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28 AUGUST 2026 — friday

• An Evening of Poetry & Piano featuring Forrest Gander, Pulitzer Prize-winner, reading his work with live improvisation by acclaimed pianist Awadagin Pratt on a Steinway Model B, joining the collaboration by "electric screen" will be Booker Prize-winner Mr. Shehan Karunatilaka, presented by Homekey, 116 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, arrive early, wine tasting with Sommelier James Mobbley and light refreshments will start at 5:30 pm, the program begins promptly, free, 6:00 pm-7:30 pm (Free tickets at Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.com/e/poetry-piano-an-evening-with-forrest-gander-and-awadagin-pratt-tickets-1993637944760)
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• Mechanics' Institute Library presents "How to Find Your Next Read," a class taught by a librarian on the tricks and techniques used to discover and recommend books, including how to use library resources to find new books and authors, use advanced search techniques to use in library catalogs, and how to discover community-based resources online to find like-minded readers, Library Third Floor Classrooms, Mechanics' Institute, 57 Post Street, San Francisco, $5, free for members, 3:00 pm-4:00 pm (www.milibrary.org/events/35874)
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• Green Apple Books, Diasporic Vietnamese Artists Network, and San Francisco Public Library present a reading by Cindy Pham, designer, in conversation with Aimee Phan, The Lost Queen, YA author and National Endowment for the Arts fellow, Green Apple Books on the Park 9th Avenue, 1231 9th Avenue, San Francisco, free, donations welcome, 7:00 pm (RSVP requested: greenapplebooks.com/event/2026-08-28/9th-ave-dvan-presents-cindy-pham-aimee-phan)
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• Book Soup, Gabrielle Tana, and Katerina Tana present Dan Tana's new memoir Everybody Came to Tana's: An American Dream Come True, book signing to follow, signed copies also available to order prior to event, Book Soup, 8818 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, free, 7:00 pm (booksoup.com/event/2026-08-28/gabrielle-tana-katarina-tana)
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• Vroman's Bookstore presents Yance Wyatt discussing and signing his new novel, The Watersmith, Vroman's Bookstore, 695 East Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, free, 7:00 pm (vromansbookstore.com/event/2026-08-28/yance-wyatt-discusses)
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29 AUGUST 2026 — saturday

• Book Soup and FalconINK celebrate the release of FalconINK's first two novellas, Hard Ball by Riley Parks and Wild Game: Open Season by Riley Parks and Ben Rush, book signing to follow, signed copies also available to order prior to event, Book Soup, 8818 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, free, 7:00 pm (booksoup.com/event/2026-08-29/falconink-presents-hard-ball-and-wild-game-open-season)
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• Fourth Saturdays Poetry at the Claremont Library presents a reading by Anna Zumbahlen, poet and educator, and Serena Chopra, poet and multidisciplinary artist, Helen Renwick Library, 208 North Harvard Avenue, Claremont, free, 2:00 pm (www.claremontlibrary.org/monthly-poetry-readings.html)
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30 AUGUST 2026 — sunday

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31 AUGUST 2026 — monday

• Mrs. Dalloway's Bookstore presents Chloe Benjamin, winner of the Edna Ferber Fiction Book Award, celebrating her new novel, Under Story, in conversation with Kirsten Chen, book signing to follow, Mrs. Dalloway's Bookstore, 2904 College Avenue, Berkeley, free, pre-event reception at 6:15 pm, event 7:00 pm (RSVP requested: mrsdalloways.com/event/2026-08-31/chloe-benjamins-under-story-launch-event)
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• Skylight Books presents Adam O. Davis, winner of the Kathryn A. Morton Poetry Prize and host of the podcast Poetry Goes to the Movies, celebrating his new collection Pyrrhic Symphony, winner of the Raz/Shumaker Prairie Schooner Book Prize in Poetry, in conversation with Katie Ford, finalist for the LA Times Book Prize and the Rilke Prize, Skylight Books, 1818 North Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, free, 7:00 pm (RSVP requested: skylightbooks.com/event/2026-08-31/adam-o-davis-w-katie-ford-pyrrich-symphony)
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• Vroman's Bookstore presents journalist Sam Quinones discussing and signing his new photojournalism book, Our Lady of the Angels: The Virgin of Guadalupe on the Walls of Los Angeles, Vroman's Bookstore, 695 East Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, free, 7:00 pm (vromansbookstore.com/event/2026-08-31/sam-quinones)
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