The Booksmith

a graphic for the event with headshots of ed park and kate folk and a cover image of AN ORAL HISTORY OF ATLANTIS

Thursday, 8/21, 7PM: Ed Park discusses his new dense, magical, and delightful story collection, AN ORAL HISTORY OF ATLANTIS, with Kate Folk. Join us! www.booksmith.com/event/atlantis

a graphic for the event with headshots of jennifer kabat and daniel gumbiner and a cover image for NIGHTSHINING

Tuesday, 8/19, 7PM: Jennifer Kabat and Daniel Gumbiner join us to read and celebrate the release of Kabat's NIGHTSHINING, a memoir in four floods. Join us! www.booksmith.com/event/nights...

graphic for the event with a headshot for jim newton and the cover image for HERE BESIDE THE RISING TIDE

Monday, 8/18, 7PM: Jim Newton presents HERE BESIDE THE RISING TIDE, a new book about Jerry Garcia as a radical community builder and American icon. Join us: www.booksmith.com/event/newton25

graphic for the event with headshots of benedict nguyên and colin winnette and a cover image for HOT GIRLS WITH BALLS

Thirsday, 8/7, 7PM: Benedict Nguyên presents HOT GIRLS WITH BALLS, a riotous satire of influencer culture and a sharp commentary on gender presentation. She'll be in conversation with Colin Winnette. More information: www.booksmith.com/event/hotgirls

flyer for the event with a headshot of shobha rao and the cover image for INDIAN COUNTRY

Tuesday, 8/9, 7PM: Shobha Rao presents INDIAN COUNTRY, a propulsive story about a couple from India who relocate to Montana. Please join us! www.booksmith.com/event/rao25

artist playing guitar in the front of the store

August events time! As always, seats are limited but can be reserved with advance book purchase. YAY ✨📚👇

YouTube video by KQED News Summer Books You Can't Miss This Year! | KQED Forum

☀️ 📚 Need summer book recommendations?

We talked w/ SF booksellers (@karjohnson.bsky.social, @greenapplebooks.bsky.social & Camden Avery, @booksmith.bsky.social) and author @thebestjasmine.bsky.social about what they've read recently and what they recommend.

Watch the full interview now on YouTube.

Image contains a photo of author Chuck Tingle disguised by sunglasses and a pink hood bearing the text "LOVE IS REAL" alongside the cover of his book, LUCKY DAY. Text below reads: Chuck Tingle discusses LUCKY DAY. Tuesday, September 2, 7:00PM at The Internet Archive. Tickets at booksmith.com/event

Chuck Tingle is coming to SF. Yes, THAT Chuck Tingle!

Join the @booksmith.bsky.social for a #booktalk on LUCKY DAY, Tingle's new novel, where luck turns lethal.

📅 Sept 2
🕡 6:30 PM check-in
📍 300 Funston Ave, SF
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tonight!

ozzy standing in a huddle with our staff in the old bookstore

we once spent a very long and intense day with ozzy osbourne and the thousands of mortals who waited hours for a signed book. he was kind to every last person. rip to a real one.

Bookstore drag show @booksmith.bsky.social! Nothing could delight me more than book-themed drag at the store where I used to work 🤩 (We stood in the children's section, natch.)

It's going to be a regular thing, so come out come out!

flyer for READ MY LIPS drag show featuring a collage of photos of local drag performers

On Thursday, July 17, at 7:30PM, it's books, it's drag, it's a book drag show featuring local artists! Tickets/info: app.gopassage.com/events/readm...

tonight! please join us ✨

Booksmith presents: William Archila with Lory Bedikian, Leticia Hernández-Linares, and Dorianne Laux | Passage - Your event. Your fans. Your mobile box office. The Booksmith is thrilled to welcome the author of S is For, William Archila, along with fellow poets Lori Bedikian, Leticia Hernández-Linares, and Dorianne Laux for an evening of readings.RSVP is not...

Bay Area writers! 📢

IALA advisory board member Lory Bedikian will be reading her work alongside other incredible poets such as William Archila, Leticia Hernández-Linares, and Dorianne Laux, at @booksmith.bsky.social on July 15th! 💬 ✨

Learn more: bit.ly/44Cp5Yh

tonight! please join us!!

What started as a search for some of my first publications has led me to reading through the San Diego Reader of the early 1990s. It is, overall, astonishingly good. But then, there were alt-weeklies like it across the U.S. Almost all gone or hollowed out. Nothing has replaced them.

And on Tuesday, July 29, at 7PM, we've got a SILENT READING PARTY, and this time, ticket proceeds benefit La Raza Community Resource Center. Bring or buy a book, beer and wine for sale. TIckets: www.booksmith.com/event/SRP25-7

flyer for natalie horberg's live portrait session with a doodle of her doodling two folks

On Saturday, July 19, from 2-6PM, we've got beloved illustrator Natalie Horberg hanging around the shop doing portraits for anyone interested. Free, but tips are encouraged. Join us! www.booksmith.com/event/horber...

flyer for READ MY LIPS drag show featuring a collage of photos of local drag performers

On Thursday, July 17, at 7:30PM, it's books, it's drag, it's a book drag show featuring local artists! Tickets/info: app.gopassage.com/events/readm...

graphic for Dahnoun Mutual Aid

coupla late add July events: this Satuday, July 12, from 4-8 while the shop is open, we'll have some live music and tarot and drinks as part of a benefit for Dahnoun Mutual Aid, an organization corralling resources for Gaza. Come on out! www.booksmith.com/event/bandbe...

bookshelves with a plant obscuring them

friends! we will be closed at 4PM today. normal hours resume tomorrow. xo

possibly! email orders at booksmith dot com and they’ll get you sorted.

That's all for now! Stay tuned, though, we might throw a Silent Reading Party in there at the end.

See more upcoming events: www.booksmith.com/event/2025-08
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graphic for the event, with a headshot of matthew clark davison and the cover image for THE LAB

On Tuesday, 8/22, 7:00PM, Matthew Clark Davison will host a mini writing workshop to celebrate the launch of THE LAB! This in-person session invites writers of all levels to reconnect with urgency, voice, and emotional complexity on the page. Tickets: www.booksmith.com/event/thelab

graphic for the event, with headshots for william archila, lory bedikian, leticia hernandez-linares, and dorianne laux, plus the cover image for S IS FOR

On Tuesday, 7/15, at 7:00PM, an evening of readings by William Archila, Lory Bedikian, Leticia Hernández-Linares, and Dorianne Laux to celebrate Archila's recent poetry collection, S IS FOR. Please join us: www.booksmith.com/event/archil...

graphic for the event, with a headshot of maris kreizman and the cover image for I WANT TO BURN THIS PLACE DOWN.

On Tuesday, 7/8, at 7:00PM, the brilliant and hilarious @maris.bsky.social joins us to discuss I WANT TO BURN THIS PLACE DOWN, a timely and righteous essay collection about how everything is broken. She'll be in conversation with @colinwinnette.bsky.social. Join us! www.booksmith.com/event/kreizm...

photo of Melissa Febos and Carvell Wallace at the shop last month. It's a full crowd under the big Booksmith eye

against all odds, it is July. How about some July events? ✨👇📚✨

San Francisco Bookstore Boots 'Harry Potter' Over JK Rowling's Transphobia: 'Solidarity Forever' The Booksmith not just dumped its Harry Potter books due to JK Rowling's hateful transphobic crusade, it shared a list of good alternatives.

Hell yeah The Booksmith

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😅 no scabs here

an EXCELLENT choice, this book is gorgeous 💛