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SUMMARY:A Left-Handed Woman: Essays
DESCRIPTION:A Left-Handed Woman\, Judith Thurman’s first book in 15 years\, gathers many of her most beloved essays and profiles from The New Yorker\, ranging across a variety of topics – from fashion\, literature\, and music\, to history\, gender\, and art. This event will be held on Zoom.
URL:https://pubpronetwork.org/event/a-left-handed-woman-essays/
LOCATION:Zoom\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230430T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230430T190000
DTSTAMP:20260408T214652
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SUMMARY:All-Ages Adventures: The Wonderful New Worlds of Graphic Novels
DESCRIPTION:Bay Area artists and writers are literally changing the landscape of print and online “kids’” graphic novels and comics by creating worlds\, characters\, and narratives that are visually stunning\, compassionate and unique. Join a panel discussion with Susan Beneville\, co-creator of Awake and Nix\, Emily Martin\, co-creator of Princeless\, Alex De Luca\, creator of Dragon Whisperer\, Samuel Sattin\, creator of Clint and Bezkamp\, Melissa Pagliuca\, Above the Clouds and Monster Heart\, and Lauren Davis\, co-creator of Debian Perl\, Digital Detective and the upcoming graphic novel Agent Cupcake\, as they share their creative experiences\, the ups and downs of getting published\, and the joys of sharing their stories with readers of all ages.
URL:https://pubpronetwork.org/event/all-ages-adventures-the-wonderful-new-worlds-of-graphic-novels/
LOCATION:Dr Comics and Mr Games\, 4014 Piedmont Ave\, Oakland\, CA\, 94611\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230429T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230429T183000
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SUMMARY:The Many Lives of Books Closing Event: A Look Into the Work of Book Conservators in Private Practice
DESCRIPTION:Join book conservators for a peek into their work and a Q & A at the American Bookbinders Museum.
URL:https://pubpronetwork.org/event/the-many-lives-of-books-closing-event-a-look-into-the-work-of-book-conservators-in-private-practice/
LOCATION:American Bookbinders Museum
CATEGORIES:Bookbinders,Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230429T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230429T140000
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SUMMARY:Sistah Scifi Author Expo
DESCRIPTION:We will have 12 to 14 indie Black and Indigenous speculative fiction writers showcase their work with physical and digital copies available for purchase. In addition\, we will bring Sistah Scifi Bookish Tea Party vibes with areas to play games\, read\, and\, of course\, color!! This event is appropriate for readers of all ages. Free for readers\, $100 to $150 for authors who would like to table.
URL:https://pubpronetwork.org/event/sistah-scifi-author-expo/
LOCATION:Oaklandia Cafe x Bakery\, 555 12th Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230429T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230429T120000
DTSTAMP:20260408T214652
CREATED:20230409T044210Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230409T044212Z
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SUMMARY:Bagels with Writers
DESCRIPTION:We’ll kick things off with complimentary bagels\, spreads\, coffee and tea\, then gather to listen to our four authors\, who will each share their best fifteen minutes of writing (and publishing ) advice. Then we’ll open the floor for a half-hour Q&A with our authors.This event takes place at LitCamp’s beautiful new co-working space for writers at the corner of Page and Laguna Streets in SF. Authors include NaNoWriMo Executive Director and author Grant Faulkner\, memoirist Faith Adiele\, novelist and TV writer Shanthi Sekaran\, and best-selling novelist Michael David Lukas. Also appearing will be LitCamp founder and author\, Janis Cooke Newman.\nPlease bring a physical or digital copy of at least one participating author’s books for admission.
URL:https://pubpronetwork.org/event/bagels-with-writers/
LOCATION:Page Street\, 297 Page Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230429T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230429T130000
DTSTAMP:20260408T214652
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LAST-MODIFIED:20230409T030459Z
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SUMMARY:Virtual Pitch-O-Rama 2023
DESCRIPTION:After our amazing session last year\, we are happy to announce that we will be hosting the next Pitch-O-Rama as a virtual event on April 29th\, 2023\, where writers will be given the opportunity to pitch their works to agents and editors for publication. \nEveryone is welcome to participate! \nRegister to pitch your book idea to agents and publishers! \nNew to Pitch-O-Rama? Pitch-O-Rama is an annual event where we bring in a set of publishing professionals to share their knowledge of the publishing industry. During the event\, you will be able to practice your pitch with coaches and fellow writers\, and then share that pitch with an expert who will provide advice on taking your writing project to the next level. \nA chance like this is an invaluable learning experience that could put you on the path to publication. We hope to see you there! \n$65 WNBA-SF members\, $95 Non-members
URL:https://pubpronetwork.org/event/save-the-date-register-for-virtual-pitch-o-rama-2023/
LOCATION:Zoom\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Events,Professional Development
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230429
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230430
DTSTAMP:20260408T214652
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LAST-MODIFIED:20230301T200323Z
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SUMMARY:Yallwest Santa Monica Book Festival
DESCRIPTION:Over 113 authors including New York Times Bestsellers along with local and acclaimed young adult and middle grade writers\, plus notable Hollywood directors and creators. \n2 days of panels\, book signings\, food trucks\, bad jokes\, rock ‘n’ roll\, killer photo ops & general geeky debauchery
URL:https://pubpronetwork.org/event/yallwest-santa-monica-book-festival/
LOCATION:Santa Monica High School
CATEGORIES:Author Events,Events
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230429
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230430
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CREATED:20230202T211424Z
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SUMMARY:S.F. Bay Area Printers’ Fair & Wayzgoose
DESCRIPTION:This is a FREE and public event celebrating letterpress printing\, typography\, book arts\, ephemera\, fine paper\, printmaking\, and allied arts. \nPeruse the marketplace with an array of vendors and exhibitors\, offering letterpress printed cards\, art prints\, book arts\, fine papers\, ink\, handset type\, vintage books\, jewelry\, and ephemera\, as well as printing presses\, tools\, supplies\, and equipment for printing and related crafts
URL:https://pubpronetwork.org/event/s-f-bay-area-printers-fair-wayzgoose/
LOCATION:History Park
CATEGORIES:Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230427T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230427T210000
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SUMMARY:Peoplescapes
DESCRIPTION:Join Litquake and artist Nancy Calef for a presentation of new paintings entitled Peoplescapes. Inspired by the many faces of North Beach and beyond\, this collection hones in on the fervent energy of the Bay Area with sweeping crowd-scapes detailing the diverse personalities that are often overlooked amidst the hubbub of a downtown intersection\, a farmers market\, or a BART car. Nancy’s work reframes these spaces as places of discovery\, opportunity\, and connection by reminding us of the beauty of individuality against the backdrop of a crowd. \n\nLive music by Bob Bralove\, Patti Weiss\, Nancy Calef\, and Ben Ames. \n\n\nThis exhibition runs through June 30\, 2023 – view by appointment.\n  \n\nA portion of proceeds from Peoplescapes will benefit Kidquake\, a project of The Litquake Foundation.
URL:https://pubpronetwork.org/event/peoplescapes/
LOCATION:Fame\, 443 Broadway\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94133\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230427T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230427T140000
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CREATED:20230409T053636Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230409T053642Z
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SUMMARY:Young Bloomsbury: The Generation that Redefined Love\, Freedom\, and Self-Expression in 1920s England
DESCRIPTION:with author Nino Strachey in Conversation with SFSU Professor Loretta Stec\n\nAn “illuminating” (Daily Mail\, London) exploration of the second generation of the iconic Bloomsbury Group\, who inspired their elders to new heights of creativity and passion while also pushing the boundaries of sexual freedom and gender norms in 1920s England.This event will be held on Zoom \n\nIn the years before the First World War\, a collection of writers and artists—Virginia Woolf\, E.M. Forster\, and Lytton Strachey among them—began to make a name for themselves in England and America for their irreverent spirit and provocative works of literature\, art\, and criticism. They called themselves the Bloomsbury Group and by the 1920s\, they were at the height of their influence. \nThen a new generation stepped forward—creative young people who tantalized their elders with their captivating looks\, bold ideas\, and subversive energy. Young Bloomsbury introduces us to this colorful cast of characters\, including novelist Eddy Sackville-West\, who wore elaborate make-up and dressed in satin and black velvet; artist Stephen Tomlin\, who sculpted the heads of his male and female lovers; and author Julia Strachey\, who wrote a searing tale of blighted love. Talented and productive\, these larger-than-life figures had high-achieving professional lives and extremely complicated emotional lives. \nThe group had always celebrated sexual equality and freedom in private\, feeling that every person had the right to live and love in the way they chose. But as transgressive self-expression became more public\, this younger generation gave Old Bloomsbury a new voice. Revealing an aspect of history not yet explored and with “effervescent detail” (Juliet Nicolson\, author of Frostquake)\, Young Bloomsbury celebrates an open way of living and loving that would not be embraced for another hundred years.
URL:https://pubpronetwork.org/event/young-bloomsbury-the-generation-that-redefined-love-freedom-and-self-expression-in-1920s-england/
LOCATION:Zoom\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Events
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230427
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230502
DTSTAMP:20260408T214653
CREATED:20230131T201405Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230131T201405Z
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SUMMARY:Intro to Bookbinding Level 2 course
DESCRIPTION:This course is designed for students who have taken L1 Bookbinding and are ready to further develop skills and explore materials. Students will sew a textblock\, making the Millimeter Binding with hooked endsheets. The class will cover the importance of bookblock preparation\, the principles of a rounded spine\, top-edge coloring\, hand-sewn endbands\, and basic leather work. \n  \nInstructor: Lang Ingalls
URL:https://pubpronetwork.org/event/intro-to-bookbinding-level-2-course/
LOCATION:American Academy of Bookbinding
CATEGORIES:Bookbinders
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230426T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230426T200000
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CREATED:20230409T042954Z
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SUMMARY:New Works from Barbara Tomash\, Joan Baranow and Dominican MFA Writers
DESCRIPTION:Join Barbara Tomash and Joan Baranow reading from their new poetry collections. Dominican MFA students and alums will also share brief excerpts from new works. This is a free event.
URL:https://pubpronetwork.org/event/new-works-from-barbara-tomash-joan-baranow-and-dominican-mfa-writers/
LOCATION:Edgehill Mansion\, 75 Magnolia Avenue\, San Rafael\, CA\, 94901\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230426T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230426T130000
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SUMMARY:Alta Live: Author Jane Smiley
DESCRIPTION:Jane Smiley fans\, get excited! The Pulitzer Prize–winning author’s forthcoming book\, The Questions that Matter Most: Reading\, Writing\, and the Exercise of Freedom\, explores a number of provocations around class\, race\, and gender in the Western literary imagination and—most importantly—reflects on how the autonomy of a reader’s interpretation of any work of literature makes reading an inherently political act. (Is anyone else suddenly inspired to pick up another book?) Smiley joins Alta Journal editorial director Blaise Zerega to discuss her new collection\, explore the connection between the writer and the reader\, and answer your questions. Do not miss this exciting and intimate conversation. This is a free virtual event.
URL:https://pubpronetwork.org/event/alta-live-author-jane-smiley/
LOCATION:Zoom\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230424T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230424T183000
DTSTAMP:20260408T214653
CREATED:20230408T220728Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230408T220729Z
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SUMMARY:Jim Bridger: Trailblazer of the American West
DESCRIPTION:Even among iconic frontiersmen like John C. Frémont\, Kit Carson\, and Jedediah Smith\, Jim Bridger stands out. A mountain man of the American West\, straddling the fur trade era and the age of exploration\, he lived the life legends are made of. His adventures are fit for remaking into the tall tales Bridger himself liked to tell. \nBorn in 1804 and orphaned at thirteen\, Bridger made his first western foray in 1822\, traveling up the Missouri River with Mike Fink and a hundred enterprising young men to trap beaver. At twenty he “discovered” the Great Salt Lake. At twenty-one he was the first to paddle the Bighorn River’s Bad Pass. At twenty-two he explored the wonders of Yellowstone. In the following years\, he led trapping brigades into Black-feet territory; guided expeditions of Smithsonian scientists\, topographical engineers\, and army leaders; and\, though he could neither read nor write\, mapped the tribal boundaries for the Great Indian Treaty of 1851. Enzler charts Bridger’s path from the fort he built on the Oregon Trail to the route he blazed for Montana gold miners to avert war with Red Cloud and his Lakota coalition. Along the way he married into the Flathead\, Ute\, and Shoshone tribes and produced seven children. \nTapping sources uncovered in the six decades since the last documented Bridger biography\, Enzler’s book fully conveys the drama and details of the larger-than-life history of the “King of the Mountain Men.” Enzler tells the definitive story of an extraordinary life. \nA virtual presentation by Jerry Enzler\, historian and author.
URL:https://pubpronetwork.org/event/jim-bridger-trailblazer-of-the-american-west/
LOCATION:Zoom\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230424T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230424T180000
DTSTAMP:20260408T214653
CREATED:20230409T054601Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230409T054602Z
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SUMMARY:The Break with Kaveh Akbar
DESCRIPTION:In partnership with Alano Club of Portland\, “The Break is a monthly virtual gathering of writers and artists lead by Kaveh Akbar\, celebrating amongness\, collaboration\, and interdisciplinary creative experimentation. Though many of the activities and discussions orbit or are inflected by recovery themes (Akbar has been in active recovery for eight years)\, participants are not required to self-identify as being in recovery to participate.”
URL:https://pubpronetwork.org/event/the-break-with-kaveh-akbar-2/
LOCATION:Zoom\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Meet-up
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230423T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230423T120000
DTSTAMP:20260408T214653
CREATED:20230409T041139Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230409T041140Z
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SUMMARY:Survive & Thrive: A Literary Reading & Conversation with Devi S. Laskar & Lucy Jane Bledsoe
DESCRIPTION:What is redemption? How do you get it? How is it different from revenge? Multi-award winning authors Lucy Jane Bledsoe and Devi S. Laskar will read from their new novels and discuss how they write with an eye toward redemption that is true and honest. Lucy Jane Bledsoe’s newest\, Tell The Rest\, features two queer characters who use their rage and creativity to take on the Christian right. Devi S. Laskar’s latest novel\, Circa\, was a Goop Book Club selection. This is a free event.
URL:https://pubpronetwork.org/event/survive-thrive-a-literary-reading-conversation-with-devi-s-laskar-lucy-jane-bledsoe/
LOCATION:Oakland Public Library\, 125 14th Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Events
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230423
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230425
DTSTAMP:20260408T214653
CREATED:20230301T194142Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230301T194143Z
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SUMMARY:Los Angeles Times Festival of Books
DESCRIPTION:The Los Angeles Times Festival of Books began in 1996 with a simple goal: to bring together the people who create books with the people who love to read them. The festival was an immediate success and has evolved to include live bands\, poetry readings\, chef demos\, cultural entertainment and artists creating their work on-site. There’s also a photography exhibit\, film screenings followed by Q&A’s and discussion panels on some of today’s hottest topics.
URL:https://pubpronetwork.org/event/los-angeles-times-festival-of-books/
LOCATION:University of Southern California
CATEGORIES:Events
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230422
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230423
DTSTAMP:20260408T214653
CREATED:20230409T022752Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230409T022754Z
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SUMMARY:Hayward Lit Hop
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the second annual Hayward Lit Hop. Lit Hop showcases a variety of local writers’ groups with the support of local musicians and establishments\, including a showcase of MWA NorCal authors. It’s situated in downtown Hayward’s charming B Street area and is absolutely free. Please come support your MWA fellows!
URL:https://pubpronetwork.org/event/hayward-lit-hop/
LOCATION:Hayward Public Library\, 888 C Street\, Hayward\, CA\, 94541\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Events,Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230421T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230421T210000
DTSTAMP:20260408T214653
CREATED:20230408T231905Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230408T231907Z
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SUMMARY:Grace Notes
DESCRIPTION:Join Litquake for our annual celebration of National Poetry Month. We’ll gather under the stunning stained glass of San Francisco’s historic Grace Cathedral while five celebrated poets read from their latest collections. Featuring words from James Cagney\, Henri Cole\, Jewelle Gomez\, Jacques Rancourt\, and Rachel Zucker. Book sales and signing to follow. Curated and hosted by D.A. Powell. \n\nFREE\, $10-15 suggested donation (pre-registration required)
URL:https://pubpronetwork.org/event/grace-notes/
LOCATION:Grace Cathedral\, 1100 California Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94108\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Events,Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230421T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230421T200000
DTSTAMP:20260408T214653
CREATED:20230409T025253Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230409T025254Z
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SUMMARY:Craft & Conceptual Art: Opening Reception
DESCRIPTION:Join SFCB in welcoming curator Megan N. Liberty at the opening of her latest exhibition Craft & Conceptual Art: Reshaping the Legacy of Artists’ Books \nLight refreshments will be served; opening remarks at 7 pm. \nAbout the exhibition: Craft & Conceptual Art: Reshaping the Legacy of Artists’ Books focuses on the intertwined legacies of book art centers across the US whose primary goal has been to teach the craft practices of book arts\, as well as other institutions focused on distribution and collecting. Tracing the foundation and production of book art organizations across the US—including Center for Book Arts in 1974\, Printed Matter and Franklin Furnace in 1976\, Minnesota Center for Book Arts in 1983\, and San Francisco Center for the Book in 1996—this exhibition shows craft and conceptual art not to be opposites\, but rather two ends of a spectrum of book art practices. \nThe exhibition is accompanied by a fully illustrated catalog featuring additional contributions by Sur Rodney (Sur)\, David Senior\, Kayleigh Perkov\, and Tara Aisha Willis\, and a selection of reprinted historical texts. Catalogs will be available for purchase at the opening reception.
URL:https://pubpronetwork.org/event/craft-conceptual-art-opening-reception/
LOCATION:San Francisco Center for the Book\, 375 Rhode Island Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94103\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events
ORGANIZER;CN="San Francisco Center for the Book":MAILTO:info@sfcb.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230421T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230421T170000
DTSTAMP:20260408T214653
CREATED:20230218T000728Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230224T175717Z
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SUMMARY:PPN Conference 2023: Publishing in a Diverse World
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://pubpronetwork.org/event/ppn-conference-2023/
LOCATION:David Brower Center\, Berkeley
CATEGORIES:Professional Development
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230420T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230420T210000
DTSTAMP:20260408T214653
CREATED:20230409T034852Z
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SUMMARY:Queer Bedtime Stories
DESCRIPTION:Queer Bedtime Stories is an opportunity to re-seed the fertile ground of your imagination with poetry\, memoirs\, and history from our people: LGBTQ+ ancestors and creators alive today. Together\, let’s uncover the richness of our shared history and catch a glimpse of the blossoming future.\nYou can come just to listen or bring a reading to share! Readings should be 1–10 minutes long\, be any genre\, and either be written by an LGBTQ+ author or be about queerness in some way. Original work is more than welcome! Plus! Sweet dreams are (nearly) guaranteed after every event  This is a free event.
URL:https://pubpronetwork.org/event/queer-bedtime-stories/
LOCATION:Milk-SF\, 302 Valencia Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94103\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230420T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230420T200000
DTSTAMP:20260408T214653
CREATED:20230202T202942Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230223T232917Z
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SUMMARY:Inventing the Alphabet: Origin Stories to Forensic Evidence with Johanna Drucker
DESCRIPTION:Accounts of the origins of the alphabet contribute to the broad history of ideas. Many vivid intellectual traditions have flourished\, and some have been set aside\, discredited by “modern” scientific methods of archaeology and forensic science. Turning our attention to these varied lineages\, we see not only a history of the alphabet\, but also different modes of knowledge production and transmission. \nThe alphabet was invented by Semitic speakers in the ancient Near East around four thousand years ago\, and then spread worldwide. But the first text that says anything about its history comes from the Greek historian Herodotus\, and his description of the letters—a gift from the Phoenician Cadmus—contains no images. How can we know what letterforms Herodotus saw in these inscriptions? Similarly\, Biblical scholars seeking the “original” letters in the Tablets received by Moses had no physical remains to examine. Antiquarians sought long and hard before archaeologists in the 19th century discovered remains of the earliest alphabetic marks. Along the way\, erudite studies of magical alphabets and exotic scripts also found their way into the study of the origins of letters. \nLetterform Lectures are a public aspect of the Type West postgraduate program. The series is co-presented by the San Francisco Public Library\, where events are free and open to all.
URL:https://pubpronetwork.org/event/inventing-the-alphabet-origin-stories-to-forensic-evidence-with-johanna-drucker/
LOCATION:Letterform Archive\, 2325 Third St Floor 4R\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94107\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events
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SUMMARY:Celebrate National Poetry Month!
DESCRIPTION:Two nationally known award-winning poets read from their new works and talk about their influences and passions. Henri Coles explores the formality and density of the sonnet with its glorious layers of emotion with a contemporary twist in his new collection Gravity and Center: Selected Sonnets\, 1994-2022. Brenda Hillman’s bold\, experimental eco-poems in her recent work A Few Minutes Before Later branch out into free-form tangents exploring nature and human nature\, power and devastation.\nTickets are free for Mechanics’ Institute Members\, $5–10 sliding scale for the public.
URL:https://pubpronetwork.org/event/celebrate-national-poetry-month/
LOCATION:Mechanics’ Institute

CATEGORIES:Author Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230420T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230420T183000
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SUMMARY:PPN | Virtual Monthly Meetup
DESCRIPTION:Hosted/Organized by: PPN \nThis event is open to anyone in the book-publishing industry and provides a great opportunity for connection. Grab a drink and come and catch up\, share news\, and get advice. \nWe generally hold virtual meetups over Zoom on the third Thursday of each month\, not just because this is the safest way for us to gather but because it is a great way for us to meet no matter where we are located. We look forward to seeing you.
URL:https://pubpronetwork.org/event/ppn-virtual-monthly-meetup/2023-04-20/
LOCATION:Virtual\, Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230420T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230420T173000
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SUMMARY:Happy Hour Discussion: Copyediting and Proofreading Fiction
DESCRIPTION:If you copyedit or proofread fiction or want to learn more about doing so\, join host Erin Cusick for an informal discussion about the joys and challenges associated with editing fiction. Come prepared to share insights and experiences\, ask questions\, or just listen to learn from others. Though the event is open to all editors\, the discussion will stick closely to copyediting and proofreading. \nThis event is free to attend and open to all editors\, guests\, and/or members of related fields. Please note the new time\, which will continue in future meetings.
URL:https://pubpronetwork.org/event/happy-hour-discussion-copyediting-and-proofreading-fiction-3/
LOCATION:Zoom\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Editors Events,Meet-up
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DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230420T180000
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SUMMARY:InDesign in an AI World
DESCRIPTION:Artificial Intelligence is fast becoming an essential dimension of InDesign publishing workflows. Rather than replacing designers\, AI will actually empower them to conquer design and content challenges. \nJoin Olav Martin Kvern\, author of Real World InDesign\, and Max Dunn\, CEO of Silicon Publishing\, as they present real-world examples of this exciting new trend. From the AI features built into InDesign already\, to current ways InDesign can be extended with AI\, to a preview of what the future may hold\, this presentation will offer valuable insights into present and emerging design technologies.
URL:https://pubpronetwork.org/event/indesign-in-an-ai-world/
LOCATION:Zoom\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230420T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230420T150000
DTSTAMP:20260408T214653
CREATED:20230409T025816Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230409T025818Z
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SUMMARY:Spring Author Showcase @ Orinda Books
DESCRIPTION:his will be both an in-person and Zoom event. (Zoom invite information to come). \nAnd here’s our outstanding list of 12 authors who will be reading from their latest books: \nCara Black\nGeorge Cramer\nJanet Dawson\nVinnie Hansen\nHeather Haven\nKatherine Hyde\nLeslie Karst\nClaudia Long\nThena MacArthur\nNannette Potter\nCindy Sample\nSusan Shea
URL:https://pubpronetwork.org/event/spring-author-showcase-orinda-books/
LOCATION:Orinda Books\, 276 Village Square\, Orinda\, CA\, 94563\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Events
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CREATED:20230131T201117Z
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SUMMARY:Intro to Bookbinding Course
DESCRIPTION:If you have never taken a bookbinding class before\, this is the class for you. In this a one-week class\, you will produce several structures where you will develop the fundamental building blocks of bookbinding. \n  \nInstructor: Lang Ingalls
URL:https://pubpronetwork.org/event/intro-to-bookbinding-course/
LOCATION:American Academy of Bookbinding
CATEGORIES:Bookbinders
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230419T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230419T210000
DTSTAMP:20260408T214653
CREATED:20230409T054327Z
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SUMMARY:BIPOC Reading Series-April
DESCRIPTION:This bimonthly reading series is intended to prioritize the safety\, creativity\, and stories of Black people\, Indigenous people\, and People of Color. \nCome listen to our featured readers\, or sign up to share your work in our open mic. Readings will be followed by a short community discussion. \nThe theme for April is “Transformation.” Our featured reader is Brandt Maina.
URL:https://pubpronetwork.org/event/bipoc-reading-series-april/
LOCATION:Zoom\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Events
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