Writing Events in San Francisco

Check out happening writing events all around San Francisco, CA

(Not So) Guilty Pleasures: Litquake's Opening Night

 Thu, 09 Oct at 07:00 pm Hawthorn SF Nightclub and Lounge USD 29 to 55

Josh Ritter and the Royal City Band

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

Foglifter Press 10th Anniversary Celebration

 Thu, 16 Oct at 07:00 pm The Stud Free

Meet Mary Roach, Bestselling Author and Master of Page-Turning Nonfiction

 Thu, 02 Oct at 07:00 pm BookShop West Portal Free

Meet Jessica Francis Kane! Author of Fonseca and Rules for Visiting

 Wed, 01 Oct at 07:00 pm BookShop West Portal Free

Mary Roach: Adventures in Human Anatomy

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

Dear Ferocious Dreamer: A Festival Finale in Verse

 Fri, 24 Oct at 07:30 pm Victoria Theatre Free

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

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

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

Steel Beans — Falling in Lava With You Tour

 Sat, 11 Oct at 08:00 pm 1710 Mission St, San Francisco, CA, United States, California 94103

Félicia Atkinson + Jon Porras

 Sun, 16 Nov at 07:00 pm 2948 16th Street, San Francisco, California 94103, United States

ZYZZYVA Turns 40! A Literary Celebration

 Thu, 23 Oct at 07:30 pm 7 Social SF

We Used to Dance Here: Dave Tynan’s Dublin

 Sun, 19 Oct at 07:00 pm Telegraph Hill Books Free

STIR! A Reading Series at Cafe Suspiro

 Thu, 02 Oct at 04:00 pm 1246 Folsom St, San Francisco, CA, United States, California 94103

SFSU Take Place Reading Series

 Tue, 30 Sep at 07:00 pm 1600 Holloway Ave, San Francisco, CA, United States, California 94132

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

Daniel Handler and Andrew Sean Greer at Sydney Goldstein Theater

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

Write Together - October

 Sat, 04 Oct at 10:30 am 297 Page St Free

Andrew Ross Sorkin

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

Writers Weekend: The Art of Brevity

 Sat, 11 Oct at 12:30 pm California College of the Arts (CCA) Free

War, Race, and Culture: Book Talk with Gordon Chang

 Sun, 26 Oct at 03:00 pm Chinese Historical Society of America Museum USD 10

Water Mirror Echo: Book Talk with Jeff Chang

 Sat, 04 Oct at 10:00 am Chinese Historical Society of America Museum USD 40

Coming. Apart.: Edy Poppy with Britta Stromeyer

 Wed, 15 Oct at 07:00 pm Telegraph Hill Books Free

DVAN Presents: The Future of Vietnamese Diasporic Writing

 Sat, 18 Oct at 03:00 pm SFPL Main Branch, Saroyan Gallery Free

GP Dinner #192 | Dirtbag Billionaire w/David Gelles

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

The City Changes Its Face with Eimear McBride

 Wed, 22 Oct at 07:00 pm Telegraph Hill Books Free

Writers Weekend: Stories from the Inside

 Sun, 12 Oct at 01:00 pm California College of the Arts (CCA) Free

Writers Weekend: Practices for Compassionate Creatives

 Sun, 12 Oct at 04:00 pm California College of the Arts (CCA) Free

MEG DONOHUE at Books Inc. in the Marina

 Fri, 05 Dec at 07:00 pm Books Inc. Free

Writers Weekend: The Art of Giving Feedback (without Losing Friendships)

 Sat, 11 Oct at 02:00 pm California College of the Arts (CCA) Free

Writers Weekend: Fostering Empathy Through Nonfiction

 Sun, 12 Oct at 02:30 pm California College of the Arts (CCA) Free

Genre Smoosh book club

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

Sketch Diaries with Kevin Shaw

 Sat, 04 Oct at 01:00 pm ARCH Art Supplies USD 55

Fire on the Mountain: Survival & Community in California’s Fire Country

 Sat, 18 Oct at 02:30 pm San Francisco Botanical Garden, Fragrance Garden Free

The Power of Storytelling - Creative Journaling Workshop

 Tue, 21 Oct at 08:30 pm 865 Market St USD 7 to 30

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

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

Bastard Out of Carolina Marathon Reading

 Sun, 12 Oct at 09:00 am Arion Press Free

Spices & Stories

 Sat, 09 Aug New Delhi Restaurant & Bar USD 50

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

What We Wanted to Say: Excerpts from the Hospitality House Writing Workshop

 Thu, 16 Oct at 06:00 pm Main Library - San Francisco Public Library Free

Everything is Now: The 1960s New York Avant-Garde with J. Hoberman

 Thu, 02 Oct at 06:00 pm Mechanics' Institute USD 7 to 18

Listen To Your Elders: An Elder Project Get-Together & Reading

 Thu, 16 Oct at 05:00 pm Ruth's Table Free

KOL Connect: Singapore Edition

 Mon, 29 Sep at 04:00 pm Singapore Free

GRETCHEN MCNEIL at Books Inc. Opera Plaza

 Mon, 27 Oct at 07:00 pm Books Inc. Opera Plaza Free

Celebrate the Launch of Susan Straight’s Sacrament

 Tue, 21 Oct at 07:00 pm Books Inc. Free

How Video Games Can Inspire Writing with Gene Yang

 Sat, 15 Nov at 12:00 pm The International Library of Youth Writing Free

PLAY "IN THE MOUNTAINS MY HEART"

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

Salman Rushdie

 Sun, 16 Nov at 07:30 pm 275 Hayes St, San Francisco, CA, United States, California 94102

The Night Trembles: Nadia Terranova with Sara Marinelli

 Thu, 16 Oct at 06:30 pm Italian Cultural Institute of San Francisco

Performance: Civil Liberties Now

 Sun, 09 Nov at 02:00 pm Main Library - San Francisco Public Library Free

The Fantasy and Necessity of Solidarity: A Tenderloin Workshop

 Sun, 12 Oct at 03:00 pm CounterPulse

Midnight Flyboys with author Bruce Henderson

 Thu, 13 Nov at 06:00 pm Mechanics' Institute USD 7 to 18

Kearny Street Workshop Presents APAture 2025: (UN)Becoming

 Wed, 22 Oct at 06:30 pm Arc Studios & Gallery

Genre Smoosh book club

 Sun, 22 Mar at 03:30 pm Eureka Valley/Harvey Milk Memorial Branch Library 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, 22 Feb at 03:30 pm Eureka Valley/Harvey Milk Memorial Branch Library Free

Gertrude Stein: An Afterlife with author Francesca Wade

 Mon, 27 Oct at 06:00 pm Mechanics' Institute USD 7 to 18

Gary Shteyngart – Vera, or Faith

 Tue, 04 Nov at 07:00 pm 3200 California St, San Francisco, CA, United States, California 94118

Angela Davis & Hilton Als - A Sisterhood: Toni Morrison, June Jordan, Angela Davis

 Mon, 15 Dec at 07:30 pm 275 Hayes St, San Francisco, CA, United States, California 94102

Daniel Handler & Andrew Sean Greer

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

Grants: An Introduction to Fundraising for Everyone

 Wed, 01 Oct at 04:00 pm SF LGBT Center Free

Killing My Lobster Presents: Sketch On Speed

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

How to Journal Consistently: San Francisco

 Sat, 13 Sep at 09:00 am San Francisco Free

D.I.R.T. Festival 2025: Dance In Revolt(ing) Times

 Sat, 25 Oct at 02:30 pm Dance Mission Theater USD 29 to 34

Unlock Storytelling Skills: 1-Day Workshop in San Francisco, CA

 Fri, 17 Oct at 09:00 am Regus - San Francisco - Mid-Market USD 416 to 519

A Date Night Adventure! - Art & Architecture

 Sat, 28 Jun at 08:00 am USD 36

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

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

Exhibition Tour of "Women of Afrofuturism"

 Tue, 03 Jun at 10:00 am SFO Museum, Louis A. Turpen Aviation Museum and Library Free

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