LITERARY GUIDE
SUNDAY
Atticus “Love Her Wild.” 4 p.m. Book Passage, One Ferry Building, S.F. www.bookpassage.com
Debby Bloch “Blue Magic.” 5 p.m. Books Inc., 3515 California St., S.F. www.booksinc.net
Lily Diamond “Kale & Caramel.” 3 p.m. Diesel, 2419 Larkspur Landing Circle, Larkspur. www.dieselbookstore.com
Patrick N. Hunt “Hannibal.” 3 p.m. Belmont Library, 1110 Alameda de las Pulgas, Belmont. www.booksinc.net
Sarah Kay “Project Voice.” 9:30 a.m. Grace Cathedral, 1100 California St., S.F. www.gracecathedral.org
Jamie Purnell “Proud Penguin.” 11 a.m. Books Inc., 1375 Burlingame Ave., Burlingame. www.booksinc.net
Gabrielle Rossmer Gropman,
Sonya Gropman “Recipes and History of a Cuisine.” 1:30 p.m. Jewish Community Library, 1835 Ellis St., S.F. www.jewishcommunitylibrary.org
David St. John, Susan Terris St. John’s “The Last Troubadour” and Terris’ “Take Two: Film Studies.” 1 p.m. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. www.bookpassage.com
Victoria Sweet “Slow Medicine.” 2 p.m. Mrs. Dalloway’s, 2904 College Ave., Berkeley. www.mrsdalloways.com
Dara Wier “In the Still of the Night.” 7:30 p.m. Green Apple Books on the Park, 1231 9th Ave., S.F. www.greenapplebooks.com
Chris Zepeda-Millan “Latino Mass Mobilization.” 3 p.m. Eastwind Books of Berkeley, 2066 University Ave., Berkeley. www.asiabookcenter.com
MONDAY
John Bargh “Before You Know It: The Unconscious Reasons We Do What We Do.” 7 p.m. Book Passage, One Ferry Building, S.F. www.bookpassage.com
John Freeman, Rabih Alameddine, Garnette Cadogan, Solmaz Sharif “Freeman’s.” 7:30 p.m. Green Apple Books on the Park, 1231 9th Ave., S.F. www.greenapplebooks.com
Atul Gawande, Indre Viskontas “Being Mortal.” 7:30 p.m. $29. Nourse Theatre, 275 Hayes St., S.F. (415) 392-4400. cityarts.net
Van Jones, Evan Low “Beyond the Messy Truth.” 7 p.m. $10-$60. Villa Ragusa, 35 S. Second St., Campbell. www.commonwealthclub.org
Local author reading event Dale Marie Golden MacDonald, Kathleen Caldwell and Kim Merkin welcome Cara Black, Sylvia Brownrigg, Erika Mailman, Risa Nye and Ros McIntosh. 6-9 p.m. $10. Montclair Presbyterian Church, 5701 Thornhill Dr., Oakland. tinyurl.com/EBUGauthor. Beth Macy “Truevine: Two Brothers, a Kidnapping, and a Mother’s Quest: A True Story of the Jim Crow South.” 6 p.m. Book Passage, One Ferry Building, S.F. www.bookpassage.com Joe Simitian “Listening to Trump’s America.” 6:30 p.m. $7-$10. Commonwealth Club, 555 Post St., S.F. www.commonwealthclub.org Cenk Sonmezsoy “The Artful Baker: Extraordinary Desserts From an Obsessive Home Baker.” 6:30 p.m. Omnivore Books, 3885 Cesar Chavez St., S.F. www.omnivorebooks.com Curt Weiss “Stranded in the Jungle: Jerry Nolan’s Wild Ride A Tale of Drugs, Fashion, the New York Dolls, and Punk Rock.” 7 p.m. Books Inc., 1491 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley. www.booksinc.net
TUESDAY
Rafael Alberti, Luis Cernuca, Carolyn Tipton, Stephen Kessler “Spanish Poets of Love & Exile.” 5:30-7:30 p.m. University Press Books, 2430 Bancroft Way, Berkeley. www.universitypressbooks.com Mac Barnett “The Wolf, the Duck & the Moose.” 4 p.m. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. www.bookpassage.com Katy Butler, Haider Warraich, Dawn Gross “Can We Talk? Breaking the Silence Between Patients, Families and Physicians Near the End of Life.” 6 p.m. $7-$20. Commonwealth Club, 555 Post St., S.F. www.commonwealthclub.org Sandra Butler, Nan Fink Gefen “It Never Ends: Mothering Middle-Aged Daughters.” 7 p.m. Books Inc., 1491 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley. www.booksinc.net Jennifer Caloyeras “Unruly Creatures.” 6:30 p.m. Diesel, 2419 Larkspur Landing Circle, Larkspur. www.dieselbookstore.com Josef Centeno “Baco: Vivid Recipes From the Heart of Los Angeles.” 6:30 p.m. Omnivore Books, 3885 Cesar Chavez St., S.F. www.omnivorebooks.com Reza Farazmand “Comics for a Strange World.” 6 p.m. Book Passage, One Ferry Building, S.F. www.bookpassage.com Barry Gifford “The Cuban Cub.” 7 p.m. City Lights Bookstore, 261 Columbus Ave., S.F. www.citylights.com Tom Hanks, Dave Eggers “Uncommon Type: Some Stories.” 7:30 p.m. Nourse Theatre, 275 Hayes St., S.F. (415) 392-4400. cityarts.net Walter Isaacon “Leonardo da Vinci.” 7 p.m. $28-$50. JCCSF, 3200 California St., S.F. jccsf.org/arts Ella Mills “Natural Feasts.” 6 p.m. Book Passage, One Ferry Building, S.F. www.bookpassage.com Nathan Runkle “Mercy for Animals.” 7 p.m. Book Passage Corte Madera, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. www.bookpassage.com Gabrielle Union, Anna Sale “We’re Going to Need More Wine.” 6:30 p.m. $15-$70. Marines’ Memorial Theatre, 609 Sutter St., S.F. www.commonwealthclub.org
WEDNESDAY
Laurie Ann Doyle “World Gone Missing.” 7:30 p.m. Green Apple Books on the Park, 1231 9th Ave., S.F. www.greenapplebooks.com Grant Faulkner “Pep Talk for Writers.” 7 p.m. Octopus Literary Salon, 2101 Webster St., Oakland. oaklandoctopus.org Isa Gucciardi “Coming to Peace: Resolving Conflict Within Ourselves and With Others.” 7 p.m. Books Inc., 1491 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley. www.booksinc.net Walter Isaacson, Kishore Hari “Cracking Leonardo Da Vinci.” 12 p.m. $10-$60. Commonwealth Club, 555 Post St., S.F. www.commonwealthclub.org Tara Jepsen “Like a Dog.” 7 p.m. City Lights Bookstore, 261 Columbus Ave., S.F. citylights.com Van Jones, Alex Madrigal “Beyond the Messy Truth: How We Came Apart, How We Come Together.” 7:30 p.m. $29. Nourse Theatre, 275 Hayes St., S.F. (415) 392-4400. cityarts.net Sarah Kowalski “Motherhood Reimagined.” 7:30 p.m. Pegasus Books, 2349 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley. www.pegasusbookstore.com
Stacey Lee, Anne Nesbet, T.T.
Monday, Steven Saylor “The Craft of Grounding Fiction in Reality.” 7 p.m. Books Inc., 74 Town & Country Village, Palo Alto.
Eric Ries, Todd Park “The Startup Way.” 6:30 p.m. $10-$65. Commonwealth Club, 555 Post St., S.F. www.commonwealthclub.org
THURSDAY
Bookswap Bring a book and leave with something new along with a reading list to last for months. 7 p.m. The Bindery, 1727 Haight St., S.F. www.booksmith.com Stuart Brioza, Nicole Krasinski “State Bird Provisions: A Cookbook.” 6:30 p.m. Omnivore Books, 3885 Cesar Chavez St., S.F. www.omnivorebooks.com Nan Alexander Doyal “Dig Where You Are.” 6 p.m. Book Passage, One Ferry Building, S.F. www.bookpassage.com Bruce Hamilton “The Sierra Club at 125 Years: From Yosemite to Climate Justice.” 6 p.m. $7-$20. Commonwealth Club, 555 Post St., S.F. www.commonwealthclub.org J.L. Powers “Broken Circle.” 7 p.m. Books Inc., 601 Van Ness Ave., S.F. www.booksinc.net Esther Perel “The State of Affairs: Rethinking Infidelity.” 7 p.m. $38-$48. JCCSF, 3200 California St., S.F. jccsf.org/arts Brittany Perham, Randall Mann Perham’s “Double Portrait” and Mann’s “Proprietary Poems.” 7:30 p.m. Green Apple Books on the Park, 1231 9th Ave., S.F. www.greenapplebooks.com Sasha Polakow-Suransky “Go Back From Where You Came From.” 12 p.m. $7-$20. Commonwealth Club, 555 Post St., S.F. www.commonwealthclub.org Fred Sasaki, Don Share, Ari Banias, Javier Zamora “Who Reads Poetry: 50 Views from Poetry Magazine.” 7 p.m. Mrs. Dalloway’s, 2904 College Ave., Berkeley. www.mrsdalloways.com Deanne Stillman “Blood Brothers: The Story of the Strange Friendship Between Sitting Bull and Buffalo Bill.” 6:30 p.m. Diesel, 2419 Larkspur Landing Circle, Larkspur. www.dieselbookstore.com William Taubman, Philip Taubman “One Russia, Two Taubmans.” 6:30 p.m. $7-$55. Commonwealth Club, 555 Post St., S.F. www.commonwealthclub.org Abraham Varghese The author of “Cutting for Stone” appears at the Hearst Awards Breakfast. 7:30-9:30 p.m. $125. Crowne Plaza Cabana Hotel, 4290 El Camino Real, Palo Alto. www.booksinc.net
Haider Warraich “Modern Death.” 7 p.m. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. www.bookpassage.com
Julia Wertz “Tenements, Towers & Trash: An Unconventional Illustrated History of New York City.” 7:30 p.m. Pegasus Books, 2349 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley. www.pegasusbookstore.com
FRIDAY
Mac Barnett “The Wolf, the Duck, and the Mouse.” 4 p.m. Berkeley Public Library, Claremont Branch, 2940 Benevenue Ave., Berkeley. www.mrsdalloways.com Roz Chast “Going Into Town: A Love Letter to New York.” 7:30 p.m. $29. Nourse Theatre, 275 Hayes St., S.F. (415) 392-4400. cityarts.net Rob Fersh, Mark Zitter “Bridging Our Divides: A Practical Approach to Intractable Issues.” 12 p.m. $7-$20. Commonwealth Club, 555 Post St., S.F. www.commonwealthclub.org Barbara Ridley “When It’s Over.” 7:30 p.m. Green Apple Books on the Park, 1231 9th Ave., S.F. www.greenapplebooks.com Stefania Shaffer “Mischief.” 6 p.m. Books Inc., 1375 Burlingame Ave., Burlingame. www.booksinc.net
SATURDAY
Pascale Beale “Les Legumes.” 3 p.m. Omnivore Books, 3885 Cesar Chavez St., S.F. www.omnivorebooks.com Disney/Pixar Artists “Ghost.” 7 p.m. East Bay Book Sellers, 5433 College Ave., Oakland. www.ebbooksellers.com Joey Graceffa “Elites of Eden.” 3 p.m. $44. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. www.bookpassage.com Patrick N. Hunt “Hannibal.” 2 p.m. Copperfield’s Books, 1330 Lincoln St., Calistoga. www.copperfieldsbooks.com Susan Lowry, Nancy Berner, Marion Brenner “Private Gardens of the Bay Area.” 4 p.m. Mrs. Dalloway’s, 2904 College Ave., Berkeley. www.mrsdalloways.com