Writing Events in San Francisco

Check out happening writing events all around San Francisco, CA

Meet Bestselling Author Patrick Radden Keefe with Isaac Chotiner

 Tue, 14 Apr at 07:00 pm United Irish Cultural Center USD 43 to 48

Sleaford Mods

 Sat, 16 May at 09:00 pm 777 Valencia Street San Francisco CA 94110

Litquake and City Arts present: Ada Limón with Alexis Madrigal

 Tue, 14 Apr at 07:30 pm Sydney Goldstein Theater

MATT HAIG – THE MIDNIGHT TRAIN

 Mon, 08 Jun at 07:00 pm Jewish Community Center of San Francisco USD 33 to 49

Lowkey Artist Talk - Alonzo King

 Wed, 29 Apr at 06:00 pm Manny's USD 9 to 37

Зустріч із Катею Бльосткою, письменницею, блогеркою і авторкою книжок - Сан Франциско

 Sat, 18 Apr at 05:00 pm 875 Sansome St, San Francisco, CA 94111-1533, United States

Joanna Stern: I Am Not a Robot

 Wed, 20 May at 06:00 pm The Commonwealth Club USD 27

LLD's 1st NEW WORKS Festival!

 Fri, 10 Apr at 08:00 pm Dance Mission Theater USD 28 to 66

Because the Night (Belongs to Women Writers): Reclamation and Resistance

 Sat, 11 Apr at 09:00 pm Main Library - San Francisco Public Library

How They Did It: Revision Across Genres

 Sun, 12 Apr at 03:00 pm Page Street Co-Working USD 25

Cleo Wade: In a World of Sunrises

 Mon, 13 Apr at 06:00 pm The Commonwealth Club USD 32

Grace Notes: Poetry at Grace Cathedral

 Wed, 22 Apr at 07:00 pm Grace Cathedral Free

GEMMA CORRELL at Books Inc. in the Marina

 Sun, 03 May at 03:00 pm Books Inc. USD 0 to 40

Meet Author Willy Vlautin: The Left and the Lucky

 Thu, 14 May at 07:00 pm BookShop West Portal Free

CJ LEEDE in conversation with SARAH GAILEY at Books Inc. Opera Plaza

 Mon, 15 Jun at 07:00 pm Books Inc. Opera Plaza USD 35 to 40

John O'Connor - A Short, Strange Trip

 Sun, 19 Apr at 02:00 pm Book Passage Ferry Building

BASH- Bay Area & Sacramento Short Film Festival 2026- Part 1- PLUS

 Sat, 30 May at 11:00 am Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture USD 18 to 23

Write & Delight: Calligraphy & Hand-lettering for Beginners

 Fri, 10 Apr at 06:00 pm Sunset Commons USD 65

Young Writers Summer Camp at Mechanics'

 Mon, 22 Jun at 09:30 am Mechanics' Institute USD 482 to 535

BASH- Bay Area & Sacramento Short Film Festival 2026- Part 2- PLUS

 Sat, 27 Jun at 11:00 am Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture USD 20 to 26

Literary Talk with Author Rachel Khong and Q + A

 Fri, 17 Apr at 06:00 pm 495 Geary St Free

Drink 'N Draft

 Wed, 29 Apr at 06:30 pm The Faight Collective USD 29

Climate Action Youth Summit: Authors Corner

 Fri, 24 Apr at 10:00 am Yerba Buena Center for the Arts

San Francisco 'Forever Fly Free' Grief Summit | An Evening of Conversation, Healing & Community

Fri, 24 Apr at 05:00 pm Common Space "The Loft" 3108B Fillmore St, San Francisco, CA 94123-3417, United States

Martha Conway discusses her new book We Meet Apart

 Thu, 07 May at 07:00 pm BookShop West Portal Free

Sapphic Romantasy with C.L. Clark & Be Steadwell

 Thu, 14 May at 06:30 pm Main Library - San Francisco Public Library Free

The Strength of Water: Book Talk with Karin Jensen

 Sat, 16 May at 01:30 pm Chinese Historical Society of America USD 15 to 30

Charlotte Brooks Book Talk: The Moys of New York and Shanghai

 Sat, 06 Jun at 11:00 am Chinese Historical Society of America Museum USD 15 to 35

Reclaiming Ourselves: Spring as a Rite of Passage

 Sat, 02 May at 09:00 am Alonzo King LINES Ballet USD 295

PORTIA ELAN – HOMEBOUND

 Wed, 06 May at 07:00 pm Jewish Community Center of San Francisco Free

YAX Summer Art Camps

 Mon, 29 Jun at 09:00 am 2330 San Jose Ave Free

DON SAINTE-JOHNN at Books Inc. Opera Plaza

 Sat, 30 May at 03:00 pm Books Inc. Opera Plaza Free

JAN M. FLYNN at Books Inc. Laurel Village

 Thu, 21 May at 05:30 pm Books Inc USD 0 to 22

Earth Week at SCRAP: Build-A-Book with Miles Epstein

 Wed, 22 Apr at 05:00 pm SCRAP USD 39 to 61

All Star Art Club - April 2026

 Wed, 08 Apr at 05:00 pm Friends & Neighbors USD 5 to 20

Performance: Kim Shuck's Poem Jam Celebrates The Catacombs of Vanished Love

 Thu, 23 Apr at 06:00 pm San Francisco Public Library Free

Write Together - April

 Sat, 11 Apr at 10:30 am 297 Page St Free

Youth Zine Fest

 Fri, 08 May at 06:00 pm The International Library of Youth Writing Free

Exploring the Dharma of Liberation (In Person)

 Thu, 04 Jun at 06:00 pm California Institute of Integral Studies - Main building USD 11 to 32

How Can We Make This World Worth Knowing? Book Release Party

 Sun, 26 Apr at 11:00 am The International Library of Youth Writing Free

A Fabulous Animal: A Staged Reading by Word for Word

 Mon, 27 Apr at 07:00 pm Mechanics' Institute USD 18 to 29

Drink 'N Draft

 Sun, 26 Apr at 05:00 pm Manny’s USD 23

A reading of Fresh Juice with Robert Liu Trujillo

 Sat, 02 May at 12:00 pm The International Library of Youth Writing Free

SARAH G. PIERCE: FOR HUMAN USE at Books Inc. in the Marina

 Thu, 30 Apr at 06:00 pm Books Inc. Free

K/S/R, Nishi-Smith + Nakamura, Djll + Day + Corcoran, Max Abner

 Sun, 12 Apr at 07:30 pm Canessa Gallery

The Heroine's Journey: Panel Discussion & Interactive Writing

 Mon, 27 Apr at 12:00 pm Mechanics' Institute USD 0 to 13

Collections Tour: Intro to the Archive

 Fri, 05 Jun at 01:30 pm Letterform Archive USD 13 to 34

Intro to Free-Flow Journal Writing: San Francisco

 Sat, 11 Apr at 09:00 am San Francisco Free

ALAA AL-BARKAWI at Books Inc. in the Marina

 Fri, 12 Jun at 07:00 pm Books Inc. Free

The Newcomers: The Chronicles of Touperdu with author Pam Troy

 Thu, 11 Jun at 06:00 pm Mechanics' Institute USD 7 to 18

Tell Your Story: Publishing Your First Book

 Sat, 25 Oct at 07:00 pm The Native Experience USD 22

San Francisco Yo-Yo Club

 Sat, 11 Apr at 02:00 pm 826 Valencia

Professional Report Writing Skills 1 Day Workshop | San Francisco, CA

 Fri, 09 Jan at 09:00 am For venue details reach us at [email protected] USD 519 to 1,453

Somethin Soft- A Creative Space

 Tue, 13 Jan at 06:00 pm SF LGBT Center Free

Genre Smoosh book club

 Sun, 26 Apr at 03:30 pm Eureka Valley/Harvey Milk Memorial Branch Library Free

Proposal Writing Skills 1 Day Workshop |San Francisco, CA

 Fri, 19 Dec at 09:00 am For venue details reach us at [email protected] USD 519 to 1,453

NCSPP Intensive Study Group: On Perversion

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