The Booksmith
1644 Haight Street (map)
415.863.8688
Hours: Mon-Sat 10am-10pm Sunday 10am-8pm
Independent bookstore located in San Francisco’s historic Haight-Ashbury
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BOOKSMITH BOOKSWAP: Pride Edition
Fri. 06/07 | 6:30PM @ The Booksmith (map)
June means Pride, so get ready for our queerest Bookswap yet! Bring your favorite genre-bender: a queer book you love, a book by a queer author, a story you love illicitly - it all works. You'…more»
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Finding Home: A Conversation with Sally Ooms, Paul Boden, and Kathy O'Brien
Mon. 06/10 | 7:30PM @ The Booksmith (map)
What is a home? In FINDING HOME: How Americans Prevail, journalist and Haight Ashbury resident Sally Ooms showcases everyday people around the country who say home is rarely just the structure…more»
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JERRY MANDER, The Capitalism Papers: Fatal Flaws of an Obsolete System
Tue. 06/11 | 7:30PM @ The Booksmith (map)
Anti-globalization advocate Jerry Mander explores and expands on the inevitable failures of capitalism. "What may have worked in 1850 and 1900 is calamitous in 2012," says Mander, in his clas…more»
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ANDREA PITZER, The Secret History of Vladimir Nabokov
Wed. 06/12 | 7:30PM @ The Booksmith (map)
A startling and revelatory examination of Nabokov’s life and works -- notably Pale Fire and Lolita -- The Secret History of Vladimir Nabokov brings new insight into one of the twentieth centur…more»
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ELI BROWN, Cinammon and Gunpowder
Thu. 06/13 | 7:30PM @ The Booksmith (map)
Babette's Feast meets Pirates of the Caribbean... “Cinnamon and Gunpowder reads like Joss Whedon and Patrick O’Brian sailed to Copenhagen together and, after surviving a ninja attack and fir…more»
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MONICA WESLOWASKA, Holding Silvan: A Brief Life
Tue. 06/18 | 7:30PM @ The Booksmith (map)
“A tender, poignant and courageous narrative—insightful and beautifully written.” -- Abraham Verghese, Author of Cutting for Stone In the opening of Holding Silvan, Monica Wesolowska gives bi…more»
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TAO LIN, Taipei (in conversation with Jesse Nathan)
Wed. 06/19 | 7:30PM @ The Booksmith (map)
Tao Lin, one of our most discussed and polarizing writers, has emerged as the confessor of the Millennial Generation. His new novel, Taipei, enters the broad conversation many are having about…more»
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Shipwreck!
Thu. 06/20 | 7:30PM @ The Booksmith (map)
The Booksmith and WRITE CLUB San Francisco presentShipwreck Good theatre for bad literature? Marital aid for book nerds? Competitive erotic fan-fiction at its finest? Shipwreck is all of thes…more»
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KHALED HOSSEINI, And the Mountains Echoed (in Berkeley)
Sun. 06/23 | 4:30PM @ The Booksmith (map)
Booksmith's Berkeley Arts & Letters Presents KHALED HOSSEINI the author of The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns talking about his new book And The Mountains Echoed Sunday, June 23…more»
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EMILY BRADY, Humboldt: : Life on America’s Marijuana Frontier
Mon. 06/24 | 7:30PM @ The Booksmith (map)
Like Deborah Feldman's Unorthodox and Susan Orlean's The Orchid Thief, journalist Emily Brady's Humboldt journeys into a unique, secretive subculture -- a place that marijuana built. Say the …more»
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A Salute to American Composers with Salon97
Tue. 06/25 | 7:00PM @ The Booksmith (map)
Every year since Salon97 began, it has hosted an annual salute to American composers in honor of Independence Day. Five years later, it remains one of the group's most popular events! Join us …more»
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** SOLD OUT ** NEIL GAIMAN, The Ocean at the End of the Lane
Fri. 06/28 | 7:00PM @ The Booksmith (map)
From one of the world’s most beloved storytellers -- #1 New York Times bestselling author Neil Gaiman -- comes his first adult novel in eight years. Wondrous and imaginative, and at times dee…more»
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SIMON VAN BOOY, The Illusion of Separateness
Fri. 06/28 | 7:30PM @ The Booksmith (map)
Award-winning author Simon Van Booy tells a harrowing and enchanting story of how one man’s act of mercy in the fields of France during World War II changes the lives of others, through time a…more»
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