💥Our summer Babylon Salon on Sat night was amazing -- & the house was packed! Many MANYthanks to the 4 #authors who wowed us w/ their work: Portia Elan [Homebound], Heidi Kasa [A Bullet Takes Forever), Samantha Kimmey [The Extremities], & Jesus Sierra [At Times of Loss and Other Cuban Stories]! ❤️ ❤️

As the Southern Review of Books says, Bernardo Wade’s new #book of #poetry A LOVE TAP stops you in your tracks & gives you chills in the best possible ways. We can’t wait to hear Bernardo read at Babylon tomorrow, 6/13 @ 5;30pm. At our usual stomping grounds, The Sycamore! www.babylonsaloncom

Jesus Sierra is such an anchor in the Bay Area #literary community! We love his insightful #essay in @altajournal.bsky.social on Manuel Muñoz's short #story “Anyone Can Do It.” We're thrilled to welcome Jesus to Babylon Salon this Saturday, June 13 at 5:30pm! www.babylonsalon.com #writing

💥“I think it’s safe to say that the book is a little strange. A little offbeat..." We love strange. We love offbeat. ❤️ So check out this glowing write-up & get stoked to hear Bay Area author Samantha Kimmey read from THE EXTREMITIES! This Sat, 6/13, 5:30pm at The Sycamore! www.babylonsalon.com

#Poet & speculative #fiction #author, Heidi Kasa, talks about trusting her own voice in this great conversation on NJ Knight's "Punk Rock, Art Deco" substack. 🌿 ❤️ Give it a read & get excited to meet Heidi at Babylon this Sat, 6/13 at our favorite spot, The Sycamore! www.babylonsalon.com

Please join us this Sat, June 13 as we celebrate these 5 amazing authors: ⭐ Portia Elan ⭐ Heidi Kasa ⭐ Samantha Kimmey ⭐ Jesus Sierra ⭐ Bernado Wade Doors, 5pm, show starts promptly at 5:30pm. As always, admission is free! www.babylonsaloncom

"Portia Elan’s "Homebound" is a hymn to found families--the kin we choose rather than inherit--& it’s fitting that it reads that way, assembled from allegiances." ~The Guardian Come hear @portiaelan.bsky.social & 4 other amazing authors read at Babylon this Sat, 6/13 @ 5:30! www.babylonsalon.com.

🌟 Incredible Babylon Salon last night featuring 5 Bay Area legends: ⚡Charlie Jane Anderson/@charliejane.bsky.social ⚡Grayson Thompson ⚡Grant Faulkner/@gfaulknerwriter.bsky.social ⚡Lauren C Johnson/ @laurencjohnson.bsky.social ⚡Mark Ernest Pothier Sending HUGE thanks to each of them! 💜💚💙 #writer

🐊Check out this gorgeous interview w/ poet Grayson Thompson about his new book A CONGREGATION OF ALLIGATORS, in Foglifter Journal! www.foglifterjournal.com/grayson-thom... Then join us TOMORROW Sat, 3/14 as we celebrate Grayson & 4 other amazing authors at Babylon Salon! 💜www.babylonsalon.com

Mark Ernest Pothier's OUTER SUNSET blossomed from an award-winning story into a full #novel about a beloved San Francisco neighborhood—a process that took 30 yrs! "a wise, elegantly written debut" ~SF Chronicle We can't wait to welcome Mark to Babylon this Sat, 3/14 at The Sycamore! #writer

🌙 We're over the MOON to celebrate our very own Lauren C. Johnson at Babylon on 3/14! Her debut #novel THE WEST FACADE is a deeply empathetic #book, "full of very relatable human wants & worries." ❤️ 🌀 The full review: unrulyfigures.substack.com/.../book-rev.... Info: www.babylonsalon.com #writer

📚What happens when a #writer picks up a #photo & follows his imagination? ✍️📸 For @gfaulknerwriter.bsky.social, this inspired his 7th book “something out there in the distance” Come Grant read from this “flash novel of super-short stories" @ Babylon on Mar 14! ❤️ www.berkeleyside.org/2026/02/23/b...

"Charlie Jane Anders writes the kind of stories that break your heart & expand your mind simultaneously. @charliejane.bsky.social is a true literary gem. I am a proud fan.” ~Janelle Monáe 🙌 What A Blurb! 🙌 We're thrilled to host Charlie Jane Anders @ Babylon Salon on Sat, Mar. 14! Deets above!

🌱🪻Our Mar. 14 Babylon Salon features 5 fabulous writers! ⭐ Charlie Jane Anders ⭐ Grant Faulkner ⭐ Mark Ernest Pothier ⭐ Grayson Thompson ⭐ And our very own Lauren Johnson! Bay Area friends, come on out to The Sycamore @ 5:30pm. As always, our shows are free! ❤️ www.babylonsalon.com

IMMENSE gratitude to the 4 authors who wowed us at Babylon on Saturday night! ⭐ Susie Hara [Earthquake Shack] ⭐ Aimee Phan/@aimeephan.bsky.social {The Lost Queen] ⭐ Kevin Smokler/@weegee.bsky.social [Break the Frame] ⭐ Lori Ostlund/@loriostlund.bsky.social [Are You Happy?] #writers #books #authors

💥 Film & TV-lovers rejoice! We're thrilled to welcome @weegee.bsky.social/Kevin Smokler to Babylon tonite! 🎥🎞️ Kevin's author of Break the Frame: Conversations with Women Filmmakers & director of the films VINYL NATION and MIDDLE GROUNDS.🎬 Join us @ The Sycamore for drinks at 5pm, reading's at 5:30!

🐉 🔥 We are so excited to hear Aimee Phan /@aimeephan.bsky.social Phan read from her soaring novel THE LOST QUEEN at this Sat's Babylon! If you love coming of age stories, dragon myths & books about girls w/ "too much fire & will," you'll love THE LOST QUEEN! Show's @5:30pm. And free! (Info above) ❤️

✴️ Lori Ostlund/@loriostlund.bsky.social is an absolute rock #star! We cannot wait to hear her share from her new #book "Are You Happy?" at Babylon Salon this Saturday, 12/6 @5:30pm! (Info above) ⭐⭐ Here's the starred review from Publishers Weekly www.publishersweekly.com/978166260302.... #writer

“Earthquake Shack is a love letter to the San Francisco of our past, present, and future, not to mention a rollicking ride with a vibrant cast of characters. Fun, queer & unforgettable.” ~Brittany Newell, author of Soft Core Help us welcome #author Susie Hara to Babylon this Sat nite! Deets above

💥 This Sat Dec 6, Babylon Salon proudly presents: Susie Hara [Earthquake Shack], Lori Ostlund [Are You Happy?], Aimee Phan [The Lost Queen], & Kevin Smokler [Break the Frame]! Come out for drinks at The Sycamore at 5pm. Reading at 5:30. We'd love to see you! ❤️ Deets: www.babylonsalon.com

❤️ VAST thanks to our readers on Sept 13 who made this show one of our best! 💥 Ann Cummins 💥 Tomas Moniz 💥 Peter Mountford 💥 M.M. Olivas 💥 & our very own Maury Zeff! We -- and everyone in the very full audience -- appreciate you and your work! ❤️

💥"We’re all surrounded by the ways we are told we should be, how #women should act, how Mexicans should be, what types of #queerness are valid—it’s all bullshit!" ~M.M. Olivas This interview w/Olivas about her #story "¡Sangronas! Un Lista de Terror" is what we all need. Come hear her TONITE 9/13!💥

"Mountford has a gift for creating crystalline articulations of the messiness inside us. I loved these #stories." ~Karen Russell, on Peter Mountford's new collection, Detonator! Check out this interview, then come Peter read at Babylon this Sat, 9/13 @5:30pm! www.petermountford.com/interviews?f...

💥 Tomas Moniz is truly a legendary reader! 💥 This whole conversation between Tomas & Genevieve Hudson in BOMB Magazine is a lesson on craft. Give it a read & get excited to hear Tomas share his work at Babylon Salon this Sat, Sept 13 at The Sycamore! www.babylonsalon.com. 💜

🥰🤩 We're thrilled our VERY OWN Maury Zeff—co-host & co-founder of Babylon Salon—is performing at Babylon this Sat 9/13! Come hear his new play Dada Teen Musical: The Play at The Sycamore! Then grab your tickets to see the production Oct 18-Nov 16 at Central Works! centralworks.org/dada-teen-mu...

✴️ "I can’t enliven characters w/o considering how they’ve been shaped by a particular geography in a particular time. So, for me, #place is as important as #character." ~Ann Cummins Check out this essay & get excited to hear Ann Cummins, author of Yellowcake, at Babylon on 9/13 @The Sycamore!🌀

Thrilled to announce our upcoming Babylon Salon on Sat, Sept. 13, featuring: 💥 Ann Cummins 💥 Tomas Moniz 💥 Peter Mountford 💥 M.M. Olivas 💥 & our very own Maury Zeff! Come for drinks at 5 // Show at 5.30pm. In The Sycamore's Outdoor Patio in SF (near 16th Street BART). info: www.babylonsalon.com

💖BIG thanks to the 5 #authors who wowed us at Babylon Saturday night! Every one of your #readings was stellar! Check their beautiful #books! 🌠📚🌠 ⭐ S.G. Browne ⭐ Duane Horton ⭐ @laurenparker.bsky.social ⭐ @katefolk.bsky.social ⭐ Paul S Flores #writers #writing

@laurenparker.bsky.social writes: "March in Michigan is birch trees as stark as corn stalks. It’s not home but it is ancestral, the cemetery filled with tombstones with my last name on them..." Give this essay a read & come hear Lauren perform @ Babylon TONIGHT! 6/14 @ The Sycamore! 5:30pm. Free!

"SKY DADDY, @katefolk.bsky.social's debut novel, takes forbidden romance to new heights," says Angela Hui. Check out Kate's interview below--a whole craft lesson on novel writing--then come hear Kate read at Babylon TOMORROW! Sat, 6/14 at The Sycamore! 5:30pm. Free! #writing #books #writer #reading

💜 Duane Horton's story "Summer Land" is just one example of his dreamy, fantastical fiction! Check out his story below & get excited to hear Duane read from his new book NO HERO ALONE at Babylon this Sat, Jun 14 at The Sycamore in the Mission! 5:30pm. Free! www.babylonsalon.com 📚❤️📚

🌀What do we do when life throws us curveballs? Artist & poet Paul S. Flores explores this question in his book WE STILL BE. Listen to this gorgeous clip of Paul reading his work, then get excited to hear him perform at Babylon this Sat, Jun 14 @The Sycamore! 5:30pm. Free! www.babylonsalon.com 🍻📚

💥"These days there are very few American comedy writers bringing their A-game, but Browne is swinging for the fences.” Here's the stunning Kirkus Review of Scott G. Browne's book FATED. Come hear S.G. Browne at Babylon Salon this Sat, Jun 14 at The Sycamore! 5:30pm. Free! www.babylonsalon.com 📚

🔥On Sat, 6/14, Babylon proudly presents #authors Kate Folk [Sky Daddy], Paul S. Flores [We Still Be], Duane Horton [No Hero Alone], S.G. Browne [Lost Creatures] & Lauren Parker [Spells for Success]! Come out to The SycamoreSF for drinks at 5pm! Reading, 5:30. Free admission! www.babylonsalon.com 💜

For us, The Sycamore is more than just a venue—it’s the cornerstone of our reading series. Now the co-owner Tim is facing the recurrence of his cancer, and the financial strain is significant. Pls consider donating to Tim's recovery fund. Every bit helps! ❤️‍🩹 www.gofundme.com/f/rally-for-...

National Book Award nominee @samsax.bsky.social & shot of the packed house at our Mar. 1st show!

⭐ Our stunning authors on Sat. night (L to R): Jon Hickey, Mercilee Jenkins, Nina Schuyler, & Emily Jon Tobias! (Look for sam sax in a 2nd post.) Just when we think Babylon can't get any better, it does! ⭐

Here's to our 5 fabulous readers at Babylon Sat. night! You wowed us! 👏👏👏 🔥Jon Hickey 🔥Mercilee Jenkins 🔥@samsax.bsky.social 🔥Nina Schuyler 🔥 Emily Jon Tobias

TONIGHT! Please join us! ❤️❤️❤️

Here's award-winning author Emily Jon Tobias on Carter Wilson’s "Making It Up." Check it out; it's so full of wisdom! ❤️Then get excited to hear Emily read her story “Nova” from her powerful collection MONARCH at Babylon tomorrow 3/1 @ 5:30pm! 🦋 www.babylonsalon.com www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpKx...

"In This Ravishing World," Nina Schuyler’s amazing new story collection explores humanity’s response to climate change in all its complexities. Check out this interview & get excited to hear Nina at Babylon this Sat, Mar 1 at The Sycamore SF at 5:30! www.babylonsalon.com lithub.com/nina-schuyle...

sam sax's new book "Yr Dead" was just longlisted for the National Book Award! 👏 👏 👏 Join us at Babylon this Sat, Mar 1 to hear sam & other amazing authors —we’ll be in The Sycamore SF's covered patio in back! Doors, 5pm, reading, 5:30pm. www.babylonsalon.com therumpus.net/2024/08/06/s....

🔥 "I had to tell a story about characters in crisis—spiritual, political, personal—& make the themes into something real and urgent.” [email protected] For a preview of Jon's debut novel, join us this Sat., Mar. 1 @ The Sycamore SF! Doors @ 5pm, Reading @5:30. As always, admission is free! 💜

❤️ Here’s “It’s Later Than You Think,” a solo performance by the dazzling Dr. Mercilee Jenkins! Intrigued? So are we! Check out this video, then get excited to see Mercilee at Babylon this Sat, Mar. 1, at The SycamoreSF @5:30pm. As always, admission is free! ❤️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xcF...

On Sat, Mar 1, Babylon is thrilled to present 5 amazing authors: ⭐ Jon Hickey ⭐ Mercilee Jenkins ⭐ sam sax ⭐ Nina Schuyler ⭐ Emily Jon Tobias Come out to The Sycamore for drinks at 5 in the cozy, outdoor covered patio! Reading starts at 5:30. As always, admission is free. We can't wait to see you! ❤️

Many, many thanks to the 4 authors who wowed us at Babylon last night: Susan Calvillo; Choi Chiwan; Terry Tierney & @eleanorpvincent.bsky.social! 💥📚💥

"Eleanor Vincent paints a searing portrait of a highly challenging relationship.I read this in one gulp.Wow.This is an important book.” ~Julia Scheeres, NYT bestselling author. Come hear Eleanor read from her new memoir "Disconnected" at Babylon on 12/7! www.dorothyparkersashes.com/husbands/whe...

Terry Tierney’s process note in "periodicities: a journal of poetry and poetics" is a whole craft lesson filled w/gems. 💎 Give this piece a read & get excited to hear Terry read from his new book WHY TREES STAY OUTSIDE at Babylon this Sat 12/7! periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2024/10/terr...

“...took my breath away from the beginning,” writes Porochista Khakpour in Poetry Foundation News about Chiwan Choi's new poetry collection THE YELLOW HOUSE Chiwan Choi’s poetry will take your breath away too! We cannot wait to hear him read at Babylon this Sat, 12/7! Deets: www.babylonsalon.com