LAST DAY to apply for Rooted & Written 2026, a free in-person and online conference featuring Bay Area Writers of Color. Join us April 25 – May 3 Apply here 👉 rooted-written.org
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Poster for BAIT Reading on January 30 at 6 pm at the Sausalito Public Library (420 Litho Street in Sausalito). Images of authors Jon Hickey, Lexi Pandell, Sommer Schafer, and Tomas Moniz.
New year, new BAIT at @sausalitolibrary.bsky.social! Our January 30 event features the superlatively talented readers @jonvhickey.bsky.social, @tomasmmoniz.bsky.social, @lpandell.bsky.social, and Sommer Schafer. Free to attend; more information at baitreading.com.
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✨ Dec 13! Candles in the Dark at Telegraph Hill Books.
An evening of resilience, joy, and brilliant readings from Grotto authors + Rooted & Written alums.
6:30–8:30pm. Free + festive. Join us!
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The Grotto is bringing a little narrative therapy to Lit Crawl San Francisco 2025! Join us for “Narrative Therapy: Trials, Failures, and Miscellaneous Bummers” where our writers turn heartbreak, missteps, and melancholy into meaning.
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BAIT (Bay Area in) inaugural reading event on November 7 at 6 pm at the Sausalito Library, featuring Sasha Vasilyuk, Lisa Teasley, Susanna Kwan, Armen Davoudian, and Jaime Cortez.
The BAIT reading series launches November 7 at 6 pm, featuring @sashavasilyuk.bsky.social, Jaime Cortez, Susanna Kwan, Lisa Teasley, and Armen Davoudian @sausalitolibrary.bsky.social. More info/RSVP here:
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I’m excited to announce I’ll be teaching a class on structure through San Francisco Creative Writing Institute. Hope you can check it out tinyurl.com/2h8afz39
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I’m reading on August 10 with Public Words at their next live event: Fantasy and Friendship. I’ll be sharing a bit from my novel-in-progress about toll booths, queerness, and not-quite rock bottom. Free + open mic!
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Looks like fun. Would go, but family birthday that day.
ALOUD/OUT LOUD: Secret Blossoming was a full house at Telegraph Hill Books! 💫 Big thanks to Leslie Kirk Campbell & Joseph Carbon for hosting, and to all who shared their voices and joy. What a night! 🌸📚 #WritersGrotto #TelHiLit #LiveLit #BayAreaWriters
Sat 5/10, 6:30–8:30PM @Telegraph Hill Books SF:
5 Grotto writers share joy for ALOUD/OUT LOUD 🌸@sezindevikoehler.bsky.social, Lenore Weiss, @jdominiclim.bsky.social, @swethaamit.bsky.social, @anoopjudge.bsky.social
RSVP: telegraphhillbooks.com/pages/events
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Next Sat 5/10, 6:30–8:30PM @ Telegraph Hill Books SF:
I'll be reading from KARAOKE QUEEN 🎤 w/ four fellow @thewritersgrotto.bsky.social authors for “ALOUD/OUT LOUD: Where do you keep your joy?” 🌸
Wine, treats, and spilling the (cardamom) tea 🍷📚!
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Join us for Words & Stories: Prose! 📚 Live readings by Brandy Collins, Leslie Kirk Campbell & Laurie Ann Doyle.
🗓 Fri, Apr 25 | 🕛 12–1 PM
📍 Salesforce Park, SF
Take a midday break with stories that inspire and connect. Free and open to all! #WordsAndStories #LitEvent #BayAreaWriters #WritersGrotto
Big thanks to Janine Kovac, Sezin Devi Koehler, Khan Wong, Swetha Amit & MC Terry Tierney for an amazing night at the SF Writers’ Grotto! See you at next month’s reading! #SFWritersGrotto #LitEvent #BayAreaWriters
Join us for Words & Stories: Prose at Salesforce Park! ✍️📖✨
📅 Friday, March 28 | 12-1 PM
📍 TJPA’s Salesforce Park, SF
Featuring Janine Kovac, JD Beltran & Samantha Schoech—don’t miss it! 🌟
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Last night’s reading was amazing! 📖✨ Huge thanks to our readers—Tara Dorabji, John Isles, Linda Michel-Cassidy & Leslie Simon—and to Louise Nayer for emceeing. Grateful for everyone who helped & joined us! 💛 #WritersGrotto #LiteraryReading #BayAreaWriters
Join us Friday, Feb 28, 12–1 PM at Salesforce Park for an inspiring afternoon of poetry! ☀️📖 Writers Grotto member @maxineroseschur.bsky.social is our featured reader, with Terry Tierney hosting.
📍 Salesforce Park Main Plaza
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Join Grotto members, Mary Ladd and Frances Stroh for the next Stranger Than Fiction on 2/23 at Specs Bar in North Beach!
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📚✨ Join us for Words and Stories, a weekly literary series by The Writers Grotto at Salesforce Park, hosted by @sabinaki.bsky.social! 🌟 Celebrate the magic of words and storytelling—see you there!
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