Book events

Holloway Reading Series: Mary Szybist: 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 22, free, UC Berkeley, Hearst Field Annex, Room D37 (off Bancroft Way), Berkeley, (510) 642-3467, www.hollowayreadingseries.wordpress.com

Apogee Press presents readings by three of its authors, Pattie McCarthy (“Quiet Book”), Denise Newman (“Wild Goods”) and Laura Walker (“Story”). 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 22, Moe’s Books, 2476 Telegraph Ave., Berkeley, free. www.moesbooks.com

Snack Bar Collective releases issue 2, “Gross,” with readings by contributing authors Amy Berkowitz, Tom Comitta, Carrie Hunter, Claire Moshenberg, Matthew Monte, George Pfau and Sable Sullivan. 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 22, Alley Cat Books, 3036 24th St., S.F., free. www.facebook.com/events/1764395033834887

Juan Gabriel Vasquez reads from his novel “Reputations.” 7:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 23, Green Apple Books on the Park, 1231 Ninth Ave., S.F., free. www.greenapplebooks.com

Local poets and artists pay homage to poet and art writer Bill Berkson with readings, stories and farewells. 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 24, McRoskey Mattress Co., 1687 Market St., S.F., free. http://poetry. sfsu.edu/events/29009-bill-berkson-memorial-tribute

Tom Comitta returns from Los Angeles to read from his novel “The City of Nature” as part of the closing of his residency at Little Paper Planes. 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 24, Minnesota Street Projects, 1275 Minnesota St., S.F., free. www.facebook.com/events/679720562177251