LITERARY GUIDE
SUNDAY
Kat Kronenberg “Dream Big.” 11 a.m. Books Inc., 1375 Burlingame Ave., Burlingame. (650) 685-4911. www.booksinc.net.
Evelyn Volker “Venetian Blood.” 3 p.m. Diesel, 5433 College Ave., Oakland. (510) 653-9965. www.dieselbookstore.com.
MONDAY
Matthew Felix “A Voice Beyond Reason.” 7 p.m. Adobe Books 3130 24th St., S.F. (415) 864-3936. www.adobebooks.com.
Megan Nolan “Living Love: The Yoga of Yama & Niyama.” 6 p.m. Book Passage, One Ferry Building, S.F. (415) 835-1020. www.bookpassage.com.
Karin Slaughter “The Good Daughter.” 7 p.m. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. (415) 927-0960. www.bookpassage.com.
TUESDAY
Nancy Boyarsky “The Bequest.” 7 p.m. Books Inc., 74 Town & Country Village, Palo Alto. (650) 321-0600. www.booksinc.net.
John Burley “The Quiet Child.” 7 p.m. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. (415) 927-0960. www.bookpassage.com.
Steven M. Druker “How the Health Risks of GMOs Have Been Underestimated and Misrepresented.” 6 p.m. $7-$20. Commonwealth Club, 555 Post St., S.F. (415) 597-6705. www.commonwealthclub.org.
Kevin Faulconer “The New California Republicans.” 6:30 p.m. $8-$35. Commonwealth Club, 555 Post St., S.F. (415) 597-6705. www.commonwealthclub.org.
Al Franken “Giant of the Senate.” 7:30 p.m. Nourse Theatre, 275 Hayes St., S.F. (415) 392-4400. www.cityarts.net.
Scott Kildall “Art Thinking + Technology: A Personal Journey of Expanding Space and Time.” 6:30 p.m. $25-$100. The Interval, Fort Mason Center, 2 Marina Blvd., S.F. (415) 561-6582. www.theinterval.org.
Chris Mavraedis “Falling in Love With Baseball.” 12:30 p.m. Free-$15. Mechanics’ Institute, 57 Post St., S.F. (415) 393-0100. www.milibrary.org.
Danzy Senna “New People.” 6 p.m. Book Passage, One Ferry Building, S.F. (415) 835-1020. www.bookpassage.com. Margaret Wilkerson Sexton “A Kind of Freedom.” 7 p.m. Diesel, 5433 College Ave., Oakland. (510) 6539965. www.dieselbookstore.com. Jessica Taylor, Stephanie Garber “A Map for Wrecked Girls.” 7 p.m. Kepler’s Books and Magazines, 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park. (650) 324-4321. www.keplers.com. Judd Winick “HiLo.” 1 p.m. Books Inc., 2251 Chestnut St., S.F. (415) 9313633. www.booksinc.net.
WEDNESDAY
John Bateson “The Education of a Coroner.” 7 p.m. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. (415) 927-0960. www.bookpassage.com. Sylvia Brownrigg “Pages for Her.” Books Inc., 74 Town & Country Village, Palo Alto. (650) 321-0600. www.booksinc.net. John Burley “The Quiet Child.” 7 p.m. Books Inc., 301 Castro St., Mountain View. (650) 4285-1234. www.booksinc.net. Tyler Gage “Fully Alive: Using the Lessons of the Amazon to Live Your Mission in Business and Life.” 7 p.m. Books Inc., 1491 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley. (510) 525-7777. www.booksinc.net. Jarett Kobek “The Future Won’t Be Long.” 7:30 p.m. Booksmith, 1644 Haight St., S.F. (415) 863-8688. www.booksmith.com. Lyrics & Dirges Vernon Keeve III, Julie Thi Underhill, Julian Mithra, Arisa White, Joshua Escobar, Thea Matthews and Lark Omura are featured. 7:30 p.m. Pegasus Books Downtown, 2349 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley. (510) 649-1320. www.pegasusbookstore.com. Josh Marshall “From Head Shops to Whole Foods: The Rise and Fall of Activist Entrepreneurs.” 7 p.m. Diesel, 5433 College Ave., Oakland. (510) 653-9965. www.dieselbookstore.com. Tom Perrotta “Mrs. Fletcher.” 6 p.m. Book Passage, One Ferry Building, S.F. (415) 835-1020. www.bookpassage.com. Jaimal Yogis “Saltwater Buddha” and “All our Waves Are Water.” 6:30 p.m. Diesel, 2419 Larkspur Landing Circle, Larkspur. (415) 785-8177. www.dieselbookstore.com.
THURSDAY
Anita Barrows, Zach Wyner “What We Never Had.” 7:30 p.m. Pegasus Books Downtown, 2349 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley. (510) 649-1320. www.pegasusbookstore.com. Chiara Barzina “Things That Happened Before the Earthquake.” 7:30 p.m. Green Apple Books on the Park, 1231 Ninth Ave., S.F. (415) 742-5833. www.greenapplebooks.com. Joshua Davis “From Head Shops to Whole Foods: The Rise and Fall of Activist Entrepreneurs.” 6 p.m. Book Passage, One Ferry Building, S.F. (415) 835-1020. www.bookpassage.com. James Forman Jr., Angie Coiro “Locking Up Our Own.” 7:30 p.m. Kepler’s Books and Magazines, 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park. (650) 324-4321. www.keplers.com. Tyler Gage “Fully Alive: Using the Lessons of the Amazon to Live Your Mission in Business and Life.” 7 p.m. Books Inc., 317 Castro St., Mountain View. www.booksinc.net. Robert F. Garratt “Home Team: The Turbulent History of the San Francisco Giants.” 7 p.m. Books Inc., 74 Town & Country Village, Palo Alto. (650) 321-0600. www.booksinc.net. Beth Greer “Good Health Starts In Your Home.” 6 p.m. $7-$20. Commonwealth Club, 555 Post St., S.F. (415) 597-6705. www.commonwealthclub.org. Danya Kukafka, Val Brelinski “Girl in Snow.” 7:30 p.m. Booksmith, 1644 Haight St., S.F. (415) 863-8688. www.booksmith.com. Mimi Pond “The Customer Is Always Wrong.” 7 p.m. Starline Social Club, 2236 Martin Luther King Jr. Way, Oakland. www.pegasusbookstore.com. Emily Sparks “My Life: But I Digress.” 7 p.m. A Great Good Place for Books, 6120 LaSalle Ave., Oakland. (510) 339-8210. www.ggpbooks.com. Christine Evelyn Volker “Venetian Blood: Murder in a Sensuous City.” 6 p.m. Books Inc., 601 Van Ness Ave., S.F. (415) 776-1111. www.booksinc.net.
FRIDAY
Tyler Gage “Fully Alive: Using the Lessons of the Amazon to Live Your Mission in Business and Life.” 7 p.m. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. (415) 927-0960. www.bookpassage.com. Linnea Hartsuyker “The HalfDrowned King.” 7 p.m. Copperfield’s Books, 140 Kentucky St., Petaluma. (707) 762-0563. www.copperfieldsbooks.com. Joe Konte “Giants vs. Dodgers: The Coast-to-Coast History of the Rivalry Heard ’Round the World.” 7 p.m. Copperfield’s Books, 775 Village Ct., Santa Rosa. (707) 578-8938. www.copperfieldsbooks.com. Kaia Roman “The Joy Plan” 7 p.m. A Great Good Place for Books, 6120 LaSalle Ave., Oakland. (510) 3398210. www.ggpbooks.com. S.F. Grotto Writers 3 Minute Reads 6 p.m. Book Passage, One Ferry Building, S.F. (415) 835-1020. www.bookpassage.com.
SATURDAY
Alexis Fajardo “Kid Beowulf.” 1 p.m. Green Apple Books on the Park, 1231 Ninth Ave., S.F. (415) 742-5833. www.greenapplebooks.com. Laura Holmes Haddad “This Is Cancer.” 4 p.m. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. (415) 927-0960. www.bookpassage.com. Laurie McAndish King “Your Crocodile Has Arrived.” 7 p.m. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. (415) 927-0960. www.bookpassage.com. Marilynn Preston “All Is Well: The Art (and Science) of Personal WellBeing.” 1 p.m. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. (415) 927-0960. www.bookpassage.com.