Bay Area Literary Arts Events

Joel Derfner, author of Gay Haiku, will be at Books Inc. in the Castro reading from his new memoir, Swish: My Quest to Become the Gayest Person Ever. Joel... More

Readings from the hosts of other reading series, featuring Stephen Elliott (Progressive Reading Series), Charlie Anders (Writers With Drinks), Cindy Emch... More

Jeffrey Hatcher presents "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" based on the story by Robert Louis Stevenson. Previews May 10–15.

Meet the author of "Boots on the Ground By Dusk: The Remarkable Life and Death of Pat Tillman."

Best selling author of The English Patient, Michael Ondaatje, will discuss his novel Divisadero, a psychologically intricate, devastating, and beautiful... More

Join Beatles expert Richie Unterberger (author of "The Unreleased Beatles") as he navigates through rare outtakes, recordings and performances... More

Join the Salinas Symphony Supporters for a delightful lunch at the house where John Steinbeck was born. This is a new group working hard to keep the Monterey... More

Marissa Silver discusses her coming-of-age story, "The God of War."

See Ron Hansen speak about writing his new novel "Exiles."

Becoming a real writer means learning to revise. As Anne Lamott says, "There’s the down draft…the up draft… and the dental draft, where you check ... More

Registration is now open for our SpringSession classes (April/May/June 2008). Please peruse our website to see full course descriptions/dates/times and... More

Simply put, the Best of PlayGround Festival is an eclectic evening of the seven best short plays out of the 36 total written and performed throughout... More