http://www.librarything.com/local/place/San+Francisco%2C+CA%2C+United+StatesEvents within 25 miles of San Francisco, CA, United Stateshttp://www.librarything.com/venue/11345/Alameda-County-Library-Castro-Valley-Library-Branch<b>Tuesday, June 18 (3:00 pm)</b> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp; MOVIE DAY @ THE CASTRO VALLEY LIBRARY Hotel Transylvania Rated PG June 18th @2-4pm Chabot/Canyon Room No Registration Necessary Children under 7 must be accompanied by an adult at all times Please call the Castro Valley Library for more information (510) 667-7900</p>39cf97320c033b7ad74bbc72e0f06dd4http://www.librarything.com/venue/8907/The-Commonwealth-Club-of-California<b>Tuesday, June 18 (6:00 pm)</b> <p>Jonathan Alter is a columnist for Bloomberg View and an analyst and contributing correspondent for NBC News and MSNBC. He is a former senior editor and columnist for Newsweek, where he worked twenty-eight years, writing more than fifty cover stories.... Read full bio<br></p>9bd7087f6f016242da0297d3d3b8b8e8http://www.librarything.com/venue/7238/Books-Inc-in-Laurel-Village<b>Tuesday, June 18 (7:00 pm)</b> <p>The FOREIGN INTRIGUE BOOK CLUB will discuss Hotel Bosphorus by Esmahan Aykol.<br><br>Location: Books Inc. Street: 3515 California Street City: San Francisco, Province: California Country: United States</p>601c87124c1f004ea9ae93dd95d89584http://www.librarything.com/venue/7237/Books-Inc-in-the-Marina<b>Tuesday, June 18 (7:00 pm)</b> <p>The COOKS &amp; BOOKS BOOK CLUB will discuss Extra Virginity: The Sublime and Scandalous World of Olive Oil by Tom Mueller.<br><br>Location: Books Inc. Street: 2251 Chestnut Street City: San Francisco, Province: California Country: United States</p>65d70e537e5997fbeb5a74c5204cb9efhttp://www.librarything.com/venue/46629/The-Reading-Bug<b>Tuesday, June 18 (7:00 pm)</b> <p>My account | Register View your shopping cart.<br><br>Pre-K: Tues. &amp; Thurs. at 11AM Babies &amp; Toddlers: Wed. at 11AM Newborns: Fri. at 11AM All Ages: Sat. at 11AM<br><br>Stories &amp; Free Crafts (Ages 3+): Sun. at 11AM Part Time Princess author, Deborah Underwood!(3 days) Stella &amp; Dot trunk show for grown-ups!(3 days) Fitness dance party!(5 days) more</p>9e08b3d894e0c42b17f50d9b9b30f500http://www.librarything.com/venue/3847/Book-Passage<b>Tuesday, June 18 (7:00 pm)</b> <p>[[Stephen Rodrick]] will be promoting [The Magical Stranger]</p>188e258e38b4cca57781de75811678f1http://www.librarything.com/venue/83506/McRoskey-Mattress-Factory<b>Tuesday, June 18 (7:00 pm)</b> <p>[[Rebecca Solnit]], [The Faraway Nearby] Launch Party for Rebecca Solnit’s new book, The Faraway Nearby www.thegreenarcade.com </p>065141569e6eb1f91bd28422dbdffde6http://www.librarything.com/venue/11326/Alameda-County-Library-Albany-Library-Branch<b>Tuesday, June 18 (7:30 pm)</b> <p>Summer Family Programs for kids and their families. Start your summer with wonderful stories told by Daniel Barash and his troupe of Shadow Puppets! Free event, no registration or tickets required. Floor seating only with children getting first priority to see the show. (Best for children ages 4 and up, who will be okay with crowds and darkened room.) Questions? Contact: Reference Desk, 526-3720. Location: ALBANY BRANCH - Get Directions</p>b5dde470885946ddc50442fa761e778chttp://www.librarything.com/venue/3847/Book-Passage<b>Wednesday, June 19 (12:00 am)</b> <p>Colum [[McCann]] ([Let the Great World Spin], [Zoli], [Transatlantic]) Colum [[McCann]] is the internationally bestselling author of the novels [Zoli], Dancer, This Side of Brightness, and Songdogs, as well as two critically acclaimed story collections. His fiction has been published in thirty languages. He has been a finalist for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award and was the inaugural winner of the Ireland Fund of Monaco Literary Award in Memory of Princess Grace. He has been named one of Esquire’s “Best and Brightest,” and his short film Everything in This Country Must was nominated for an Oscar in 2005. A contributor to The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, The Atlantic Monthly, and The Paris Review, he teaches in the Hunter College MFA Creative Writing Program. He lives in New York City with his wife and their three children.</p>d6d399d097c2ef03f4c583a4f2c81493http://www.librarything.com/venue/46192/Booksmith<b>Wednesday, June 19 (12:00 am)</b> <p>[[Tao Lin]] ([Taipei]) [[Tao Lin]] is the author of the novels Richard Yates and Eeeee Eee Eeee, the novella Shoplifting from American Apparel, the story collection Bed, and the poetry collections cognitive-behavioral therapy and you are a little bit happier than i am. He is the founder and editor of the literary press Muumuu House. His work has been translated to twelve languages and he lives in Manhattan.</p>d89da5e5c973cc200df7b61872e881f1http://www.librarything.com/venue/11345/Alameda-County-Library-Castro-Valley-Library-Branch<b>Wednesday, June 19 (11:30 am)</b> <p>Summer Playtime @ the Castro Valley Library! Read,Play,&nbsp;Learn &nbsp;All Wednesdays @ 10:30-11:30 as follows: &nbsp;June 19th &nbsp; June 26th July 3rd &nbsp;July 17th &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; July 24th &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; July 31st &nbsp; &nbsp;Recommended for Children under 5yrs &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;No registration necessary &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Chabot/Canyon Room &nbsp;</p>dcc855bcfe90d158c18b9e3a30a112fchttp://www.librarything.com/venue/11345/Alameda-County-Library-Castro-Valley-Library-Branch<b>Wednesday, June 19 (3:00 pm)</b> <p>A Summer Reading Program Python Ron&#39;s Reptile Kingdom Wednesday June, 19th @ 2:00pm @ The Castro Valley Library Children under 7 must be accompanied by parents at all times. For more information call (510) 667-7931 &nbsp;</p>c39d78996bb9fb5595edf30836b4dd46http://www.librarything.com/venue/7231/Books-Inc-in-the-Castro<b>Wednesday, June 19 (6:30 pm)</b> <p>The CENTRAL SF CLASSIC LIT BOOK CLUB will discuss Pere Goriot by Honoré de Balzac.<br><br>Location: Books Inc. Street: 2275 Market St. City: San Francisco, Province: California Country: United States</p>5a3981f2ae0dfd6a01c389d5787b3388http://www.librarything.com/venue/8907/The-Commonwealth-Club-of-California<b>Wednesday, June 19 (6:30 pm)</b> <p>Porter Gale is an internationally known public speaker, networker, and entrepreneur with more than twenty years of experience working in marketing, advertising, and independent filmmaking. From 2007 to 2011, Porter was Vice President of Marketing at Virgin America. Prior to Virgin America, Porter was a consultant and held the post of general manager at Kirshenbaum Bond + Partners San Francisco. She was awarded the Changing the Game Award by the Advertising Women of New York (AWNY), was on AdAge’s Digital Hotlist, iMedia's Top 25-Digital Marketers, and named a Digital Passionista by The Huffington Post. She lives with her daughter in San Francisco. She is also a... Read full bio<br></p>8e3fe120bd7a3bb533b144564319a191http://www.librarything.com/venue/8907/The-Commonwealth-Club-of-California<b>Wednesday, June 19 (6:43 pm)</b> <p>[[Ken Robinson]], [The Element] author event. www.commonwealth.org</p>bcb33315e0b11aff3c15c640ae039cd1http://www.librarything.com/venue/27059/Book-Passage<b>Wednesday, June 19 (6:43 pm)</b> <p>[[Daniel James Brown]], [The Boys in the Boat] author event. www.bookpassage.com</p>44dd937ffc48f171d9d28f9d51f49d55http://www.librarything.com/venue/13727/Diesel-a-bookstore-Oakland<b>Wednesday, June 19 (7:00 pm)</b> <p>Diesel, A Bookstore in Oakland welcomes local poets Jennifer Foerster and [[Shane Book]] to the store to read from their books Leaving Tulsa and Ceiling of Sticks on Wednesday, June 19th at 7pm.<br><br>Leaving Tulsa is a book of road elegies and laments, travels from Oklahoma to the edges of the American continent through landscapes at once stark and lush, ancient and apocalyptic. The imagery that cycles through the poems — fire, shell, highway, wing — gives the collection a rich lyrical-dramatic texture. Each poem builds on a theme of searching for a lost "self" — an "other" America — that crosses biblical, tribal, and ecological mythologies.<br><br>Ceiling of Sticks, winner of the Prairie Schooner Book Prize in Poetry, bears elegiac witness to the effects of global politics on individual lives. The poems carry us to Uganda, Ghana, Mali, Trinidad, and Canada’s west coast; from a religious sacrifice in Tarahumara, Mexico, to Book’s ailing grandfather’s bedside. They bring an intimate vision of humanity to scenes of inhuman atrocity and suffering; a moment of clarity and empathy to individuals overwhelmed by war or other man-made catastrophes.<br><br>Jennifer Foerster was a Wallace Stegner Fellow in Poetry at Stanford University, and is widely published in journals and anthologies. Leaving Tulsa is her first poetry collection. [[Shane Book]] was also a Wallace Stegner Fellow in Poetry at Stanford University. He has won numerous awards, such as the Malahat Review Long Poem Prize, a National Magazine Award, and an Academy of American Poets Prize.<br><br>Location: Street: 5433 College Ave City: Oakland, Province: California Postal Code: 94618-1502 Country: United States</p>9219fecc9a485a099b77b451a356ccbdhttp://www.librarything.com/venue/3749/Pegasus-Books<b>Wednesday, June 19 (7:30 pm)</b> <p>Prominent, emerging, and beginning writers highlight various forms of writing to spotlight the diverse literary community of the East Bay. Featured readers this month are Zubair Ahmed, Inna Nopuente, Richard Silberg, and Javier Zamora.<br><br>Location: Street: Pegasus Books Downtown Additional: 2349 Shattuck Avenue City: Berkeley, Province: California Postal Code: 94704 Country: United States</p>1721d5856ba52ca072395edf6a546a86http://www.librarything.com/venue/7238/Books-Inc-in-Laurel-Village<b>Thursday, June 20 (3:30 pm)</b> <p>The BOOK BITES: Tasty Tales in Twenty read aloud series meets at 3:30 every Thursday and reads stories for newly independent readers (ages 6-8).<br><br>Location: Books Inc. Street: 3515 California Street City: San Francisco, Province: California Country: United States</p>ac9758ab2614f50c30785845a6322dc0http://www.librarything.com/venue/83314/Pollinate-Farm-Garden<b>Thursday, June 20 (6:43 pm)</b> <p>[[Daphne Miller]], M.D. will be promoting [Farmacology]</p>89ca8539b80a4f5743b05fe2d4a06cdfhttp://www.librarything.com/venue/26139/Mrs-Dalloways<b>Thursday, June 20 (6:43 pm)</b> <p>[[Daniel James Brown]], [The Boys in the Boat] author event. www.mrsdalloways.com</p>0f5a17e33c31e8ea19756883dddb8b95http://www.librarything.com/venue/46629/The-Reading-Bug<b>Thursday, June 20 (6:45 pm)</b> <p>My account | Register View your shopping cart.<br><br>Pre-K: Tues. &amp; Thurs. at 11AM Babies &amp; Toddlers: Wed. at 11AM Newborns: Fri. at 11AM All Ages: Sat. at 11AM<br><br>Stories &amp; Free Crafts (Ages 3+): Sun. at 11AM Part Time Princess author, Deborah Underwood!(3 days) Stella &amp; Dot trunk show for grown-ups!(3 days) Fitness dance party!(5 days) more</p>2f5ab9995c3ecee99eeea83b794c8e7chttp://www.librarything.com/venue/7237/Books-Inc-in-the-Marina<b>Thursday, June 20 (7:00 pm)</b> <p>Let Cathleen Peck and Carolyn Hansen guide your next walk through this lovely city of ours with PowerHiking San Francisco, featuring twelve walks of varying difficulty, this handy book is great for the casual or avid walker both young and old.<br><br>Location: Books Inc. Street: 2251 Chestnut Street City: San Francisco, Province: California Country: United States</p>1fde9b271a17341cc39f0036d7a0b2d5http://www.librarything.com/venue/3538/Books-Inc-in-Alameda<b>Thursday, June 20 (7:00 pm)</b> <p>The BIG YES SOCIETY DISCUSSION GROUP will discuss Contagious Optimism: Uplifting Stories and Motivational Advice for Positive Forward Thinking by David Mezzapelle.<br><br>Location: Books Inc. Street: 1344 Park St. City: Alameda, Province: California Country: United States</p>a06f83c85e70ef606f3a287be9472e4dhttp://www.librarything.com/venue/3538/Books-Inc-in-Alameda<b>Thursday, June 20 (7:00 pm)</b> <p>The BIG YES SOCIETY DISCUSSION GROUP will discuss Contagious Optimism: Uplifting Stories and Motivational Advice for Positive Forward Thinking by David Mezzapelle.<br><br>Location: Books Inc. Street: 1344 Park St. City: Alameda, Province: California Country: United States</p>5232a1df2aaca0daa98da353b4967fd4http://www.librarything.com/venue/13727/Diesel-a-bookstore-Oakland<b>Thursday, June 20 (7:00 pm)</b> <p>Diesel, A Bookstore in Oakland welcomes editors [[Marc Weingarten]] and Tyson Cornell to the store to discuss and sign their new book, [Yes Is The Answer]: And Other Prog Rock Tales on Thursday, June 20th at 7pm.<br><br>Progressive rock is maligned and misunderstood. Critics hate it, hipsters scoff at it. [Yes Is The Answer] is a pointed rebuke to the prog-haters, the first literary anthology devoted to the subgenre. Featuring essays by acclaimed novelists Rick Moody, Wesley Stace, Seth Greenland, Charles Bock, and Joe Meno, as well as musicians Matthew Sweet, Nathan Larson, and Peter Case, [Yes Is The Answer] is the first book that dares to thoughtfully reclaim prog-rock as a subject worthy of serious consideration.<br><br>[[Marc Weingarten]] is the author of The Gang That Wouldn't Write Straight and Station to Station. He is producer of the 2011 documentary God Bless Ozzy Osbourne, as well as television's "The Bachelor" and "The Bachelorette." He lives in Malibu, California. Tyson Cornell is the founder of Rare Bird Lit, a Los Angeles and New York-based literary PR and marketing company specializing in book promotion for authors, publishers, and organizations. He lives with his wife and two children in downtown Los Angeles.<br><br>Location: Street: 5433 College Ave City: Oakland, Province: California Postal Code: 94618-1502 Country: United States</p>a8b4604507e12c1d9378c7c9df67fffchttp://www.librarything.com/venue/7228/Books-Inc-in-Opera-Plaza<b>Thursday, June 20 (7:00 pm)</b> <p>Jen Sincero, bestselling author of Straight Girl’s Guide to Sleeping With Chicks and success coach who has helped countless people will discuss her latest book, You Are a Badass: How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome Life.<br><br>Location: Books Inc. Street: 601 Van Ness City: San Francisco, Province: California Country: United States</p>220755d7ddb3906d1865d6d05b4eee24http://www.librarything.com/venue/3444/Green-Apple-Books<b>Thursday, June 20 (7:00 pm)</b> <p>Meet iconic tattoo artist Ed Hardy as he reads from his memoir Wear Your Dreams.</p>40d1383d7c803f7a4a12961776d369b2http://www.librarything.com/venue/7231/Books-Inc-in-the-Castro<b>Thursday, June 20 (7:30 pm)</b> <p>Join us for a reading full of romance and adventure as Mark Abramson shares, Love Rules, number seven in the Beach Reading mystery series. With his partner, Nick, traversing Europe on a book tour, Tim Snow is home pondering the rules of monogamy. Meanwhile, local businesses in the Castro are desperate to identify a pair of masked robbers preying on their neighborhood.<br><br>Location: Books Inc. Street: 2275 Market St. City: San Francisco, Province: California Country: United States</p>16731c1efc89a1169cabb1c624d18520http://www.librarything.com/venue/83176/Open-Secret-Bookstore<b>Thursday, June 20 (7:30 pm)</b> <p>Shannon’s intention is to help people with process—the spiritual journey of creating—rather than with end results. By immersing ourselves in our creative activity, we can quiet those voices around and in us—and enter into the stillness that characterizes prayer and the “house of love.” So whether crocheting a blanket for your grandchild, mixing a concoction of anointing oils for ceremony or aromatherapy, a prayer shawl for your ill neighbor, assembling a collage of your dreams, or sewing, your intention to create a sacred space is all that is truly needed. The benefits of meditation and contemplation are as active as sitting in a church or monastery. Each individual gets to create a unique craft!</p>26b56d0e36dcfe15f33aa4ec42721efehttp://www.librarything.com/venue/46629/The-Reading-Bug<b>Friday, June 21 (5:00 pm)</b> <p>My account | Register View your shopping cart.<br><br>Pre-K: Tues. &amp; Thurs. at 11AM Babies &amp; Toddlers: Wed. at 11AM Newborns: Fri. at 11AM All Ages: Sat. at 11AM<br><br>Stories &amp; Free Crafts (Ages 3+): Sun. at 11AM Part Time Princess author, Deborah Underwood!(3 days) Stella &amp; Dot trunk show for grown-ups!(3 days) Fitness dance party!(5 days) more</p>50d03e0d05ac5b09b44508ff670d4df5http://www.librarything.com/venue/3538/Books-Inc-in-Alameda<b>Friday, June 21 (5:00 pm)</b> <p>The Our Parents Made Us Do This Book Club will discuss book two in the Septimus Heap series, Flyte by Angie Sage.<br><br>Location: Books Inc. Street: 1344 Park St. City: Alameda, Province: California Country: United States</p>7259884bd9c756af2676129785615eddhttp://www.librarything.com/venue/82843/The-Village-Theatre<b>Friday, June 21 (7:00 pm)</b> <p>[[Carl Hiaasen]] ([A Death in China], [Basket case], [Flush], [Hoot], Lucky You, [Naked Came the Manatee], Native Tongue, Nature Girl, [Powder Burn], [Scat], [Sick puppy], Skinny Dip, Stormy Weather, Strip Tease, [Team rodent]) [[Carl Hiaasen]] was born and raised in Florida. He is the author of eleven previous novels, including the best-selling Nature Girl, Skinny Dip, [Sick puppy], and Lucky You, and three best-selling children’s books, [Hoot], [Flush], and [Scat]. His most recent work of nonfiction is The Downhill Lie: A Hacker’s Return to a Ruinous Sport. He also writes a weekly column for The Miami Herald.</p>367627cbe4e784d9eb6289f11fc2704fhttp://www.librarything.com/venue/3538/Books-Inc-in-Alameda<b>Friday, June 21 (7:00 pm)</b> <p>Books Inc. in Alameda is proud to host the book launch of joSon's vibrant book of photography, Intimate Portrait of Nature. From life as a teenage monk in Asia to a world-travelling, world-class photographer, joSon's images perfectly capture the beauty and wonder of life with meditative discipline.<br><br>To see joSon's stunning work visit: http://www.josonphoto.com/<br><br>Location: Books Inc. Street: 1344 Park St. City: Alameda, Province: California Country: United States</p>142e0f334d4c4b7fac31777ed6a3f330http://www.librarything.com/venue/7231/Books-Inc-in-the-Castro<b>Saturday, June 22 (11:00 am)</b> <p>What could be better than being read to by roalty? SF Queen, Mutha, will be reading some of her very favorite books for tots during America's first DRAG STORY TIME! So come celebrate Mutha's Day in June, with Pride that parents and kids can share together. (Ages 3-7)<br><br>Location: Books Inc Street: 2275 Market St. City: San Francisco, Province: California Country: United States</p>39cf07c300ea2519f7d4c3375bac0b70http://www.librarything.com/venue/43181/Eastwind-Books<b>Saturday, June 22 (6:43 pm)</b> <p>[[Kim Wong Keltner]] will be promoting [Tiger babies strike back]</p>41f0cfa543b3409474567600a4ce8971http://www.librarything.com/venue/3847/Book-Passage<b>Saturday, June 22 (7:00 pm)</b> <p>[[Carl Hiaasen]] ([A Death in China], [Basket case], [Flush], [Hoot], Lucky You, [Naked Came the Manatee], Native Tongue, Nature Girl, [Powder Burn], [Scat], [Sick puppy], Skinny Dip, Stormy Weather, Strip Tease, [Team rodent]) [[Carl Hiaasen]] was born and raised in Florida. He is the author of eleven previous novels, including the best-selling Nature Girl, Skinny Dip, [Sick puppy], and Lucky You, and three best-selling children’s books, [Hoot], [Flush], and [Scat]. His most recent work of nonfiction is The Downhill Lie: A Hacker’s Return to a Ruinous Sport. He also writes a weekly column for The Miami Herald.</p>498183bb00bec97fef83316bb9089a63http://www.librarything.com/venue/7228/Books-Inc-in-Opera-Plaza<b>Sunday, June 23 (11:00 am)</b> <p>The International Forum’s Book Club meets once a month on Sundays from 11:00 AM until noon at Books Inc. in Opera Plaza. This month's book is "The White Man's Burden: Why the West's [Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done So Much Ill and So Little Good]" by [[William Easterly]]. New members are always welcome! For more information, please contact ifbookclub@gmail.com. This event was developed by members of the World Affairs Council's International Forum, a globally minded multicultural group that acts as an interactive arm of the Council. We host events, informal group discussions, social gatherings, book clubs and other networking opportunities. To learn about upcoming events and ways to get involved, visit our website or like our Facebook page. This event is free and open to the public. Books Inc. Tel: 415.776.1111</p>c72d3e185e7ad9b8bfaa0a764f670259http://www.librarything.com/venue/83492/The-Chapel<b>Sunday, June 23 (2:00 pm)</b> <p>[[Carl Hiaasen]] ([A Death in China], [Basket case], [Flush], [Hoot], Lucky You, [Naked Came the Manatee], Native Tongue, Nature Girl, [Powder Burn], [Scat], [Sick puppy], Skinny Dip, Stormy Weather, Strip Tease, [Team rodent]) [[Carl Hiaasen]] was born and raised in Florida. He is the author of eleven previous novels, including the best-selling Nature Girl, Skinny Dip, [Sick puppy], and Lucky You, and three best-selling children’s books, [Hoot], [Flush], and [Scat]. His most recent work of nonfiction is The Downhill Lie: A Hacker’s Return to a Ruinous Sport. He also writes a weekly column for The Miami Herald.</p>adc2395d252efe294a14e37a69b6e229http://www.librarything.com/venue/13727/Diesel-a-bookstore-Oakland<b>Sunday, June 23 (3:00 pm)</b> <p>Diesel, A Bookstore in Oakland welcomes author Amy Lynn Reed to the store to discuss and sign her book, [Over You] on Sunday, June 23th at 3pm.<br><br>An intense friendship fractures in [Over You], a gritty, realistic novel from the author of Beautiful, Clean, and Crazy, which School Library Journal called "compelling and moving."<br><br>Max would follow Sadie anywhere, so when Sadie decides to ditch her problems and escape to Nebraska for the summer, it's only natural for Max to go along. Max is Sadie's confidante, her protector, and her best friend. This summer will be all about them. This summer will be perfect.<br><br>And then they meet Dylan. Dylan is dark, dangerous, and intoxicating, and he awakens something in Max that she never knew existed. No matter how much she wants to, she can't back away from him. But Sadie has her own intensity, and has never allowed Max to become close with anyone else. Max doesn't know who she is without Sadie, but she'd better start learning. If she doesn't make a decision--about Dylan, about Sadie, about herself--it's going to be made for her.<br><br>[[Amy Reed]]'s work has appeared in Kitchen Sink, Contrary and Fiction and she is the author of several young adult books including Crazy, Clean and Beautiful. She earned her MFA from New College of California and currently lives in Oakland.<br><br>Location: Street: 5433 College Ave City: Oakland, Province: California Postal Code: 94618-1502 Country: United States</p>7402848771754f209e3b4eb3059b979ahttp://www.librarything.com/venue/83237/First-Congregational-Church-of-Berkeley<b>Sunday, June 23 (4:30 pm)</b> <p>[[Khaled Hosseini]], [And the Mountains Echoed] author event. www.booksmith.com</p>fbbc885a2b48db3c1af3a286e6f2aae1http://www.librarything.com/venue/7228/Books-Inc-in-Opera-Plaza<b>Sunday, June 23 (6:00 pm)</b> <p>[[Carl Hiaasen]] ([A Death in China], [Basket case], [Flush], [Hoot], Lucky You, [Naked Came the Manatee], Native Tongue, [Nature Girl], [Powder Burn], [Scat], [Sick puppy], Skinny Dip, Stormy Weather, Strip Tease, [Team rodent]) [[Carl Hiaasen]] was born and raised in Florida. He is the author of eleven previous novels, including the best-selling [Nature Girl], Skinny Dip, [Sick puppy], and Lucky You, and three best-selling children’s books, [Hoot], [Flush], and [Scat]. His most recent work of nonfiction is The Downhill Lie: A Hacker’s Return to a Ruinous Sport. He also writes a weekly column for The Miami Herald.</p>9d2417d093ac918e0a6a40a79e4c82aahttp://www.librarything.com/venue/3847/Book-Passage<b>Sunday, June 23 (6:43 pm)</b> <p>[[Jessica Anya Blau]] will be promoting [The Wonder Bread Summer]</p>9fb1822ee1a252d3bc3513bed3d072b8http://www.librarything.com/venue/3847/Book-Passage<b>Monday, June 24 (7:00 pm)</b> <p>[[Walter Walker]] ([Crime of privilege]) [[Walter Walker]] is a trial lawyer in San Francisco. He lives in Marin County, California, and on Cape Cod.</p>cf6455505558010bce2a8f40361d55f5http://www.librarything.com/venue/78863/The-Jewish-Community-Center-of-San-Francisco<b>Monday, June 24 (7:00 pm)</b> <p>[[Khaled Hosseini]], [And the Mountains Echoed] author event. www.jccsf.org</p>17dddefe8de5448105e58ca6e033a792http://www.librarything.com/venue/13727/Diesel-a-bookstore-Oakland<b>Tuesday, June 25 (3:00 pm)</b> <p>Diesel, A Bookstore in Oakland welcomes author Amy Lynn Reed to the store to discuss and sign her book, [Crazy] on Tuesday, June 25th at 3pm.<br><br>Connor knows that Izzy will never fall in love with him the way he’s fallen for her. But somehow he’s been let into her [Crazy], exhilarating world and become her closest confidante. The closer they get, however, the more Connor realizes that Izzy’s highs are too high and her lows are too low. And the frenetic energy that makes her shine is starting to push her into a much darker place. As Izzy’s behavior gets increasingly erratic and self-destructive, Connor gets increasingly desperate to stop her from plummeting. He knows he can’t save her from her pain...but what if no one else can?<br><br>[[Amy Reed]]'s work has appeared in Kitchen Sink, Contrary and Fiction and she is the author of several young adult books including Clean and Beautiful. She earned her MFA from New College of California and currently lives in Oakland.<br><br>Location: Street: 5433 College Ave City: Oakland, Province: California Postal Code: 94618-1502 Country: United States</p>c4cac1e9197f73833617b2510cc3173ahttp://www.librarything.com/venue/27059/Book-Passage<b>Tuesday, June 25 (6:00 pm)</b> <p>[[Rebecca Solnit]], [The Faraway Nearby] author event. bookstore. www.bookpassage.com</p>67a97cb6b10c01f6a973a08f82182de6http://www.librarything.com/venue/7237/Books-Inc-in-the-Marina<b>Tuesday, June 25 (7:00 pm)</b> <p>Join us for a dual author event featuring Ramsey Hootman sharing Courting Greta, an unconventional, smart, and touching novel of unlikely romance. Joining her will be Lisa Brackmann, sharing Hour of the Rat, a fast-paced thriller set among the beauty of China's popular hiking destination, Yangshuo County.<br><br>Location: Books Inc. Street: 2251 Chestnut Street City: San Francisco, Province: California Country: United States</p>d605a06466f658ae7c09c269fd8e9946http://www.librarything.com/venue/7238/Books-Inc-in-Laurel-Village<b>Wednesday, June 26 (6:00 pm)</b> <p>The YOUNG AT HEART BOOK CLUB will discuss Ask the Passengers by A.S. King.<br><br>Location: Books Inc. Street: 3515 California Street City: San Francisco, Province: California Country: United States</p>6fa86772967424b69d3ee7a5eb6c61achttp://www.librarything.com/venue/80380/Montclair-Presbyterian-Church<b>Wednesday, June 26 (7:00 pm)</b> <p>[[Rebecca Solnit]], [The Faraway Nearby] author event. bookstore. www.greatgoodplace.indiebound.com</p>062b9808a25b627e08f28be29a800b71http://www.librarything.com/venue/7237/Books-Inc-in-the-Marina<b>Wednesday, June 26 (7:30 pm)</b> <p>CLASSICS I FORGOT TO READ will discuss A Town Like Alice by Nevil Shute.<br><br>Location: Books Inc. Street: 2251 Chestnut Street City: San Francisco, Province: California Country: United States</p>333873131e37fdf03cbcfaefef2e19fahttp://www.librarything.com/venue/7238/Books-Inc-in-Laurel-Village<b>Thursday, June 27 (3:30 pm)</b> <p>The BOOK BITES: Tasty Tales in Twenty read aloud series meets at 3:30 every Thursday and reads stories for newly independent readers (ages 6-8).<br><br>Location: Books Inc. Street: 3515 California Street City: San Francisco, Province: California Country: United States</p>ebb62f298a7e5b8920911db83d630afahttp://www.librarything.com/venue/17925/Barnes-Noble-Booksellers-El-Cerrito<b>Thursday, June 27 (6:00 pm)</b> <p>NOOK Event, Special Event Please join us for our monthly NOOK Workshop. Bring your NOOK and learn something new. Everyone is welcome.</p>f1f6982443e16c78531683fab27922edhttp://www.librarything.com/venue/7268/Books-Inc-in-Burlingame<b>Thursday, June 27 (7:00 pm)</b> <p>The HEALTHY LIVES BOOK GROUP will discuss Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake by Anna Quindlen.<br><br>Location: Books Inc. Street: 1375 Burlingame Avenue City: Burlingame, Province: California Country: United States</p>49e4ec51033d9a84fbded6fd04c71997http://www.librarything.com/venue/48327/Books-Inc-in-Berkeley<b>Thursday, June 27 (7:00 pm)</b> <p>Tara Ison shares her latest novel, Rockaway, a novel of coming-of-age a little later than planned. When Sarah, a painter from Southern California, is given the opportunity to have an art show in New York she heads there full of artistic optimism, and finds more than she bargained for.<br><br>Location: Books Inc. Street: 1760 4th St. City: Berkeley, Province: California Country: United States</p>d268d4936042c69de0a6569d355f6526http://www.librarything.com/venue/3538/Books-Inc-in-Alameda<b>Thursday, June 27 (7:00 pm)</b> <p>Let David Mezzapelle help you find the silver lining to every cloud with Contagious Optimism, a compendium of encouragement packed real-life examples of how to overcome personal hardships and lead a life full of hope.<br><br>Location: Books Inc. Street: 1344 Park St. City: Alameda, Province: California Country: United States</p>f00e32242c9f1bb57eed0cc97e05a756http://www.librarything.com/venue/7228/Books-Inc-in-Opera-Plaza<b>Thursday, June 27 (7:00 pm)</b> <p>Books Inc. presents a Mystery Night full of murder and magic with bestselling authors Daryl Wood Gerber, sharing Final Sentence, Kate Carlisle, sharing A Cookbook Conspiracy, and Juliet Blackwell, sharing Tarnished and Torn.<br><br>Location: Books Inc. Street: 601 Van Ness City: San Francisco, Province: California Country: United States</p>2d1cf0156dda1fb46f42222c6221b13dhttp://www.librarything.com/venue/26139/Mrs-Dalloways<b>Thursday, June 27 (7:30 pm)</b> 5de16102902c6a5b71feafdfc53f49a1http://www.librarything.com/venue/71319/The-Booksmith<b>Friday, June 28 (6:43 pm)</b> <p>[[Simon Van Booy]] will be promoting [The illusion of separateness]</p>624da7968bcc7df5521adeab2510e8cfhttp://www.librarything.com/venue/3847/Book-Passage<b>Friday, June 28 (7:00 pm)</b> <p>Jeannette Walls was born in Phoenix, Arizona, and grew up in the southwest and Welch, West Virginia. She graduated from Barnard College and was a journalist in New York City for twenty years. Her memoir, The Glass Castle, has been a New York Times bestseller for more than five years. Walls lives in rural Virginia with her husband, the writer John Taylor.</p>d94031107f80a586dbe5e7b774cff0c4http://www.librarything.com/venue/3538/Books-Inc-in-Alameda<b>Friday, June 28 (7:00 pm)</b> <p>Positive forward thinking is the ability to find the silver lining in every cloud no matter how difficult yesterday or today may be. Nowadays, many people have lost confidence in themselves and the world around them due to personal hardship along with economic and political uncertainty worldwide. Author David Mezzapelle believes that we all have stories that can inspire and motivate others across many of life's themes. Come out and learn more!</p>fb573723c1f7685ca3a9b6f2d14df345http://www.librarything.com/venue/17925/Barnes-Noble-Booksellers-El-Cerrito<b>Friday, June 28 (7:00 pm)</b> <p>Book Group This month our sci-fi book pick is The Aylesford Skull by James P. Blaylock. Newcomers are always welcome.</p>6a640fa83621ddf7cc37d204f13dd3a3http://www.librarything.com/venue/82487/American-Conservatory-Theater<b>Friday, June 28 (7:00 pm)</b> <p>[[Neil Gaiman]] will be promoting [The Ocean at the End of the Lane]</p>f539042aad1e67e5e74fcb85288f5a1ehttp://www.librarything.com/venue/3847/Book-Passage<b>Saturday, June 29 (6:43 pm)</b> <p>[[Simon Van Booy]] will be promoting [The illusion of separateness]</p>69365235f0d552b411cdd6d7980c08f5http://www.librarything.com/venue/3847/Book-Passage<b>Saturday, June 29 (7:00 pm)</b> <p>Positive forward thinking is the ability to find the silver lining in every cloud no matter how difficult yesterday or today may be. Nowadays, many people have lost confidence in themselves and the world around them due to personal hardship along with economic and political uncertainty worldwide. Author David Mezzapelle believes that we all have stories that can inspire and motivate others across many of life's themes. Come out and learn more!</p>07b3cbd6243f24ca322295ffabe53774http://www.librarything.com/venue/3538/Books-Inc-in-Alameda<b>Sunday, June 30 (2:00 pm)</b> <p>The B.G.P. SOCIAL NETWORK BOOK SOCIETY (ages 16 &amp; up) will discuss Sammy &amp; Juliana in Hollywood by Benjamin Alire Sáenz.<br><br>Location: Books Inc. Street: 1344 Park St. City: Alameda, Province: California Country: United States</p>6d3e3df50b976736d4a2c4d1f60e0416http://www.librarything.com/venue/81513/Commonweal-Retreat-Center<b>Sunday, June 30 (2:00 pm)</b> <p>[[Rebecca Solnit]], [The Faraway Nearby] author event.</p>98c3437f389d4b83d8926724f65f311chttp://www.librarything.com/venue/3847/Book-Passage<b>Sunday, June 30 (4:00 pm)</b> <p>[[Andrew Sean Greer]] will be promoting [The Impossible Lives of Greta Wells]</p>999e135417a9e662b8da34d521a18466http://www.librarything.com/venue/3847/Book-Passage<b>Monday, July 1 (7:00 pm)</b> <p>Meet Robert A. Burton as he reads from his new book A Skeptic's Guide to the Mind.</p>07b60cde654147f75728695b1bf25d2ehttp://www.librarything.com/venue/7238/Books-Inc-in-Laurel-Village<b>Tuesday, July 2 (7:00 pm)</b> <p>The WOMEN WE'D LIKE TO LUNCH WITH BOOK CLUB will discuss Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter.<br><br>Location: Books Inc. Street: 3515 California Street City: San Francisco, Province: California Country: United States</p>1a83b2d35b09b3034450c7d8824fc400http://www.librarything.com/venue/7237/Books-Inc-in-the-Marina<b>Wednesday, July 3 (6:00 pm)</b> <p>The SAN FRANCISCO TRAVEL BOOK CLUB and LECTURE SERIES will discuss The Innocents Abroad by Mark Twain.<br><br>Location: Books Inc. Street: 2251 Chestnut Street City: San Francisco, Province: California Country: United States</p>a1b5e704f2574fb865715088766b509ahttp://www.librarything.com/venue/3538/Books-Inc-in-Alameda<b>Wednesday, July 3 (7:00 pm)</b> <p>Alameda Island Poets and Writers with Nanette Bradley Deetz.<br><br>Location: Books Inc. Street: 1344 Park St. City: Alameda, Province: California Country: United States</p>8ede091490c43d7849a0ff8c1fea9d86http://www.librarything.com/venue/7238/Books-Inc-in-Laurel-Village<b>Thursday, July 4 (3:30 pm)</b> <p>The BOOK BITES: Tasty Tales in Twenty read aloud series meets at 3:30 every Thursday and reads stories for newly independent readers (ages 6-8).<br><br>Location: Books Inc. Street: 3515 California Street City: San Francisco, Province: California Country: United States</p>c2d638c2bc919070cd749b0237f61235http://www.librarything.com/venue/48327/Books-Inc-in-Berkeley<b>Saturday, July 6 (9:30 am)</b> <p>The FIRST SATURDAY BOOK CLUB will discusss Our Story Begins by Tobias Wolff.<br><br>Location: Books Inc. Street: 1760 4th St. City: Berkeley, Province: California Country: United States</p>5cdce757cfdd84a243250add74569258http://www.librarything.com/venue/17926/Barnes-Noble-Booksellers-Emeryville<b>Saturday, July 6 (11:00 am)</b> <p>Storytime Attention parents! You and your little one are invited to our Saturday Storytime where we share stories, ignite imaginations and experience a whole lot of fun! Stories have the power to educate, entertain and foster family and community relationships.</p>3e337f6e04b761b3b694e8bcb46f3327http://www.librarything.com/venue/46629/The-Reading-Bug<b>Saturday, July 6 (5:00 pm)</b> <p>My account | Register View your shopping cart.<br><br>Pre-K: Tues. &amp; Thurs. at 11AM Babies &amp; Toddlers: Wed. at 11AM Newborns: Fri. at 11AM All Ages: Sat. at 11AM<br><br>Stories &amp; Free Crafts (Ages 3+): Sun. at 11AM Part Time Princess author, Deborah Underwood!(3 days) Stella &amp; Dot trunk show for grown-ups!(3 days) Fitness dance party!(5 days) more</p>42aef07739c596629c40a1fbf76c76ffhttp://www.librarything.com/venue/27059/Book-Passage<b>Tuesday, July 9 (6:00 pm)</b> <p>Author [[Katie Hafner]] will be at Book Passage to discuss and sign her memoir [Mother Daughter Me]. The complex, deeply binding relationship between mothers and daughters is brought vividly to life in Katie Hafner’s remarkable memoir, an exploration of the year she and her mother, Helen, spent working through, and triumphing over, a lifetime of unresolved emotions. Dreaming of a “year in Provence” with her mother, Katie urges Helen to move to San Francisco to live with her and Zoë, Katie’s teenage daughter. Katie and Zoë had become a mother-daughter team, strong enough, Katie thought, to absorb the arrival of a seventy-seven-year-old woman set in her ways. Filled with fairy-tale hope that she and her mother would become friends, and that Helen would grow close to her exceptional granddaughter, Katie embarked on an experiment in intergenerational living that she would soon discover was filled with land mines: memories of her parents’ painful divorce, of her mother’s drinking, of dislocating moves back and forth across the country, and of Katie’s own widowhood and bumpy recovery. Helen, for her part, was also holding difficult issues at bay. How these three women from such different generations learn to navigate their challenging, turbulent, and ultimately healing journey together makes for riveting reading. By turns heartbreaking and funny—and always insightful—Katie Hafner’s brave and loving book answers questions about the universal truths of family that are central to the lives of so many.</p>380ace878503e0960d32c510d8655f2bhttp://www.librarything.com/venue/7228/Books-Inc-in-Opera-Plaza<b>Tuesday, July 9 (7:00 pm)</b> <p>New York Times Bestselling author Lisa Lutz shares The Last Word: A Spellman Novel. Just when Izzy Spellman thinks her troubles are far behind she finds herself fighting allegations of embezzlement along with doses of family drama following her hostile takeover of the family business, Spellman Investigations.<br><br>Location: Books Inc. Street: 601 Van Ness City: San Francisco, Province: California Country: United States</p>08393c89a9cb4aa15eb845f61fa77273http://www.librarything.com/venue/7237/Books-Inc-in-the-Marina<b>Tuesday, July 9 (7:00 pm)</b> <p>The MISS JANE AUSTEN BOOK CLUB will discuss The Italian by Ann Radcliffe and Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen.<br><br>Location: Books Inc. Street: 2251 Chestnut Street City: San Francisco, Province: California Country: United States</p>b8f01bcb7f4520295321968afef0fac5http://www.librarything.com/venue/3538/Books-Inc-in-Alameda<b>Tuesday, July 9 (7:00 pm)</b> <p>ALAMEDA'S YOUNG ADULT BOOK CLUB (ages 13+) will discuss Girl of Fire and Thorns by Rae Carson.<br><br>Location: Books Inc. Street: 1344 Park St. City: Alameda, Province: California Country: United States</p>18315f7e252524ff14ed112a571aaea8http://www.librarything.com/venue/13727/Diesel-a-bookstore-Oakland<b>Tuesday, July 9 (7:00 pm)</b> <p>Jennifer Kaufman, [Freud's Mistress] author event. www.dieselbookstore.com</p>69c6ae2f22334684bbe9b6f2b04a6aafhttp://www.librarything.com/venue/7231/Books-Inc-in-the-Castro<b>Tuesday, July 9 (7:30 pm)</b> <p>Newly appointed Oakland Raiders punter and gay equality activist, Chris Kluwe shares Beautifully Unique Sparkleponies, a collection of candid and hilarious essays. With topics ranging from time travel, the Pope's Twitter account, gay marriage, and everything in between -- this book has something for everyone.<br><br>Location: Books Inc. Street: 2275 Market St. City: San Francisco, Province: California Country: United States</p>aca2a876f9786bf5b71c62f25d0fac52http://www.librarything.com/venue/83498/Cliche-Noe<b>Wednesday, July 10 (5:00 pm)</b> <p>Author [[Katie Hafner]] will be at Cliche Noe to discuss and sign her memoir [Mother Daughter Me]. The complex, deeply binding relationship between mothers and daughters is brought vividly to life in Katie Hafner’s remarkable memoir, an exploration of the year she and her mother, Helen, spent working through, and triumphing over, a lifetime of unresolved emotions. Dreaming of a “year in Provence” with her mother, Katie urges Helen to move to San Francisco to live with her and Zoë, Katie’s teenage daughter. Katie and Zoë had become a mother-daughter team, strong enough, Katie thought, to absorb the arrival of a seventy-seven-year-old woman set in her ways. Filled with fairy-tale hope that she and her mother would become friends, and that Helen would grow close to her exceptional granddaughter, Katie embarked on an experiment in intergenerational living that she would soon discover was filled with land mines: memories of her parents’ painful divorce, of her mother’s drinking, of dislocating moves back and forth across the country, and of Katie’s own widowhood and bumpy recovery. Helen, for her part, was also holding difficult issues at bay. How these three women from such different generations learn to navigate their challenging, turbulent, and ultimately healing journey together makes for riveting reading. By turns heartbreaking and funny—and always insightful—Katie Hafner’s brave and loving book answers questions about the universal truths of family that are central to the lives of so many.</p>f267cec914f0dc18b6dbb62aa6fd076chttp://www.librarything.com/venue/3538/Books-Inc-in-Alameda<b>Wednesday, July 10 (7:00 pm)</b> <p>Founder of the non-profit Possiblity Dogs, service dog trainer, canine search-and-rescue team member, and New York Times bestselling author, Susannah Charleson shares her inspiring memoir The Possibility Dogs: What a Handful of "Unadoptables" Taught Me About Service, Hope, and Healing.<br><br>Location: Books Inc. Street: 1344 Park St. City: Alameda, Province: California Country: United States</p>7e0f6e84a519e3b441b47d1d68620587http://www.librarything.com/venue/7237/Books-Inc-in-the-Marina<b>Wednesday, July 10 (7:00 pm)</b> <p>Former farm worker and longtime radical political activist, Bruce Neuburger shares Lettuce Wars. Part memoir, part social commentary on farm-worker politics, Neuburger's unique perspective is a compelling and straight forward look into a world many of us will never know -- and one that needs and deserves attention.<br><br>Location: Books Inc. Street: 2251 Chestnut Street City: San Francisco, Province: California Country: United States</p>f1152048b415cd059dc79a61ebf7c202http://www.librarything.com/venue/7228/Books-Inc-in-Opera-Plaza<b>Wednesday, July 10 (7:00 pm)</b> <p>Star of the film "Act of Valor" and a Navy SEAL training commander, Rorke Denver shares Damn Few, his gripping memoir and a first-ever officer's account of how the SEALs are creating tomorrow's warriors and redefining today's battlefield.<br><br>Location: Books Inc. Street: 601 Van Ness City: San Francisco, Province: California Country: United States</p>3468f31e163960e5b213bf84f33734b2http://www.librarything.com/venue/7231/Books-Inc-in-the-Castro<b>Wednesday, July 10 (7:00 pm)</b> <p>The SFLGBT BOOK CLUB will meet.<br><br>Location: Books Inc. Street: 2275 Market St. City: San Francisco, Province: California Country: United States</p>e584da5d7779aca35ddc00263e27f8dbhttp://www.librarything.com/venue/46629/The-Reading-Bug<b>Wednesday, July 10 (7:30 pm)</b> <p>My account | Register View your shopping cart.<br><br>Pre-K: Tues. &amp; Thurs. at 11AM Babies &amp; Toddlers: Wed. at 11AM Newborns: Fri. at 11AM All Ages: Sat. at 11AM<br><br>Stories &amp; Free Crafts (Ages 3+): Sun. at 11AM Part Time Princess author, Deborah Underwood!(3 days) Stella &amp; Dot trunk show for grown-ups!(3 days) Fitness dance party!(5 days) more</p>9488cf0b4416d5ce1a75bb5e3a15b688http://www.librarything.com/venue/7238/Books-Inc-in-Laurel-Village<b>Thursday, July 11 (3:30 pm)</b> <p>The BOOK BITES: Tasty Tales in Twenty read aloud series meets at 3:30 every Thursday and reads stories for newly independent readers (ages 6-8).<br><br>Location: Books Inc. Street: 3515 California Street City: San Francisco, Province: California Country: United States</p>548e12049770af7278fc3d8eece99afchttp://www.librarything.com/venue/8907/The-Commonwealth-Club-of-California<b>Thursday, July 11 (6:00 pm)</b> <p>[[Joseph J. Ellis]] ([American Creation], [American Sphinx], [First Family], [Founding Brothers], [His Excellency], [Revolutionary Summer]) [[Joseph J. Ellis]] won the Pulitzer Prize for [Founding Brothers]. His portrait of Thomas Jefferson, [American Sphinx], won the National Book Award. He is the Ford Foundation Professor of History at Mount Holyoke College in Massachusetts, where he lives with his wife and their youngest son.</p>9de60dfd683336f899d5bb448ce7cb09http://www.librarything.com/venue/3847/Book-Passage<b>Thursday, July 11 (7:00 pm)</b> <p>Sahar Delijani was born in Tehran's Evin Prison in 1983 and grew up in California, where she graduated from the University of California, Berkeley. Her work has been published in a broad spectrum of literary journals and publications, including The Battered Suitcase, Tryst, Slice Magazine, Prick of the Spindle, Perigee, Border Hopping, Berkeley Poetry Review, and Sangam Review. She was nominated for the 2010 and 2011 Pushcart Prize and was for a time a regular contributor to Iran-Emrooz (Iran of Today) Political and Cultural Journal. She makes her home with her husband in Turin, Italy. Children of the Jacaranda Tree is her first novel. Find out more at... Read full bio<br></p>81b8239faead14345d8d73193a12cbbchttp://www.librarything.com/venue/48327/Books-Inc-in-Berkeley<b>Thursday, July 11 (7:00 pm)</b> <p>[[Anthony Marra]] ([A constellation of vital phenomena]) [[Anthony Marra]] is the winner of a Whiting Award, a Pushcart Prize, The Atlantic's Student Writing Contest, and the Narrative Prize, and his work was anthologized in Best American Nonrequired Reading 2012. He holds an MFA from the Iowa Writers' Workshop and is currently a Stegner Fellow at Stanford University. He has lived and studied in Eastern Europe, and now resides in Oakland, CA.From the Hardcover edition.</p>1fa0f3b8d81f4ffdcfcf4e0e27b0febchttp://www.librarything.com/venue/7268/Books-Inc-in-Burlingame<b>Thursday, July 11 (7:00 pm)</b> <p>The RECOMMENDED BY A STRANGER BOOK CLUB will discuss The Dog Stars by Peter Heller.<br><br>Location: Books Inc. Street: 1375 Burlingame Avenue City: Burlingame, Province: California Country: United States</p>0741422c69da44607e420dda6e135d25http://www.librarything.com/venue/83690/Mechanics-Institute-Library<b>Friday, July 12 (5:30 pm)</b> <p>Get hep and make the scene! The BEAT CAFÉ opens at 5:30 pm offering a meeting place for cool cats to imbibe, dig the vibe, and reunite. Featuring poetry and jazz with “Goddess of the Beats” poet ruth weiss. Delve deeper and get your jets going with two PANEL DISCUSSIONS: The Prophetic Voice: Blake, Whitman and Allen Ginsberg at 6:30 pm explores the link between this great Beat poet and his visionary lineage. Followed by The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg at 7:45 pm which celebrates Ginsberg’s journey through the major social, cultural and political revolutions of his day, and how he launched the Beat Generation and inspired the zeitgeist of the ‘60’s.</p>65f0fdad9892147727fa5a0c9c03cff0http://www.librarything.com/venue/48327/Books-Inc-in-Berkeley<b>Friday, July 12 (7:00 pm)</b> <p>Past president of the International Society for Environmental Ethics, Emily Brady shares Humboldt, an illuminating look into the insular, and infamous, Northern California community that has existed primarily on the cultivation and sale of marijuana on the black market for nearly 40 years.<br><br>Location: Books Inc. Street: 1760 4th St. City: Berkeley, Province: California Country: United States</p>a70a6cc0326546c5494411782deeb913http://www.librarything.com/venue/7268/Books-Inc-in-Burlingame<b>Friday, July 12 (7:00 pm)</b> <p>Anton DiSclafani shares her highly anticipated debut, The Yonahlossee Riding Camp for Girls. Set in the 1930s this lushly written novel transports readers to the intriguing world of debutantes at a prestigious boarding school as the threat of the Depression looms around them.<br><br>Location: Books Inc. Street: 1375 Burlingame Avenue City: Burlingame, Province: California Country: United States</p>7d67b20aeaa3b06e9168f2dc1ac59338http://www.librarything.com/venue/3538/Books-Inc-in-Alameda<b>Friday, July 12 (7:00 pm)</b> <p>Alameda's own Saint Joseph Notre Dame High School presents a special student reading hosted by Quentin Allen Fernandez featuring contributors to V.23 of their award-winning school magazine, Prisms.<br><br>Location: Books Inc. Street: 1344 Park St. City: Alameda, Province: California Country: United States</p>d421eec9cce14919bb34098018c60865http://www.librarything.com/venue/19227/Rakestraw-Books<b>Friday, July 12 (7:00 pm)</b> <p>[[Joseph J. Ellis]] ([American Creation], [American Sphinx], [First Family], [Founding Brothers], [His Excellency], [Revolutionary Summer]) [[Joseph J. Ellis]] won the Pulitzer Prize for [Founding Brothers]. His portrait of Thomas Jefferson, [American Sphinx], won the National Book Award. He is the Ford Foundation Professor of History at Mount Holyoke College in Massachusetts, where he lives with his wife and their youngest son.</p>e51d69151f6897707ede0ee5af3df689http://www.librarything.com/venue/3847/Book-Passage<b>Friday, July 12 (7:00 pm)</b> <p>Aisha Tyler will be promoting Self-Inflicted Wounds</p>aa790ead98f28900fa9f7876e58ef129http://www.librarything.com/venue/7228/Books-Inc-in-Opera-Plaza<b>Saturday, July 13 (10:00 am)</b> <p>The SECOND SATURDAY BOOK CLUB will discuss The Stranger by Albert Camus.<br><br>Location: Books Inc. Street: 601 Van Ness City: San Francisco, Province: California Country: United States</p>1a375ffbd82f72fe2558e4554ff5d388http://www.librarything.com/venue/7228/Books-Inc-in-Opera-Plaza<b>Sunday, July 14 (11:00 am)</b> <p>The WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL BOOK CLUB will meet.<br><br>Location: Books Inc. Street: 601 Van Ness City: San Francisco, Province: California Country: United States</p>ce89a44bb82352028948fdb334a8a806http://www.librarything.com/venue/57240/San-Mateo-Public-Library<b>Sunday, July 14 (2:00 pm)</b> <p>Sahar Delijani was born in Tehran's Evin Prison in 1983 and grew up in California, where she graduated from the University of California, Berkeley. Her work has been published in a broad spectrum of literary journals and publications, including The Battered Suitcase, Tryst, Slice Magazine, Prick of the Spindle, Perigee, Border Hopping, Berkeley Poetry Review, and Sangam Review. She was nominated for the 2010 and 2011 Pushcart Prize and was for a time a regular contributor to Iran-Emrooz (Iran of Today) Political and Cultural Journal. She makes her home with her husband in Turin, Italy. Children of the Jacaranda Tree is her first novel. Find out more at... Read full bio<br></p>dd82c7561ae03db9f586c0cf6a943c48http://www.librarything.com/venue/48327/Books-Inc-in-Berkeley<b>Monday, July 15 (7:00 pm)</b> <p>Join us for a panel reading featuring topics with a fun twist that span memoir, physical well-being, and easy ways to budget with Patricia Adler, author of My Father Who Is Not in Heaven, Jan Camp, author of Hoopdance Revolution, and Carolyn North, author of Serious Fun.<br><br>Location: Books Inc. Street: 1760 4th St. City: Berkeley, Province: California Country: United States</p>17ee7a6d76a607e200c27611ab05a97ahttp://www.librarything.com/venue/7237/Books-Inc-in-the-Marina<b>Tuesday, July 16 (7:00 pm)</b> <p>The COOKS &amp; BOOKS BOOK CLUB will discuss Trail of Crumbs: Hunger, Love, and the Search for Home by Kim Sunée.<br><br>Location: Books Inc. Street: 2251 Chestnut Street City: San Francisco, Province: California Country: United States</p>fa964d824f4040367b76399fbaffc0b4http://www.librarything.com/venue/7238/Books-Inc-in-Laurel-Village<b>Tuesday, July 16 (7:00 pm)</b> <p>The FOREIGN INTRIGUE BOOK CLUB will discuss Finding Nouf by Zoe Farris.<br><br>Location: Books Inc. Street: 3515 California Street City: San Francisco, Province: California Country: United States</p>c65920d12f047743d99155c654858631http://www.librarything.com/venue/13727/Diesel-a-bookstore-Oakland<b>Tuesday, July 16 (7:00 pm)</b> <p>Diesel, A Bookstore in Oakland welcomes author and editor, Wes "Scoop" Nisker, to the store to discuss and sign the book, [Best Of Inquiring Mind: 25 Years Of Dharma, Drama, and Uncommon Insight], on Tuesday, July 16th at 7pm.<br><br>The journal, Inquiring Mind, has long been at the fore of contemporary Buddhist thought, and this compendium of articles, stories, interviews, and poetry traces the many intersections between Buddhism and the Western world, from essays on the work of social activists, to personal stories about the ways we use our bodies and the process of watching them expire. Rich in insight, humor, and world-renowned expertise, [The Best of Inquiring Mind] is an unprecedented gathering of wisdom from the minds of some of the most influential thinkers in the realm of modern Dharma. In this collection are contributions from Gary Snyder, Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kornfield, Ram Dass, and many more.<br><br>Wes "Scoop" Nisker is the author of Crazy Wisdom and the widely acclaimed Buddha's Nature. He is also the editor of the Buddhist journal, Inquiring Mind. An enduring San Francisco celebrity, having been on Bay Area radio for more than twenty-five years, Nisker is a teacher of Buddhist meditation and philosophy.<br><br>Location: Street: 5433 College Ave City: Oakland, Province: California Postal Code: 94618-1502 Country: United States</p>89768e88d8672bb80558b4eed09052behttp://www.librarything.com/venue/3847/Book-Passage<b>Wednesday, July 17 (1:00 pm)</b> <p>[[Meg Waite Clayton]] ([The Wednesday Sisters], [The four Ms. Bradwells], [The Language of Light], [The Wednesday Daughters]) [[Meg Waite Clayton]] is the author of [The Language of Light], a finalist for the Bellwether Prize. Her stories and essays have appeared in Runner’s World, Writer’s Digest, and literary magazines. She is a graduate of the University of Michigan Law School and was a Tennessee Williams Scholar at the Sewanee Writers’ Conference. She lives in Palo Alto, California, with her husband and their two sons.</p>5a8f38163d7ed656f546a6393da662e4http://www.librarything.com/venue/7231/Books-Inc-in-the-Castro<b>Wednesday, July 17 (6:30 pm)</b> <p>The CENTRAL SF CLASSIC LIT BOOK CLUB will discuss The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler.<br><br>Location: Books Inc. Street: 2275 Market St. City: San Francisco, Province: California Country: United States</p>06d19b60a67aa0d4f5924f28901eadd8http://www.librarything.com/venue/48327/Books-Inc-in-Berkeley<b>Wednesday, July 17 (6:43 pm)</b> <p>[[Daphne Miller]], M.D. will be promoting [Farmacology]</p>60cffa87792ae698ee7e18672b4c09d2http://www.librarything.com/venue/48327/Books-Inc-in-Berkeley<b>Wednesday, July 17 (7:00 pm)</b> <p>A practicing physician, author, and professor of family medicine at UCSF, Daphne Miller, discusses the link between sustainable health and how our food is farmed with her profound book, Farmacology: What Innovative Family Farming Can Teach Us About Health and Healing.<br><br>Location: Books Inc. Street: 1760 4th St. City: Berkeley, Province: California Country: United States</p>0d76cc239133e4a62762ede05e0ca7b1http://www.librarything.com/venue/7238/Books-Inc-in-Laurel-Village<b>Wednesday, July 17 (7:00 pm)</b> <p>Stephanie Lehmann shares Astor Place Vintage, a novel of two women separated by time and linked by Manhattan, fashion, and a journal that connects them in ways neither could have imagined.<br><br>Location: Books Inc. Street: 3515 California Street City: San Francisco, Province: California Country: United States</p>6f7366edc3ddec1b46de26ab29b8124dhttp://www.librarything.com/venue/7237/Books-Inc-in-the-Marina<b>Wednesday, July 17 (7:00 pm)</b> <p>Stand-up comedian, writer, and host of NPR's new weekly trivia show, "Ask Me Another," Ophira Eisenberg shares her hilariously honest story of looking for love one futon at a time with her memoir, Screw Everyone: Sleeping My Way to Monogamy.<br><br>Location: Books Inc. Street: 2251 Chestnut Street City: San Francisco, Province: California Country: United States</p>282fb5591c3c1e6112aa6d99f70af1a2http://www.librarything.com/venue/3847/Book-Passage<b>Thursday, July 18 (12:00 pm)</b> <p>[[Curtis Sittenfeld]] ([American Wife], [Sisterland], [Prep], [The Man of My Dreams], [Prep] and [American Wife]: Two Bestselling Novels) [[Curtis Sittenfeld]] is the author of [American Wife], [The Man of My Dreams] and [Prep], which was chosen by The New York Times as one of the Ten Best Books of 2005. Her nonfiction has appeared in The New York Times, The Atlantic Monthly, Salon, Allure, Glamour, and on public radio’s This American Life. Her books are being translated into twenty-five languages. Visit her website at www.curtissittenfeld.com.</p>0a05545eb34b4aa620b701b7b7447873http://www.librarything.com/venue/7238/Books-Inc-in-Laurel-Village<b>Thursday, July 18 (3:30 pm)</b> <p>The BOOK BITES: Tasty Tales in Twenty read aloud series meets at 3:30 every Thursday and reads stories for newly independent readers (ages 6-8).<br><br>Location: Books Inc. Street: 3515 California Street City: San Francisco, Province: California Country: United States</p>fdaa4c7cfd951d39a3cc96a90b8d2a8fhttp://www.librarything.com/venue/3538/Books-Inc-in-Alameda<b>Thursday, July 18 (5:00 pm)</b> <p>The Our Parents Made Us Do This Book Club will discuss book one in the Septimus Heap series, Magyk, by Angie Sage.<br><br>Location: Books Inc. Street: 1344 Park St. City: Alameda, Province: California Country: United States</p>358ee1a77a5cdad5a0ff7506516ec419http://www.librarything.com/venue/13320/Badger-Books<b>Thursday, July 18 (5:30 pm)</b> <p>In this brutal account of his ceaseless battle against his addiction, Kaufman portrays with raw power and naked candor his descent into the hell of alcoholism, while struggling to cope with the fact of being the son of a Jewish Holocaust survivor in a world that is only too eager to forget the horrors of WWII. An inspiring story of coming to terms with how the Holocaust impacted his family, Drunken Angel is an important memoir by a Second Generation Holocaust writer to examine of how addiction, Jewishness and The Holocaust intersect. Kaufman, who has been compared to Jack Kerouac, called an ‘Outlaw Poet” and whose books and activism have earned acclaim from David Mamet, Hubert Selby Jr., Dave Eggars, The New York Times and The San Francisco Chronicle, takes his trademark mix of raw truth and gorgeous writing to new levels as he portrays his harrowing struggle to become a writer while dying of alcoholism. In Drunken Angel he shows how he succeeds to recover from his disease, overcome PTSD, and become one of the most powerful writers in America today. Come out to learn more!</p>47c92d1b7cccf85e6994a6fb8675097chttp://www.librarything.com/venue/7238/Books-Inc-in-Laurel-Village<b>Thursday, July 18 (7:00 pm)</b> <p>Speaking from personal experience following her own grief from the 1996 murder of her son, Christopher, Radha Stern shares practical and compassionate advice for understanding and helping a grieving loved one with Griefprints.<br><br>Location: Books Inc. Street: 3515 California Street City: San Francisco, Province: California Country: United States</p>03a395449ba1e34fedfda7d928a0815bhttp://www.librarything.com/venue/7237/Books-Inc-in-the-Marina<b>Thursday, July 18 (7:00 pm)</b> <p>Get in the spirit of the baseball season with die-hard fan and poet Steve Hermanos sharing his musings about our beloved World Series champs with his collection, Orange Waves of Giants! The 2012 Championship Season: Baseball Poems V.2.<br><br>Location: Books Inc. Street: 2251 Chestnut Street City: San Francisco, Province: California Country: United States</p>e01fa3f6971eabbcfe5442feaa407d04http://www.librarything.com/venue/48327/Books-Inc-in-Berkeley<b>Thursday, July 18 (7:00 pm)</b> <p>Acclaimed author C.W. Gortner shares the absorbing story of Isabella of Castile's rise to power in the largest kingdom of Spain with the dazzling historical fiction, The Queen's Vow.<br><br>Location: Books Inc. Street: 1760 4th St. City: Berkeley, Province: California Country: United States</p>203886562ca18087ceaaba67275f0e9fhttp://www.librarything.com/venue/33187/A-Great-Good-Place-for-Books<b>Thursday, July 18 (7:00 pm)</b> <p>[[Meg Waite Clayton]] ([The Wednesday Sisters], [The four Ms. Bradwells], [The Language of Light], [The Wednesday Daughters]) [[Meg Waite Clayton]] is the author of [The Language of Light], a finalist for the Bellwether Prize. Her stories and essays have appeared in Runner’s World, Writer’s Digest, and literary magazines. She is a graduate of the University of Michigan Law School and was a Tennessee Williams Scholar at the Sewanee Writers’ Conference. She lives in Palo Alto, California, with her husband and their two sons.</p>44bbb2c328d0bafc5855f428d7ce6cf7http://www.librarything.com/venue/3847/Book-Passage<b>Friday, July 19 (12:00 am)</b> <p>[[Karen Joy Fowler]], [We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves] Luncheon Event www.bookpassage.com</p>715a2a3494d81863e4a4e78fd8621fc0http://www.librarything.com/venue/33187/A-Great-Good-Place-for-Books<b>Friday, July 19 (7:00 pm)</b> <p>Sahar Delijani was born in Tehran's Evin Prison in 1983 and grew up in California, where she graduated from the University of California, Berkeley. Her work has been published in a broad spectrum of literary journals and publications, including The Battered Suitcase, Tryst, Slice Magazine, Prick of the Spindle, Perigee, Border Hopping, Berkeley Poetry Review, and Sangam Review. She was nominated for the 2010 and 2011 Pushcart Prize and was for a time a regular contributor to Iran-Emrooz (Iran of Today) Political and Cultural Journal. She makes her home with her husband in Turin, Italy. Children of the Jacaranda Tree is her first novel. Find out more at... Read full bio<br></p>cfa8915c0c69dee0b188ef472adac85dhttp://www.librarything.com/venue/3847/Book-Passage<b>Friday, July 19 (7:00 pm)</b> <p>[[Koethi Zan]], [The Never List] Reading/Talk, Q&A, and Signing</p>3396de38dc0fbc5dbdf620993d3190f3http://www.librarything.com/venue/27059/Book-Passage<b>Saturday, July 20 (12:00 pm)</b> <p>[[Kevin West]] ([Saving the Season]) [[Kevin West]] is from rural Blount County in eastern Tennessee. He attended Deep Springs, an experimental college in the White Mountains of California, and Sewanee: The University of the South. For thirteen years he was on the staff at W magazine, with postings in New York, Paris, and Los Angeles, where he was West Coast editor and where he still lives. He runs the blog SavingtheSeason.com; writes about food, culture, and travel; and produces a retail collection of jams and marmalades. He is certified as a Master Food Preserver by the University of California Cooperative Extension.</p>c9ae3cb59a706c066ba277ddc38d3360http://www.librarything.com/venue/35152/Omnivore-Books-on-Food<b>Saturday, July 20 (3:00 pm)</b> <p>[[Kevin West]] ([Saving the Season]) [[Kevin West]] is from rural Blount County in eastern Tennessee. He attended Deep Springs, an experimental college in the White Mountains of California, and Sewanee: The University of the South. For thirteen years he was on the staff at W magazine, with postings in New York, Paris, and Los Angeles, where he was West Coast editor and where he still lives. He runs the blog SavingtheSeason.com; writes about food, culture, and travel; and produces a retail collection of jams and marmalades. He is certified as a Master Food Preserver by the University of California Cooperative Extension.</p>84a8e67cdd1efb91279b686c9720f9cahttp://www.librarything.com/venue/7228/Books-Inc-in-Opera-Plaza<b>Sunday, July 21 (6:00 pm)</b> <p>The MODERN LIT BOOK CLUB will meet. *This month's meeting will be on the 3rd Sunday of the month, rather than the usual 2nd*<br><br>Location: Books Inc. Street: 601 Van Ness City: San Francisco, Province: California Country: United States</p>ebe45f3d28ad999927b7747cc22ac1b3http://www.librarything.com/venue/48327/Books-Inc-in-Berkeley<b>Monday, July 22 (7:00 pm)</b> <p>Get to know the man behind the mysteries as Edgar and Shamus-award nominated author David Rosenfelt shares Dogtripping; the story of his epic move across the United States with 25 dogs, 1 RV, some volunteers, and a lot of determination. This event will be partnered with The German Shorthair Rescue Center and will feature raffle giveaways.<br><br>Location: Books Inc. Street: 1760 4th St. City: Berkeley, Province: California Country: United States</p>f9d6f68bbc7669370228c91c1146f69dhttp://www.librarything.com/venue/13727/Diesel-a-bookstore-Oakland<b>Monday, July 22 (7:00 pm)</b> <p>Diesel, A Bookstore in Oakland welcomes The Diesel Readers back to the store to discuss [A Hologram for the King] by [[Dave Eggers]] on Monday, July 22nd at 7 pm.<br><br>In a rising Saudi Arabian city, far from weary, recession-scarred America, a struggling businessman pursues a last-ditch attempt to stave off foreclosure, pay his daughter's college tuition, and finally do something great. In [A Hologram for the King], [[Dave Eggers]] takes us around the world to show how one man fights to hold himself and his splintering family together in the face of the global economy's gale-force winds. This taut, richly layered, and elegiac novel is a powerful evocation of our contemporary moment — and a moving story of how we got here.<br><br>This event is free and all are welcome and encouraged to attend!<br><br>Location: Street: 5433 College Ave City: Oakland, Province: California Postal Code: 94618-1502 Country: United States</p>296224c71f4aaf523bd7a9a8c62169c4http://www.librarything.com/venue/7238/Books-Inc-in-Laurel-Village<b>Tuesday, July 23 (7:00 pm)</b> <p>Get your fix of indignant observations with the hilarious Annie Choi sharing Shut Up, You're Welcome: Thoughts on Life, Death, and Other Inconveniences, a laugh-out-loud collection of essays covering important topics such as: why sandwiches are boring, her eternally naked neighbor, the San Fernando Valley, and so much more.<br><br>Location: Books Inc. Street: 3515 California Street City: San Francisco, Province: California Country: United States</p>b5decfd74e41eadc29c98b8791cf5e50http://www.librarything.com/venue/19227/Rakestraw-Books<b>Tuesday, July 23 (7:00 pm)</b> <p>[[Andrew Sean Greer]] will be promoting [The Impossible Lives of Greta Wells]</p>9775416a27a1633f8707a0084c8571b9http://www.librarything.com/venue/3847/Book-Passage<b>Wednesday, July 24 (12:00 am)</b> <p>[[Reza Aslan]] ([Beyond Fundamentalism], [No God But God], Zealot, [No God But God]: The Origins and Evolution of Islam) [[Reza Aslan]] is assistant professor of creative writing at the University of California, Riverside, and Senior Fellow at the Orfalae Center for Global and International Studies at U.C. Santa Barbara. His first book, [No God But God], has been translated into thirteen languages and was short-listed for the Guardian First Book Award.</p>6557bf1c2cdc0a655145226b322fb10fhttp://www.librarything.com/venue/3847/Book-Passage<b>Wednesday, July 24 (1:00 pm)</b> <p>Rafe Esquith, Real Talk for Real Teachers author event. bookstore.</p>48a143a42535132de26c20b0d418d322http://www.librarything.com/venue/7238/Books-Inc-in-Laurel-Village<b>Wednesday, July 24 (6:00 pm)</b> <p>The YOUNG AT HEART BOOK CLUB will discuss Breathe by Sarah Crossan.<br><br>Location: Books Inc. Street: 3515 California Street City: San Francisco, Province: California Country: United States</p>51408849915d843c345c7fc89758d534http://www.librarything.com/venue/7237/Books-Inc-in-the-Marina<b>Wednesday, July 24 (7:00 pm)</b> <p>Brian Appleton shares the fascinating history of a fading multi-ethnic society of the Middle East and the transformation of one family's legacy over the course of five generations with Shamshone: Son of Assyria.<br><br>Location: Books Inc. Street: 2251 Chestnut Street City: San Francisco, Province: California Country: United States</p>44af40f2674cfc52915128a5fedf12c1http://www.librarything.com/venue/48327/Books-Inc-in-Berkeley<b>Wednesday, July 24 (7:00 pm)</b> <p>Katie Williams shares Absent, a poignant and paranormal story of seventeen-year-old Paige Wheeler's short life, and her quest to reveal the truth of her death from beyond.<br><br>Location: Books Inc. Street: 1760 4th St. City: Berkeley, Province: California Country: United States</p>04d168de05cc0935aaefa952bc8ca0d2http://www.librarything.com/venue/33187/A-Great-Good-Place-for-Books<b>Wednesday, July 24 (7:00 pm)</b> <p>[[Susan Choi]], [My Education] Talk, Q&A, Signing www.greatgoodplace.indiebound.com</p>4a4df972a73165c7401ac80d13b1299bhttp://www.librarything.com/venue/19227/Rakestraw-Books<b>Wednesday, July 24 (7:00 pm)</b> <p>Rafe Esquith, Real Talk for Real Teachers author event. bookstore. http://rakestrawbooks.com/</p>0d9dfd30f9fda1ffcd4872f533c0dc1bhttp://www.librarything.com/venue/7231/Books-Inc-in-the-Castro<b>Wednesday, July 24 (7:30 pm)</b> <p>Professor of Art History at Stanford University, Richard Meyer explores the fascinating links between the codes and cultures of homosexuality and their influences for visual artists with Art &amp; Queer Culture. A piece of art in itself, this lovingly created collection features images spanning from the 1880s to contemporary works.<br><br>Location: Books Inc. Street: 2275 Market St. City: San Francisco, Province: California Country: United States</p>105d8ea0e21beb39699557ffe304ff3chttp://www.librarything.com/venue/71319/The-Booksmith<b>Wednesday, July 24 (7:30 pm)</b> <p>[[Andrew Sean Greer]] will be promoting [The Impossible Lives of Greta Wells]</p>ae26fe5e19b141de9551a2932908cc96http://www.librarything.com/venue/7238/Books-Inc-in-Laurel-Village<b>Thursday, July 25 (3:30 pm)</b> <p>The BOOK BITES: Tasty Tales in Twenty read aloud series meets at 3:30 every Thursday and reads stories for newly independent readers (ages 6-8).<br><br>Location: Books Inc. Street: 3515 California Street City: San Francisco, Province: California Country: United States</p>5a91fdd6a6ec33bf43e806a118966e8fhttp://www.librarything.com/venue/3847/Book-Passage<b>Thursday, July 25 (5:00 pm)</b> <p>[[Ivy Pochoda]] will be promoting [Visitation Street]</p>f32a23de9229b6dd1401163bf4ecd6fchttp://www.librarything.com/venue/3538/Books-Inc-in-Alameda<b>Thursday, July 25 (7:00 pm)</b> <p>Join us for a night celebrating the local undead. Pisano Pictures and Atom Phly Media presents the premiere screening of the final episode in Alameda's very own zombie web series, "The Living." This event will also feature contributors to the book Dead Inside: Do Not Enter, Notes from the Zombie Apocalypse and will be followed by a Q&amp;A session.<br><br>Location: Books Inc. Street: 1344 Park St. City: Alameda, Province: California Country: United States</p>3c9d91bc7e9f91409fa557b9efc71e21http://www.librarything.com/venue/7268/Books-Inc-in-Burlingame<b>Thursday, July 25 (7:00 pm)</b> <p>The HEALTHY LIVES BOOK GROUP will discuss Where'd You Go, Bernadette? By Maria Semple.<br><br>Location: Books Inc. Street: 1375 Burlingame Avenue City: Burlingame, Province: California Country: United States</p>df856151373635d06b5b292ff0d903edhttp://www.librarything.com/venue/7228/Books-Inc-in-Opera-Plaza<b>Thursday, July 25 (7:00 pm)</b> <p>[[Ray Walker]], [The Road to Burgundy] author event.</p>04ab2116731672f13ae771ecb03d20b4http://www.librarything.com/venue/71319/The-Booksmith<b>Thursday, July 25 (7:30 pm)</b> <p>[[Susan Choi]], [My Education] Talk, Q&A, Signing www.booksmith.com</p>2dee8fceaa31ddb18891684f6956f114http://www.librarything.com/venue/26139/Mrs-Dalloways<b>Thursday, July 25 (7:30 pm)</b> <p>[[Andrew Sean Greer]] will be promoting [The Impossible Lives of Greta Wells]</p>7a6d62c529a1130b7807af0f7f1f182chttp://www.librarything.com/venue/17926/Barnes-Noble-Booksellers-Emeryville<b>Friday, July 26 (7:00 pm)</b> <p>Author Event Juniper is one of the top ten environmental figures of the last 30 years a campaigner, author and adviser to the Prince of Wales. He will be discussing/signing of new book that contains powerful stories that will entirely change the way you think.</p>4e5d72b31ed05d527b168f455cc681efhttp://www.librarything.com/venue/48327/Books-Inc-in-Berkeley<b>Friday, July 26 (7:00 pm)</b> <p>Founder and director of the School for Self-Healing in San Francisco, Meir Schneider shares ten steps to natural eyesight improvement, that he's personally used to reverse what doctors told him would be permanent blindness, with Vision For Life, a simple guide with relaxing exercises written both for those who would like to improve their vision, and those who'd like to maintain their 20/20 vision.<br><br>For more information on the School for Self-Healing visit: http://self-healing.org/<br><br>Location: Books Inc. Street: 1760 4th St. City: Berkeley, Province: California Country: United States</p>dddbb7ee05d7879de39a11f43720ecfahttp://www.librarything.com/venue/17926/Barnes-Noble-Booksellers-Emeryville<b>Saturday, July 27 (2:00 pm)</b> <p>Storytime Attention, all parents! You and your little one are invited to our Saturday Storytime where we share stories, ignite imaginations and experience a whole lot of fun! Stories have the power to educate, entertain and foster family and community relationships.</p>39771a5f1b3a01c1f8dd6e6dca1d5edchttp://www.librarything.com/venue/81889/Borderlands-Caf%C3%A9<b>Saturday, July 27 (3:00 pm)</b> <p>Meet Max Gladstone as he reads from his debut novel Three Parts Dead.</p>43e84229154915c04ce188fefa4d3d3bhttp://www.librarything.com/venue/26139/Mrs-Dalloways<b>Saturday, July 27 (4:00 pm)</b> <p>Author [[Katie Hafner]] will be at Mrs. Dalloway's to discuss and sign her memoir [Mother Daughter Me]. The complex, deeply binding relationship between mothers and daughters is brought vividly to life in Katie Hafner’s remarkable memoir, an exploration of the year she and her mother, Helen, spent working through, and triumphing over, a lifetime of unresolved emotions. Dreaming of a “year in Provence” with her mother, Katie urges Helen to move to San Francisco to live with her and Zoë, Katie’s teenage daughter. Katie and Zoë had become a mother-daughter team, strong enough, Katie thought, to absorb the arrival of a seventy-seven-year-old woman set in her ways. Filled with fairy-tale hope that she and her mother would become friends, and that Helen would grow close to her exceptional granddaughter, Katie embarked on an experiment in intergenerational living that she would soon discover was filled with land mines: memories of her parents’ painful divorce, of her mother’s drinking, of dislocating moves back and forth across the country, and of Katie’s own widowhood and bumpy recovery. Helen, for her part, was also holding difficult issues at bay. How these three women from such different generations learn to navigate their challenging, turbulent, and ultimately healing journey together makes for riveting reading. By turns heartbreaking and funny—and always insightful—Katie Hafner’s brave and loving book answers questions about the universal truths of family that are central to the lives of so many.</p>5299f6c98ebeddec57d5ff3c0841bdc9http://www.librarything.com/venue/7237/Books-Inc-in-the-Marina<b>Sunday, July 28 (2:00 pm)</b> <p>The SF BUSINESS BOOK CLUB will discuss Makers: The New Industrial Revolution by Chris Anderson.<br><br>Location: Books Inc. Street: 2251 Chestnut Street City: San Francisco, Province: California Country: United States</p>54ef7d32fe63f5c58ec2f2ab2911ecb0http://www.librarything.com/venue/3538/Books-Inc-in-Alameda<b>Sunday, July 28 (2:00 pm)</b> <p>The B.G.P. SOCIAL NETWORK BOOK SOCIETY (ages 16 &amp; up) will discuss Paper Towns by John Green.<br><br>Location: Books Inc. Street: 1344 Park St. City: Alameda, Province: California Country: United States</p>308eaf4f19426ab29edd52ce47cac06bhttp://www.librarything.com/venue/19227/Rakestraw-Books<b>Sunday, July 28 (4:00 pm)</b> <p>[[Ray Walker]], [The Road to Burgundy] author event. http://rakestrawbooks.com/</p>23b1ddeaf152e488ea5243e5ffae3aedhttp://www.librarything.com/venue/3538/Books-Inc-in-Alameda<b>Sunday, July 28 (6:00 pm)</b> <p>The INTIMATES: EAST BAY QUEER BOOK CLUB will meet.<br><br>Location: Books Inc. Street: 1344 Park St. City: Alameda, Province: California Country: United States</p>f08812c72f7bb179fc552d13cb51b3e0http://www.librarything.com/venue/7238/Books-Inc-in-Laurel-Village<b>Monday, July 29 (7:00 pm)</b> <p>International bestselling novelist, Cathleen Schine shares Fin and Lady, the comic and clever story of two siblings, ages and lifestyles apart, coming together to form an unconventional family in 1960s New York.<br><br>Location: Books Inc. Street: 3515 California Street City: San Francisco, Province: California Country: United States</p>f2e92cb11dba1840dc240c6e8e60e9d9http://www.librarything.com/venue/26139/Mrs-Dalloways<b>Tuesday, July 30 (5:00 pm)</b> <p>[[Kristen Kittscher]] will be promoting [The Wig in the Window]</p>ca6e98672d1c7deb04980ed93a75cc44http://www.librarything.com/venue/13727/Diesel-a-bookstore-Oakland<b>Tuesday, July 30 (6:43 pm)</b> <p>[[Richard Kadrey]] will be promoting [Kill city blues]</p>9989960c3c3b20f6eb4fe6a3dc02d707http://www.librarything.com/venue/48327/Books-Inc-in-Berkeley<b>Tuesday, July 30 (7:00 pm)</b> <p>With writing featured in issues of Zoetrope, Tin House, and The Best American Stories of 2012, among others, the talented and lauded Jodi Angel shares You Only Get Letters From Jail, a collection of stories full of tenderness, grit, and heartbreaking prose.<br><br>Location: Books Inc. Street: 1760 4th St. City: Berkeley, Province: California Country: United States</p>02f9eade21cff04f709728e8a39b020fhttp://www.librarything.com/venue/7231/Books-Inc-in-the-Castro<b>Tuesday, July 30 (7:30 pm)</b> <p>[[Andrew Sean Greer]] will be promoting [The Impossible Lives of Greta Wells]</p>618ae963a1707a9404c13b5230c46353http://www.librarything.com/venue/7231/Books-Inc-in-the-Castro<b>Tuesday, July 30 (7:30 pm)</b> <p>Local phenom and New York Times bestselling author Andrew Sean Greer shares The Impossible Lives of Greta Wells, the rapturously romantic story of a woman who finds herself transported to the "other lives" she might have lived.<br><br>Location: Books Inc. Street: 2275 Market St. City: San Francisco, Province: California Country: United States</p>36554d367a6c65e8214755bd41711593http://www.librarything.com/venue/7237/Books-Inc-in-the-Marina<b>Wednesday, July 31 (7:30 pm)</b> <p>CLASSICS I FORGOT TO READ will discuss Dead Souls by Nikolai Gogol.<br><br>Location: Books Inc. Street: 2251 Chestnut Street City: San Francisco, Province: California Country: United States</p>3a8aec58116d84ccb4e4f7e3b5877217http://www.librarything.com/venue/3538/Books-Inc-in-Alameda<b>Friday, August 2 (7:00 pm)</b> <p>[[Alexander Maksik]] ([A Marker to Measure Drift]) [[Alexander Maksik]] is the author of the novel You Deserve Nothing. A graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop, his writing has appeared in Harper's, Tin House, Harvard Review, The New York Times Magazine, Salon, and Narrative Magazine, among others, and has been translated into more than a dozen languages.</p>ed232e96ddc39724fec9066a46f90360http://www.librarything.com/venue/46629/The-Reading-Bug<b>Saturday, August 3 (5:00 pm)</b> <p>My account | Register View your shopping cart.<br><br>Pre-K: Tues. &amp; Thurs. at 11AM Babies &amp; Toddlers: Wed. at 11AM Newborns: Fri. at 11AM All Ages: Sat. at 11AM<br><br>Stories &amp; Free Crafts (Ages 3+): Sun. at 11AM Part Time Princess author, Deborah Underwood!(3 days) Stella &amp; Dot trunk show for grown-ups!(3 days) Fitness dance party!(5 days) more</p>8c9412fd98e9b0ae90ac7ee4a4ef7c3ahttp://www.librarything.com/venue/71319/The-Booksmith<b>Monday, August 5 (7:30 pm)</b> <p>[[Alexander Maksik]] ([A Marker to Measure Drift]) [[Alexander Maksik]] is the author of the novel You Deserve Nothing. A graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop, his writing has appeared in Harper's, Tin House, Harvard Review, The New York Times Magazine, Salon, and Narrative Magazine, among others, and has been translated into more than a dozen languages.</p>4e103432c86c80686c4722cdd00c53cehttp://www.librarything.com/venue/71319/The-Booksmith<b>Tuesday, August 6 (7:30 pm)</b> <p>S.G. Browne is the author of Breathers, Fated, and Lucky Bastard, and the Breathers sequel I Saw Zombies Eating Santa Claus, as well as the eBook story collection Shooting Monkeys in a Barrel. He lives in San Francisco. Follow the author on Twitter... Read full bio<br></p>c564e95554c4f19cc8a4b3074c6dcb5bhttp://www.librarything.com/venue/8907/The-Commonwealth-Club-of-California<b>Wednesday, August 7 (4:45 pm)</b> <p>Author [[Katie Hafner]] will be at The Commonwealth Club to discuss and sign her memoir [Mother Daughter Me]. The complex, deeply binding relationship between mothers and daughters is brought vividly to life in Katie Hafner’s remarkable memoir, an exploration of the year she and her mother, Helen, spent working through, and triumphing over, a lifetime of unresolved emotions. Dreaming of a “year in Provence” with her mother, Katie urges Helen to move to San Francisco to live with her and Zoë, Katie’s teenage daughter. Katie and Zoë had become a mother-daughter team, strong enough, Katie thought, to absorb the arrival of a seventy-seven-year-old woman set in her ways. Filled with fairy-tale hope that she and her mother would become friends, and that Helen would grow close to her exceptional granddaughter, Katie embarked on an experiment in intergenerational living that she would soon discover was filled with land mines: memories of her parents’ painful divorce, of her mother’s drinking, of dislocating moves back and forth across the country, and of Katie’s own widowhood and bumpy recovery. Helen, for her part, was also holding difficult issues at bay. How these three women from such different generations learn to navigate their challenging, turbulent, and ultimately healing journey together makes for riveting reading. By turns heartbreaking and funny—and always insightful—Katie Hafner’s brave and loving book answers questions about the universal truths of family that are central to the lives of so many.</p>adff0fa16b59520fb428098a6d78f98ehttp://www.librarything.com/venue/27059/Book-Passage<b>Wednesday, August 7 (6:00 pm)</b> <p>[[David Gilbert]] ([And Sons]) [[David Gilbert]] is the author of the story collection Remote Feed and the novel The Normals. His stories have appeared in The New Yorker, Harper’s, GQ, and Bomb. He lives in New York with his wife and three children.</p>dd07d596f23eae2681b35f33f4737ebbhttp://www.librarything.com/venue/3538/Books-Inc-in-Alameda<b>Friday, August 9 (7:00 pm)</b> <p>S.G. Browne is the author of Breathers, Fated, and Lucky Bastard, and the Breathers sequel I Saw Zombies Eating Santa Claus, as well as the eBook story collection Shooting Monkeys in a Barrel. He lives in San Francisco. Follow the author on Twitter... Read full bio<br></p>ad2170992eeb661de9f67863cc811340http://www.librarything.com/venue/27059/Book-Passage<b>Sunday, August 11 (6:43 pm)</b> <p>[[Rob Sheffield]] will be promoting [Turn Around Bright Eyes]</p>ce0e1d3b12b7caddc85edb2434973b5chttp://www.librarything.com/venue/27059/Book-Passage<b>Wednesday, August 14 (6:43 pm)</b> <p>[[Caleb Crain]], [Necessary Errors] </p>ae830545aa318d25ab548082fc36e0bfhttp://www.librarything.com/venue/71319/The-Booksmith<b>Wednesday, August 14 (7:30 pm)</b> <p>Meet Toby Barlow as he reads from his new novel Babayaga.</p>b51369a145970346c3ac17024862dcddhttp://www.librarything.com/venue/19227/Rakestraw-Books<b>Thursday, August 15 (12:00 am)</b> <p>[[Meg Waite Clayton]] ([The Wednesday Sisters], [The four Ms. Bradwells], [The Language of Light], [The Wednesday Daughters]) [[Meg Waite Clayton]] is the author of [The Language of Light], a finalist for the Bellwether Prize. Her stories and essays have appeared in Runner’s World, Writer’s Digest, and literary magazines. She is a graduate of the University of Michigan Law School and was a Tennessee Williams Scholar at the Sewanee Writers’ Conference. She lives in Palo Alto, California, with her husband and their two sons.</p>0152248e1abf8f054b03249e85a78a4ahttp://www.librarything.com/venue/19227/Rakestraw-Books<b>Thursday, August 15 (12:00 am)</b> <p>[[Meg Waite Clayton]] ([The Wednesday Sisters], [The four Ms. Bradwells], [The Language of Light], The Wednesday Daughters) [[Meg Waite Clayton]] is the author of [The Language of Light], a finalist for the Bellwether Prize. Her stories and essays have appeared in Runner’s World, Writer’s Digest, and literary magazines. She is a graduate of the University of Michigan Law School and was a Tennessee Williams Scholar at the Sewanee Writers’ Conference. She lives in Palo Alto, California, with her husband and their two sons.</p>c00ce394638e871e31245d5e0abd93a0http://www.librarything.com/venue/46102/Depot-Bookstore-Cafe<b>Thursday, August 15 (5:30 pm)</b> <p>[[Susan Conley]] ([The foremost good fortune], [Paris Was the Place]) [[Susan Conley]] lived in Beijing for over two years, and returned to Portland, Maine, with her husband and two sons in December 2009. She is cofounder of the Telling Room, a writer’s workshop and literary hub for the region. Before this, she worked as an associate editor at Ploughshares and led creative writing and literature seminars at Emerson College in Boston. Her work has been published in The New York Times Magazine, The Paris Review, The Harvard Review, Ploughshares, and other literary magazines. She is currently working on a novel and settling back into life in the States.</p>f5f3447b72f97fc023ac705351b7abebhttp://www.librarything.com/venue/17926/Barnes-Noble-Booksellers-Emeryville<b>Thursday, August 15 (7:00 pm)</b> <p>Special Event Whether you are a seasoned NOOK enthusiast or just curious, join us in-store for a variety of events designed to teach, entertain and inspire. It's a great way to meet other NOOK users and share NOOK information.</p>95fffeb8611cbe525a14324e7c5ee557http://www.librarything.com/venue/17926/Barnes-Noble-Booksellers-Emeryville<b>Thursday, August 15 (7:00 pm)</b> <p>NOOK Event Whether you are a seasoned NOOK enthusiast or just curious, join us in-store for a variety of events designed to teach, entertain and inspire. It's a great way to meet other NOOK users and share NOOK information.</p>75a8e93c4a31e7b1ed9baa2190a58adchttp://www.librarything.com/venue/33187/A-Great-Good-Place-for-Books<b>Friday, August 16 (6:43 pm)</b> <p>Ellen Crosby is the author of six books in the Virginia wine country mystery series: The Viognier Vendetta, The Riesling Retribution, The Bordeaux Betrayal, The Chardonnay Charade, and The Merlot Murders. She also wrote Moscow Nights, a stand-alone... Read full bio<br></p>85e4a51d95cfdbd845efa8bdf6a03acchttp://www.librarything.com/venue/4710/Borderlands-Books<b>Sunday, August 18 (6:43 pm)</b> <p>[[Richard Kadrey]] will be promoting [Kill city blues]</p>a4c26da8c2d78449bd28b3c3733778d2http://www.librarything.com/venue/3847/Book-Passage<b>Monday, August 19 (7:00 pm)</b> <p>[[Simon Critchley]] ([Stay, Illusion!], [The book of dead philosophers]) Jamieson Webster ([Stay, Illusion!]) [[Simon Critchley]] is Hans Jonas Professor of Philosophy at the New School for Social Research. He also teaches at Tilburg University and the European Graduate School. His many books include Very Little . . . Almost Nothing, The Faith of the Faithless, and [The book of dead philosophers]. He is the series moderator of The Stone, a philosophy column in The New York Times, to which he is a frequent contributor. Jamieson Webster is a psychoanalyst in private practice in New York City. She is the author of The Life and Death of Psychoanalysis: On Unconscious Desire and Its Sublimation and has written for Apology, Cabinet, The New York Times, and many psychoanalytic publications. She teaches at Eugene Lang College at the New School and supervises doctoral students in clinical psychology at the City University of New York.</p>ade6b0424b60d06e45f16cbea616814ehttp://www.librarything.com/venue/27059/Book-Passage<b>Tuesday, August 20 (12:00 am)</b> <p>[[Michael Paterniti]] ([Driving Mr. Albert], [The telling room]) [[Michael Paterniti]] won the 1998 National Magazine Award for his article "[Driving Mr. Albert]," which was first published in Harper's Magazine. A former executive editor of Outside, his work has appeared in Rolling Stone, The New York Times Magazine, Details, and Esquire, where he is writer-at-large. He lives in Portland, Maine, with his wife and son.</p>9c4812d3673a2b49271425ce36b6eabehttp://www.librarything.com/venue/35152/Omnivore-Books-on-Food<b>Wednesday, August 21 (12:00 am)</b> <p>[[Michael Paterniti]] ([Driving Mr. Albert], [The telling room]) [[Michael Paterniti]] won the 1998 National Magazine Award for his article "[Driving Mr. Albert]," which was first published in Harper's Magazine. A former executive editor of Outside, his work has appeared in Rolling Stone, The New York Times Magazine, Details, and Esquire, where he is writer-at-large. He lives in Portland, Maine, with his wife and son.</p>eae4a775dbe595ed466497439c31f590http://www.librarything.com/venue/17926/Barnes-Noble-Booksellers-Emeryville<b>Wednesday, August 28 (11:00 am)</b> <p>Storytime It's never too early to start reading to your child, so be sure to stop by our Children's Department with your little one for our weekly Wednesday morning Storytime with our wonderful storyteller, Miss Tori!</p>4a1d9a55a5937523e1be6c1b621413achttp://www.librarything.com/venue/17921/Barnes-Noble-Booksellers-Walnut-Creek<b>Wednesday, August 28 (6:30 pm)</b> <p>NOOK Event Bring your NOOK charged and ready to go. We can help you learn the best ways to use your NOOK, and troubleshoot any questions you may have. Share with us what you have learned also, in the open forum.</p>cb7bc2b6d2b27e365681894f27b3ef6ehttp://www.librarything.com/venue/3759/Pegasus-Downtown<b>Thursday, August 29 (7:30 pm)</b> <p>Sylvie Simmons will be promoting I'm Your Man</p>708d8c94e934cfa83b04e2b7929ebe0dhttp://www.librarything.com/venue/17921/Barnes-Noble-Booksellers-Walnut-Creek<b>Saturday, August 31 (1:00 pm)</b> <p>Storytime Fly up the escalator to a Storytime just for you.</p>e24716b4e9779063b2e220b2311357echttp://www.librarything.com/venue/17926/Barnes-Noble-Booksellers-Emeryville<b>Saturday, August 31 (2:00 pm)</b> <p>Storytime Attention, all parents! You and your little one are invited to our Storytime where we share stories, ignite imaginations and experience a whole lot of fun! Stories have the power to educate, entertain and foster family and community relationships.</p>b9b7a785d19241159ee4e62149b92e6dhttp://www.librarything.com/venue/3847/Book-Passage<b>Wednesday, September 4 (7:00 pm)</b> <p>Sylvie Simmons will be promoting I'm Your Man</p>b1f6cdbfb796ae1c4f05cf71d8c196efhttp://www.librarything.com/venue/3847/Book-Passage<b>Saturday, September 7 (10:00 am)</b> <p>[[Beth Kephart]], [Handling the truth] author event. www.bookpassage.com</p>f08646adb4711fc80091b6cbc7659973http://www.librarything.com/venue/4710/Borderlands-Books<b>Saturday, September 7 (3:00 pm)</b> <p>Meet Douglas Lain as he reads from his debut novel Billy Moon.</p>7c554fbd1fe0d48849c21dbf3a8de52chttp://www.librarything.com/venue/7228/Books-Inc-in-Opera-Plaza<b>Saturday, September 7 (3:00 pm)</b> <p>[[Beth Kephart]], [Handling the truth] author event.</p>1625e60778a946cde42aa06a067d8e64http://www.librarything.com/venue/3847/Book-Passage<b>Tuesday, September 10 (6:43 pm)</b> <p>[[Tom Barbash]] will be promoting [Stay Up With Me]</p>9e06be488dbe53805e7acb4a9d740619http://www.librarything.com/venue/81449/The-Citadel<b>Tuesday, September 10 (8:00 pm)</b> <p>The Ultimate Guide to Prostate Pleasure empowers men who may not feel confident exploring anal play to claim the prostate as an erogenous zone ripe for exploration. Men who already enjoy prostate play will find much to learn from sex educators Charlie Glickman, Ph.D., and Aislinn Emirzian, whose wisdom and warmth will be both reassuring and inspirational to readers. Come out and learn more!</p>9327ed3019af16c14e6c0ffd6e714686http://www.librarything.com/venue/26139/Mrs-Dalloways<b>Wednesday, September 11 (6:43 pm)</b> <p>[[Tom Barbash]] will be promoting [Stay Up With Me]</p>4160576408cbcf904e7288a9669e23aehttp://www.librarything.com/venue/3847/Book-Passage<b>Wednesday, September 11 (7:00 pm)</b> <p>Katy Butler, a former finalist for a National Magazine Award, has written for The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, Vogue, and other publications. Her work is anthologized in The Best American Science Writing, The Best American Essays, and The Best Buddhist Writing. A winner of the “Science in Society” award from the National Association of Science Writers, she lives in northern California.</p>84069f85f9d3f7d7a4380700fccbd455http://www.librarything.com/venue/9252/San-Francisco-Public-Library<b>Thursday, September 12 (12:00 am)</b> <p>Gary Soto (What Poets Are Like)</p>b43bc9961cd305554ea2588445b451b1http://www.librarything.com/venue/71319/The-Booksmith<b>Thursday, September 12 (6:43 pm)</b> <p>[[Tom Barbash]] will be promoting [Stay Up With Me]</p>be17c94e80463b47fb81a887d970b985http://www.librarything.com/venue/33187/A-Great-Good-Place-for-Books<b>Thursday, September 12 (7:00 pm)</b> <p>Sylvie Simmons will be promoting I'm Your Man</p>d0e1e2dc9473cdb301f7e97de3bda3cdhttp://www.librarything.com/venue/79144/Hillside-Club<b>Thursday, September 12 (7:30 pm)</b> <p>Katy Butler, a former finalist for a National Magazine Award, has written for The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, Vogue, and other publications. Her work is anthologized in The Best American Science Writing, The Best American Essays, and The Best Buddhist Writing. A winner of the “Science in Society” award from the National Association of Science Writers, she lives in northern California.</p>42e8447f70b7f5365deefe5d7c46f6cbhttp://www.librarything.com/venue/3847/Book-Passage<b>Saturday, September 14 (12:00 pm)</b> <p>Kim Barnouin lives in California with her husband and son. Kim coauthored the #1 New York Times bestselling Skinny Bitch series, which includes such hit titles as Skinny Bitch, Skinny Bitch in the Kitch, Skinny Bastard, Skinny Bitch: Ultimate Everyday Cookbook, and Skinny Bitch Book of Vegan Swaps.</p>67bdb8b3a0be607ad3ac703b96725107http://www.librarything.com/venue/3847/Book-Passage<b>Monday, September 16 (7:00 pm)</b> <p>Thomas Keneally began his writing career in 1964 and has published twenty-five novels since. They include Schindler’s List, which won the Booker Prize in 1982, The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith, Confederates, and Gossip from the Forest, all of which were shortlisted for the Booker Prize. He has also written several works of nonfiction, including his boyhood memoir Homebush Boy, The Commonwealth of Thieves, and Searching for Schindler. He is married with two daughters and lives in Sydney, Australia.</p>f6db514c10adfa24366a7a5792b00eaehttp://www.librarything.com/venue/8907/The-Commonwealth-Club-of-California<b>Tuesday, September 17 (6:43 pm)</b> <p>A. Scott Berg, Wilson author event. www.commonwealth.org</p>166692b64ec7fda8ede1a7f616692652http://www.librarything.com/venue/78917/City-Arts-Lectures<b>Tuesday, September 24 (6:43 pm)</b> <p>[[Terry McMillan]], [Who Asked You?] author event. www.cityarts.net</p>62e72ad8ff141781d4f8f40bd004c94ahttp://www.librarything.com/venue/19227/Rakestraw-Books<b>Wednesday, September 25 (7:00 pm)</b> <p>[[Terry McMillan]], [Who Asked You?] bookstore. author event. http://rakestrawbooks.com/</p>22ef0b1c21b65284137dac7f87862b4ahttp://www.librarything.com/venue/3847/Book-Passage<b>Thursday, September 26 (7:00 pm)</b> <p>[[Jonathan Lethem]] ([The Man Who Was Thursday], [Dombey and Son], [As She Climbed Across the Table], [Chronic City], [Fortress of solitude], [Girl in Landscape], [Men and cartoons], [Motherless Brooklyn], [The Disappointment Artist], [The Fortress of Solitude], [The Vintage Book of Amnesia], [You Don't Love Me Yet], [Dissident Gardens], [The Ecstasy of Influence], Mind of an Outlaw) [[Jonathan Lethem]] is the author of eight novels, including most recently [Dissident Gardens]. A recipient of the MacArthur fellowship, [[Lethem]] has published his stories and essays in The New Yorker, Harper’s, Rolling Stone, Esquire, and The New York Times, among others. He lives in California.</p>e99e3169657c25c1b803ffd2f4fc77dbhttp://www.librarything.com/venue/7228/Books-Inc-in-Opera-Plaza<b>Friday, September 27 (7:00 pm)</b> <p>[[Jonathan Lethem]] ([The Man Who Was Thursday], [Dombey and Son], [As She Climbed Across the Table], [Chronic City], [Fortress of solitude], [Girl in Landscape], [Men and cartoons], [Motherless Brooklyn], [The Disappointment Artist], [The Fortress of Solitude], [The Vintage Book of Amnesia], [You Don't Love Me Yet], [Dissident Gardens], [The Ecstasy of Influence], Mind of an Outlaw) [[Jonathan Lethem]] is the author of eight novels, including most recently [Dissident Gardens]. A recipient of the MacArthur fellowship, [[Lethem]] has published his stories and essays in The New Yorker, Harper’s, Rolling Stone, Esquire, and The New York Times, among others. He lives in California.</p>dcfde1f243d4b07a8b45ef1f20dcea44http://www.librarything.com/venue/3666/Moes-Books<b>Saturday, September 28 (7:30 pm)</b> <p>[[Jonathan Lethem]] ([The Man Who Was Thursday], [Dombey and Son], [As She Climbed Across the Table], [Chronic City], [Fortress of solitude], [Girl in Landscape], [Men and cartoons], [Motherless Brooklyn], [The Disappointment Artist], [The Fortress of Solitude], [The Vintage Book of Amnesia], [You Don't Love Me Yet], [Dissident Gardens], [The Ecstasy of Influence], Mind of an Outlaw) [[Jonathan Lethem]] is the author of eight novels, including most recently [Dissident Gardens]. A recipient of the MacArthur fellowship, [[Lethem]] has published his stories and essays in The New Yorker, Harper’s, Rolling Stone, Esquire, and The New York Times, among others. He lives in California.</p>bdc4eead1907d91cb631195fe907e3bahttp://www.librarything.com/venue/3847/Book-Passage<b>Tuesday, October 1 (6:43 pm)</b> <p>Nicholson Baker, Traveling Sprinkler author event.</p>634a052e0e2e34b4f2eaed0d7c328fc3http://www.librarything.com/venue/3847/Book-Passage<b>Wednesday, October 2 (12:00 am)</b> <p>Gary Soto (What Poets Are Like)</p>06b9bf5dd31cbfc02d7ae096987f9c30http://www.librarything.com/venue/71319/The-Booksmith<b>Wednesday, October 2 (6:43 pm)</b> <p>Nicholson Baker, Traveling Sprinkler author event.</p>23f50bb6858ad0bef19dd80d7ae342dfhttp://www.librarything.com/venue/83520/The-Nourse-Theater<b>Thursday, October 3 (7:30 pm)</b> <p>[Margaret Atwood] ([Alias Grace], [BLUEBEARD'S EGG], [Bodily harm], [Cat's Eye], [Dancing Girls], [Good bones and simple murders], [Lady Oracle,] [Life before man], [MaddAddam], [Moral Disorder], [Moral Disorder] and Other Stories, [Negotiating with the Dead], [Oryx and Crake], [Surfacing,] [The Blind Assassin]) [Margaret Atwood]’s books have been published in over forty countries. She is the author of more than forty books of fiction, poetry, and critical essays. In addition to The Handmaid’s Tale, her novels include Cat’s Eye, shortlisted for the Booker Prize; [Alias Grace], which won the Giller Prize in Canada and the Premio Mondello in Italy; [The Blind Assassin], winner of the 2000 Booker Prize; [Oryx and Crake], shortlisted for the 2003 Booker Prize; and her most recent novel, The Year of the Flood. She lives in Toronto with writer Graeme Gibson.www.margaretatwood.ca</p>e542fec3768c4bfd8f9a76f09c0be537http://www.librarything.com/venue/3847/Book-Passage<b>Tuesday, October 8 (7:00 pm)</b> <p>Sarah Lovett, Blowback author event. bookstore.</p>00624aa2ac8f243bcbe3d2a5984fbd79http://www.librarything.com/venue/3847/Book-Passage<b>Sunday, October 13 (7:00 pm)</b> <p>[[Jon Klimo]] ([Channeling], [Suicide], [Handbook to the Afterlife], Journey of Your Soul) John Friedlander (Psychic Psychology, Practicing Your Energy Skills for Life and Relationships, Navigating the Seven Planes of Consciousness, [Dark Pool of Light, Volume Two], Journey of Your Soul, Dark Pool of Light 3 Volume Set) Shepherd Hoodwin (Journey of Your Soul) Professor of Psychology at the APA-accredited Argosy University, [[Jon Klimo]], PhD, is considered to be the world's leading authority on the subject of [Channeling] and is the author of the definitive work [Channeling]: Investigations on Receiving Information from Paranormal Sources. John Friedlander has been teaching psychic skills since the 1970s. He coauthored Basic Psychic Development and Psychic Psychology with Gloria Hemsher. The author lives in Laguna Niguel, CA. Shepherd Hoodwin has been [Channeling] since 1986. He specializes in the Michael teachings, and practices healing, mediumship, past-life readings and therapy, counseling, and coaches others to channel.</p>73b6915a595ae157c87fb108a4adef74http://www.librarything.com/venue/83176/Open-Secret-Bookstore<b>Monday, October 14 (7:00 pm)</b> <p>[[Jon Klimo]] ([Channeling], [Suicide], [Handbook to the Afterlife], Journey of Your Soul) John Friedlander (Psychic Psychology, Practicing Your Energy Skills for Life and Relationships, Navigating the Seven Planes of Consciousness, [Dark Pool of Light, Volume Two], Journey of Your Soul, Dark Pool of Light 3 Volume Set) Shepherd Hoodwin (Journey of Your Soul) Professor of Psychology at the APA-accredited Argosy University, [[Jon Klimo]], PhD, is considered to be the world's leading authority on the subject of [Channeling] and is the author of the definitive work [Channeling]: Investigations on Receiving Information from Paranormal Sources. John Friedlander has been teaching psychic skills since the 1970s. He coauthored Basic Psychic Development and Psychic Psychology with Gloria Hemsher. The author lives in Laguna Niguel, CA. Shepherd Hoodwin has been [Channeling] since 1986. He specializes in the Michael teachings, and practices healing, mediumship, past-life readings and therapy, counseling, and coaches others to channel.</p>1628ea65c61bbc57ed017a4397c68f19http://www.librarything.com/venue/78863/The-Jewish-Community-Center-of-San-Francisco<b>Tuesday, October 15 (7:00 pm)</b> <p>[[Noah Feldman]] ([Cool War]) [[Noah Feldman]] is Bemis Professor of International Law at Harvard University and the author of five previous books, most recently Scorpions: The Battles and Triumphs of FDR’s Great Supreme Court Justices. A Senior Fellow of the Society of Fellows at Harvard, Feldman has a bachelor’s degree from Harvard, a law degree from Yale, and a doctorate in Islamic thought from Oxford, where he was a Rhodes Scholar. He clerked for Justice David Souter on the Supreme Court. In 2003, he served as senior constitutional advisor to the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq, and subsequently advised members of the Iraqi Governing Council on the drafting of an interim constitution. He has been a contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine and is a columnist for Bloomberg View.</p>62f8b654c50b603fec737639fc3c2e9ehttp://www.librarything.com/venue/78863/The-Jewish-Community-Center-of-San-Francisco<b>Wednesday, October 23 (7:00 pm)</b> <p>Andrew Solomon is the author of the New York Times bestsellers Far from the Tree: Parents, Children, and the Search for Identity, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award, and The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression, a Pulitzer Prize finalist and winner of the 2001 National Book Award; and of the critically acclaimed novel A Stone Boat. He is a lecturer in psychiatry at Cornell University, and Special Advisor on LGBT affairs to the Yale School of Medicine’s Department of Psychiatry. His journalism appears frequently in The New Yorker, The New York Times, New York Magazine, Travel + Leisure, and Newsweek/The Daily Beast.</p>7f983bf7cc7f481d88849206ba55e0dahttp://www.librarything.com/venue/35152/Omnivore-Books-on-Food<b>Monday, October 28 (6:30 pm)</b> <p>David Kinch (Manresa) DAVID KINCH'S singular style of American cooking has placed him on the world culinary map, and assured his legacy in the advancement of California cuisine in the 21st century. He has won the Best Chef in America award for the Pacific region from the James Beard Foundation. Manresa has been awarded two Michelin stars for five consecutive years.</p>e2fd95f0d2bf6fd6605bedca2d559023http://www.librarything.com/venue/7228/Books-Inc-in-Opera-Plaza<b>Tuesday, October 29 (7:00 pm)</b> <p>Anton Piatigorsky ([The Iron Bridge])</p>4fb741f2d94c1b5dce7f17c0bdc8e416http://www.librarything.com/venue/78863/The-Jewish-Community-Center-of-San-Francisco<b>Wednesday, October 30 (12:00 am)</b> <p>David Kinch (Manresa) DAVID KINCH'S singular style of American cooking has placed him on the world culinary map, and assured his legacy in the advancement of California cuisine in the 21st century. He has won the Best Chef in America award for the Pacific region from the James Beard Foundation. Manresa has been awarded two Michelin stars for five consecutive years.</p>56cba33447ee6ab284c02a151d8efc53http://www.librarything.com/venue/3847/Book-Passage<b>Wednesday, November 6 (7:00 pm)</b> <p>[[Susan Conley]] ([The foremost good fortune], [Paris Was the Place]) [[Susan Conley]] lived in Beijing for over two years, and returned to Portland, Maine, with her husband and two sons in December 2009. She is cofounder of the Telling Room, a writer’s workshop and literary hub for the region. Before this, she worked as an associate editor at Ploughshares and led creative writing and literature seminars at Emerson College in Boston. Her work has been published in The New York Times Magazine, The Paris Review, The Harvard Review, Ploughshares, and other literary magazines. She is currently working on a novel and settling back into life in the States.</p>43278953972c5fdd671b43121dabb306http://www.librarything.com/venue/7228/Books-Inc-in-Opera-Plaza<b>Thursday, November 7 (7:00 pm)</b> <p>[[Susan Conley]] ([The foremost good fortune], [Paris Was the Place]) [[Susan Conley]] lived in Beijing for over two years, and returned to Portland, Maine, with her husband and two sons in December 2009. She is cofounder of the Telling Room, a writer’s workshop and literary hub for the region. Before this, she worked as an associate editor at Ploughshares and led creative writing and literature seminars at Emerson College in Boston. Her work has been published in The New York Times Magazine, The Paris Review, The Harvard Review, Ploughshares, and other literary magazines. She is currently working on a novel and settling back into life in the States.</p>941afe647c8390a2a6562bae19009f03http://www.librarything.com/venue/78863/The-Jewish-Community-Center-of-San-Francisco<b>Friday, November 8 (12:00 pm)</b> <p>[[Jared Diamond]], [The world until yesterday] author event. www.jccsf.org</p>8db7f4ed120cb5a648a84b02bcade4b7http://www.librarything.com/venue/75949/de-Young-Museum-Store<b>Saturday, November 9 (12:00 am)</b> ee1195b5f4dd61d1a85af85429df8b02http://www.librarything.com/venue/3847/Book-Passage<b>Thursday, November 28 (7:00 pm)</b> <p>[[Andrew Solomon]] is the author of [Far from the tree]: Parents, Children, and the Search for Identity and [The noonday demon]: An Atlas of Depression, which was a Pulitzer Prize finalist and winner of fourteen national awards, including the 2001 National Book Award. It is a New York Times bestseller and is published in twenty-two languages. He is a Lecturer in Psychiatry at Cornell University and Special Advisor on LGBT affairs to the Yale School of Medicine’s Department of Psychiatry.</p>fe80a3e914e35e5ba0157e1a85a3d14fhttp://www.librarything.com/venue/79144/Hillside-Club<b>Friday, November 29 (7:30 pm)</b> <p>[[Andrew Solomon]] is the author of [Far from the tree]: Parents, Children, and the Search for Identity and [The noonday demon]: An Atlas of Depression, which was a Pulitzer Prize finalist and winner of fourteen national awards, including the 2001 National Book Award. It is a New York Times bestseller and is published in twenty-two languages. He is a Lecturer in Psychiatry at Cornell University and Special Advisor on LGBT affairs to the Yale School of Medicine’s Department of Psychiatry.</p>9cfbad85bf39ddb6b5d64e4d942ebbcdhttp://www.librarything.com/venue/62774/City-Lights-Books<b>Wednesday, December 18 (7:00 pm)</b> <p>Karen Avrich, <i>[Sasha and Emma]: The Anarchist Odyssey of Alexander Berkman and Emma Goldman</i> Discussion and signing, City Lights Bookstore</p>f0521da9fdb39d60efe374eedab7a240http://www.librarything.com/venue/17921/Barnes-Noble-Booksellers-Walnut-Creek<b>Thursday, December 19 (6:43 pm)</b> <p>[[Tony La Russa]] will be promoting [One last strike]</p>c7643b7aa037938a8bb8ae6088bdf9fahttp://www.librarything.com/venue/3847/Book-Passage<b>Thursday, January 9 (7:00 pm)</b> <p>[[George Howe Colt]] is the bestselling author of [November of the soul]: The Enigma of Suicide and The [Big house], which was a National Book Award finalist and a New York Times notable book. He lives with his family in Western Massachusetts.</p>596c2eaac0351912bbd533c9ea08d2bdhttp://www.librarything.com/venue/26139/Mrs-Dalloways<b>Friday, January 10 (7:30 pm)</b> <p>[[George Howe Colt]] is the bestselling author of [November of the soul]: The Enigma of Suicide and The [Big house], which was a National Book Award finalist and a New York Times notable book. He lives with his family in Western Massachusetts.</p>16e34a187dbdfbc21166faeeed954687http://www.librarything.com/venue/3847/Book-Passage<b>Saturday, January 18 (6:43 pm)</b> <p>[[James Rollins]] will be promoting [The Blood Gospel]</p>a82db17601c1fb4e149ebcf8b75fe8d2http://www.librarything.com/venue/3847/Book-Passage<b>Saturday, February 1 (1:00 pm)</b> <p>[[Lisa O'Donnell]] will be promoting [The death of bees]</p>466ccbb35c4430735d552b7b50d0f085http://www.librarything.com/venue/52807/Jewish-Community-Library<b>Friday, February 14 (7:00 pm)</b> <p>[[Daniel Smith]] is the author of Muses, Madmen, and Prophets and a contributor to The Atlantic, New York magazine, The New York Times Magazine, and Slate. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.</p>acbabd1f53b2433d0602b4b1df229ce2http://www.librarything.com/venue/8907/The-Commonwealth-Club-of-California<b>Saturday, February 15 (12:00 pm)</b> <p>[[Jeffrey Frank]] was a senior editor at The New Yorker and the deputy editor of the Washington Post’s Outlook section and is the author of four novels, including the “Washington Trilogy”—The Columnist, [Bad Publicity], and [Trudy Hopedale]. He lives in Manhattan with his wife, Diana. They have one son.</p>8f9ca47878e7ccd733fb636beb556544http://www.librarything.com/venue/7237/Books-Inc-in-the-Marina<b>Saturday, February 15 (7:00 pm)</b> <p>Teddy Wayne, the author of Kapitoil, is the winner of a 2011 Whiting Writers’ Award and a finalist for the Young Lions Fiction Award, PEN/Bingham Prize, and Dayton Literary Peace Prize. He writes regularly for The New Yorker, The New York Times, Vanity Fair, McSweeney’s, and elsewhere. He lives in New York.</p>77dcd59d3c925de29be7445fbe7184e2http://www.librarything.com/venue/80423/Angelico-Hall-Dominican-University<b>Thursday, February 27 (6:43 pm)</b> <p>Madeleine Albright will be promoting Prague Winter</p>7cfdb4ab8e7188bee1215ddfbe0d20a7http://www.librarything.com/venue/8907/The-Commonwealth-Club-of-California<b>Friday, February 28 (6:43 pm)</b> <p>Madeleine Albright will be promoting Prague Winter</p>776d860a59aeeafc97d257cd7135d6ffhttp://www.librarything.com/venue/3847/Book-Passage<b>Saturday, March 1 (6:43 pm)</b> <p>[[Deborah Crombie]] will be promoting [The Sound of Broken Glass]</p>32b07627846ebb9ae0599ef2a33d52a3http://www.librarything.com/venue/78863/The-Jewish-Community-Center-of-San-Francisco<b>Monday, March 3 (6:30 pm)</b> <p>Michael Feinstein is an entertainer and educator known as one of the leading experts on classic American popular music. A five-time Grammy nominee, he performs, records, and lectures extensively and has been awarded three honorary doctorate degrees. Learn more about Michael Feinstein at MichaelFeinstein.com.</p>3ab3ad6349ccc09f2ab0307e97bccc07http://www.librarything.com/venue/37161/Mechanics-Institute-Library-Chess-Room<b>Monday, March 3 (6:43 pm)</b> <p>[[Deborah Crombie]] will be promoting [The Sound of Broken Glass]</p>e57ca4ee6de3388964d350155e5311edhttp://www.librarything.com/venue/9252/San-Francisco-Public-Library<b>Tuesday, March 4 (6:43 pm)</b> <p>Patrick deWitt will be promoting [The Sisters Brothers]</p>ee41c8c827684bfe900140ec9118473bhttp://www.librarything.com/venue/35152/Omnivore-Books-on-Food<b>Thursday, March 6 (6:00 pm)</b> <p>Chloe Coscarelli is a graduate of the Natural Gourmet Institute of Health and Culinary Arts NYC, the University of California, Berkeley, as well as Cornell University’s Plant-Based Nutrition Program. Chloe Coscarelli is the author of Chloe’s Kitchen and creator of ChefChloe.com, and she lives in Los Angeles.</p>9f051269c9cb27fe3e7480369210cf65http://www.librarything.com/venue/7237/Books-Inc-in-the-Marina<b>Friday, March 7 (7:00 pm)</b> <p>Chloe Coscarelli is a graduate of the Natural Gourmet Institute of Health and Culinary Arts NYC, the University of California, Berkeley, as well as Cornell University’s Plant-Based Nutrition Program. Chloe Coscarelli is the author of Chloe’s Kitchen and creator of ChefChloe.com, and she lives in Los Angeles.</p>68d5103fa4c22b52e9dc7e55b9b5ae09http://www.librarything.com/venue/3847/Book-Passage<b>Saturday, March 8 (7:00 pm)</b> <p>Chloe Coscarelli is a graduate of the Natural Gourmet Institute of Health and Culinary Arts NYC, the University of California, Berkeley, as well as Cornell University’s Plant-Based Nutrition Program. Chloe Coscarelli is the author of Chloe’s Kitchen and creator of ChefChloe.com, and she lives in Los Angeles.</p>fd21ac661b508f98a1644c4d8a8d0128http://www.librarything.com/venue/78917/City-Arts-Lectures<b>Tuesday, March 11 (6:43 pm)</b> <p>[[Joyce Carol Oates]] will be promoting [The Accursed]</p>9e47ffa78c1829328d44fe0ee2531405http://www.librarything.com/venue/37161/Mechanics-Institute-Library-Chess-Room<b>Thursday, March 13 (6:43 pm)</b> <p>[[Matt Richtel]] will be promoting [The Cloud]</p>5e90eb3e004ce1644ba56b2c2562eb66http://www.librarything.com/venue/3847/Book-Passage<b>Friday, March 14 (6:43 pm)</b> <p>[[Joyce Carol Oates]] will be promoting [The Accursed]</p>fc94b62ff43801f0edec78e860a66a08http://www.librarything.com/venue/3847/Book-Passage<b>Wednesday, March 19 (12:00 pm)</b> <p>Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni is the award-winning author of many books, including The Mistress of Spices, Sister of My Heart, and One Amazing Thing. Her work has appeared in The New Yorker, The Atlantic Monthly, and The New York Times. Born in India,... Read full bio<br></p>bf827da79e525d8733c93b76ea4c4d61http://www.librarything.com/venue/3847/Book-Passage<b>Wednesday, March 19 (12:00 pm)</b> <p>Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni is the award-winning author of many books, including The Mistress of Spices, Sister of My Heart, and One Amazing Thing. Her work has appeared in The New Yorker, The Atlantic Monthly, and The New York Times. Born in India,... Read full bio<br></p>cff13947d4af61df847e8eb493b9ffe5http://www.librarything.com/venue/27059/Book-Passage<b>Wednesday, March 19 (6:00 pm)</b> <p>Mary Beth Keane was born in New York City to Irish parents and grew up in Rockland County, New York. She attended Barnard College and the University of Virginia, where she received an MFA in Fiction. In 2011, she was named by Julia Glass to the National Book Foundation’s “5 under 35.” She lives in Pearl River, New York with her husband and their two sons.</p>7d7b48a92b644c7bc87d7f72933c9fe0http://www.librarything.com/venue/8907/The-Commonwealth-Club-of-California<b>Wednesday, March 19 (6:43 pm)</b> <p>[[Candida Moss]] will be promoting [The myth of persecution]</p>3351c3631c8d121a077c44d222b744e4http://www.librarything.com/venue/19227/Rakestraw-Books<b>Friday, March 21 (6:43 pm)</b> <p>[[Joyce Carol Oates]] will be promoting [The Accursed]</p>0c626e7860267b7a097819bbcbae8f8dhttp://www.librarything.com/venue/26139/Mrs-Dalloways<b>Friday, March 21 (7:30 pm)</b> <p>Anita Amirrezvani is the author of the novel The Blood of Flowers which has been published in more than twenty-five languages and was longlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction. She teaches at the California College of the Arts and Sonoma State University.</p>6bf442a7ee34f4c86bc98db8453cd948http://www.librarything.com/venue/3847/Book-Passage<b>Sunday, March 23 (11:00 am)</b> eaed49b3430270aa5a061db996d69fb7http://www.librarything.com/venue/16175/Contra-Costa-County-Library-Walnut-Creek<b>Sunday, March 23 (6:00 pm)</b> <p>Anita Amirrezvani is the author of the novel The Blood of Flowers which has been published in more than twenty-five languages and was longlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction. She teaches at the California College of the Arts and Sonoma State University.</p>0dc368f9180586aaa3893ac267704994http://www.librarything.com/venue/71319/The-Booksmith<b>Monday, March 24 (3:00 pm)</b> <p>Anita Amirrezvani is the author of the novel The Blood of Flowers which has been published in more than twenty-five languages and was longlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction. She teaches at the California College of the Arts and Sonoma State University.</p>1820c7e182d87134d63536358084f25ahttp://www.librarything.com/venue/27059/Book-Passage<b>Monday, March 24 (6:43 pm)</b> <p>[[Tony La Russa]] will be promoting [One last strike]</p>2b6c45923c7ab04561a61145b57f9ba9http://www.librarything.com/venue/11751/Belmont-Library<b>Tuesday, March 25 (7:00 pm)</b> <p>Amy Hatvany is the author of Outside the Lines, Best Kept Secret, and The Language of Sisters. She lives in Seattle with her family.</p>9faab6b0fb48e2452c3a2d17dfc94a55http://www.librarything.com/venue/48327/Books-Inc-in-Berkeley<b>Friday, March 28 (6:30 pm)</b> <p>Sharon M. Draper is a New York Times bestselling author who has received the Coretta Scott King Award for both Copper Sun and Forged by Fire. Her Out of My Mind has won multiple awards and is a New York Times bestseller. She lives in Cincinnati, Ohio,... Read full bio<br></p>c4ea3bec89b262cc6247fbd6b9f0699ahttp://www.librarything.com/venue/62774/City-Lights-Books<b>Monday, March 31 (7:00 pm)</b> <p>[[Richard Hell]] will be promoting [I Dreamed I Was a Very Clean Tramp]</p>562b2b470ef1543d79e098764849b39chttp://www.librarything.com/venue/23348/BookShop-West-Portal<b>Thursday, April 3 (7:00 pm)</b> <p>[[Jacqueline Winspear]] will be promoting [Leaving Everything Most Loved]</p>f23a224be9e1c4d10ac285e0abb83a9ehttp://www.librarything.com/venue/57240/San-Mateo-Public-Library<b>Thursday, April 10 (6:00 pm)</b> <p>Brandon Mull is the author of the New York Times, USA TODAY, and Wall Street Journal bestselling Beyonders and Fablehaven series. He resides in Utah, in a happy little valley near the mouth of a canyon with his wife and four children. Brandon’s... Read full bio<br></p>7db7b6d5530b04e31cdb7ea893b31c12http://www.librarything.com/venue/7268/Books-Inc-in-Burlingame<b>Thursday, April 10 (6:00 pm)</b> <p>Brandon Mull is the author of the New York Times, USA TODAY, and Wall Street Journal bestselling Beyonders and Fablehaven series. He resides in Utah, in a happy little valley near the mouth of a canyon with his wife and four children. Brandon’s... Read full bio<br></p>dd7ecd2be1d1c9fb837d1f6199506258http://www.librarything.com/venue/11751/Belmont-Library<b>Thursday, April 10 (7:00 pm)</b> <p>J.A. Jance is the New York Times bestselling author of the Ali Reynolds series, the J.P. Beaumont series, the Joanna Brady series, as well as four interrelated Southwestern thrillers featuring the Walker family. Born in South Dakota, and brought up in Brisbee, Arizona, Jance and her husband live in Seattle, Washington, and Tucson, Arizona.</p>75d1f6f0a33baec1b317f72a2ed05a0dhttp://www.librarything.com/venue/71319/The-Booksmith<b>Thursday, April 10 (7:30 pm)</b> <p>Rachel Kushner’s new novel, The Flamethrowers, is out in April, 2013. Her debut novel, Telex from Cuba, was a finalist for the 2008 National Book Award and the Dayton Literary Peace Prize, winner of the California Book Award, and a New York Times bestseller and Notable Book. It was named a best book by the Washington Post Book Book World, the San Francisco Chronicle, the Seattle Times, the Cleveland Plain Dealer, the Christian Science Monitor, and Amazon. Kushner's fiction and essays have appeared in The New York Times, The Paris Review, The Believer, Artforum, Bookforum, Fence, Bomb, Cabinet, and Grand Street. She lives in Los Angeles.</p>7f19241f078ea1c0355ef9d2c8264d5ehttp://www.librarything.com/venue/3847/Book-Passage<b>Friday, April 11 (7:00 pm)</b> <p>Rachel Kushner’s new novel, The Flamethrowers, is out in April, 2013. Her debut novel, Telex from Cuba, was a finalist for the 2008 National Book Award and the Dayton Literary Peace Prize, winner of the California Book Award, and a New York Times bestseller and Notable Book. It was named a best book by the Washington Post Book Book World, the San Francisco Chronicle, the Seattle Times, the Cleveland Plain Dealer, the Christian Science Monitor, and Amazon. Kushner's fiction and essays have appeared in The New York Times, The Paris Review, The Believer, Artforum, Bookforum, Fence, Bomb, Cabinet, and Grand Street. She lives in Los Angeles.</p>8c051c2485d1804ca441f5a118964f9dhttp://www.librarything.com/venue/3847/Book-Passage<b>Saturday, April 12 (7:00 pm)</b> <p>Glennon Doyle Melton is the founder of Momastery.com and a regular contributor to The Huffington Post. She lives in Florida, with her family.</p>dff8047c5df576a55588f70314a014bahttp://www.librarything.com/venue/81969/Golestan-Kids<b>Sunday, April 13 (6:00 pm)</b> <p>Anita Amirrezvani is the author of the novel The Blood of Flowers which has been published in more than twenty-five languages and was longlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction. She teaches at the California College of the Arts and Sonoma State University.</p>65be733dbd84245998a6195110c543a0http://www.librarything.com/venue/46404/Contemporary-Jewish-Museum<b>Monday, April 14 (2:30 pm)</b> <p>Harry Brod is a professor of philosophy and humanities at the University of Northern Iowa. He has appeared on CNN, Today, Geraldo, and other TV and radio programs, and his articles have been published in many journals and popular magazines. He is the father of two children and still has his old comic book collection.</p>5dc565c2d9794d8d4109ea8c16f10a77http://www.librarything.com/venue/13727/Diesel-a-bookstore-Oakland<b>Monday, April 14 (3:00 pm)</b> <p>[[Gish Jen]], <i>[Tiger Writing]: Art, Culture, and the Interdependent Self</i> Discussion and signing, Diesel, a Book Store (Oakland)</p>d92fa3b2f4ef483996b0dd8c8117ca9dhttp://www.librarything.com/venue/3847/Book-Passage<b>Tuesday, April 15 (7:00 pm)</b> <p>[[Gish Jen]], <i>[Tiger Writing]: Art, Culture, and the Interdependent Self</i> Discussion and signing, Book Passage (Corte Madera/Marin)</p>439b08c314f68dbda605b244f758f86fhttp://www.librarything.com/venue/37161/Mechanics-Institute-Library-Chess-Room<b>Wednesday, April 16 (7:30 pm)</b> <p>[[Gish Jen]], <i>[Tiger Writing]: Art, Culture, and the Interdependent Self</i> “Writing Lives: [[Gish Jen]] in Conversation with Maxine Hong Kingston,” Asia Society of Northern California</p>122527df6932821a4e4aba4f66210ca5http://www.librarything.com/venue/26139/Mrs-Dalloways<b>Wednesday, April 16 (7:30 pm)</b> <p>[[Joyce Carol Oates]] will be promoting [The Accursed]</p>285842178ca5a62fd75a1f0eabb266ffhttp://www.librarything.com/venue/82180/Orpheum-Theater<b>Friday, April 18 (8:00 pm)</b> <p>[[Anthony Bourdain]] will be promoting [Kitchen Confidential, Insider's Edition]</p>5853968edbb7ad6196aec7f863dd5302http://www.librarything.com/venue/3847/Book-Passage<b>Saturday, April 19 (7:00 pm)</b> <p>Christina Schwarz is the author of three previous novels, including Oprah Book Club pick Drowning Ruth. Born and raised in rural Wisconsin, she lives in Southern California.</p>f0026d239ba6569bd1c2c9bc2243e8e3http://www.librarything.com/venue/3847/Book-Passage<b>Sunday, April 20 (7:00 pm)</b> <p>William Kent Krueger is the award-winning author of twelve previous Cork O’Connor novels, including Northwest Angle and Trickster’s Point, as well as the novel Ordinary Grace. He lives in the Twin Cities with his family. Visit his website... Read full bio<br></p>beae0d8b82be2fa7d79731a151cc7dbahttp://www.librarything.com/venue/7231/Books-Inc-in-the-Castro<b>Thursday, April 24 (6:43 pm)</b> <p>[[Jeff Chu]] will be promoting [Does Jesus Really Love Me?]</p>dac230080d57d83bbbfd10ba5f6a46dchttp://www.librarything.com/venue/26139/Mrs-Dalloways<b>Thursday, April 24 (7:30 pm)</b> <p>[[Jess Walter]] will be promoting [Beautiful Ruins]</p>8fad92b55272b709c12824f592846d59http://www.librarything.com/venue/82315/San-Francisco-Elks-Lodge-No-3<b>Friday, April 25 (7:00 pm)</b> <p>David Talbot, author of the New York Times bestseller Brothers: The Hidden History of the Kennedy Years, is the founder and CEO of Salon. He lives in San Francisco.</p>a122eeba3ae66bbcdaba4b57b03aaa73http://www.librarything.com/venue/80423/Angelico-Hall-Dominican-University<b>Tuesday, April 29 (6:43 pm)</b> <p>[[Isabel Allende]] will be promoting [Maya's Notebook]</p>df9a00778d761cfe35a464568f627e05http://www.librarything.com/venue/62774/City-Lights-Books<b>Tuesday, April 29 (7:00 pm)</b> <p>[[Joyce Carol Oates]] will be promoting [The Accursed]</p>6c4c2c9f31b4b04b1b761255e663f63ahttp://www.librarything.com/venue/80873/Center-for-Latin-American-Studies<b>Thursday, May 1 (6:43 pm)</b> <p>[[Isabel Allende]] will be promoting [Maya's Notebook]</p>1c1b372887fb79b498f638fc116d6565http://www.librarything.com/venue/71319/The-Booksmith<b>Thursday, May 1 (7:30 pm)</b> <p>[[Helene Wecker]] will be promoting [The Golem and the Jinni]</p>6aa3291c2fee6b4276d0693a459746e9http://www.librarything.com/venue/27059/Book-Passage<b>Saturday, May 3 (6:00 pm)</b> <p>[[Charles Dubow]] will be promoting [Indiscretion]</p>e32b0486ce2e2f6870da86b348af9816http://www.librarything.com/venue/26139/Mrs-Dalloways<b>Saturday, May 3 (6:43 pm)</b> <p>[[Daphne Miller]], M.D. will be promoting [Farmacology]</p>cc539cd1c26243ea0cb5982f983dc091http://www.librarything.com/venue/3847/Book-Passage<b>Sunday, May 4 (1:00 pm)</b> <p>[[Helene Wecker]] will be promoting [The Golem and the Jinni]</p>5d3d03ad79ac63ad132f564a5172abb8http://www.librarything.com/venue/26139/Mrs-Dalloways<b>Sunday, May 4 (6:43 pm)</b> <p>[[Dana Sachs]] will be promoting [The Secret of the Nightingale Palace]</p>f89b6c941ff0a6e5c19f1713288e3634http://www.librarything.com/venue/3847/Book-Passage<b>Monday, May 5 (10:00 am)</b> <p>[[Chris Columbus]] will be promoting [House of Secrets]</p>670f371d885999adcc342e492bd3c16bhttp://www.librarything.com/venue/26139/Mrs-Dalloways<b>Monday, May 5 (4:00 pm)</b> <p>Joan Steinau Lester, Ed.D., is an award-winning journalist and author of four critically acclaimed books. Her writing has appeared in many newspapers and magazines, including Essence, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, and Cosmopolitan. She lives in Northern California.</p>f18532a49fc846b9324c1169240233c1http://www.librarything.com/venue/81356/STAGE-WERX-Theatre<b>Monday, May 5 (7:00 pm)</b> <p>[[Helene Wecker]] will be promoting [The golem and the jinni]</p>2ec4d7a4d8ffe162ce4fb617588887eehttp://www.librarything.com/venue/80930/MoMos-Restaurant<b>Thursday, May 8 (4:00 pm)</b> <p>John Lescroart is the author of more than twenty previous novels, including the New York Times bestsellers Damage, Treasure Hunt, and The 13th Juror. He lives in Northern California.</p>a082effad63adb9ce8c7ac3ee03d6231http://www.librarything.com/venue/82773/Needles-and-Pens<b>Thursday, May 8 (6:43 pm)</b> <p>[[Pete Jordan]] will be promoting [In the City of Bikes]</p>c0eae020aab5f9327f32c6f40a3b55d7http://www.librarything.com/venue/3444/Green-Apple-Books<b>Thursday, May 8 (6:43 pm)</b> <p>[[Kim Wong Keltner]] will be promoting [Tiger babies strike back]</p>5527dff71fa9651fc41693205a149bb2http://www.librarything.com/venue/19227/Rakestraw-Books<b>Thursday, May 8 (7:00 pm)</b> <p>[[Helene Wecker]] will be promoting [The golem and the jinni]</p>14f6f91ab650c0e6284c9378ad6c5ad2http://www.librarything.com/venue/35152/Omnivore-Books-on-Food<b>Monday, May 12 (6:43 pm)</b> <p>[[Daphne Miller]], M.D. will be promoting [Farmacology]</p>3ea52b4e36237378d9b0d476aa60b7a7http://www.librarything.com/venue/27059/Book-Passage<b>Tuesday, May 13 (6:43 pm)</b> <p>[[William Friedkin]] will be promoting [The Friedkin Connection]</p>f2acb4c6a25fadb58168e16921d40e88http://www.librarything.com/venue/27059/Book-Passage<b>Tuesday, May 13 (7:00 pm)</b> <p>Jaron Lanier is a scientist and musician best known for his work in Virtual Reality research, a term he coined and popularized. He lives in Berkeley, California.</p>8c4f1540f50749c8c7587fa93deb6c83http://www.librarything.com/venue/11751/Belmont-Library<b>Wednesday, May 14 (7:00 pm)</b> <p>[[Helene Wecker]] will be promoting [The Golem and the Jinni]</p>b035e245546ae250e07deae42ce9b2cehttp://www.librarything.com/venue/11751/Belmont-Library<b>Wednesday, May 14 (7:00 pm)</b> <p>[[Helene Wecker]] will be promoting [The golem and the jinni]</p>04c25a78a63a8cb5f40a2e7ac46c4201http://www.librarything.com/venue/82787/DNA-Lounge<b>Wednesday, May 14 (7:00 pm)</b> <p>Bess Lovejoy is a writer, researcher, and editor based in Seattle. She worked on the Schott's Almanac series for five years, and her writing has also appeared in The New York Times, The Believer, The Boston Globe, and elsewhere. Visit her at BessLovejoy.com.</p>d12cf61bd211e5e2c7aabb9ea09b2f6bhttp://www.librarything.com/venue/78863/The-Jewish-Community-Center-of-San-Francisco<b>Friday, May 16 (7:00 pm)</b> <p>Jaron Lanier is a scientist and musician best known for his work in Virtual Reality research, a term he coined and popularized. He lives in Berkeley, California.</p>edcdfdc49a5d074b306d6e678e15b5bbhttp://www.librarything.com/venue/33187/A-Great-Good-Place-for-Books<b>Friday, May 16 (7:00 pm)</b> <p>[[Helene Wecker]] will be promoting [The golem and the jinni]</p>eaa7b401e66e17ee443fe82fa4bb161chttp://www.librarything.com/venue/83418/New-People<b>Saturday, May 17 (7:30 pm)</b> <p>[[Vivek Bald]], <i>[Bengali Harlem and the lost histories of South Asian America]</i> Reading, signing, and screening of clips from film-in-progress, In Search of Bengali Harlem, New People Cinema</p>5bba1e54e64ca3ab49e4300b25d271c3http://www.librarything.com/venue/3847/Book-Passage<b>Sunday, May 18 (6:43 pm)</b> <p>[[Daphne Oz]] will be promoting Relish</p>258f63f79a4acefa35f4bf4bf1e65243http://www.librarything.com/venue/62774/City-Lights-Books<b>Wednesday, May 21 (7:00 pm)</b> <p>Jaron Lanier is a scientist and musician best known for his work in Virtual Reality research, a term he coined and popularized. He lives in Berkeley, California.</p>91a0df45ae3131c6f872aa88671976a7http://www.librarything.com/venue/71319/The-Booksmith<b>Wednesday, May 21 (7:30 pm)</b> <p>[[Joe Hill]] will be promoting [NOS4A2]</p>657bfbd948f9b134d83f7f88390b3deahttp://www.librarything.com/venue/3847/Book-Passage<b>Thursday, May 22 (7:00 pm)</b> <p>John Lescroart is the author of more than twenty previous novels, including the New York Times bestsellers Damage, Treasure Hunt, and The 13th Juror. He lives in Northern California.</p>6167be590603e584503ba0460e7f48c6http://www.librarything.com/venue/71668/Lafayette-Library-and-Learning-Center<b>Friday, May 23 (7:30 pm)</b> <p>John Lescroart is the author of more than twenty previous novels, including the New York Times bestsellers Damage, Treasure Hunt, and The 13th Juror. He lives in Northern California.</p>dfc0d048da642e944b2ba86a46dfd3dchttp://www.librarything.com/venue/27059/Book-Passage<b>Monday, May 26 (6:43 pm)</b> <p>[[Ethan Rutherford]] will be promoting [The Peripatetic Coffin and Other Stories]</p>e14706c8b8037bc9ca12d4d4bc0d09c6http://www.librarything.com/venue/7238/Books-Inc-in-Laurel-Village<b>Monday, May 26 (6:43 pm)</b> <p>[[Meg Donohue]] will be promoting [All the Summer Girls]</p>6f3634c16655327d7a3c4bffb534d9abhttp://www.librarything.com/venue/7238/Books-Inc-in-Laurel-Village<b>Tuesday, May 27 (6:43 pm)</b> <p>[[Meg Donohue]] will be promoting [All the Summer Girls]</p>d81bd0c982c19db67d2b5ae6f1a5a7f2http://www.librarything.com/venue/80849/Columbarium<b>Sunday, June 1 (2:00 pm)</b> <p>John Lescroart is the author of more than twenty previous novels, including the New York Times bestsellers Damage, Treasure Hunt, and The 13th Juror. He lives in Northern California.</p>c71a4d4fb1e8b1dbdb7146b44f82ee45http://www.librarything.com/venue/83017/RN74<b>Thursday, June 5 (6:00 pm)</b> <p>Porter Gale is an internationally known public speaker, networker, and entrepreneur with more than twenty years of experience working in marketing, advertising, and independent filmmaking. From 2007 to 2011, Porter was Vice President of Marketing at Virgin America. Prior to Virgin America, Porter was a consultant and held the post of general manager at Kirshenbaum Bond + Partners San Francisco. She was awarded the Changing the Game Award by the Advertising Women of New York (AWNY), was on AdAge’s Digital Hotlist, iMedia's Top 25-Digital Marketers, and named a Digital Passionista by The Huffington Post. She lives with her daughter in San Francisco. She is also a... Read full bio<br></p>f41e39ebdf0ca4d142a152ebd9edf663http://www.librarything.com/venue/46179/Books-Inc-on-Vermont<b>Thursday, June 5 (6:43 pm)</b> <p>Abigail Tarttelin is a twenty-four-year-old writer and actress. The book editor for Phoenix magazine in the UK, she lives in London.</p>0d01cbd086859a309c0bde3bfc884390http://www.librarything.com/venue/48327/Books-Inc-in-Berkeley<b>Thursday, June 5 (6:43 pm)</b> <p>[[Urban Waite]] will be promoting [The Carrion Birds]</p>37ef1ca6db857f518115333d8068e522http://www.librarything.com/venue/7231/Books-Inc-in-the-Castro<b>Thursday, June 5 (7:30 pm)</b> <p>Abigail Tarttelin is a writer, an actress, and the book editor for Phoenix magazine in the UK. She lives in London. Find out more at AbigailTarttelin.com.</p>71d324acea120dc6c1e945d9b40e0473http://www.librarything.com/venue/3847/Book-Passage<b>Friday, June 6 (7:00 pm)</b> <p>Porter Gale is an internationally known public speaker, networker, and entrepreneur with more than twenty years of experience working in marketing, advertising, and independent filmmaking. From 2007 to 2011, Porter was Vice President of Marketing at Virgin America. Prior to Virgin America, Porter was a consultant and held the post of general manager at Kirshenbaum Bond + Partners San Francisco. She was awarded the Changing the Game Award by the Advertising Women of New York (AWNY), was on AdAge’s Digital Hotlist, iMedia's Top 25-Digital Marketers, and named a Digital Passionista by The Huffington Post. She lives with her daughter in San Francisco. She is also a... Read full bio<br></p>cd93b6360e9015b380d72f57a6ff37e5http://www.librarything.com/venue/48327/Books-Inc-in-Berkeley<b>Friday, June 13 (7:00 pm)</b> <p>Daniel Smith is the author of Muses, Madmen, and Prophets and a contributor to The Atlantic, New York magazine, The New York Times Magazine, and Slate. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.</p>af7e5b008bb9ff48752de73f75b67b8dhttp://www.librarything.com/venue/3847/Book-Passage<b>Saturday, June 14 (6:43 pm)</b> <p>[[Kim Wong Keltner]] will be promoting [Tiger babies strike back]</p>227d7140954c6946031bb70b5d5721f1http://www.librarything.com/venue/3847/Book-Passage<b>Saturday, June 14 (7:00 pm)</b> <p>Daniel Smith is the author of Muses, Madmen, and Prophets and a contributor to The Atlantic, New York magazine, The New York Times Magazine, and Slate. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.</p>4070b26a389a7cc5faa9dd0a5b29f49ehttp://www.librarything.com/venue/83661/Sheraton-Fishermans-Wharf<b>Sunday, June 15 (12:00 pm)</b> <p>Tina Reber got her first library card at the age of four and, as the daughter of a small town librarian, books have always held a special place in her life. She lives in a suburb of Allentown, Pennsylvania with her husband and son who allow her to slip away into fictional worlds on a daily basis. Visit TinaReber.com.</p>db13f4d363d71713fdb7995e84bde576http://www.librarything.com/venue/82783/Sheraton-Fishermans-Wharf-Hotel<b>Sunday, June 15 (12:00 pm)</b> <p>Colleen Hoover is the New York Times bestselling author of Slammed, Point of Retreat, Hopeless, and This Girl. Colleen lives in Texas with her husband and their three boys. Please visit ColleenHoover.com.</p>9b2c0fde05c192514f1ea1edaccd82c2http://www.librarything.com/venue/8907/The-Commonwealth-Club-of-California<b>Wednesday, June 18 (6:00 pm)</b> <p>Jonathan Alter is a columnist for Bloomberg View and an analyst and contributing correspondent for NBC News and MSNBC. He is a former senior editor and columnist for Newsweek, where he worked twenty-eight years, writing more than fifty cover stories.... Read full bio<br></p>ab6bbf4b7c0ee855c10ccee9e794299chttp://www.librarything.com/venue/8907/The-Commonwealth-Club-of-California<b>Thursday, June 19 (6:30 pm)</b> <p>Porter Gale is an internationally known public speaker, networker, and entrepreneur with more than twenty years of experience working in marketing, advertising, and independent filmmaking. From 2007 to 2011, Porter was Vice President of Marketing at Virgin America. Prior to Virgin America, Porter was a consultant and held the post of general manager at Kirshenbaum Bond + Partners San Francisco. She was awarded the Changing the Game Award by the Advertising Women of New York (AWNY), was on AdAge’s Digital Hotlist, iMedia's Top 25-Digital Marketers, and named a Digital Passionista by The Huffington Post. She lives with her daughter in San Francisco. She is also a... Read full bio<br></p>4903c30dada285592d5aea96fe908ed8http://www.librarything.com/venue/3847/Book-Passage<b>Thursday, June 19 (7:00 pm)</b> <p>[[Philipp Meyer]] will be promoting [The Son]</p>4fff4125927e852e2eb9349583d70991http://www.librarything.com/venue/23348/BookShop-West-Portal<b>Friday, June 20 (7:00 pm)</b> <p>[[Philipp Meyer]] will be promoting [The Son]</p>eb5fcacda4526f0778c670f2cb1af0d7http://www.librarything.com/venue/37160/San-Francisco-Public-Library-West-Portal-Branch<b>Wednesday, June 25 (6:43 pm)</b> <p>[[Kim Wong Keltner]] will be promoting [Tiger babies strike back]</p>97464d6326dc7369cf504caa5c7a06cfhttp://www.librarything.com/venue/26139/Mrs-Dalloways<b>Friday, June 27 (7:30 pm)</b> fc12e64d403e9c56af8fe064f906b477http://www.librarything.com/venue/26139/Mrs-Dalloways<b>Friday, June 27 (7:30 pm)</b> 639ce56057b6a3f2ed16a94c665dc9f9http://www.librarything.com/venue/3847/Book-Passage<b>Saturday, June 28 (7:00 pm)</b> <p>[[Jeannette Walls]] was born in Phoenix, Arizona, and grew up in the southwest and Welch, West Virginia. She graduated from Barnard College and was a journalist in New York City for twenty years. Her memoir, The Glass Castle, has been a New York Times bestseller for more than five years. Walls lives in rural Virginia with her husband, the writer John Taylor.</p>ac54b1a7e35829558789cc7d41ae4d0dhttp://www.librarything.com/venue/27059/Book-Passage<b>Sunday, June 29 (6:43 pm)</b> <p>[[Jessica Anya Blau]] will be promoting [The Wonder Bread Summer]</p>b4e55f0c53f507a6ddff119c31dd816bhttp://www.librarything.com/venue/3847/Book-Passage<b>Friday, July 11 (7:00 pm)</b> <p>Sahar Delijani was born in Tehran's Evin Prison in 1983 and grew up in California, where she graduated from the University of California, Berkeley. Her work has been published in a broad spectrum of literary journals and publications, including The Battered Suitcase, Tryst, Slice Magazine, Prick of the Spindle, Perigee, Border Hopping, Berkeley Poetry Review, and Sangam Review. She was nominated for the 2010 and 2011 Pushcart Prize and was for a time a regular contributor to Iran-Emrooz (Iran of Today) Political and Cultural Journal. She makes her home with her husband in Turin, Italy. Children of the Jacaranda Tree is her first novel. Find out more at... Read full bio<br></p>d51c9185c419582d34e25c3d216413e9http://www.librarything.com/venue/57240/San-Mateo-Public-Library<b>Monday, July 14 (2:00 pm)</b> <p>Sahar Delijani was born in Tehran's Evin Prison in 1983 and grew up in California, where she graduated from the University of California, Berkeley. Her work has been published in a broad spectrum of literary journals and publications, including The Battered Suitcase, Tryst, Slice Magazine, Prick of the Spindle, Perigee, Border Hopping, Berkeley Poetry Review, and Sangam Review. She was nominated for the 2010 and 2011 Pushcart Prize and was for a time a regular contributor to Iran-Emrooz (Iran of Today) Political and Cultural Journal. She makes her home with her husband in Turin, Italy. Children of the Jacaranda Tree is her first novel. Find out more at... Read full bio<br></p>ba3d13c24fcce6a9e03d80b9b9486d03http://www.librarything.com/venue/33187/A-Great-Good-Place-for-Books<b>Saturday, July 19 (7:00 pm)</b> <p>Sahar Delijani was born in Tehran's Evin Prison in 1983 and grew up in California, where she graduated from the University of California, Berkeley. Her work has been published in a broad spectrum of literary journals and publications, including The Battered Suitcase, Tryst, Slice Magazine, Prick of the Spindle, Perigee, Border Hopping, Berkeley Poetry Review, and Sangam Review. She was nominated for the 2010 and 2011 Pushcart Prize and was for a time a regular contributor to Iran-Emrooz (Iran of Today) Political and Cultural Journal. She makes her home with her husband in Turin, Italy. Children of the Jacaranda Tree is her first novel. Find out more at... Read full bio<br></p>ec812fd205224bfd9af04a4e9fb449cbhttp://www.librarything.com/venue/71319/The-Booksmith<b>Wednesday, August 6 (7:30 pm)</b> <p>S.G. Browne is the author of Breathers, Fated, and Lucky Bastard, and the Breathers sequel I Saw Zombies Eating Santa Claus, as well as the eBook story collection Shooting Monkeys in a Barrel. He lives in San Francisco. Follow the author on Twitter... Read full bio<br></p>e35a308fc887b636d7d1d59f7f7295eahttp://www.librarything.com/venue/3538/Books-Inc-in-Alameda<b>Saturday, August 9 (7:00 pm)</b> <p>S.G. Browne is the author of Breathers, Fated, and Lucky Bastard, and the Breathers sequel I Saw Zombies Eating Santa Claus, as well as the eBook story collection Shooting Monkeys in a Barrel. He lives in San Francisco. Follow the author on Twitter... Read full bio<br></p>3595bc1ecce2aebd40e5133015c8acd4http://www.librarything.com/venue/33187/A-Great-Good-Place-for-Books<b>Saturday, August 16 (6:43 pm)</b> <p>Ellen Crosby is the author of six books in the Virginia wine country mystery series: The Viognier Vendetta, The Riesling Retribution, The Bordeaux Betrayal, The Chardonnay Charade, and The Merlot Murders. She also wrote Moscow Nights, a stand-alone... Read full bio<br></p>77b6ac69fbf2100887fb6326b48c53fbhttp://www.librarything.com/venue/3847/Book-Passage<b>Thursday, September 11 (7:00 pm)</b> <p>Katy Butler, a former finalist for a National Magazine Award, has written for The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, Vogue, and other publications. Her work is anthologized in The Best American Science Writing, The Best American Essays, and The Best Buddhist Writing. A winner of the “Science in Society” award from the National Association of Science Writers, she lives in northern California.</p>9b6ab33104c88f25698113226fbf8131http://www.librarything.com/venue/79144/Hillside-Club<b>Friday, September 12 (7:30 pm)</b> <p>Katy Butler, a former finalist for a National Magazine Award, has written for The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, Vogue, and other publications. Her work is anthologized in The Best American Science Writing, The Best American Essays, and The Best Buddhist Writing. A winner of the “Science in Society” award from the National Association of Science Writers, she lives in northern California.</p>4b4afdeb98aeef20dddca2a3aee2fd4ehttp://www.librarything.com/venue/3847/Book-Passage<b>Sunday, September 14 (12:00 pm)</b> <p>Kim Barnouin lives in California with her husband and son. Kim coauthored the #1 New York Times bestselling Skinny Bitch series, which includes such hit titles as Skinny Bitch, Skinny Bitch in the Kitch, Skinny Bastard, Skinny Bitch: Ultimate Everyday Cookbook, and Skinny Bitch Book of Vegan Swaps.</p>5fb025f305dba00a88fb13fcb0fdbb3dhttp://www.librarything.com/venue/3847/Book-Passage<b>Tuesday, September 16 (7:00 pm)</b> <p>Thomas Keneally began his writing career in 1964 and has published twenty-five novels since. They include Schindler’s List, which won the Booker Prize in 1982, The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith, Confederates, and Gossip from the Forest, all of which were shortlisted for the Booker Prize. He has also written several works of nonfiction, including his boyhood memoir Homebush Boy, The Commonwealth of Thieves, and Searching for Schindler. He is married with two daughters and lives in Sydney, Australia.</p>9e0c742ad7ba80d9c8e51315dd794832http://www.librarything.com/venue/78863/The-Jewish-Community-Center-of-San-Francisco<b>Thursday, October 23 (7:00 pm)</b> <p>Andrew Solomon is the author of the New York Times bestsellers Far from the Tree: Parents, Children, and the Search for Identity, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award, and The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression, a Pulitzer Prize finalist and winner of the 2001 National Book Award; and of the critically acclaimed novel A Stone Boat. He is a lecturer in psychiatry at Cornell University, and Special Advisor on LGBT affairs to the Yale School of Medicine’s Department of Psychiatry. His journalism appears frequently in The New Yorker, The New York Times, New York Magazine, Travel + Leisure, and Newsweek/The Daily Beast.</p>1270c9d5680e8c1b4c4b85edaa3745cb