Litquake in the Bookstore

MONDAY, OCTOBER 4
7:30 pm
Tao Lin at The Booksmith

Brooklyn-based author and poet Tao Lin returns to San Francisco to read from his newest novel, Richard Yates.

The Booksmith, 1644 Haight Street, San Francisco FREE; Preferred seating voucher with Booksmith purchase of Richard Yates beginning September 7 and while supplies last.




TUESDAY, OCTOBER 5
6 pm
Lan Samantha Chang at Book Passage, Ferry Building

Based in Iowa City, fiction writer Lan Samantha Chang reads and signs copies of her new novel, All is Forgotten, Nothing is Lost.

Book Passage, 1 Ferry Building, San Francisco FREE




7:30 pm
Nick Bilton at The Booksmith

New York Times contributor Nick Bilton comes to San Francisco to read and sign copies of I Live in the Future & Here’s How It Works.

The Booksmith, 1644 Haight Street, San Francisco FREE; Preferred seating voucher with Booksmith purchase of I Live in the Future, beginning September 14 and while supplies last




WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 6
7 pm
James Howard Kunstler at Books Inc. Berkeley

Author, editor, blogger, and frequent contributor to The New York Times Sunday Magazine, James Howard Kunstler reads from his newest book, The Witch of Hebron, the sequel to his recent World Made by Hand, a novel of America’s post-oil future.

Books Inc., 1760 Fourth St., Berkeley FREE




7 pm
Lorin Stein at City Lights

Lorin Stein, editor of The Paris Review, in conversation with Oscar Villalon, former SF Chronicle book editor.

City Lights Books, 261 Columbus Ave., San Francisco FREE




7 pm
Stina Katchadourian at Kepler’s

Join Finnish author Stina Katchadourian at Kepler’s Books.

Kepler’s Books, 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park FREE




THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7
7 pm
Thaddeus Russell at City Lights

Historian, essayist and cultural critic Thaddeus Russell reads from and signs his latest book, A Renegade History of the United States. In the spirit of the late Howard Zinn, Russell shows that drunkards, laggards, prostitutes, and immigrants were the real heroes of the American Revolution.

City Lights, 261 Columbus Ave., San Francisco FREE




FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8
5-7 pm
Not Your Mother’s Book Club

A panel discussion and book signing by authors writing fiction for teens. Co-presented with Not Your Mother’s Book Club, a monthly literary salon for teenagers in the Bay Area that also offers weekly online author interviews, online contests, and in-school author events. For more information check out notyourmothersbookclub.com.

Books Inc. Opera Plaza, 601 Van Ness Ave., San Francisco FREE




7 pm
David V. Herlihy at Public Bikes

In the late 19th century, an accountant named Frank Lenz quit his job to cycle around the world. Two years later he mysteriously disappeared during the final leg of the journey. Author David V. Herlihy investigates the mystery in his new book The Lost Cyclist, and will read from the book at Public Bikes, with sales and signing to follow. In conjunction with Green Apple Books.

Public Bikes, 123 South Park Avenue, San Francisco FREE




7 pm
Steve Roby and Brad Schreiber at Book Passage, Corte Madera

Steven Roby and Brad Schreiber, co-authors of the new Hendrix biography Becoming Jimi Hendrix: From Southern Crossroads to Psychedelic London, the Untold Story of a Musical Genius, come to Book Passage to read from their book and give away a free electric guitar!

Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Boulevard, Corte Madera FREE