Writing Events in San Francisco

Check out happening writing events all around San Francisco, CA

Spices & Stories

 Sat, 09 Aug New Delhi Restaurant & Bar USD 50

San Quentin Media Fest

 Sat, 16 Aug at 06:00 pm 220 Montgomery St USD 0 to 66

Write the World: San Francisco Public Library (Bayview Branch)

 Fri, 22 Aug at 02:00 pm Bayview / Linda Brooks-Burton Branch Library Free

Unplug & Play Collective - "No Phone Zone" Hangout

 Sun, 17 Aug at 01:00 pm The Commons Free

Free-Play Festival: Everyone's a Hamlet

 Sat, 23 Aug at 12:00 pm Potrero Stage

Aisha Muharrar: Signing and Soiree at Green Apple Books

 Fri, 15 Aug at 07:00 pm 506 Clement St Free

The 25th Anniversary Screenings Of GROOVE

 Fri, 29 Aug at 09:00 pm 3290 Sacramento St., San Francisco, CA

DVAN Reading Series | Legacies

 Fri, 29 Aug at 07:00 pm Green Apple Books on the Park Free

Poetry Workshop with Nia Pearl

 Sat, 16 Aug at 12:00 pm Yerba Buena Gardens USD 0 to 20

Free-Play Festival: Belly of the Beast

 Sat, 16 Aug at 12:00 pm Potrero Stage

Good Job Book launch party

 Sun, 31 Aug at 01:00 pm Rintaro Free

Sky Daddy and Soft Core with authors Kate Folk and Brittany Newell

 Thu, 14 Aug at 06:00 pm Mechanics' Institute USD 7 to 18

Monthly North Beach Writing Group

 Tue, 26 Aug at 06:00 pm North Beach Public Library Free

"Around Town" Lands End Nature Walk

 Sat, 23 Aug at 11:00 am Beach Chalet Brewery and Restaurant Free

SF- Film in a Day!' Actors, Writers & Directors Challenge

 Sat, 23 Aug at 09:00 am San Francisco, CLIFFHOUSE Area USD 0 to 322

CALLIE HART at Books Inc. Opera Plaza

 Fri, 22 Aug at 07:00 pm Books Inc. Opera Plaza USD 39

Litquake Out Loud

 Sun, 28 Sep at 11:15 am Esplanade, Yerba Buena Gardens Free

The Science of Happiness

 Thu, 18 Sep at 06:00 pm The Commonwealth Club USD 27

Meet Winnie M Li, Author of What We Left Unsaid

 Thu, 21 Aug at 07:00 pm BookShop West Portal Free

Snowball and Me Writing Workshop with Nicholas Willmer-Shiles

 Wed, 20 Aug at 11:00 am The International Library of Youth Writing Free

ZYZZYVA Movie Matinee with Ingrid Rojas Contreras and Alexander Chee

 Sat, 06 Sep at 12:30 pm Roxie Theater

GP Dinner #192 | Dirtbag Billionaire w/David Gelles

 Sun, 05 Oct at 06:00 pm 54 Washburn St USD 135 to 162

KRISTEN WITTE at Books Inc. in the Marina

 Sat, 16 Aug at 01:00 pm Books Inc. USD 0 to 23

Meet Elizabeth George! Author of the Beloved Lynley/Havers Mystery Series

 Fri, 26 Sep at 07:00 pm BookShop West Portal Free

Arundhati Roy in conversation with Deepa Fernandes

 Fri, 19 Sep at 07:30 pm 275 Hayes St, San Francisco, CA, United States, California 94102

Author reading & book signing

 Sat, 20 Sep at 03:00 pm William Westerfeld House

Josh Ritter and the Royal City Band

 Fri, 03 Oct at 09:00 pm 777 Valencia Street San Francisco CA 94110

An Evening With Ada Limón: U.S. Poet Laureate

 Sat, 11 Oct at 07:30 pm Swedish American Hall

Free-Play Festival: Made In America?

 Thu, 14 Aug at 06:00 pm Potrero Stage

Write Your Expertise with Dr. Lanette Jimerson

 Tue, 09 Sep at 05:30 pm Mechanics' Institute USD 215 to 269

BASH- Bay Area & Sacramento Short Film Festival 2025- Part 2- PLUS

 Sat, 13 Dec at 11:00 am Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture USD 20 to 29

Overdose Awareness Month: Remembrance and Education

 Thu, 28 Aug at 06:00 pm Glide Memorial Church Free

Charlie Jane Anders book launch: Lessons in Magic and Disaster

 Tue, 19 Aug at 07:00 pm Green Apple Books on the Park Free

On Caring for Our Souls in Uncertain Times (In-Person)

 Wed, 10 Sep at 06:00 pm California Institute of Integral Studies USD 11 to 32

44th Annual Northern California Book Awards

 Sat, 06 Sep at 02:00 pm San Francisco Public Library, Larkin Street, San Francisco, CA, USA Free

all levels Poetry Workshop!

 Wed, 13 Aug at 06:00 pm Sour Cherry Comics Free

Poetic Alchemy

 Thu, 14 Aug at 06:00 pm Telegraph Hill Books USD 39 to 55

Friends of Dorothy Read Friends of Dorothy

 Sun, 17 Aug at 03:30 pm Eureka Valley/Harvey Milk Memorial Branch Library Free

Celebrating Claire Wrenn Bobrow and When Bumblebees Go to Sleep

 Thu, 18 Sep at 07:00 pm BookShop West Portal Free

Poetry Reading: Kim Shuck’s Poem Jam Celebrates Memory

 Thu, 14 Aug at 10:00 am Main Library - San Francisco Public Library Free

Meet Paul Bradley Carr, Author of The Confessions

 Tue, 09 Sep at 07:00 pm BookShop West Portal Free

World Pacific with author Peter Mann

 Thu, 28 Aug at 06:00 pm Mechanics' Institute USD 7 to 18

Andrew Ross Sorkin

 Sat, 18 Oct at 07:30 pm 275 Hayes St, San Francisco, CA, United States, California 94102

Unplug & Play Collective - "No Phone Zone" Hangout

 Sun, 21 Sep at 01:00 pm The Commons Free

Poetic Alchemy, Writing for Transformation Workshop with Jennifer Barone

 Thu, 14 Aug at 06:00 pm Telegraph Hill Books

Free-Play Festival: What I Remember Most about the End of the World

 Thu, 21 Aug at 06:00 pm Potrero Stage

Arundhati Roy at Sydney Goldstein Theater

 Fri, 19 Sep at 07:30 pm Sydney Goldstein Theater

POP CULTURE FUN: Drawing Hangout, Book Talk & Trivia Games

 Sun, 24 Aug at 02:00 pm 781 Beach St Free

Tough Guy Book Club - San Francisco Chapter

 Wed, 03 Sep at 07:00 pm Olfactory Brewing - 2245 3rd St, San Francisco, CA 94107-3125, United States

Ray Charles & Friends Starring Pete Peterkin

 Fri, 15 Aug Biscuits & Blues USD 39 to 49

Meet Zoe B. Wallbrook! Author of History Lessons, with Author Renee Swindle

 Wed, 17 Sep at 07:00 pm BookShop West Portal Free

Fable Storytelling Workshop

 Tue, 19 Aug at 07:00 pm Medicine for Nightmares USD 29

Womxn's Integration: Reading Club

 Tue, 19 Aug at 04:00 pm The Temple Free

Write the Mission - Writing Workshop

 Sat, 27 Sep at 02:00 pm Manny's USD 37 to 74

A Greek Tragedy with authors Jeanne Carstensen and Michael Montgomery

 Thu, 04 Sep at 06:00 pm Mechanics' Institute USD 7 to 18

The Grateful Dead by Jim Marshall / An Evening of Photos, Stories and Music

 Thu, 18 Sep at 05:30 pm Leica Store San Francisco Free

Genre Smoosh book club

 Sun, 25 Jan at 03:30 pm Eureka Valley/Harvey Milk Memorial Branch Library Free

Genre Smoosh book club

 Sun, 23 Nov at 03:30 pm Eureka Valley/Harvey Milk Memorial Branch Library Free

Lowkey Artist Talk with San Francisco Ballet Artistic Director Tamara Rojo

 Sun, 24 Aug at 03:00 pm Manny's USD 9 to 19

BASH- Bay Area & Sacramento Short Film Festival 2025- Part 1- PLUS

 Sat, 22 Nov at 11:00 am Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture USD 20 to 23

Mary Roach: Adventures in Human Anatomy

 Thu, 09 Oct at 06:00 pm The Commonwealth Club USD 24

Proust Seminar with Dr. Mark Calkins (Fall 2025)

 Wed, 03 Sep at 05:30 pm Mechanics' Institute - 4th Floor Board Room USD 269 to 402

Anna Fitzgerald Healy with Juliet Blackwell - Etiquette for Lovers and Killers

Sun, 17 Aug at 02:00 pm Book Passage Ferry Building

Sonia Sotomayor - Just Shine!: How to Be a Better You

 Thu, 11 Sep at 06:00 pm Calvary Presbyterian Church

Songs for Other People's Weddings: David Levithan and Jens Lekman

 Mon, 15 Sep at 07:30 pm Swedish American Hall

Sonia Daccarett & Chanan Tigay – The Roots of The Guava Tree

 Thu, 18 Sep at 07:00 pm 3200 California St, San Francisco, CA, United States, California 94118

Writing and Directing Intimate Scenes for the Screen: A 2 Day Intensive

 Sat, 04 Oct at 12:00 pm 465 S Van Ness Ave USD 962

Bad Art Club presents... Scribbling Nonsense & Calling It Poetry

 Mon, 15 Sep at 06:00 pm The Faight Collective USD 21 to 53

PLAY "IN THE MOUNTAINS MY HEART"

 Sun, 19 Oct at 04:00 pm Scottish Rite Memorial Temple

Summer Literary Salon: Maxine Hong Kingston, Aimee Liu and Lily Hoang

 Thu, 11 Sep at 06:00 pm The Commonwealth Club USD 22

Daniel Handler and Andrew Sean Greer at Sydney Goldstein Theater

 Wed, 08 Oct at 07:30 pm Sydney Goldstein Theater

AN EVENING WITH ANNIE LEIBOVITZ: ON HER NEW BOOK, WOMEN

 Mon, 10 Nov at 08:00 pm Palace of Fine Arts Theatre

San Francisco CA An Evening with Samin Nosrat

 Fri, 12 Sep at 07:30 pm Sydney Goldstein Theater

Daniel Handler & Andrew Sean Greer

 Tue, 07 Oct at 04:00 pm Sydney Goldstein Theater

Arundhati Roy In Conversation With Deepa Fernandes

 Thu, 18 Sep at 04:00 pm Sydney Goldstein Theater

RUPTURE: DIASPORADICA

 Fri, 22 Aug at 07:00 pm Festival Pavilion USD 0 to 111

Killing My Lobster Presents: Sketch On Speed

 Sat, 25 Jan at 10:00 pm Eclectic Box SF USD 13 to 77

Two Sisters and a Piano

 Fri, 15 Aug at 07:00 pm Magic Theatre USD 13 to 45

NCSPP Intensive Study Group: On Perversion

 Fri, 05 Sep at 10:00 am Access Institute for Psychological Services USD 319 to 531

Angela Davis & Hilton Als: A Sisterhood Tribute To Toni Morrison June Jordan & Angela Davis

 Sun, 14 Dec at 04:00 pm Sydney Goldstein Theater

San Francisco: Self-Driving Tour via the Golden Gate Bridge

 Thu, 22 Feb at 06:00 am Painted Ladies, Steiner St &, Hayes St, San Francisco, CA 94117 USD 17