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9 JULY 2024 — tuesday

  • The Booksmith presents Olivia Gatwood for the launch of her debut novel, Whoever You Are, Honey, The Booksmith, 1727 Haight Street, San Francisco, free, 7:00 pm PDT (For more information, visit: www.booksmith.com/event/olivia-gatwood)
  • Warwick's welcomes novelist Renée Carlino, Wish You Were Here, to discuss her latest, This Used to Be Us, in conversation with Liz Fenton and Lisa Steinke, Forever Hold Your Peace, Warwick's, 7812 Girard Avenue, La Jolla, free, 7:30 pm PDT (For more information, visit: www.warwicks.com/event/carlino-2024)

10 JULY 2024 — wednesday

  • Warwick's welcomes Marjan Kamali, The Stationery Shop, to read from and discuss her latest novel, The Lion Women of Tehran, Warwick's, 7812 Girard Avenue, La Jolla, free, 7:30 pm PDT (For more information, visit: www.warwicks.com/event/kamali-2024)

11 JULY 2024 — thursday

  • The Booksmith presents "Poetry as Protest," event will feature poets Karla Brundage, Blood Lies: Race Trait(or), Arthur Kayzakian, The Book of Redacted Paintings, Kim Shuck, Pick a Garnet to Sleep in, Sara Borjas, Heart Like a Window, Mouth Like a Cliff, Cyrus Sepahbodi, Linda Ravenswood, A poem is a house, Charles Jensen, Splice of Life, and Sam Sax, Pig, all reading from their latest collections, The Booksmith, 1727 Haight Street, San Francisco, $5, 7:00 pm PDT (For more information, visit: www.booksmith.com/event/poetry-as-protest)
  • Warwick's welcomes mystery writer DC Frost, A Punishing Breed; poet and fiction writer Kate Gale, Under a Neon Sun, a debut novel; and Lily Hoàng, Underneath, moderated by radio host Saul Gonzalez, Warwick's, 7812 Girard Avenue, La Jolla, free, 7:30 pm PDT (For more information, visit: www.warwicks.com/event/frost-gale-hoang-2024)
  • Medicine for Nightmares presents poet Saúl Hernández in a reading from his debut poetry collection, How to Kill a Goat & Other Monsters, in conversation with poet/journalist María Esquinca, Medicine for Nightmares, 3036 24th Street, San Francisco, free, 7:00 pm PDT (For more information, visit: medicinefornightmares.com/events/how-to-kill-a-goat-other-monsters-book-launch)

12 JULY 2024 — friday

13 JULY 2024 — saturday

  • "Poetry Brain Party" presents Southern and Northern California poets reading together, featured poets include E.K. Keith, Ordinary Villains; Paul Corman-Roberts, The Sincere; poet, singer, storyteller Milo Starr Johnson, The Perambulator, an album; Dee Allen, Discovery; K.R. Morrison, Cauldrons; and Richard Modiano, The Forbidden Lunch Box, hosted by Richard Loranger, Mammal, in person and virtual via Zoom, Medicine for Nightmares Bookstore and Gallery, 3036 24th Street, San Francisco, free, 7:30 pm PDT (For more information, visit: medicinefornightmares.com/events/poetry-brain-party)

14 JULY 2024 — sunday

  • The Booksmith presents "Omnidawn Publishing Spring 2024," the East Bay publishers's seasonal launch of new titles, featuring readings from Julie Carr, Underscore, Elizabeth Scanlon, Whosoever Whole, Craig Santos Perez, Call This Mutiny, Steven Rood, music from behind a stone wall, and Consuelo Wise, b o y, Virtual on Zoom, free, 1:00 pm PDT (For more information, visit: www.booksmith.com/event/omnidawn-spring-2024)

15 JULY 2024 — monday

16 JULY 2024 — tuesday

  • Green Apple Books welcomes Christian Gullette to discuss his new poetry collection, Coachella Elegy, joined in conversation by poet Richie Hofmann, A Hundred Lovers, Green Apple Books, 1231 9th Avenue, San Francisco, free, 7:00 pm PDT (For more information, visit: www.greenapplebooks.com/event/9th-ave-christian-gullette-richie-hofmann)
  • The Booksmith welcomes journalist Deborah Stoll, Unvarnished, for a discussion of her latest release, Drop In: The Gender Rebels Who Changed the Face of Skateboarding, The Booksmith, 1727 Haight Street, San Francisco, free, 7:00 pm PDT (For more information, visit: www.booksmith.com/event/dropinbook)

17 JULY 2024 — wednesday

18 JULY 2024 — thursday

  • The Book of Light Poetry Series celebrates the work of Lucille Clifton, this event features a poetry reading by Patricia Caspers, The Most Kissed Woman in the World , and Annie Stenzel, Don't Misplace the Moon, Books Inc. Alameda, 1344 Park Street, Alameda, free, 7:00 pm PDT (For more information, contact: 510-522-2226)
  • Sausalito Books by the Bay presents a reading by MFA students, alumni, and faculty from Dominican University of California, featuring Brennen Belogorsky, The Same Air; Kim Culbertson, 100-Word Stories; science writer James Gunshinan; Caitlin Howery; Meg Neville; poet Lisa Rosenberg, A Different Physics; Mary Rosenthal and Erika Smith; Sausalito Books by the Bay, 100 Bay Street, Sausalito, free, 6:00 pm PDT (For more information, visit: https://www.sausalitobooksbythebay.com/2024-events/dominican-mfa-readings)
  • The Booksmith welcomes Juneau Black, the pen name of the work of authors Jocelyn Cole, Fallin for a Queenpin: The love of a Blackwood, and Sharon Nagel; they will discuss and read from their recent release, Summers End: A Shady Hollow Mystery, The Booksmith, 1727 Haight Street, San Francisco, free, 7:00 pm PDT (For more information, visit: www.booksmith.com/event/juneau-black)
  • Green Apple Books welcomes novelist Nina Schuyler, Afterword, in celebration of the release of her short story collection, In This Ravishing World, joined in conversation by author Lewis Buzbee, The Yellow-Lighted Bookshop, Green Apple Books, 1231 9th Avenue, San Francisco, free, 7:00 pm PDT (For more information, visit: www.greenapplebooks.com/event/9th-ave-nina-schuyler-lewis-buzbee)
  • San Francisco's 7th Poet Laureate Kim Shuck, Pick a Garnet to Sleep In presents special guests for a poetry reading in celebration of the late beat poet ruth weiss, Desert Journal, San Francisco Public Library, 100 Larkin Street, San Francisco, free, 6:00 pm PDT (For more information, visit: sfpl.org/events/2024/07/18/performance-kim-shucks-poem-jam-celebrates-ruth-weiss)
  • Medicine for Nightmares presents "Speaking Axolotl," the longest running monthly Latinx poetry series, featuring Decolonized Verses, Spanglish Poesia, Bilingual Chismes y Latinx Spoken Word; Medicine for Nightmares Bookstore and Gallery, 3036 24th Street, San Francisco, free, 7:00 pm PDT (For more information, visit: medicinefornightmares.com/events/3598pd6lpf8srn9zdyz6ssh2cc68tb)

19 JULY 2024 — friday

  • Book Passage's "Plotting a Mystery Novel: The Secret's in the Secrets," led by Hallie Ephron, Careful What You Wish For, students will explore the structure of mystery novels and how to secrets to fuel plot in their personal writing, Book Passage Corte Madera, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera, $125, 9:30 am PDT (For more information, visit: www.bookpassage.com/event/class-hallie-ephron-plotting-mystery-novel-secrets-secrets)
  • Book Passage's Mystery Writers Conference takes place over three days, July 19 through July 21, and includes panels and classes by authors such as Tony Broadbent, The Smoke, and Michael Finkel, The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit, participants discuss publishing with editors and publishers, with discussions by detectives, forensic investigators, etc. who will share crucial information to help writers add realism to their writing, with chances for one-on-one manuscript evaluation; Book Passage Corte Madera, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera, $650, Noon PDT (For more information, visit: www.bookpassage.com/mystery)
  • The San Francisco Art Book Fair is a free multi-day exhibition of printed material from independent publishers, artists, designers, collectors, and enthusiasts from around the world, featuring artist books, art catalogs, monographs, etc., talks, performances, book launches, special projects, exhibitions, and signings, Minnesota Street Project's contemporary art campus, 1275 Minnesota Street, San Francisco, free (For more information, visit: sfartbookfair.com)

20 JULY 2024 — saturday

  • The San Francisco Art Book Fair is a free multi-day exhibition of printed material from independent publishers, artists, designers, collectors, and enthusiasts from around the world, featuring artist books, art catalogs, monographs, etc., talks, performances, book launches, special projects, exhibitions, and signings, Minnesota Street Project's contemporary art campus, 1275 Minnesota Street, San Francisco, free (For more information, visit: sfartbookfair.com)

21 JULY 2024 — sunday

  • Former poet laureate of San Mateo County Aileen Cassinetto, poet Marisa Lin, DREAM ELEVATOR, and Kim Shuck, Pick a Garnet to Sleep In, read from the new anthology, Dear Human at the Edge of Time: Poems on Climate Change in the United States, with special guests Sharon Coleman and Ranko Ogura performing "EcoDance," Latino/Hispanic Meeting Room, San Francisco Public Library, 100 Larkin Street, San Francisco, free, 1:00 pm PDT (For more information, visit: sfpl.org/events/2024/07/21/performance-poets-read-dear-human-edge-time)
  • The San Francisco Art Book Fair is a free multi-day exhibition of printed material from independent publishers, artists, designers, collectors, and enthusiasts from around the world, featuring artist books, art catalogs, monographs, etc., talks, performances, book launches, special projects, exhibitions, and signings, Minnesota Street Project's contemporary art campus, 1275 Minnesota Street, San Francisco, free (For more information, visit: sfartbookfair.com)

22 JULY 2024 — monday

23 JULY 2024 — tuesday

  • Mrs. Dalloway's Bookstore welcomes Amy Stewart, The Drunken Botanist, to discuss her latest book, The Tree Collectors, a collection of vignettes describing the transformation of individuals obsessed with trees, Mrs. Dalloway's Bookstore, 2904 College Avenue, Berkeley, free, 7:00 pm PDT (For more information, visit: www.mrsdalloways.com/events/amy-stewart-presents-her-new-book-tree-collectors)
  • Warwick's welcomes journalist/author Dean Calbreath, The Wrong Stuff: The Extraordinary Saga of Randy "Duke" Cunningham, the Most Corrupt Congressman Ever Caught, to discuss his latest book, The Sergeant: The Incredible Life of Nicholas Said, Warwick's, 7812 Girard Avenue, La Jolla, free, 7:30 pm PDT (For more information, visit: www.warwicks.com/event/calbreath-2024)
  • San Francisco Public Library welcomes indigenous poets from Oceania and Turtle Island to share poetry and stories, hosted by scholar and community organizer Fuifuilupe Niumeitolu, with poet Kim Shuck, online, free, 5:30 pm PDT (For more information, visit: sfpl.org/events/2024/07/23/performance-poetry-oceania-and-turtle-island)

24 JULY 2024 — wednesday

  • The Booksmith presents a book launch for Sarah Manguso, Very Cold People, for her new novel, Liars, in conversation with columnist Moira Donegan, The Guardian, The Booksmith, 1727 Haight Street, San Francisco, free, 7:00 pm PDT (For more information, visit: www.booksmith.com/event/manguso-liars)
  • Green Apple Books welcomes physician Dr. Dean-David Schillinger to discuss his nonfiction book, Telltale Hearts: A Public Health Doctor, His Patients, and the Power of Story, joined in conversation by José Vadi, Chipped: Writing from a Skateboarder's Lens, a memoir-in-essays, Green Apple Books, 1231 9th Avenue, San Francisco, free, 7:00 pm PDT (For more information, visit: www.greenapplebooks.com/event/9th-ave-dr-dean-david-schillinger-jos%C3%A9%C2%A0vadi)

25 JULY 2024 — thursday

  • The Booksmith welcomes teacher/journalist Erik Davis, High Weirdness: Drugs, Esoterica, and Visionary Experience in the Seventies, to present his most recent book, Blotter: The Untold Story of an Acid Medium, that covers the history of blotter paper, used in the distribution of LSD, in conversation with the "head of an LSD conspiracy that gained a new generation to the cause of LSD," Mark McCloud, The Booksmith, 1727 Haight Street, San Francisco, free, 7:00 pm PDT (For more information, visit: www.booksmith.com/blotterbook)
  • Warwick's welcomes poet/author Kamla K. Kapur to discuss her latest book, The Privilege of Aging: Savoring the Fullness of Life, Warwick's, 7812 Girard Avenue, La Jolla, free, 7:30 pm PDT (For more information, visit: www.warwicks.com/event/kapur-2024)
  • Green Apple Books welcomes fiction writer Molly Giles, Iron Shoes, to discuss her memoir, Life Span, Green Apple Books, 1231 9th Avenue, San Francisco, free, 7:00 pm PDT (For more information, visit: www.greenapplebooks.com/event/9th-ave-molly-giles)

26 JULY 2024 — friday

  • Green Apple Books welcomes journalist Jesse Katz for the release of his book, The Rent Collectors: Exploitation, Murder, and Redemption in Immigrant LA, Green Apple Books, 1231 9th Avenue, San Francisco, free, 7:00 pm PDT (For more information, visit: www.greenapplebooks.com/event/9th-ave-jesse-katz)

27 JULY 2024 — saturday

  • Warwick's welcomes historical-fantasy novelist Deborah Harkness, A Discovery of Witches to discuss her latest in the All Souls series, The Black Bird Oracle, offsite at IPJ Theatre, Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice, 5555 Marian Way, San Diego, free, 2:00 pm PDT (For more information, visit: www.warwicks.com/event/harkness-2024)
  • The CODEX Foundation Logan Book Arts Center presents a two-day poetry printing workshop with Jonathan Gerkin; the class will honor Navajo poet Sherwin Bitsui, Flood Song, by teaching to print using one of his poems, CODEX Foundation, 1331 Seventh Street, Unit D, Berkeley, $320, 9:30 am PDT (For more information, visit: www.codexfoundation.org/events)

28 JULY 2024 — sunday

  • The CODEX Foundation Logan Book Arts Center presents a two-day poetry printing workshop with Jonathan Gerkin; the class will honor Navajo poet Sherwin Bitsui, Flood Song, by teaching to print using one of his poems, CODEX Foundation, 1331 Seventh Street, Unit D, Berkeley, $320, 9:30 am PDT (For more information, visit: www.codexfoundation.org/events)

29 JULY 2024 — monday

30 JULY 2024 — tuesday

  • ZYZZYVA Magazine presents Movie Night at the Roxie with novelists Ingrid Rojas Contreras, Fruit of the Drunken Tree, and R.O. Kwon, Exhibit; the featured film will be Secretary, Roxie Theater, 3117 16th Street, San Francisco, $15, 6:00 pm PDT (For more information, visit: roxie.com/film/zzyva-movie-night-secretary)

31 JULY 2024 — wednesday


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