia, Margaret,and Charlotte
Join us for the 2nd installment of Storytime Sundays at On Waverly on Sunday, 11/3, featuring 3 incredible AAPI children’s book authors: Charlotte Cheng, Eugenia Yoh, and Margaret Greanias! Little ones will get a chance to get read excerpts from 3 books, receive their own ...
Bazaar Writers Salon
Bazaar Writers Salon is a fun and social literary reading series presenting the very best writing from the Bay Area and beyond in the intimate environment of Bazaar Cafe in San Francisco. The November reading features the fiction and poetry of Adedayo Agarau, Forrest Gander, ...
Thursday, November 7
Defying Genre: Writing on the Edge of Conventional Narrative
Join award-winning Bay Area authors Rita Bullwinkel, Lauren Markham, and Manjula Martin in conversation on creative and thought-provoking storytelling across genres. Through their recent publications – Headshot, a novel set at a teenage girl’s boxing tournament, A Map of Future Ruins, a journalist’s ruminations on ...
Saturday, November 9
Book Signing at Harvey Milk Photo Center by Stephen Albair: “DOGS”
DOGS…explores evocative photographs and enchanting stories that captivate and surprise. The author weaves personal experiences with meticulously crafted tableaus of found objects and figurines, unveiling a tapestry of emotions—from love and loss to yearning. This book pays homage to our cherished canine friends who have ...
“The Memory of Taste”: Book Release Event with Chef Tu David Phu
Join us for a heartfelt community event as Chef Tu David Phu returns to Oakland, the place where his culinary journey began. In partnership with the Oakland Public Library and the Oakland Asian Cultural Center, Chef Tu David Phu will celebrate the release of his ...
San Francisco: Our City, Our Stories
CHSA welcomes local authors Kathryn Ma (The Chinese Groove) and Valerie Luu and Andria Lo (Chinatown Pretty) for an in-depth discussion of their acclaimed books and the creative inspiration found in the hearts of San Francisco and Chinatown.
Sharing the surprise pathways opened up by their ...
William Gee Wong on Sons of Chinatown
Author William Gee Wong will be in conversation with Roy Chan about his recently published book Sons of Chinatown.
In Sons of Chinatown, pioneering ...
Sunday, November 10
Book Talk: May the Best Player Win with Kyla Zhao in Conversation with Ann Liang
Join us on Sunday, 11/10 as author Kyla Zhao talks about her latest novel, May the Best Player Win, a story that champions girl power in competitive sports. In May the Best Player Win, Bay Area chess player May Li makes a bet with her sexist rival ...
Thursday, November 14
Performance: Kim Shuck’s Poem Jam
San Francisco Poet Laureate emerita Kim Shuck invites Linda Ravenswood, Kevin Dublin, EK Keith and Avotcja to read at SFPL’s monthly poetry reading. The Main Library’s Poem Jam poetry reading series usually takes place on the second Thursday of each month.
“Post Traumatic Dress Disorder” Launch of Noir Drag Novel by F. S. Rosa
Join Sin Soracco, author of Low Bite and Edge City, and Patrick Marks, publisher of Ithuriel’s Spear for a reading from the now completed final noirish novel that F.S. (Francesca) Rosa was working on before her untimely death in 2016.
It’s 1972 — and three ...
Saturday, November 16
Lunar New Year Love Story (SF Main Library)
Award-winning authors Gene Luen Yang and LeUyen Pham discuss their recently released graphic novel Lunar New Year Love Story. Coinciding around Valentine’s Day and Lunar New Year, this heartwarming romantic comedy drama of cross-cultural and multi-generational dimensions revolves around themes of fate, family, grief, loss and love while blending elements ...
Sunday, November 17
Storytime Sunday with Nicole and Isabella
Join us for the our last Storytime Sunday of the year! On Waverly’s 11/17 Storytime Sunday will feature 2 incredible AAPI children’s book authors: Isabella Kung and Nicole Chen. Little ones will get a chance to get read excerpts from 2 books, receive their own ...
Friday, May 2
Ross Gay
The writer Ross Gay has become synonymous with joy. In his essays and poetry, Gay asks his readers to find delight and gratitude in the most difficult of circumstances and, in the process, he brings his overflowing kindness and relentless eye for details to community gardens, the ...
