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20 OCTOBER 2018 — saturday
CENTRAL:- Litquake Lit Crawl reading, "Birds of Paradise, Feather Press: Phase 2," featuring San Francisco Poet Laureate Kim Shuck, Jennifer Barone, Raina J. León, Saeeda Hafiz, Sarah Kobrinsky, hosted by Ingrid Keir, Wildhawk, 19th Street, San Francisco, 6:30 (www.litquake.org)
21 OCTOBER 2018 — sunday
22 OCTOBER 2018 — monday
CENTRAL:- Poetry Express presents a reading by Andrew J. Thomas, open mic, hosted by Gary Turchin, Himalayan Flavors, 1585 University Avenue, Berkeley, free, 7:00-9:00 (poetryexpressberkeley.com)
23 OCTOBER 2018 — tuesday
24 OCTOBER 2018 — wednesday
CENTRAL:- American biographer, literary, art and film critic Jeffrey Meyers presents Resurrections: Authors, Heroes, and a Spy, portraits of writers and artists including Ian Watt, Paul Theroux, James Salter, and Anthony Blunt, to reserve your seat, purchase a copy of the book by speaking to a bookseller or ordering via website, Mrs. Dalloway's Literary & Garden Arts, 2904 College Avenue, Berkeley, reserved seating, 7:30 (510/704-8222, www.mrsdalloways.com)
25 OCTOBER 2018 — thursday
CENTRAL:- Pulitzer Prize journalist Fox Butterfield, author of China: Alive in the Bitter Sea which one the National Book Award, presents In My Father's House: A New View of How Crime Runs in the Family, a path breaking examination of our huge crime and incarceration problem that looks at the influence of the family, specifically one Oregon family with a generations-long legacy of lawlessness; to reserve your seat, purchase a copy of the book by speaking to a bookseller or ordering via website, Mrs. Dalloway's Literary & Garden Arts, 2904 College Avenue, Berkeley, reserved seating, 7:30 (510/704-8222, www.mrsdalloways.com)
26 OCTOBER 2018 — friday
27 OCTOBER 2018 — saturday
CENTRAL:- Leif Enger celebrates the publication of his new novel, Virgil Wander, there will be a special screening of Cinema Paradiso in connection with the reading and signing, buy your tickets, with or without book, through Eventbrite or at Mrs. Dalloway's Literary & Garden Arts, additional copies of the book and Peace Like a River will be for sale at the event, Rialto Cinemas Elmwood, 2966 College Avenue, Berkeley, tickets on Eventbrite, 11:00 a.m. (510/704-8222, www.mrsdalloways.com, www.eventbrite.com/e/mrs-dalloways-hosts-leif-enger-tickets-48929794332)
28 OCTOBER 2018 — sunday
CENTRAL:- Poetry Flash presents a celebration for America, We Call Your Name, the new Sixteen Rivers anthology, with an all-star contributors reading by Susan Griffin, Forrest Hamer, Chiyuma Elliott, Dawn McGuire, Matthew Zapruder, Peter Dale Scott, and Don Stang, wheelchair accessible, East Bay Booksellers (formerly Diesel), 5433 College Avenue, Oakland, 3:00 (510/653-9965, ebbooksellers.com)
29 OCTOBER 2018 — monday
30 OCTOBER 2018 — tuesday
31 OCTOBER 2018 — wednesday
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