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8 OCTOBER 2025 — wednesday

• Womb House Books presents Diana Arterian, reading from Agrippina the Younger, her collection of poems that reach into the past to try to understand the patriarchal systems of today, in conversation with poet J. Michael Martinez, Womb House Books, 470 49th Street, Oakland, free, 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm (www.eventbrite.com/o/womb-house-books-79447203573)
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• City Arts and Lectures presents Daniel Handler discussing his new memoir, And Then? And Then? What Else?, which reflects on his childhood in San Francisco, the authors who shaped his voice, and the traumatic early-life experiences that have informed the way he moves through the world, in conversation with Pulitzer Prize winning author Andrew Sean Greer, The Story of a Marriage, Sydney Goldstein Theater, 275 Hayes Street, San Francisco, $49, 7:30 (www.cityarts.net/event/daniel-handler-5)
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9 OCTOBER 2025 — thursday

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10 OCTOBER 2025 — friday

• Opening welcome celebration of the 2025 Tahoe Literary Festival followed by intimate readings by 26 regional/local authors; Readings by non-fiction writers Eddy Ancinas, Kayla Anderson, Danny Nielsen, and Trinie Dalton at the Snow Sports Museum located upstairs at Boatworks Mall; Hear contemporary fiction by regional authors Marisa Atha, Kim Culbertson, Katie Mogliksi, Terri Lynn Sullivan, and Martha O'Sullivan at the Boatworks Mall upstairs (lakeview) atrium; Sidney Balman Jr, Gilbert Leslie, K.A. Merson, and Lisa Parsons share their published work in fiction/suspense at the upstairs front atrium in Boatworks Mall; Regional authors Eve Imagine, Laura Fay, Meredith Stisser, Julia Park Tracey, and Karen Nelson share their work in fiction at the Boatworks Mall ground floor back atrium; Poetry by Arpit Arya, Teresa Breeden, Sharon Garcia, John Merryfield, and J Macon at the Wine Collective; Kathy Pon, Mary Tolbert, Melanie Perish, Courtney Cliften, and Joanne Mallari share their poetry at the Boatworks Mall ground floor front atrium; all readings in Boatworks Mall, 760 N Lake Blvd., Tahoe City, free, 3:00–4:15 (www.tahoelitfest.com)
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11 OCTOBER 2025 — saturday

• Litquake presents An Evening with U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón, reading from and discussing Startlement, New and Selected Poems, her new collection spanning nearly twenty years of emphatic, fearlessly original poetry; Limón looks back on her distinguished career and shares new work, Swedish American Hall, 2174 Market Street, San Francisco, $20 advance, $25 door, 7:30 pm-9:00 pm (www.ticketweb.com/event/an-evening-with-ada-limn-swedish-american-hall-tickets/13826814)
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• Second day of the second annual 2025 Tahoe Literary Festival presents talks, workshops, panels with poets, fiction writers, publishers, and writing mentors; 9:00 am: "100-word stories for Fine Tuning Your Scene," with Kim Culbertson, Young Adult author, Boatworks Mall: Upstairs Back (Lakeview) Atrium; :Getting Started in Indie Publishing," with Lisa Diane Kastner, SNOW Sports Museum; "The Magic of Memoir: The Courage to Write Fearlessly," with Brooke Warner, Gatekeeper's Museum; "Writing as an act of resistance, giving back to the Wild," with Sue Norman and Dillon Osleger, Gatekeeper's Museum; "What's Missing: How Absence Creates a Powerful Story," Laurie Ann Doyle, Boatworks Mall: Upstairs Front Atrium; "Echoes of the Sierra: A Poet Laureate Conversation," with Iris Jamahl Dunkle, Melinda Palacio, Lara Gularte, Jesse James Ziegler, Moira Magneson, and Karen Terrey, Tahoe Art Haus & Cinema; 10:00 am: "Speak Your Truth: Poetry Workshop for Teens, Youth and Young at Heart," with Karen Terrey, Tahoe City Library; "Bringing Emotion to the Page." Nanda Reddy, Gatekeeper's Museum; "Technology and Disruption in the Face of AI," Catherine Bramkamp, Boatworks Mall: Ground Floor Front Atrium; "Wonder of the Woodlands: Ekphrastic Writing," Lara Gularte, Gatekeeper's Museum; "Pathways to Publishing: Navigating the Literary Landscape," a panel with Julia Drake, Brooke Warner, Heyday publisher Steve Wasserman, JoAnne Banducci, Lisa Michelle, Tahoe Art Haus & Cinema; 11:00 am: "From Manuscript to Marketplace: Indie Author Strategies That Work," with Julia Drake, Jared Drake, David Wogahn, Tahoe Art Haus & Cinema; "Writing to Heal: How Writing Is a Transformative Act," with Heidi Yewman, Bridey Thelen-Heidel, Jude Berman; "Spoken Word Poetry: Catharsis and Rhythmic Release," Jesse James Ziegler, Gatekeeper's Museum; "Ugly Ducklings and Glass Mountains: Using Archetypes to Empower Writing," Kim Bateman, SNOW Sports Museum; "Writing Western Landscapes," with Michael Branch, Eve Quesnel, Laura Newman, Gatekeeper's Museum; 1:00 pm: "Beat Poetry and the Grateful Dead," J. Macon King, Gatekeeper's Museum; "Beyond the Frontier: Fiction Writers of the Contemporary West," panel with Michael Dennis Cassity, Caddie Defurrena, AnnElise Hatjakes, Ben Rogers, Curtis Bradley Vickers, Tahoe Art Haus & Cinema; "Ink & Identity: Telling Our Stories, Our Way," CJ Spears, Miriam Dorsett, Dr. Nicholas Louis Baham III, Damien Hunter, SNOW Sports Museum; "Women, Words & Wisdom: She Writes the Story," panel with Brooke Warner, Sue Norman, Bridey Thelen-Heidel, Elizabeth A. Tucker, Priya Hutner, Gatekeeper's Museum; 2:00 pm: "Elements of a Successful Scene," Brooke French, Gatekeeper's Museum Basket Room; "Honoring the Women Who Have Shaped Us," Melinda Palacio, Iris Jamahl Dunkle, Jillian Makoutz, Gatekeeper's Museum; "Landscape as Character: How Place Shapes Story," with Bruce Rettig, Danny Nielsen, K. A. Merson, Kayla Anderson, Lisa Michelle, SNOW Sports Museum; "The Inspiration of Fiction," Katy Hays and Jill Shalvis, Tahoe Art Haus & Cinema; 3:00 pm: Books, Bubbles & Banter: Book fair, author signings, and literary social, Boatworks Mall; 6:30 to 8:00 pm: Singer Songwriter Showcase with Will Richardson, Tahoe Wine Collective; Enjoy libations from Tahoe Wine Collective while shopping the book fair and socializing with fellow writers. Tahoe City Library will host a Right to Read postcard writing campaign and the Friends of the Tahoe City Library will hold a used book sale; see website for various near-by locations in Tahoe City, free, day runs from 9:00 am to 8:00 pm (www.tahoelitfest.com)
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12 OCTOBER 2025 — sunday

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13 OCTOBER 2025 — monday

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14 OCTOBER 2025 — tuesday

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15 OCTOBER 2025 — wednesday

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16 OCTOBER 2025 — thursday

• City Arts and Lectures presents acclaimed historian, The New Yorker staff writer, and Dean of Columbia Journalism Jelani Cobb reading from and discussing his newest book, Three or More is a Riot, a collection of narrative journalism, criticism, and penetrating profiles that capture the crisis, characters, movements, and art of an era, in conversation with john a. powell, Professor of Law and African American Studies and Ethnic Studies at the University of California, Berkeley, The Power of Bridging: How to Build a World Where We All Belong, Sydney Goldstein Theater, 275 Hayes Street, San Francisco, $49, 7:30 (www.cityarts.net/event/jelani-cobb-3)
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17 OCTOBER 2025 — friday

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18 OCTOBER 2025 — saturday

• The Women's National Book Association presents "No Poetry, No Peace™," a free virtual National Book Month celebration featuring poets with published books and chapbooks; hosted by series founder Sheryl J. Bize-Boutte, who will also read from her own work, the evening includes Anne Babson, Diane Frank, Sheila Smith McKoy, Arabella Grayson, and Tamara Miles, sharing poems that speak to resilience, history, and lived experience, 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm PDT / 7:00 pm EDT (Register: (www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/no-poetry-no-peacetm)
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• City Arts and Lectures presents Andrew Ross Sorkin, journalist for The New York Times and co-anchor of Squawk Box, CNBC's signature morning program, reading from and discussing his new book, 1929: The Inside Story of the Greatest Crash of Wall Street, a spellbinding narrative of the most infamous stock market crash in history, in conversation with CEO of Stripe Patrick Collison, Sydney Goldstein Theater, 275 Hayes Street, San Francisco, $64-$69, 7:30 (https://www.cityarts.net)
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19 OCTOBER 2025 — sunday

• Sixteen Rivers Press annual Fall Fundraiser presents a poetry reading by acclaimed poets Kim Addonizio and D.A. Powell, celebrating Sixteen Rivers 26th year of independent publishing with wine, hors d'oeuvres, and silent auction, Northbrae Community Church, 941 The Alameda, Berkeley, refreshments, free admission/donation suggested, 2:00 to 5:00 (Register at: www.eventbrite.com/e/sixteen-rivers-fall-fundraiser-and-26th-anniversary-celebration-registration-1612693853729?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=cp&aff=ebdsshcopyurl)
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20 OCTOBER 2025 — monday

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21 OCTOBER 2025 — tuesday

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22 OCTOBER 2025 — wednesday

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23 OCTOBER 2025 — thursday

• City Arts and Lectures presents photographer Richard Misrach discusses his new book, Half-Baked Stories about My Dead Mom, photographs of cargo ships to and from the Port of Oakland, in conversation with award-winning author and historian Rebecca Solnit, Recollections of My Nonexistence, Sydney Goldstein Theater, 275 Hayes Street, San Francisco, $49, 7:30 (https://www.cityarts.net)
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24 OCTOBER 2025 — friday

• Transit Books presents A Very Fine Fête, a fundraiser celebrating Transit's tenth anniversary, eat and drink among friends, enjoy Edward Gorey tarot readings, a book apothecary, special edition merch, a prize for best costume, and more, Edward Gorey-inspired dresswear encouraged: Edwardian costume, fur coats, top hats, fascinators, or something that's been calling in your closet, Cellar Maker Brewing Co., 940 Parker Street, Berkeley, $30-$10,000, 7:00-10:00 (www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/a-very-fine-fete)
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25 OCTOBER 2025 — saturday

• Fourth Saturdays: Poetry at the Claremont Library presents a reading by Nicelle Davis and Chiwan Choi, Claremont Helen Renwick Library, 208 N. Harvard Avenue, in the Claremont Village, Claremont, free, 2:00 (909/621-4902, www.claremontlibrary.org/monthly-poetry-readings.html)
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26 OCTOBER 2025 — sunday

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27 OCTOBER 2025 — monday

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28 OCTOBER 2025 — tuesday

• Womb House Books presents Francesca Wade, Gertrude Stein: An Afterlife, in conversation Jessica Ferri, owner of Womb House Books, Womb House Books, Temescal Alley, 470 49th Street, Oakland, free, 7:00 (www.eventbrite.com/e/jamie-hood-trauma-plot-at-womb-house-books-tickets-1404306952899?aff=ebdsoporgprofile)
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29 OCTOBER 2025 — wednesday

• Poetry reading by Marcia Falk, The Sky Will Overtake You, and Lucille Lang Day, Birds of San Pancho and Other Poems of Place; she is publisher of Scarlet Tanager Books, reading introduced by Richard Silberg, homemade goodies will be served, sponsored by Temple Sinai's Fine Arts Committee on Culture and Community, Temple Sinai Chapel, 2808 Summit, at 28th Street between Webster and Summit, enter at gate in parking lot, Oakland, free, 7:00 (www.oaklandsinai.org/event/poetry-reading1.html)
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• Sacramento Poetry Center presents "Dangerous Women," a poetry reading by Molly Fisk, Kim Shuck, Moira Magneson, and Tricia Caspers, open mic follows, Sacramento Poetry Center, 1719 25th Street, Sacramento, 7:30
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30 OCTOBER 2025 — thursday

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31 OCTOBER 2025 — friday

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