San Francisco author K.M. Soehnlein has a new novel out, Robin and Ruby. Readers first met Robin MacKenzie almost nine years ago in Karl’s debut novel, The World of Normal Boys. In that book, which received the Lambda Literary Award, Robin was a 13-year-old child of the seventies attempting to find his place and his [...]
My friend Ben Fong-Torres will be at the Booksmith on Haight Street tonight at 7:30, talking about his new book, Grateful Dead Scrapbook: The Long, Strange Trip in Stories, Photos, and Memorabilia.
Also, read a terrific blog post here for Asian Connections in which Ben talks about Telling My Story, sparring with Pat Sajak, his [...]
Join me tonight at the Jewish Community Center in San Francisco for a conversation with Julia Glass, National Book Award-winning author of Three Junes, The Whole World Over, and I See You Everywhere. The event begins at 8:00. Details here.
Join me tonight at the Verdi Club in San Fran for the Litquake Goth Hop. A number of authors have been asked to channel our inner Satan and write short pieces for the evening; I’m working on mine as we speak. Naturally, I planned the outfit long before I even began thinking about the prose. [...]
If you think writers are full of it, this is the event to attend, because rarely does the evening end without at least one writer suffering some form of public humiliation. Tonight, I just hope it’s not me. To read more about the format and the chilling Death Match finale, go here.
Tonight’s Literary Death Match [...]
The Reporter Book Club, the city-wide book club of Vacaville, CA, will be discussing The Year of Fog tonight. I’ll be there to sign books at 6:30, followed by a reading and discussion.
The gathering takes place at the Vacaville Public Library-Cultural Center, 1020 Ulatis Drive. Books can be purchased in advance at Vacaville’s Bounty Books, [...]
I’ll be talking about THE YEAR OF FOG and NO ONE YOU KNOW today at Foothill College in Los Altos. Details here. This event is free and open to the public.
When: Noon
Where: Campus Center Student Lounge
Both books will be available for twenty percent off the cover price.
Join me tonight at Hemlock Tavern for the Litquake Nightclub event. Basically, this involves people like me getting rowdy. Doors open at 7:00, mayhem begins at 7:30. I’ll be kicking off the event…don’t be late! The event is free, which means you’ll have more money to buy Scotch. Which you’ll need, because Mickey Disend [...]
Stop by the Booksmith booth at the Cole Valley Street Fair in San Francisco today. My pal Andrew Foster Altschul (Lady Lazarus) and I will be there from noon to one, chatting about literary fiction (or whatever else you want to talk about) and recommending great books.
Where: Cole Street between Carl and Grattan
N Judah [...]
Last year’s Canteen Magazine launch party was swell fun. It’s happening again tomorrow night–Tues, Sept 9, 7-10 p.m. Come say hello to editor Sean Finney and hang out with the literati. Read excerpts from Issue 3 here.
WHERE:
Root Division gallery
3175 17th Street (at South Van Ness Ave.)
DONATION:
$10 gets you a copy of Issue 3, cocktails by [...]
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