Green Apple's first cover reveal! We're excited to share the cover of Tomas Moniz's new novel, THE KING OF ALOE VERA (@algonquinbooks.bsky.social)! Preorder from us and receive a signed copy, postcard, and access to a virtual writing class! greenapplebooks.com/list/signed-...

Join us April 20 @matsthepoet.bsky.social celebrates his award-winning English-language debut, ESKATOS & THE STRETCHED NECKS OF STILLNESS, in conversation with Forrest Gander at @booksonthepark.bsky.social in San Francisco. Register here: buff.ly/6J7KbtD

Spotted by @jenniekendrick.bsky.social at @booksonthepark.bsky.social!

Happy Pub Day to Marta Lindsey's Discovering Golden Gate Park! Join us for our event here in the Inner Sunset tomorrow night (details in thread)! www.sfexaminer.com/culture/lite...

Congratulations to SF's own Susanna Kwan and her novel, Awake in the Floating City! We had the pleasure of celebrating her debut last year for its release. Kwan is an exceptional literary citizen and we're excited for this recognition for her! www.penfaulkner.org/2026/02/17/a...

We just learned that book designer Debbie Berne died at the end of December. We had the pleasure of hosting her for the release of her book The Design of Books in March 2024. She was fun, engaging, and had a great eye. Our condolences to those who loved her most. ❤️🍏 oaklandside.org/2026/01/15/o...

Save the date: At 7pm on 3/11, @laurencjohnson.bsky.social will discuss her novel, THE WEST FACADE, with fellow authors @bethwinegarner.bsky.social and @taracampbell.bsky.social at @booksonthepark.bsky.social, in partnership with The Ruby. More info here: bit.ly/3LhCvmY @sfwp.bsky.social

Happy Pub Day to @kpboland.bsky.social! Join us next week to celebrate SCAVENGERS. "But at the end of the day, any attempts to control the land are just hubris. We can permanently change the land, absolutely. But can you control it? I don’t think so." electricliterature.com/a-mother-dau...

@microcosm.bsky.social's Deal of the Day thing is reeeeally cool and you should check it out. They're putting a title of theirs on sale every weekday "until we run out of books or you stop wanting them." Can't beat that.

Need a last-minute present? Give the gift of literature in translation with a Two Lines Press membership--it includes every book we publish plus exclusive member gifts and perks, like totebags, chapbooks, and more! 📚 🎁 www.catranslation.org/shop/members...

Saturday's black out made for a strange day here. Thanks to everyone who stopped by to shop and check in on us, for your kindness and patience as we kept everything going. Our power was restored in the wee hours of Sunday morning and we're open. The store is a great place to weather the storm. ❤️🍏

Hi all, we are open from 9-9 today and tomorrow, 9-6 on Wednesday. Come on down and say hi. If your power has not been restored yet, stay awhile! We have books and light (touch wood!) under which to read them.

Trying to shop indie *and* win the holidays? We have some of unique gift ideas in the thread 🧵

ICYMI, we are hosting an event with Karl Ove Knausgaard and Rachel Kushner to celebrate Knausgaard's The School of Night with @litquake.org. Just your tickets at the link below! www.eventbrite.com/e/karl-ove-k...

Join us for our #falloffreedom event on Nov. 21! Do some good, together <3 www.eventbrite.com/e/fall-of-fr...

One week from today, we welcome Brian Barth for the release of his book, FRONT STREET, alongside members of Wood Street Commons and reporter Nuala Bishari. Proceeds from this event will go to Wood Street Commons for their mutual aid and advocacy work for unhoused people in Oakland. Join us!

This was soooo much fun!

“Bookstores exist as a collaborative process. Our customers help build the store with their input, taste and decisions – and we get to continue serving them as a space to acquire beautiful artifacts.”—Our store manager, Nick Cuzzi ❤️🍏 richmondsunsetnews.com/2025/10/11/m...

Thanks to the @sfchronicle.com for shouting out our 11/6 event with Patricia Lockwood! www.sfchronicle.com/entertainmen...

"Algarabía tells a story about those who aren’t gods, those who don’t have that kind of power...It disavows heroes, but not the idea that everyday things can become heroic, especially if you are trans." @roqueraquel.bsky.social joins us tomorrow! theadroitjournal.org/2025/10/06/a...

Diana Arterian joins us next week--along with Sara Borjas and Cindy Juyoung Ok--to celebrate her collection Agrippina the Younger. See what Arterian wrote about her Roman obsession for @lithub.com.web.brid.gy below. lithub.com/power-mother...

“As in her equally great translations of Inferno and Purgatorio, Bang translates Paradiso in lively, contemporary language. Yes, those are funny, unobtrusive references in her translation to The Simpsons, T.S. Eliot, and Roberta Flack” Bang joins us tomorrow! chireviewofbooks.com/2025/07/08/y...

It's nearly time for Litquake (@litquake.org), and we couldn't be happier to be the participating bookseller at some festival standouts. First up, Ada Limón and Matthew Zapruder celebrate Limón's farewell lap as U.S. Poet Laureate. www.ticketweb.com/event/an-eve...

@hayneswrites.com joins us tomorrow night to celebrate MARTHA'S DAUGHTER (@mcsweeneys.net) with Erica Vital-Lazare. Free to attend, RSVP and details at the link below. greenapplebooks.com/event/2025-0...

Last night @henricole.bsky.social gave one of the most beautiful readings ever at @booksonthepark.bsky.social and it was an event. Glad I got to be there. Afterwards we went to the Little Shamrock and drank a toast to beloved Seamus Heaney.

Cute short showing our cute wares. Thanks to @visual.segments on YouTube! www.youtube.com/shorts/04fHu...

I was talking today with @henricole.bsky.social about our upcoming event at @booksonthepark.bsky.social and I told him it was warm in San Francisco. I said "Today it feels like maybe 75" and of course later I learned it was 67. But that is high for us.

We have some great things coming your way in the next week, starting tonight! RSVP and find details at the following link: greenapplebooks.com/events/calen... @elainehsiehchou.bsky.social @transitbooks.bsky.social @beaconpress.bsky.social @henricole.bsky.social @dapowell.bsky.social

Catch us next week at @booksonthepark.bsky.social! RSVP and details at this link: greenapplebooks.com/event/2025-0...

Book haul from a quick trip over to San Francisco. Love me some Indy zines! 💚 Green Apple Books @booksonthepark.bsky.social

Tomorrow! We can't wait to welcome Dr. Nia Imara for a celebration of her book, Painting the Cosmos. RSVP and details in the thread. www.kqed.org/arts/1397209...

Joanna Sokol's A REAL EMERGENCY is a fascinating, urgent read about emergency medicine in San Francisco. Catch her here tomorrow (7/2)! Details in the thread. www.sfchronicle.com/entertainmen...

Our event with @chennebergmd.bsky.social is tomorrow night! Proceeds benefit @accessrj.bsky.social! Check out this Datebook piece and RSVP in the thread. datebook.sfchronicle.com/books/christ...

Josh Jackson joins us alongside Nicholas Triolo on July 23! Details in the thread.

New date! Our event with @rosellewriter.bsky.social celebrating Celestial Banquet with Ayesha Curry (@zandoprojects.bsky.social) will now be held on Wednesday, July 16! www.eventbrite.com/e/roselle-li...

Can't wait for next week's event with Rob Franklin and Leila Mottley? Check out this Vanity Fair interview between Franklin and Margo Jefferson www.vanityfair.com/culture/stor...

SF: TONIGHT, JUNE 5 at 7PM at @booksonthepark.bsky.social‬ the Center for the Art of Translation co-presents "That’s All I Know: Elisa Levi with Susan Steinberg" with @graywolfpress.bsky.social‬. RSVP to this free event: greenapplebooks.com/event/2025-0...

Tomorrow!

@idebare.bsky.social joins us for the sequel to Shaken Loose, Shaken Free! As the Chronicle says, it's literally a hell and back story! RSVP in the thread. www.sfchronicle.com/entertainmen...

Bay Area friends! I'll be at @greenapplebooks.bsky.social on Thursday, June 12th at 7pm. Thrilled to be in conversation with the brilliant @alexis-madrigal.bsky.social, author of The Pacific Circuit. Free to attend, or stream it online: greenapplebooks.com/event/2025-0...

Just thinking about the perfect Inner Sunset day ❤️ www.sf.gov/perfect-day-...

Next Tuesday at @booksonthepark.bsky.social !

Excited to host Dennis McNally tonight in-conversation with Joel Selvin! Check out this excerpt of THE LAST GREAT DREAM in the @sfchronicle.com www.sfchronicle.com/entertainmen...

Happy Pub Day to @jemmawei.bsky.social's debut, THE ORIGINAL DAUGHTER! (@doubledaybooks.bsky.social) And congrats on being named the GMA pick! people.com/jemimah-wei-...

Crowdsourced list of organizations with terminated NEA grants, c/o @publisherswkly.bsky.social docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

"Mary Gannon, executive director of the Community of Literary Magazines and Presses, [said] that of the 51 CLMP member publishers awarded individual NEA grants for 2025, at least 38 have received letters saying that their grants were withdrawn or terminated." www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

You are not going to want to miss this debut from SF's own Susanna Kwan, Awake in the Floating City. Catch our event with Kwan and Shruti Swamy on May 12! @pantheonbooks.bsky.social localnewsmatters.org/2025/04/28/s...

Thank you @altajournal.bsky.social! Our author happy hour supports @booksnotbans.bsky.social! www.altaonline.com/books/a64554...

At @booksonthepark.bsky.social !

Independent Bookstore Day is this Saturday! Join us for morning beverages to help you browse, free tarot readings, a jewelry pop-up, and an author happy hour—bartending by Daniel Handler & @colinwinnette.bsky.social—supporting @booksnotbans.bsky.social!