THE BOOKSMITH

1644 Haight Street

San Francisco, California 94117

TELEPHONE:

415.863.8688

800.493.7323 (tollfree in USA)

HOURS:

Monday-Saturday 10am-10pm

Sunday 10am-8pm

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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.

Visit to see them all!

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CELEBRATE!

Pulitzer Prize for Fiction Winner ADAM JOHNSON reads and talks with ANTHONY MARRA

Friday, May 24 7:30 PM at The Booksmith

Literary Clown Foolery

Welcome to the lighter side of literature.

The Booksmith Presents

LITERARY CLOWN FOOLERY

BOOZE BOOKS AND BURLESQUE

A monthly, 90-minute, adult cabaret featuring live music, drinks, and a rotating cast of assorted local clowns, authors, and sundry hooligans who take on books, pop-culture, and San Francisco-related ephemera.

Basically, we're hilarious, and you should come see us with all your friends.

Local Authors - Live Music & Performances

Tristan and Polina

$10 - 2nd Fridays - 8PM

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Authors, Discussions, and Bookish Events @ The Booksmith

SF Waldorf High School's Literary Reading with Music & Songs(1 day)
Pulitzer Prize Winner ADAM JOHNSON with ANTHONY MARRA(1 day)
BOOKSMITH BOOKSWAP: Pride Edition(15 days)
Finding Home: A Conversation with Sally Ooms, Paul Boden, and Kathy O'Brien(18 days)
JERRY MANDER / The Capitalism Papers: Fatal Flaws of an Obsolete System(19 days)
ANDREA PITZER / The Secret History of Vladimir Nabokov(20 days)
ELI BROWN / Cinammon and Gunpowder(21 days)
MONICA WESLOWASKA / Holding Silvan: A Brief Life(26 days)
TAO LIN / Taipei (in conversation with Jesse Nathan)(27 days)
SHIPWRECK!(28 days)
KHALED HOSSEINI / And the Mountains Echoed (in Berkeley)(31 days)
EMILY BRADY / Humboldt: : Life on America’s Marijuana Frontier (32 days)
A Salute to American Composers with Salon97(33 days)
** SOLD OUT ** NEIL GAIMAN / The Ocean at the End of the Lane(36 days)
SIMON VAN BOOY / The Illusion of Separateness(36 days)

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