Francine J. Harris New Book: Here is the Sweet Hand on Zoom Join us on Wenesday, September 30th at 6pm PDT when francine j. harris joins us to read from her new collection, Here is the Sweet Hand on Zoom! Zoom Login Info Please click the link below to join the webinar: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83537126052 Webinar ID: 835 3712 6052 Praise for Here is ...

Author Virtual Talk: Benjamin Bac Sierra & Luis Rodriguez (Latino Heritage Month SFPL) In conjunction with iVIVA!: Latino Heritage Month SFPL is honored to host Benjamin Bac Sierra as our On the Same Page author. We will celebrate this local author, educator, poet, activist and Mission District native. Bac Sierra’s new book Pura Neta, the long awaited sequel ...

Zoetrope Magazine Fall Issue Celebration with City Lights City Lights celebrates the award winning literary periodical’s fall issue. Editor Michael Ray and Managing Editor Manjula Martin are joined by several contributors in an afternoon of readings and celebration. Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/zoetrope-magazine-fall-issue-celebration-tickets-119507386811

Zoom Event: Yamile Saied Méndez “Furia” Join us on Friday, October 2nd at 6pm PDT, when Yamile Saied Méndez dicusses her YA debut novel, Furia, on Zoom! Zoom Login Info Please click the link below to join the webinar: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82109506823 Webinar ID: 821 0950 6823 About Furia A powerful, #ownvoices contemporary YA for fans of The Poet ...

Reads for the Resistance: A Book Club for Creatives

In a time where there are ongoing injustices committed against marginalized communities, we must craft a theology that centers justice and solidarity with the oppressed. Historical frameworks of Christianity that have been built on white supremacy and colonialism cannot help us move towards justice. We ...Every Saturday

2020 “Bikes to Books” Literary Adventure Ride | SoMa to North Beach Celebrate seven years of Bikes to Books with the October anniversary ride. The resulting 7.1-mile tour is a diverting and unique way to celebrate both the literary and the adventurous spirit of San Francisco. Learn about the authors and neighborhoods that made San Francisco a known ...

Aarti Namdev Shahani “Here We Are” via Zoom Join us on Monday, October 5 at 7pm PST when Aarti Namdev Shahani discusses her memoir, Here We Are, on Zoom! Zoom Login Info Please click the link below to join the webinar: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81346922046 Or iPhone one-tap : US: +16699009128,,81346922046# or +12532158782,,81346922046# Or Telephone: Dial(for higher quality, dial a number based on ...

KPFA Radio 94.1 FM Presents Frank Wilderson III: Afropessimism KPFA Radio 94.1 FM presents a webinar FRANK WILDERSON III AFROPESSIMISM with Davey D In the tradition of Edward Said’s Orientalism and Franz Fanon’s Black Skin, White Masks, Afropessimism is a brilliant account of the experience of being black. The black radical tradition has drawn upon the term as ...

Virtual Reading & Discussion w/ Robert Duncan (Author of Loudmouth) Three Rooms Press and Green Apple Books present the Official West Coast Launch for LOUDMOUTH, a novel, featuring reading, discussion, and music by author Robert Duncan, former editor of Creem magazine, plus special guest Gary Wilson, experimental musician and performance artist. The event will be held via ...

Poets Virtual Event feat. Kazim Ali, Gillian Conoley, & Brian Teare Join us on Wednesday, October 7th at 7pm PST when Kazim Ali is joined by poets Gillian Conoley and Brian Teare to celebrate his new collection, The Voice of Sheila Chandra! Zoom Login Info Please click the link below to join the webinar: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84685235176Or iPhone one-tap : US: +16699009128,,84685235176# ...

Neal Karlen – This Thing Called Life: Prince’s Odyssey On+Off the Record on Zoom Join us on Thursday, October 8 at 6pm PDT when Neal Karlen joins us to discuss his book, This Thing Called Life: Prince’s Odyssey On+Off the Record on Zoom! Signed bookplates available while supplies last! Preorder now! Zoom Login Info Please click the link below to join the ...

Patti Smith “Year of the Monkey” – Intimate Evening of Virtual Reading & Music Bay Area Book Festival in conjunction with City Lights Booksellers present, Extraordinary Dreamer: Patti Smith on “Year of the Monkey.” Patti Smith in an intimate evening of reading and music celebrating the paperback release of YEAR OF THE MONKEY. Tickets: $35

Shannon Lee & Jeff Chang Book Discussion via Zoom Join us on Friday, October 9 at 7pm PDT when Shannon Lee, discusses her book, Be Water, My Friend: The Teachings of Bruce Lee, with author Jeff Chang on Zoom! Signed bookplates available while supplies last! Preorder now and be sure to write “signed” in your ...

Reads for the Resistance: A Book Club for Creatives

In a time where there are ongoing injustices committed against marginalized communities, we must craft a theology that centers justice and solidarity with the oppressed. Historical frameworks of Christianity that have been built on white supremacy and colonialism cannot help us move towards justice. We ...Every Saturday

Virtual Conversation w/ Juan Felipe Herrera “Nation’s First Latino Poet Laureate” Join Litquake and City Lights in celebrating the publication of Juan Felipe Herrera’s Every Day We Get More Illegal. Juan Felipe Herrera, the nation’s first Latino Poet Laureate, will be in conversation with Pulitzer Prize-winner Jericho Brown.

Green Apple Books Webinar: Caroline Kim “The Prince of Mournful Thoughts & Other Stories” Join us on Monday, October 12 at 5pm PST when Caroline Kim and Vanessa Hua read from their work to celebrate Caroline’s new collection, The Prince of Mournful Thoughts and Other Stories, on Zoom! Zoom Login Info Please click the link below to join the webinar: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87857330918 Or iPhone ...

Logic Books Virtual Festival City Lights in conjunction with Gray Area and FSG Originals present three days of discussion exploring the way we interact with technology and how it affects on our lives.

Women’s National Book Association: San Francisco Values (Zoom Discussion) While San Francisco is ground zero for global technological innovation, it is also renowned as being in the vanguard for a variety of cultural movements: literary, musical, and sports. And, San Francisco’s policies were among the first of all US cities to institute committed environmental ...

Reads for the Resistance: A Book Club for Creatives

In a time where there are ongoing injustices committed against marginalized communities, we must craft a theology that centers justice and solidarity with the oppressed. Historical frameworks of Christianity that have been built on white supremacy and colonialism cannot help us move towards justice. We ...Every Saturday

Book Talk: Fashion & Wisdom Virtual Lecture from Chinatown’s Stylish Seniors. Fashion and wisdom from Chinatown’s most stylish seniors. Chinatown Pretty features beautiful portraits and heartwarming stories of trend-setting seniors across six Chinatowns located in San Francisco, Oakland, Los Angeles, Chicago, New York City, and Vancouver. Andria Lo and Valerie Luu have been interviewing and photographing Chinatown’s ...

John Freeman’s Virtual Journal “Best New Writings on Love” John Freeman celebrates the latest installment of the journal that is called “a powerful force in the literary world” (Los Angeles Times.) Freeman’s turns to one of the greatest elevating forces of life: love. He will be joined by with Robin Coste Lewis, Tommy Orange, ...

Gary Kamiya w/ Paul Modanna Virtual Book Discussion Gary Kamiya with Paul Modanna, celebrating their new book, Spirits of San Francisco: Voyages through the Unknown City.