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AI and the Future of Literature

Gray Area 2665 Mission Street, San Francisco, United States

The tech and literary worlds converge as ZYZZYVA Editor-in-Chief Oscar Villalon moderates a panel of Silicon Valley technologists and authors on how AI will change our writing process. Would literature and writers be automated, or will AI mainly be an assistive tool? What issues are present in both the training and use of AI in writing? With Raiya Kind (Google), Jessica Powell (Audioshake), […]

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Editors of Color Coffee Hour

Zoom CA, United States

Are you an Editor of Color? Would you like to meet up with your fellow Editors of Color in a welcoming, intimate, online setting? Jesi Vega, recent president of the Northwest Editors Guild and a Puerto Rican Jew from the Bronx, hosts a monthly Zoom coffee hour for editors who identify as Black, Indigenous, or Person of […]

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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 her short works written between 1959 and 1967, when the Salazar dictatorship and the rigid edicts of the Catholic church reigned, the stories in So Many […]

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PubWest Publishers Roundtable – October

Zoom CA, United States

Productivity Tips and Tricks - let's learn from each other! Come share an idea that changed the way you organize or shape your time, business, and responsibilities (or one that you hope could help!); hearing from others will allow us all to walk away with new paths towards finding our work/life balance. Book, YouTube, and podcast […]

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Far North Editors Meeting

Zoom CA, United States

The Far North Editors meet every second Wednesday from 11:15am to 12:45pm. Traditionally they meet in Mount Vernon, WA, but currently their meetings are entirely online.

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Neon: A Light History

the blinn house 160 N Oakland Ave, Pasadena, CA, United States

Is it possible that (once again) everything we know is wrong? Well, in regards to the history of neon, this may well be the case. Dydia DeLyser and Paul Greenstein have penned a brief, but concise history of the neon sign beginning at the beginning, and covering scandals, murder, fascists, and forgotten inventors. A full-color, […]

Intermediate/Advanced Fine Leather Binding

American Academy of Bookbinding

at the American Academy of Bookbinding taught by Don Glaister A course for students who have more experience in fine binding and the development of design bindings. Students will refine and review their techniques, develop more advanced and sophisticated ones, and explore new techniques. The emphasis in this course will be placed on binding design […]

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Editors Helping Editors

Zoom CA, United States

Join us for our "Editors Helping Editors" meeting. Bring your problems, big and small, as well as your thinking caps. We'll work together to solve event-goers quandaries and questions, which could range from common questions like how to find clients in a particular field (say academic editing) to more situation-specific issues like why a particular […]

Artistry in Motion: Learn Calligraphic Flourishing with Katie Leavens

Zoom CA, United States

Learn to bring a splash of 17th century style flourishing to your letters in this dynamic 4-week workshop. Calligraphic flourishing is the art of embellishing writing—the accessories to calligraphy's outfit. This class covers pointed pen flourishing from the 17th century to present. Students will learn modern flourishing design rules, use them to analyze historical examples, […]

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Type West 2024 In-Person Open House

Letterform Archive 2325 Third St Floor 4R, San Francisco, CA, United States

We're opening our classroom doors for you to get your burning questions answered about Type West, the west coast's only yearlong certificate program in type design! This event is a fun, low-key opportunity to meet current students, grads, instructors, and Letterform Archive staff, who will be there to share details about the application process, programming, […]

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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, and John Briscoe, who will read from their works.

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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 their missing mother—is found dead in their backyard. Both a riveting page-turner and moving family story, What We Kept to Ourselves masterfully explores the consequences of secrets […]