Fiction Workshop with Kim Culbertson

23 OCTOBER 2021 — saturday

Novelist Kim Culbertson, The Wonder of Us, Catch a Falling Star, leads "Small Bright Things: Exploring 100-word Stories," a fiction workshop, participants investigate short-form writing and learn how creativity can blossom through mindfulness of the story, online, free, 10:00 am-Noon PDT (Register to attend: www.eventbrite.com/e/fiction-workshop-with-kim-culbertson-tickets-168137540911)

19 MAY 2026 — tuesday

• Mrs. Dalloway's presents Oakland author Eva Des Lauriers launching her new young adult novel, I'm Gonna Get You Back, a contemporary second-chance love story, in conversation with Jenna Evans Welch, in-store, book signing to follow, Mrs. Dalloway's Bookstore, 2904 College Avenue, Berkeley, free, registration requested, 7:00 pm (Registration: www.eventbrite.com/e/eva-des-lauriers-im-gonna-get-you-back-in-store-launch-and-book-signing-tickets-1986550674544?aff=oddtdtcreator&utm_medium=email&utm_source=ctct)
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20 MAY 2026 — wednesday

• Green Apple Books presents acclaimed novelist Wesley Brown celebrating the release of Looking for Frank Wills: A Novel a reimagining of the life of the security guard who discovered the Watergate break-in, in conversation with Tonya M. Foster, in-store and on YouTube Live, Green Apple Books on 9th Avenue, 1231 9th Avenue, San Francisco, free, RSVP required, 7:00 pm (RSVPgreenapplebooks.com/event/2026-05-20/9th-ave-wesley-brown-tonya-m-foster)
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• Mrs. Dalloway's presents a celebration of the late Clare Cooper Marcus and the release of her posthumous memoir, Groundbreaking: My Unmapped Path as an Academic, Mother and Gardener, featuring Wendy Sarkissian, Lynne Elizabeth, and Lucy Marcus, in-store, Mrs. Dalloway's Bookstore, 2904 College Avenue, Berkeley, free, registration requested, 7:00 pm (Registration: www.eventbrite.com/e/celebrate-clare-cooper-marcus-and-her-book-groundbreaking-tickets-1988132893002?aff=ebdsoporgprofile&utm_medium=email&utm_source=ctct)
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21 MAY 2026 — thursday

• Mrs. Dalloway's presents Ayelet Waldman discussing her new novel of love and class in nineteenth-century England, A Perfect Hand, in conversation with novelist Michael Chabon, in-store, book signing to follow, Mrs. Dalloway's Bookstore, 2904 College Avenue, Berkeley, free, registration requested, 7:00 pm PDT (Registration: www.eventbrite.com/e/ayelet-waldmans-a-perfect-hand-in-store-event-and-book-signing-tickets-1987425724843?aff=oddtdtcreator&utm_medium=email&utm_source=ctct)
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22 MAY 2026 — friday

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23 MAY 2026 — saturday

• Mrs. Dalloway's presents local bestseller Adam Mansbach sharing the latest installment in his profane series, Go The F*ck To College, in conversation with Peggy Orenstein, in-store, book signing to follow, Mrs. Dalloway's Bookstore, 2904 College Avenue, Berkeley, free, registration requested, 7:00 pm (Registration: www.eventbrite.com/e/adam-mansbachs-go-the-fck-to-college-in-store-event-and-book-signing-tickets-1985649419867?aff=oddtdtcreator&utm_medium=email&utm_source=ctct)
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• Sacramento Poetry Alliance presents Indigo Moor, Poet Laureate Emeritus of Sacramento, sharing his fifth collection, Reconstructing Eden: A Southern Bastard's Lyric Journey, a memoir-in-verse exploring inheritance and healing through a "jazz triptych" form, with poet and pianist Valdez Hill, whose artistic practice weaves sound and language into a single expressive voice, open mic to follow, Musiclandria, 808 O Street, Sacramento, 6:00 pm (sacramentopoetryalliance.com)
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• City Lights and Verso Books present Trevor Paglen presenting his new book, How To See Like A Machine: Images After AI, on Zoom, free, registration required, 11:00 am PDT (www.eventbrite.com/e/trevor-paglen-how-to-see-like-a-machine-images-after-ai-tickets-1982667454729?aff=oddtdtcreator, and citylights.com/events/trevor-paglen-how-to-see-like-a-machine-images-after-ai)
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24 MAY 2026 — sunday

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25 MAY 2026 — monday

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26 MAY 2026 — tuesday

• City Lights and Human Rights First present Joshua Colangelo-Bryan discussing his new book, Through The Gates of Hell: American Injustice at Guatanamo Bay, in-store and on Zoom, City Lights Books, 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco, free, registration required, 7:00 pm PDT (www.eventbrite.com/e/joshua-colangelo-bryan-through-the-gates-of-hell-tickets-1982668835860?aff=oddtdtcreator, and citylights.com/events/joshua-colangelo-bryan-through-the-gates-of-hell-american-injustice-at-guatanamo-bay)
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• Mrs. Dalloway's presents writer and musician Alicia Jo Rabins sharing her new memoir, When We're Born We Forget Everything, a journey of spiritual self-invention and feminist awakening, in conversation with Rabbi Adina Allen, in-store, book signing to follow, Mrs. Dalloway's Bookstore, 2904 College Avenue, Berkeley, free, registration requested, 7:00 pm (Registration: www.eventbrite.com/e/alicia-jo-rabins-when-were-born-we-forget-everything-in-store-event-tickets-1986746582510?aff=oddtdtcreator&utm_medium=email&utm_source=ctct)
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• Join the first meeting of Book Society's new Tough and Tannic Book Club, to discuss Walter Mosley's Gray Down: An Easy Rawlins Mystery, and other detectives and plots, with refreshments, Book Society, 2945 College Avenue, Berkeley, $30, members $15, 6:30-8:00 pm (www.booksociety.social/event-details/the-tough-tannic-book-club-gray-dawn)
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27 MAY 2026 — wednesday

• Pegasus Books presents "Lyrics & Dirges," a monthly reading series curated by East Bay poets MK Chavez and Sharon Coleman featuring a mix of prominent and emerging voices from the Bay Area literary community, Pegasus Books Downtown, 2349 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, free, 7:00 pm (event page