Author Panel: “The Female Sleuth”
Mill Valley Library 375 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley, United StatesJoin local mystery authors Rhys Bowen, Michelle Chouinard, Glenda Carroll and Susan Shea for a reading and discussion on the “The Lady Sleuth.”
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.
Here’s our outstanding list of authors who will be reading from their latest books: Ana Brazil Josie Brown Michele Drier Victoria Kazarian Claudia Hagadus Long Ana Manwaring Karen A. Phillips Nannette Potter Terry Shames Lisa Towles
Join two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist John King in discussion on his new book Portal: San Francisco's Ferry Building and the Reinvention of American Cities. King’s narrative spans the rise and fall and rebirth of the Ferry Building. Rich with feats of engineering and civic imagination, his story introduces colorful figures who fought to preserve the Ferry […]
Join us at the Rockridge Branch Meeting Room for our Annual Meet and Greet. Mingle with members over potluck, then participate in a workshop to learn techniques to engage your audience and maximize sales at your next book reading. Maureen Studer has been performing, directing, writing or otherwise engaged in theatre for over four decades. […]