Notable San Francisco

Wednesday 4/20: National Book Award finalist Paolo Bacigalupi reads from The Water Knife, “a near-future thriller about climate change and drought in the southwestern United States.” Free, 7:30 p.m., Pegasus Books…

Wednesday 4/13: If the South Bay is foreign territory to you, tonight might be a good night to check out the Center for Literary Arts at San Jose State, where the…

Wednesday 4/6: UC Berkeley’s Holloway Reading series presents Anna Moschovakis. Free, 6:30 p.m., Wheeler Hall, UC Berkeley. Memoirist Augusten Burroughs (Lust & Wonder) reads in the Castro. Free, 7 p.m., Books,…

Wednesday 3/30: Helen McDonald (H is for Hawk and Shaleer’s Fish: Poems) will appear at Dominican University, presented by Book Passage. If you haven’t yet visited Dominican University, you will find…

Wednesday 3/23: The MFA Reading Series at the University of San Francisco presents Louise Glück. Free, 7:45 p.m., University of San Francisco. Galeria de la Raza’s Lunada Literary Lounge helps to keep…

Wednesday 3/16: Shobha Rao, a 2014 winner of the Katherine Anne Porter Prize for Fiction, will celebrate the release of her debut short story collection, An Unrestored Woman, at City Lights.…

Wednesday 3/9: Passages On The Lake presents a lineup that includes a rare featured reading by John Panzer, a gay man with AIDS whose painfully honest memoir and poetry detailing his…

Wednesday 3/2: Pandemonium Press presents it usual First Wednesday event, this month featuring Lucille Lang-Day, Paul Corman-Roberts, Tony Press, and Missy Church. Free, 6:45 p.m., Spice Monkey. Thursday 3/3: Ned Buskirk hosts…

Wednesday 2/24: UC Berkeley’s Holloway Series presents Simone White. The monthly Holloway series is always a special event, and who doesn’t enjoy the UCB campus and a little time well-spent in…

Wednesday 2/17: Lyrics and Dirges continues its first Wednesday readings in Berkeley, featuring Alexandra Kostoulas, Sean Labrador y Manzano, Tamim Ansary, Kim Shuck, and Lucille Lang Day. Free, 7:30 p.m., Pegasus Books. Thursday 2/18: Indefatigable organizer Sean Labrador y…

Wednesday 2/10: WTF?! Infamous and courageous Russian punk band Pussy Riot will be at the Warfield tonight, presented by (and in conversation with) Bay Area expatriate Russian novelist and arts activist…

Wednesday 2/3: Passages On The Lake presents its 21st edition with Joe Loya, Brenda Usher-Carpino, Terry Taplin, Kelechi Ubozoh, and Nick Johnson, plus musician Lake Lady. Free, 7 p.m., The Terrace…