On the Rooftop: A Novel with author Margaret Wilkerson Sexton

Mechanics' Institute (3rd Floor, Classroom A)

San Francisco's Fillmore the "Harlem of the West" is the setting for this compelling story about family and community and a mother's aspirations for her musical daughters amid threatening relationships and gentrification.   Margaret Wilkerson Sexton, born and raised in New Orleans, studied creative writing at Dartmouth College and law at UC Berkeley. Her most […]

Writing the Heroine’s Journey

Mechanics' Institute


with Kate Farrell, Storyteller, Author, Librarian Tired of the hero’s journey? Explore the exceptional and unique challenges of the heroine’s journey as depicted in ancient, feminine myths and fairy tales. Learn how to use the heroine’s quest in your journaling or creative writing for any genre: fiction, nonfiction, memoir, and more!

SF in SF with Annalee Newitz and Naseem Jamnia

American Bookbinders Museum

Join us on Sunday, January 29th for SF in SF’s first event of the new year, when authors Annalee Newitz and Naseem Jamnia return to the American Bookbinders Museum for an evening of reading and conversation with Bay Area writer, editor, and raconteur Terry Bisson. ANNALEE NEWITZ writes science fiction and nonfiction. They are the author of Four Lost Cities: A Secret […]

Cover Treasure — The Life and Art of Margaret Armstrong

Zoom CA, United States

Lowell Thing, author of “Cover Treasure – The Life and Art of Margaret Armstrong,” describes how, beginning on the lawn of a library book sale, he began to discover and collect books from the “Golden Age” of American trade publishers’ decorated cloth bindings (1890-1915), especially those of one of its best-known artists. Over the next […]