LITERARY GUIDE
SUNDAY
Sarah Adler-Milstein, Scott Nova “Sewing Hope.” 3 p.m. East Bay Booksellers, 5433 College Ave., Oakland. www.ebbooksellers.com Robert Arnold “Shots of Knowledge: The Science of Whiskey.” 3 p.m. Omnivore Books, 3885 Cesar Chavez St., S.F. www.omnivorebooks.com Matt Damon “The Fall of General Custard, or the Overthrow of a Leftover.” 11 a.m. Books Inc., 1375 Burlingame Ave., Burlingame. www.booksinc.net Jackie Day “The Vegan Way.” 4 p.m. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. www.bookpassage.com Women’s National Book Association panel The San Francisco chapter of the WNBA celebrates the organization’s centennial. 1 p.m. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. www.bookpassage.com
MONDAY
Albert Flynn DeSilver “Writing as a Path to Awakening.” 7 p.m. Book Passage, 100 Bay St., Sausalito. www.bookpassage.com Barry Friedman, George Gascon, Jennifer Granick, Judge LaDoris Hazzard Cordell “Policing in America: Force.” 6:30 p.m. $8-$50. Commonwealth Club, 555 Post St., S.F. www.commonwealthclub.org Jeff Goodell “The Water Will Come.” 7-9 p.m. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. www.bookpassage.com Michael Meyer “The Road to Sleeping Dragon.” 6 p.m. $7-$20. Commonwealth Club, 555 Post St., S.F. www.commonwealthclub.org Karin Page, Andrew Dornenburg “Kitchen Creativity.” 6:30-7:30 p.m. Omnivore Books, 3885 Cesar Chavez St., S.F. www.omnivorebooks.com
TUESDAY
Carl C. Anthony “The Earth, the City, and the Hidden Narrative of Race.” 7:30 p.m. Green Apple Books on the Park, 1231 Ninth Ave., S.F. www.greenapplebooks.com Leslie Berlin “Troublemakers: Silicon Valley’s Coming of Age.” 7 p.m. Books Inc., 74 Town & Country Village, Palo Alto. www.booksinc.net Jessie Chaffee, Geoff Nicholson Chaffee’s “Florence in Ecstasy” and Nicholson’s “The Miranda.” 7 p.m. East Bay Booksellers, 5433 College Ave., Oakland. www.ebbooksellers.com Pratap Chatterjee, Khalil Bendib, Barry Eisler “Verax: The True History of Whistleblowers, Drone Warfare, and Mass Surveillance.” 6:30 p.m. $10$60. Commonwealth Club, 555 Post St., S.F. www.commonwealthclub.org Brian Dear “The Friendly Orange Glow.” 12:30 p.m. Book Passage S.F., One Ferry Building, S.F. www.bookpassage.com Tom Gauld, Mallory Ortberg “Baking With Kafka.” 7:30 p.m. Booksmith, 1644 Haight St., S.F. www.booksmith.com Jay Lewis Humphrey “The Day You Love Me.” 7 p.m. Books Inc., 1491 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley. www.booksinc.net Wendy MacNaughton, Sarah Rich Cipe Pineles’ “Leave Me Alone With the Recipes.” 6 p.m. $100. JCCSF, 3200 California St., S.F. www.jccsf.org/arts Barbara Jane Reyes “Invocation to Daughters.” 7 p.m. City Lights Bookstore, 261 Columbus Ave., S.F. www.citylights.com Alison Roman “Dining In.” 7:30 p.m. Mrs. Dalloway’s, 2904 College Ave., Berkeley. www.mrsdalloways.com Sarah Wachter-Boettcher “Technically Wrong.” 6 p.m. Book Passage, One Ferry Building, S.F. www.bookpassage.com
WEDNESDAY
Dan Buettner “The Blue Zones of Happiness.” 12 p.m. $7-$55. Commonwealth Club, 555 Post St., S.F. www.commonwealthclub.org Sandra Butler, Nan Fink Gefen “It Never Ends: Mothering Middle-Aged Daughters.” 7-8 p.m. A Great Good Place for Books, 6120 LaSalle Ave., Oakland. www.ggpbooks.com Pratap Chatterjee, Khalil Bendib “Verax.” 7 p.m. Books Inc., 1491 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley. www.booksinc.net Audrey Fielding “Salento by 5.” 6 p.m. Book Passage, One Ferry Building, S.F. www.bookpassage.com Freud’s Bar “Am I Awake or Am I Asleep,” presented by Michael Donner. 6:30-7:30 p.m. East Bay Booksellers, 5433 College Ave., Oakland. www.ebbooksellers.com Jeff Goodell, Marco Krapels, Katherine Mach, Greg Dalton “The Water Will Come.” 6:30 p.m. $7-$25. Commonwealth Club, 555 Post St., S.F. www.commonwealthclub.org Robert Haley, John Wick, Dana Gunders, Debbie Raphael “Climate Game Changer: How San Francisco’s Compost Could Heal the Planet.” 6 p.m. $0-$20. Commonwealth Club, 555 Post St., S.F. www.commonwealthclub.org John Hodgman, Adam Savage “Vacationland.” 7:30-9 p.m. $20-$35. Booksmith, 1644 Haight St., S.F. www.booksmith.com Obi Kaufman “The California Field Atlas.” 7:30 p.m. Mrs. Dalloway’s, 2904 College Ave., Berkeley. www.mrsdalloways.com Bokara Legendre, Jack Kornfield, Nina Wise “Not What I Expected.” 7 p.m. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. www.bookpassage.com Daniel Mendelsohn, Ayalet Waldman “An Odyssey.” 7 p.m. JCCSF, 3200 California St., S.F. www.jccsf.org/arts Karen Page “Kitchen Creativity.” 6 p.m. Book Passage, 100 Bay St., Sausalito. www.bookpassage.com Richard G. Robbins, Jr. “Overtaken by the Night: One Russian’s Journey Through Peace, War, Revolution and Terror.” 12:30 p.m. $15. Mechanics’ Institute, 57 Post St., S.F. www.milibrary.org Pat Thomas “Did It! From Yippie to Yuppie.” 7:30 p.m. Green Apple Books on the Park, 1231 Ninth Ave., S.F. www.greenapplebooks.com
THURSDAY
Donna Brazile, Audrey Cooper “The Hacking of an American Election.” 6:30-9 p.m. $10-$65. Marines’ Memorial Theatre, 609 Sutter St., S.F. www.commonwealthclub.org Jeffrey Eugenides, Steven Winn “Fresh Complaint.” 7:30 p.m. $29. Nourse Theatre, 275 Hayes St., S.F. (415) 392-4400. www.cityarts.net Jake Fuchs “Welcome, Scholar.” 7:30 p.m. Pegasus Books, 1855 Solano Ave., Berkeley. www.pegasusbookstore.com Robert H. Lustig “The Hacking of the American Mind.” 6 p.m. $7-$20. Commonwealth Club, 555 Post St., S.F. www.commonwealthclub.org Mohamed Owedah, Galie Galili “Combatants for Peace.” 7 p.m. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. www.bookpassage.com Anne Helen Petersen, Lili Loofbourow “Too Fat, Too Slutty, Too Loud.” 7 p.m. East Bay Booksellers, 5433 College Ave., Oakland. www.ebbooksellers.com Jason Shiga “Demon.” 7:30 p.m. Green Apple Books on the Park, 1231 Ninth Ave., S.F. www.greenapplebooks.com
Patrick J. Yam, Melissa Lim “Improving Sleep.” 6 p.m. $7-$20. Commonwealth Club, 555 Post St., S.F. www.commonwealthclub.org
FRIDAY
Iris Jamahl Dunkle “Interrupted Geographies.” 7 p.m. Copperfield’s Books, 138 N. Main St., Sebastopol. www.copperfieldsbooks.com Larry Habegger “The Soul of a Great Traveler.” 7 p.m. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. www.bookpassage.com Janet Fitch “Revolution of Marina M.” 12 p.m. $55. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. www.bookpassage.com Caille Millner, Zoe Samudzi, Rahawa Haile, Laura Frost, Davey Davis, Charlotte Shane “Bad Advice From Bad Women.” 7:30 p.m. Green Apple Books on the Park, 1231 Ninth Ave., S.F. www.greenapplebooks.com Alex Prud’homme, Katie Pratt “France Is a Feast: The Photographic Journey of Paul and Julia Child.” 6:30 p.m. Omnivore Books, 3885 Cesar Chavez St., S.F. www.omnivorebooks.com Jon Rankin “Running From the Sunrise.” 7 p.m. Copperfield’s Books, 999 Grant Ave., Novato. www.copperfieldsbooks.com
SATURDAY
Laurie Gelman “Class Mom.” 1 p.m. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. www.bookpassage.com Armistead Maupin “Logical Family.” 4-9 p.m. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. www.bookpassage.com Carol Sheldon “A Sleuth in the Haven.” 7 p.m. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. www.bookpassage.com Elias Weiss Fridman a.k.a. The Doggist “The Doggist Puppies.” 12 p.m. $30. JCCSF, 3200 California St., S.F. www.jccsf.org/arts Writers With Drinks Ben Loory, Stephen Elliott, Annalee Newitz, Maggie Shen King, Jen Gunter, Marvin K. White. 7:30-9:30 p.m. $5-$20. Makeout Room, 3225 22nd St., S.F. www.writerswithdrinks.com
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