Notable San Francisco: 7/18–7/24
Wednesday 7/18: Lyrics & Dirges: A monthly reading series. Free, 7:30 p.m., Pegasus Books (Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley).
Poetry with Jane Gregory and Claire Marie Stancek. Free, 7 p.m., Mrs. Dalloway’s Books (Berkeley).
Christina Alger reads from her new novel The Banker’s Wife. Free, 11:30 a.m., Town Centre Books (Pleasanton).
Heather June Gibbons reads from her new poetry collection Her Mouth as Souvenir. Free, 7:30 p.m., The Bindery (SF).
Kelli María Korducki discusses her new book Hard to Do: The Surprising Feminist History of Breaking Up. Free, 7:30 p.m., Green Apple Books on the Park (SF).
Thursday 7/19: AfroSurreal reading series hosted by D. Scot Miller. Free, 5:30 p.m., Octopus Literary Salon (Oakland).
InsideStorytime: Hubrility. Free, 7 p.m., Octopus Literary Salon (Oakland).
Richard Rhodes reads from his new book Energy. Free, 7 p.m., Bookshop Santa Cruz.
Marin Poetry Center presents their Summer Traveling Show. Free, 7 p.m., O’Hanlon Center for the Arts (Mill Valley).
Poetry Flash presents Elizabeth Cooperman and Thomas Walton. Free, 7:30 p.m., Moe’s Books (Berkeley).
Mechanics’ Institute presents a discussion with Mujeres Muralistas. $10, 6 p.m., California Historical Society (SF).
Friday 7/20: Release party for Ash Tré Phillips’s The World Has a Timestamp and So Do I. Free, 7 p.m., Alley Cat Books (SF).
San Francisco Art Book Fair. Free, 7/20–22 (see link for event times), Minnesota Street Project (SF).
Saturday 7/21: Bridget Quinn reads from her new book Broad Strokes: 15 Women Who Made Art and Made History (In That Order). $10, 7 p.m., O’Hanlon Center for the Arts (Mill Valley).
San Francisco Zine Fest presents a pop up zine fest and reading. Free, 3 p.m., Alley Cat Books (SF).
Book release and pinball party for Mark Leidner’s Under the Sea. Free with RSVP, 7 p.m., Free Gold Watch (SF).
Sunday 7/22: SF in SF presents Paul Park and Terry Bisson. Free, 6:30 p.m., American Bookbinders Museum (SF).
Monday 7/23: Rachel Heng discusses her new novel, Suicide Club, with Ingrid Rojas Contreras. Free, 7:30 p.m., Green Apple Books on the Park (SF).
Bay Area Generations #59: Literary Salon+Reading. Free, 7:30 p.m., The Bindery (SF).
Artists and activists Kate Schatz and Miriam Klein Stahl reads from their new book Rad Girls Can. Free, 7 p.m., Bookshop Santa Cruz.
The Racket #21: Nature. Free, 7 p.m., Adobe Books & Arts Cooperative (SF).
Tuesday 7/24: Perfectly Queer presents a reading with Nick White and friends. Free, 7 p.m., Dog Eared Books (Castro Street, SF).
Hot Summer Nights with Redwood Writers. Free, 7 p.m., Copperfield’s Books (Santa Rosa).
Litquake’s Comfort Lit presents On Doing Nothing: Finding Inspiration in Idleness. Free, 11:30 a.m., Mechanics’ Institute Library (SF).
Matthew Zapruder in conversation with Larry Rosen and Bridget Quinn for My Favorite Book podcast. Free, 6 p.m., Koret Auditorium (San Francisco Public Library).
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