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 crisis of book banning—from what it’s like to be a banned creator, to what citizens can do to fight back and protect free speech, access […]
Fabulosa Books announces Read For Filth, a 24 hour celebration of queer literature in the Castro. At a moment when LGBTQIA+ books are under attack and anti-gay harassment is spiking, let's come together to celebrate stories that bring us together. Read For Filth will be a grand affirmation of queer joy and a resounding rejection […]
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 of Film Noir (Revised & Expanded Edition), will be making a presentation and signing his new book, Eddie Muller’s Noir Bar: Cocktails Inspired by the World […]
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.
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 […]
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 stories of white men, or because we hold our family secrets dear, or because society tells us we are not supposed to feel what we […]
Join local mystery authors Rhys Bowen, Michelle Chouinard, Glenda Carroll and Susan Shea for a reading and discussion on the “The Lady Sleuth.”
Join us on October 14 for a special Saturday SF in SF, when writers Nancy Kress and Jack Skillingstead come to read and talk with Bay Area writer and moderator Cliff Winnig. Nancy Kress is the author of thirty-three books, including twenty-six novels, four collections of short stories, and three books on writing. Her work has […]
Full Circle is a celebration of authors who have found their way to who they are through community, care, and creativity. These poets will be reading pieces that reflect on their beginnings and find parallels with their present.
Join us at Oasis, San Francisco’s internationally acclaimed drag show nightclub/cabaret, as we celebrate the most scandalous, most outrageous, and most ludicrous books ever to be penned by celebrities! You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll wonder how these books ever got published. Some of the best Bay Area queens will be putting on their reading glasses […]
Fifteen talented writers from Page Street Co-working read no-more-than-three-minute pieces on why (in spite of it all) we can't stop loving San Francisco. Paul Madonna's iconic SF cityscapes will adorn the walls, and we'll be pouring SF's own Fort Point beer and serving sourdough pretzels. Hosted by Lit Camp founder Janis Cooke Newman
Lesbian bars have always been treasured safe spaces for their customers, providing not only a good time but a shelter from societal alienation and outright persecution. In 1987, there were 206 of them in America. Today, only a couple dozen remain. How and why did this happen? What has been lost—or possibly gained—by such a […]
with author Selby Wynn Schwartz in conversation with Professor Loretta Stec Join Selby Wynn Schwartz in conversation with Professor Loretta Stec on her debut novel After Sappho, an invigorating tale of women whose narratives converge and splinter as they forge queer identities and claim the right to their own lives.
Join two of the Bay Area's legendary rap artists, Black C and Mac Mall, as they discuss gripping stories from their recently published memoirs. In vivid, unflinching detail, Black C's A Part of Survival and Mac Mall's My Opinion shed light on the Bay Area's street life, drug trade, and pimp culture of the 1980s and 1990s—and reveal how the resourceful artists […]
Author Ron Cook will moderate panelists Laurie R. King, Peggy Townsend, Vinnie Hansen, and Jack Erickson. This is a hybrid event! Registration is required for both in-person and Zoom attendance.