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17 MAY 2026 — sunday

• Book Society presents "A Taste of the Land: Stories & Realities of Farming," an evening of conversation and farm fresh flavors with Jennifer Acker, Surrender, Andy Naja-Riese, CEO of the Agricultural Institute of Marin, and Tamara Hicks, Feast on the Farm, owner of Tomula Farms, Book Society, 2945 College Avenue, Berkeley, $45, members $30, 6:00-8:00 pm (www.booksociety.social/event-details/a-taste-of-the-land-stories-realities-of-farming)
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• Poetry Flash presents a poetry reading by Molly Fisk, Walking Wheel, a novel-in-verse, and poet and translator Francesca Bell, What Small Sound, Art House Gallery & Cultural Center, 2905 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, two blocks north of Ashby BART, refreshments, free, 3:00 pm PDT (poetryflash.org).
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• Green Apple Books presents National Geographic Explorer Krystle Hickman celebrating World Bee Day with her new book, The ABCs of California's Native Bees, featuring a discussion with Catherine Chang followed by a bee bioblitz in the Garden of Fragrance, offsite at the San Francisco Botanical Garden, 1199 9th Avenue, San Francisco, free with Garden admission (free for SF residents, veterans, Museums for All/EBT participants, and Gardens members), registration required, 11:00 am (Registration required: greenapplebooks.com/event/2026-05-17/offsite-abcs-californias-native-bees-book-talk-bioblitz)
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18 MAY 2026 — monday

• Green Apple Books presents award-winning author Patrick Cottrell celebrating his new novel, Afternoon Hours of a Hermit, an existential noir exploring the paradoxes of identity and memory, in conversation with Rita Bullwinkel and R.O. Kwon, in-store and on YouTube Live, Green Apple Books on 9th Avenue, 1231 9th Avenue, San Francisco, free, RSVP required, 7:00 pm (RSVP: greenapplebooks.com/event/2026-05-18/9th-ave-patrick-cottrell-rita-bullwinkel-and-ro-kwon)
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• City Lights and Alice James Books present award-winning poet Cole Swenson, reading from her new collection, Veer, both in-store and on Zoom, City Lights Books, 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco, free, registration required for Zoom, 7:00 pm PDT (www.eventbrite.com/e/cole-swenson-tickets-1979956665686?aff=oddtdtcreator, and citylights.com/events/cole-swenson)
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• Pegasus Books presents "Jazz Stories: Live Tunes & Tales," an evening of live music and anecdotes exploring the colorful lives of legends like Miles Davis, Charlie Parker, and Buddy Rich, Pegasus Books on Solano, 1855 Solano Avenue, Berkeley, free, pre-registration required (call: 510-525-6888), 7:00 pm (Pre-registration: pegasusbookstore.com/event/2026-05-18/jazz-stories-live-tunes-tales-pegasus-solano)
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19 MAY 2026 — tuesday

• Mrs. Dalloway's presents Oakland author Eva Des Lauriers launching her new young adult novel, I'm Gonna Get You Back, a contemporary second-chance love story, in conversation with Jenna Evans Welch, in-store, book signing to follow, Mrs. Dalloway's Bookstore, 2904 College Avenue, Berkeley, free, registration requested, 7:00 pm (Registration: www.eventbrite.com/e/eva-des-lauriers-im-gonna-get-you-back-in-store-launch-and-book-signing-tickets-1986550674544?aff=oddtdtcreator&utm_medium=email&utm_source=ctct)
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20 MAY 2026 — wednesday

• Green Apple Books presents acclaimed novelist Wesley Brown celebrating the release of Looking for Frank Wills: A Novel a reimagining of the life of the security guard who discovered the Watergate break-in, in conversation with Tonya M. Foster, in-store and on YouTube Live, Green Apple Books on 9th Avenue, 1231 9th Avenue, San Francisco, free, RSVP required, 7:00 pm (RSVPgreenapplebooks.com/event/2026-05-20/9th-ave-wesley-brown-tonya-m-foster)
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• Mrs. Dalloway's presents a celebration of the late Clare Cooper Marcus and the release of her posthumous memoir, Groundbreaking: My Unmapped Path as an Academic, Mother and Gardener, featuring Wendy Sarkissian, Lynne Elizabeth, and Lucy Marcus, in-store, Mrs. Dalloway's Bookstore, 2904 College Avenue, Berkeley, free, registration requested, 7:00 pm (Registration: www.eventbrite.com/e/celebrate-clare-cooper-marcus-and-her-book-groundbreaking-tickets-1988132893002?aff=ebdsoporgprofile&utm_medium=email&utm_source=ctct)
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21 MAY 2026 — thursday

• Mrs. Dalloway's presents Ayelet Waldman discussing her new novel of love and class in nineteenth-century England, A Perfect Hand, in conversation with novelist Michael Chabon, in-store, book signing to follow, Mrs. Dalloway's Bookstore, 2904 College Avenue, Berkeley, free, registration requested, 7:00 pm PDT (Registration: www.eventbrite.com/e/ayelet-waldmans-a-perfect-hand-in-store-event-and-book-signing-tickets-1987425724843?aff=oddtdtcreator&utm_medium=email&utm_source=ctct)
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22 MAY 2026 — friday

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23 MAY 2026 — saturday

• Mrs. Dalloway's presents local bestseller Adam Mansbach sharing the latest installment in his profane series, Go The F*ck To College, in conversation with Peggy Orenstein, in-store, book signing to follow, Mrs. Dalloway's Bookstore, 2904 College Avenue, Berkeley, free, registration requested, 7:00 pm (Registration: www.eventbrite.com/e/adam-mansbachs-go-the-fck-to-college-in-store-event-and-book-signing-tickets-1985649419867?aff=oddtdtcreator&utm_medium=email&utm_source=ctct)
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• Sacramento Poetry Alliance presents Indigo Moor, Poet Laureate Emeritus of Sacramento, sharing his fifth collection, Reconstructing Eden: A Southern Bastard's Lyric Journey, a memoir-in-verse exploring inheritance and healing through a "jazz triptych" form, with poet and pianist Valdez Hill, whose artistic practice weaves sound and language into a single expressive voice, open mic to follow, Musiclandria, 808 O Street, Sacramento, 6:00 pm (sacramentopoetryalliance.com)
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• City Lights and Verso Books present Trevor Paglen presenting his new book, How To See Like A Machine: Images After AI, on Zoom, free, registration required, 11:00 am PDT (www.eventbrite.com/e/trevor-paglen-how-to-see-like-a-machine-images-after-ai-tickets-1982667454729?aff=oddtdtcreator, and citylights.com/events/trevor-paglen-how-to-see-like-a-machine-images-after-ai)
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24 MAY 2026 — sunday

• "Words, blue flowers streaming…" presents poetry and music to celebrate spring in the garden, poetry written by Jaime Robles for the event will be sung and spoken, with voice and bird whistle, with Gael Alcock, cello and voice, Nancy Beckman, shakuhachi, double ocarina, and voice, and Tom Bickley, recorders and voice; a selection of short instrumental works for recorder and cello by Thomas Morley and Gael Alcock, and solos for shakuhachi, recorder, and cello will begin the afternoon, conversation and refreshments to follow, at The Tiger Garage Garden, a private studio, South Berkeley, near Ashby BART, location provided when you reserve a seat by emailing Tom Bickley, free, limited seating, reserve early, 3:00 pm (Reservation required, please email Tom Bickley, tbickley@gmail.com)
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25 MAY 2026 — monday

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26 MAY 2026 — tuesday

• City Lights and Human Rights First present Joshua Colangelo-Bryan discussing his new book, Through The Gates of Hell: American Injustice at Guatanamo Bay, in-store and on Zoom, City Lights Books, 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco, free, registration required, 7:00 pm PDT (www.eventbrite.com/e/joshua-colangelo-bryan-through-the-gates-of-hell-tickets-1982668835860?aff=oddtdtcreator, and citylights.com/events/joshua-colangelo-bryan-through-the-gates-of-hell-american-injustice-at-guatanamo-bay)
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• Mrs. Dalloway's presents writer and musician Alicia Jo Rabins sharing her new memoir, When We're Born We Forget Everything, a journey of spiritual self-invention and feminist awakening, in conversation with Rabbi Adina Allen, in-store, book signing to follow, Mrs. Dalloway's Bookstore, 2904 College Avenue, Berkeley, free, registration requested, 7:00 pm (Registration: www.eventbrite.com/e/alicia-jo-rabins-when-were-born-we-forget-everything-in-store-event-tickets-1986746582510?aff=oddtdtcreator&utm_medium=email&utm_source=ctct)
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• Join the first meeting of Book Society's new Tough and Tannic Book Club, to discuss Walter Mosley's Gray Down: An Easy Rawlins Mystery, and other detectives and plots, with refreshments, Book Society, 2945 College Avenue, Berkeley, $30, members $15, 6:30-8:00 pm (www.booksociety.social/event-details/the-tough-tannic-book-club-gray-dawn)
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27 MAY 2026 — wednesday

• Pegasus Books presents "Lyrics & Dirges," a monthly reading series curated by East Bay poets MK Chavez and Sharon Coleman featuring a mix of prominent and emerging voices from the Bay Area literary community, Pegasus Books Downtown, 2349 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, free, 7:00 pm (pegasusbookstore.com/event/2026-05-27/lyrics-dirges-monthly-poetry-series)
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• City Lights and Melville House present Jeremy Lent, presenting his new book, Ecocivilization: Making a World that Works for All, both in-store and on Zoom, City Lights Books, 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco, free, registration required for Zoom, 7:00 pm PDT (www.eventbrite.com/e/jeremy-lent-ecocivilization-making-a-world-that-works-for-all-tickets-1982670686395?aff=oddtdtcreator, and citylights.com/events/jeremy-lent-ecocivilization-making-a-world-that-works-for-all)
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• Green Apple Books presents Paige Lewis celebrating their debut novel, Canon, a profoundly heartfelt and humorous epic following two unlikely heroes on quests for divine favor, in conversation with fiction writer Karen Russell, in-store and on YouTube Live, Green Apple Books on 9th Avenue, 1231 9th Avenue, San Francisco, free, RSVP required, 7:00 pm (RSVP: greenapplebooks.com/event/2026-05-27/9th-ave-paige-lewis-karen-russell).
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• Mrs. Dalloway's presents Gwenyth Reitz discussing her debut young adult supernatural romcom, You're Dead To Me, Reed Walker, in conversation with Eva Des Lauriers, in-store, book signing to follow, Mrs. Dalloway's Bookstore, 2904 College Avenue, Berkeley, free, registration requested, 6:30 pm PDT (Registration: www.eventbrite.com/e/gwenyth-reitz-youre-dead-to-me-reed-walker-in-store-event-for-teens-tickets-1984142135539?aff=ebdsoporgprofile&utm_medium=email&utm_source=ctct)
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28 MAY 2026 — thursday

• Mrs. Dalloway's presents environmental writer Jennie Durant sharing her new book, Bitter Honey: Big Ag's Threat to Bees and the Fight to Save Them, in conversation with Mary Volmer, in-store, book signing to follow, Mrs. Dalloway's Bookstore, 2904 College Avenue, Berkeley, free, registration requested, 7:00 pm (www.eventbrite.com/e/jennie-durants-bitter-honey-in-store-event-and-book-signing-tickets-1986742393982?aff=oddtdtcreator&utm_medium=email&utm_source=ctct)
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29 MAY 2026 — friday

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30 MAY 2026 — saturday

• Green Apple Books presents an Audiobook Walk hosted by Libro.fm, a community walk through Golden Gate Park followed by snacks, coffee, and merch at the bookstore, meet at Green Apple Books on 9th Avenue, 1231 9th Avenue, San Francisco, free, RSVP required, Noon (greenapplebooks.com/event/2026-05-30/9th-ave-audiobook-walk-librofm)
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31 MAY 2026 — sunday

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