🌟 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! 💜💚💙
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🐊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!

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🌙 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

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What isn’t Berkeley flash fiction master Grant Faulkner doing next? Plus, in other new Berkeley books: Michael Pollan on consciousness — and a deeply researched novel about two famed women pirates of history.

📚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?]

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💥 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....

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“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! ❤️

Interview: M. M. Olivas - Uncanny Magazine M. Olivas is an alumna of the 2022 Clarion Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers’ Workshop and the 2023 Under the Volcano Writers Residency. She received her bachelor’s degree in creative writing from t...

💥"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...

BOMB Magazine | Tomas Moniz by Genevieve Hudson Experimental forms on friendship, fluid sexuality, and playful love.

💥 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...

A Guide to Place: A Conversation with Ann Cummins I expected an accompaniment to my travels; what I received from Yellowcake was far more than that. Ann Cummins’s words led me to each of my destinations, introducing the various landscapes before I ar...

✴️ "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

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True Story of a Sandwich - Belt Magazine the Parker Sub doesn't want those things. It likes simple. Plain. Which is why it's something a simple and plain man has to ask for. But I am a Parker. And I do want those: the pepper, the onions, the...

@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!

Finally, a Novel That Understands the Raw Sex Appeal of Airplanes - Electric Literature In "Sky Daddy," Kate Folk takes forbidden romance to new heights

"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

Summer Land - Green Mountains Review EVER SINCE VERNON WAS A TEENAGER, HE WAS GOOD AT SLEEPING. SO GOOD in fact, that his mother was scared he’d never wake up when he went to bed. Vernon held the record for the longest sleep ever taken i...

💜 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 📚❤️📚

Paul Flores poetry collection tackles life’s unexpected turns San Francisco author Paul Flores reads from his new book, "We Still Be.”

🌀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 🍻📚

FATED | Kirkus Reviews Another radically funny comedy from one of America’s best satiric novelists.

💥"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 💜

Donate to Rally for Tim's recovery and help Sycamore and Willows, organized by Liz Ryan To our dearest Sycamore/Willows family and friends, As you may kno… Liz Ryan needs your support for Rally for Tim's recovery and help Sycamore and Willows

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! ⭐