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THE BOOKSMITH

1644 Haight Street 

San Francisco, California 94117

 

TELEPHONE:

415.863.8688

800.493.7323 (tollfree in USA)

415.863.2540 (fax)

 

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Monday-Saturday 10am-10pm

Sunday 10am-8pm

 

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Notes from Booksmithees:

  • Greil Marcus -- A Life in Writing
  • Report on a Lovely Evening with the Love, Inshallah Writers
  • Missed William Gibson's Talk on 1/19? Catch the Litseen video now!
  • Missed Adam Johnson's reading? Don't miss the video!
  • Booksmith's Photos from 2011
  • JANUARY 2012 Events, All in One Place!
  • What Bookstores Provide -- Laura Lippman's Blog
  • Bua & QBert in the store: VIDEO!
  • Peter Orner and Love and Shame and Love: VIDEO
  • Joshua Mohr Reading from Damascus at The Booksmith
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SF Waldorf High School's FULL STOP. / Winter Issue Student Reading!
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LOVE, INSHALLAH: The Secret Love Lives of American Muslim Women with Ayesha Mattu, Nura Maznavi, Leila Khan, Tanzila “Taz” Ahmed, & Zahra Noorbakhsh
Start: 7:30 pm
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Literary Clown Foolery: with Bi-Rite's Sam Mogannam!
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Join the San Francisco Public Press for a mixer celebrating the launch of Issue No. 6!
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Rabbi MICHAEL LERNER / Embracing Israel/Palestine: A Strategy to Heal and Transform the Middle East
Start: 7:30 pm
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MARTHA GROVER / One More for the People
Start: 7:30 pm
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RICHARD MASON / History of a Pleasure Seeker
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GARY MARCUS / Guitar Zero: The New Musician and the Science of Learning
Start: 7:30 pm
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Authors, Discussions, and Bookish Events @ The Booksmith

  • MARTHA GROVER / One More for the People(5 hours)
  • RICHARD MASON / History of a Pleasure Seeker(1 day)
  • GARY MARCUS / Guitar Zero: The New Musician and the Science of Learning(5 days)
  • DAVID WOLMAN / The End of Money: Counterfeiters, Preachers, Techies, Dreamers -- and the Coming Cashless Society(8 days)
  • BOOKSMITH BOOKSWAP: MURDER MYSTERY EDITION with MICHELLE GAGNON and CARA BLACK!(9 days)
  • JOSHUA FOER / Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything(12 days)
  • TERRY BISSON / Any Day Now(13 days)
  • MATT RUFF / The Mirage(14 days)
  • LARRY SMITH and Co. / THE MOMENT: Wild, Poignant, Life-Changing Stories from 125 Writers and Artists Famous & Obscure(15 days)
  • Literary Clown Foolery Takes on the Haight-Ashbury!(16 days)
  • Thriller Night! KIRA PEIKOFF / Living Proof(19 days)
  • ERICKA LUTZ / The Edge of Maybe(20 days)
  • CHRISTINE PELOSI / Campaign Boot Camp 2.0 Basic Training for Candidates, Staffers, Volunteers, and Nonprofits A Seven-Step Guide to Winning(21 days)
  • AFTER SCHOOL BOOKSWAP FOR KIDS & THEIR PARENTS!(22 days)
  • MEREDITH MARAN and MICHELLE RICHMOND / "Friends Don't Let Friends Write Novels Alone"(22 days)
  • Launch Party! JENNIFER duBOIS / A Partial History of Lost Causes(27 days)
  • THOMAS CHRISTENSEN / 1616: The World in Motion(28 days)
  • ROBIN ELLIS -- Poldark! -- on Delicious Dishes for Diabetics(29 days)
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Berkeley Arts & Letters is one of our special projects,
bringing writers and thinkers together with readers for inspiration,
provocation, education, and sharing conversations. We welcome everyone who's interested
in civil discourse, curiosity...and the pleasure of words.
 
February 22: Meredith Maran and Terry McMillan in conversation
 April 17: Eric Alterman
 May 3: Bryan Sykes
 May 8: Timothy Noah in conversation with Paul Pierson
May 15: Michael Sandel
June 13: Christopher Buckley
June 21: Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot
 
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The Art of Bookstore Signs: Sean Chiki

 
 
Inside The Booksmith, bookseller and artist extraordinaire Sean Chiki's
signs of images and text reign around the store.
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Stumbled Upon

 

Man Reads Entire Book

Werner Herzog, whom we loved narrating Where's Waldo?, eats his (Chez Panisee-prepared) shoe...thanks, Bay Citizen.

Bookshelf Porn

Super Sad True Love Story

John Hodgman, Neil Gaiman...So Happy Together

Instructions

MOBY Award Finalists for Best (+Worst) Book Trailers

Banksy Locations in San Francisco

Meg Cabot re-enacts some classics with Madame Alexander dolls

Meg Cabot re-enacts another classic with Madame Alexander dolls

Werner Herzog Reads Where's Waldo?

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