Books events in and around San Francisco this weekend
37 events this weekend (Oct 23–25) in and around San Francisco, 30 of them free. Each links to its original listing. Updated October 23.
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Friday, October 23
- 2 PM Silent Book Club Millbrae Library Free
- 2 PM The Shortlist Book Club Foster City Library Free
- 6 PM ECOSYSTEMS MATTER Book Signing: Solutions for Alameda Julie's Coffee & Tea Garden Free
- 6 PM Poetry Reading with Isabelle Correa Russian Hill Bookstore Free
- 6:30 PM computational poetry reading group: game poems co-presented with Culture Slop tiat $20
- 6:30 PM Fuchsia Dunlop Author Talk • Five Tastes: Delicious Recipes for Chinese Flavors Omnivore Books on Food Free
- 6:30 PM Sapphic Love Poetry Reading The Love Potion Library - Books Free
- 7 PM 9th Ave: K-Ming Chang Green Apple Books on the Park Free
- 8:15 PM Playlist Storytellers (Litquake) The Lost Church SF
Saturday, October 24
- 10 AM Friends of the Danville Library Book Sale Danville Library Free
- 10 AM Friends of the Vineland Branch Library Huge Fall Book Sale Vineland Library Free
- 10 AM Linden Tree Literary Fund Public Launch Party! Linden Tree Books Free
- 10 AM Words of Wonder: Friends of the Library Bookstore Vacaville Cultural Center Library Free
- 10 AM Write On!: Writer's Group Fairfield Cordelia Library Free
- 10:30 AM A Tribe Called Queer Book Club Main Library Free
- 11 AM Silent Book Club Vineland Library Free
- 11:30 AM Billy & the Hole Storytime and Book Signing with Jessica Goecke Hicklebee's Childrens Books Free
- 11:30 AM What DO People Do at the Science Museum? @Central: w/ Author Maggie Tokuda-Hall and UCMP Scientists! Central Library Free
- 1 PM California Writers Club Rockridge Branch Library Free
- 2 PM BABF Halloween Book Fair Two Pitchers Brewing Company Free
- 2 PM Live Figure Drawing at the Library Alameda Free Library Free
- 2:30 PM Furry Friends Reading Buddies Los Altos Library Free
- 3 PM Cookbook signing with Fuchsia Dunlop - FIVE TASTES China Live
- 3 PM Fuchsia Dunlop 扶霞 cookbook signing: FIVE TASTES China Live
- 5 PM Fuchsia Dunlop at Mister Jiu's • Five Tastes: Delicious Recipes for Chinese Flavors Mister Jiu's
- 6:30 PM Cultura pa’ la Raza Grand Coffee Too
- 6:30 PM Lit Crawl SF 2026 | CôEm Collective Presents: Monsters, Myths, and Me Fingersnaps Media Arts Free
Sunday, October 25
- 10 AM Banned Book Club Dream Weaver Books Free
- 10:30 AM Storytime with Anna! The Foster Museum Free
- 12 PM Silent Book Club Brisbane Library Free
- 12 PM think of others: qtbipoc revolutionary poetry reading The Lake Chalet Seafood Bar & Grill Free
- 1 PM Afghan Cassette Archive: Stories, Sounds, and Music from Afghanistan Mountain View Library Free
- 1 PM Silent Book Club Oakland Weekend Meetup Prescott Market West Oakland Free
- 3 PM Author Talk With Tomas Moniz, Author of The King of Aloe Vera Belmont Library Free
- 3:30 PM Genre Smoosh book club Eureka Valley/Harvey Milk Memorial Branch Library Free
- 3:30 PM October 2026 Picture Book Club for Grown Ups Mr.Mopps Children's Books Free
- 4 PM Eric Idle In Conversation w/ Dave Eggers (San Rafael) Angelico Hall See tickets
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