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October 2023

Wed 4
Featured Featured October 4 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

California Burning: The Fall of Pacific Gas and Electric–and What It Means for America’s Power Grid

Mechanics' Institute


Join Wall Street Journal reporter and Pulitzer finalist Katherine Blunt as we examine how a powerful company can put people in a powerless (and deadly) situation.   California Burning: The Fall of […]

Thu 5
Featured Featured October 5 @ 10:00 am - 11:30 am

Kidquake: Upper Elementary

San Francisco Public Library, Koret Auditorium

Our acclaimed Kidquake programs for children’s books; authors, illustrators, poets, and bookmakers provide readings, discussions, and workshops designed to fuel kids’ imagination. This morning's two sessions, for kids in 3rd to […]

Thu 5
Featured Featured October 5 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

The Right to Read: Book Banning and Censorship

Mechanics' Institute


a panel with children's book authors Marcus Ewert, Jasmine Stirling, and Sarah and Ian Hoffman   This panel of award-winning children's book authors will delve into the rapidly escalating national […]

Fri 6
Featured Featured October 6 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Open Throat: Henry Hoke with Tony Bravo

Telegraph Hill Books 1501 Grant Ave, San Francisco, United States

A queer and dangerously hungry mountain lion lives in the drought-devastated land under the Hollywood sign. Lonely and fascinated by humanity’s foibles, the lion spends their days protecting a nearby […]

Sat 7
Featured Featured October 7 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm

The Right to Read

San Francisco Public Library, Koret Auditorium

The current fervor around book banning might feel like something that's happening elsewhere, but its stifling effects have hit writers right here at home. As part of Banned Books Week, a […]

Sat 7
Featured Featured October 7 @ 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm

Carmen Boullosa: The Book of Eve

Medicine for Nightmares 3036 24th Street, San Francisco, United States

What if everything they’ve told us about the Garden of Eden was wrong? Faced with what appears to be an apocryphal manuscript containing ten books and 91 chapters, Eve decides […]

Sat 7
Featured Featured October 7 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

Eddie Muller

House of Shields 39 New Montgomery Street, San Francisco, United States

Mystery Month kicks off with a special event with Eddie Muller, the Czar of Noir. In collaboration with Mystery Writers of America, Eddie Muller, author of Dark City: The Lost World […]

Sun 8
Featured Featured October 8 @ 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm

Leaning Toward Light: A Reading of Poets Who Tend the Earth

San Francisco Botanical Garden 1199 9th Ave, San Francisco, United States

Let's gather in the serene environs of the San Francisco Botanical Garden to honor the spiritual solace that can be found in reading poetry—and in tending the earth. In her […]

Tue 10
Featured Featured October 10 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm

So Many People, Mariana: A Happy Hour Reading with Magdalena Edwards

The Devil's Acre 256 Columbus Ave

Long discounted by a literary culture that actively rejected women’s writing, Maria Judite de Carvalho’s biting and bitterly funny work has since exploded across the world. Collecting the entirety of […]

Thu 12
Featured Featured October 12 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm

Catamaran Fall Launch Party

Mechanics' Institute


Mechanics' Institute is delighted to collaborate with Catamaran to celebrate their Fall 2023 edition. Featured writers include Stephen D. Gutierrez, Sean Stiny, Yaccaria Salvatierra, Dion O'Reilly, Jeff Ewing, Dan Haifley, […]

Thu 12
Featured Featured October 12 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Nancy Jooyoun Kim: What We Kept to Ourselves

Telegraph Hill Books 1501 Grant Ave, San Francisco, United States

The New York Times bestselling author of The Last Story of Mina Lee returns with a propulsive and suspenseful new novel about a family that unravels when a stranger—who may hold the key to […]

Fri 13
Featured Featured October 13 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

You Can’t Write That

Clio's 353 Grand Ave, Oakland, United States

Join us at the new Clio's book bar in Oakland for a discussion about the stories we're not supposed to tell—because either women of color aren't supposed to tell the […]

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