Readings at the Bookstore

City Lights hosts weekly events with authors from across the publishing world. With our store closed until further notice, we're finding new ways to adapt and move our events online. Click on the listings below to learn more, and follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter for regular updates. And please consider supporting our events authors by buying their book from our Bookshop list.

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John Nichols in conversation with Robert Scheer Event will be held virtually on the Crowdcast platform. Consult event listing for more info. Wednesday July 15, 2020, 6:00 p.m. PST / 9:00 p.m. EST discussing the state of the Dis-Union. Celebrating the release of John Nichol's new book The Fight for the Soul of the Democratic Party: The Enduring Legacy of Henry Wallace's Anti-Fascist, Anti-Racist Politics		Vegetable Nerves: A Group Reading of Philip Whalen's "Scenes of Life at the Capital" This is a virtual event that will be hosted by City Lights on the Zoom platform. You will need access to a computer Thursday, July 16, 2020, 5:30 p.m. PST / 8:30 p.m. EST with with David Brazil, Anselm Berrigan, Andrew Schelling, Hoa Nguyen, Marie Buck, Norman Fischer, Phil Elverum (Mount Eerie), Will Alexander, Aisha Sasha John, and

Cynthia Kaufman Event will be held on Zoom. Click the link in the event description for info. Tuesday, July 21, 2020, 6:00 p.m. PST, 9:00 p.m. EST discussing her new book Challenging Power: Democracy and Accountability in a Fractured World published by Bloomsbury Books		Robert Mailer Anderson & Friends Event will be held on Zoom. Click the link in the event description for info. Tuesday, July 28, 2020, 6:00 p.m. PST / 9:00 p.m. EST celebrating his new graphic novel Windows on the World published by Fantagraphics Books Co-authored with Zack Anderson and Jon Sack

The Bomb: Understanding its History and the Hope for a Nuclear-Free Future Event will be held on Zoom. Click the link in the event description for info. Sunday, August 9, 2020, 3:00 p.m. PST \| 6:00 p.m. EST with Fred Kaplan, James L Nolan Jr., Dr. Tova Fuller & Dr. Robert Gould (of San Francisco Bay Physicians for Social Responsibility)		The Tree and the Vine: The Queer Fiction of Dola de Jong Event will be held on Zoom. Click the link in the event description for info. Sunday, August 23, 2020, 12 noon p.m. PST / 3:00 p.m. EST Editor Kristen Gehrman in conversation with Jennifer Croft