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!

Here!

Upcoming events for I TRUST HER COMPLETELY! FREE at Napa Bookmine and @booksonthepark.bsky.social. For tickets to the #HappyWomenDinners event, email jill [at] happywomendinners [dot] com. A ticket gets you the novel, the memoir, and a delicious brunch with other fabulous women!

Tonight! We can’t wait for this conversation with @vauhinivara.bsky.social with @alexhanna.bsky.social on Vara’s Searches. RSVP and details: greenapplebooks.com/event/2025-0...

Can't wait for tonight's event with @lenamschmitt.bsky.social? Listen to an excerpt from TRUE MISTAKES on the @debutiful.bsky.social podcast: debutiful.podbean.com/e/first-tast...

Everyone loves a Thursday. I can't make it over to @booksonthepark.bsky.social for this reading & conversation on 4/10 but I am grateful Green Apple continues to record and simulcast, and look forward to listening in later. greenapplebooks.com/event/2025-0...

"What Jon Hickey has created with “Big Chief” is a masterclass on identity and what it feels like to be at peace within our skin." Excellent review of @jonvhickey.bsky.social's debut novel. Catch him here for the launch next Tuesday! Details in thread. datebook.sfchronicle.com/books/big-ch...

Great seeing @giannatoboni.bsky.social on The Daily Show last night! We still have a few spots for our event with her and @kevinwriter.bsky.social on Friday. Details in the thread. youtu.be/D8gY0hPQdgc?...

"But of course it is nonsensical to feel contempt for systems. Systems don’t disappear and murder people; people do. Such malice is corporeal—it requires individual actors with actual bodies, with hearts that could fit in my chest. Cruelty is a choice..." www.thenation.com/article/acti...

Montanans concur--Eric Puchner's novel is a dream. Join us next Monday, March 31 when Puchner is joined by Adam Johnson to celebrate his latest novel. Details in the thread. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/b...

Tomorrow night! Details at the link below: greenapplebooks.com/event/2025-0...

Can't wait to celebrate @alexis-madrigal.bsky.social tonight! Great piece here by @hannahbae.bsky.social, as always. Details for our event in the thread. datebook.sfchronicle.com/books/alexis...

This made my fucking night, thank you Ocelia of @booksonthepark.bsky.social 😭😭😭 (and thanks to Maia Ipp for sending this to me).

Thank you to @brookmthompson.bsky.social for stopping by to sign copies of her book, I LOVE SALMON AND LAMPREYS! You can get a copy at this link: greenapplebooks.com/book/9781597...

Check out @brian-goldstone.bsky.social at @booksonthepark.bsky.social on June 12! More details to come

Fantastic night at @booksonthepark.bsky.social for the celebration of Jeremy Gordon new novel “See Friendship” with a riveting conversation with Jay Caspian Kang. Hosted by Kar from Green Apple Books on The Park. @harpercollins.bsky.social @harperperennial.bsky.social