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November 25, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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This is next week, 12/2! For the release of the amazing anthology "We Will Rise Again," come hang out with activists and authors @booksmith.bsky.social to talk about hope, storytelling, and resistance.
Bay Area friends! Where do we find the hope that fuels our resistance and protests? In stories! On Dec. 2, come out to @booksmith.bsky.social for an unforgettable evening with speculative fiction authors and activists, celebrating our new anthology "We Will Rise Again"! booksmith.com/event/WWRA1125
November 24, 2025 at 6:41 PM
this tuesday! please join us!
On Tuesday, 11/18, at 7PM, it's SILENT READING PARTY. Come decompress with us. All ticket proceeds will benefit SF Marin Food Bank because food is a human right. Tickets/info: booksmith.com/event/SRP1125
November 13, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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My Shigeru Mizuki book that I pre-ordered from @booksmith.bsky.social got here today! 👹👻👺💕
November 13, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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In two days, I'll be in San Francisco!

Come join me and author Meng Jin at @booksmith.bsky.social on Nov 13th, 7 PM. It'll be a swell time, pinky promise.

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Booksmith presents: Jinwoo Park with Meng Jin / Oxford Soju Club | Passage - Your event. Your fans. Your mobile box office.
Join us on Thursday, November 13th as we welcome Jinwoo Park for the release of Oxford Soju Club. He will be joined by author Meng Jin! RSVP is not required, but appreciated. Seats are limited and can...
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November 11, 2025 at 9:33 PM
we solemnly swear to never gaslight you by claiming it's "black friday" for an entire month
November 11, 2025 at 8:58 PM
we are very excited about this! please join us!
Bay Area friends! Where do we find the hope that fuels our resistance and protests? In stories! On Dec. 2, come out to @booksmith.bsky.social for an unforgettable evening with speculative fiction authors and activists, celebrating our new anthology "We Will Rise Again"! booksmith.com/event/WWRA1125
November 11, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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Always feels good when you walk into your local bookstore to pick up books and your book is also on display there! Thanks, @booksmith.bsky.social! (It’s a great store for those in SF!)
November 8, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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Shirts featuring a pug, that also support a fantastic local bookstore?????

Brb buying one in every color
we are VERY excited to tell you about these ✨NEW SHIRTS✨featuring Iggy, our old pal from the 1644 days. Get 'em, gift 'em: www.bonfire.com/iggy-does-bo...
November 7, 2025 at 7:36 PM
we are VERY excited to tell you about these ✨NEW SHIRTS✨featuring Iggy, our old pal from the 1644 days. Get 'em, gift 'em: www.bonfire.com/iggy-does-bo...
November 7, 2025 at 5:35 PM
On Tuesday, 11/18, at 7PM, it's SILENT READING PARTY. Come decompress with us. All ticket proceeds will benefit SF Marin Food Bank because food is a human right. Tickets/info: booksmith.com/event/SRP1125
November 6, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Next week, on Thursday, 11/13, at 7:00PM, Jinwoo Park discusses OXFORD SOJU CLUB with Meng Jin. Details: booksmith.com/event/OSC25
November 6, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Tonight! Anna North discusses her new novel BOG QUEEN, with Esmé Wang. Please join us! booksmith.com/event/bogqueen
November 6, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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SNAP funding runs out Saturday. Small Bay Area food programs say they’re already overwhelmed — and that immigrant families fear ICE at food lines.
Mutual aid networks are stepping up again.
[link] #SNAP #CalFresh #BayArea
Bay Area Food Hubs Brace for SNAP Shutdown
With federal funds cut off, grassroots organizations mobilize to meet surging food insecurity and address immigrants’ fears of ICE crackdowns.
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November 3, 2025 at 6:03 PM
FOLKS, we've got the limited edition ten(!) year anniversary edition of A LITTLE LIFE on the shelves! Deisgned by the author and broken into four slim, sexy volumes for added convenience when crying on public transit. ✨ here, and in the shop, while they last: booksmith.com/book/9798217...
November 3, 2025 at 6:00 PM
tonight: the ADOPTION UNFLITERED panel! please join us!
On Wednesday, 10/29 at the shop: a panel discussion for the paperback release of ADOPTION UNFILTERED: Revelations from Adoptees, Birth Parents, Adoptive Parents, and Allies. Featuring all three co-authors and select panelists. Join us: booksmith.com/event/2025-1...
October 29, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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A shout out to @booksmith.bsky.social in San Francisco, who picked PRESS 1 FOR INVASION as a "great pick for reluctant readers: funny, quick, and full of big yucky tentacle monsters." Couldn't have said it better myself - order it here!!

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Press 1 for Invasion
A kid who just wanted a cell phone ends up being responsible for saving the world from an alien invasion in this hilarious, action-packed new middle grade novel that’s perfect for fans of Sal and Gabi Break the Universe and Gordon Korman.Ten-year-old Matt really wants a phone, but his parents won’t let him have one. When he finds one just lying on the sidewalk, he naturally picks it up and claims it for himself. But when Matt uses his new phone to take pictures, they show the crossing guard in front of his school as a monster. But that can’t be right…can it? Matt soon learns that: a) his lunch lady is also a monster (actually, an alien); b) an invasion of Earth is due to take place within the next few days; and c) the lunch lady is having cold feet (well, tentacles) about the whole thing and wants his help. Matt and his friend Marcela join forces with her to save the planet. Battles in their school cafeteria and high above the Earth’s atmosphere place them in very close encounters with alien pets and the business end of a gigantic oven. As the danger mounts, Matt and Marcela must ask themselves what they’re willing to risk to save their friends, their family, and their world.
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October 27, 2025 at 8:44 PM
tonight! please join us!
Wednesday, 10/22 at 7PM, Stephanie Reents joins us at the shop to discuss her new novel WE LOVED TO RUN, with Martha Conway and Keith Ekiss. Join us! booksmith.com/event/2025-1...
October 22, 2025 at 5:05 PM
tonight! please join us!
Join us this Friday at 7 as Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winner Adam Johnson discusees his new, magisterial novel THE WAYFINDER. RSVP before seats disappear: booksmith.com/event/2025-1...
October 17, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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Sometimes I say "the poem speaks for itself" and what I really mean is like one of those possessed puppets in a horror film.
October 15, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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Join us this Friday at 7 as Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winner Adam Johnson discusees his new, magisterial novel THE WAYFINDER. RSVP before seats disappear: booksmith.com/event/2025-1...
October 13, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Join us this Friday at 7 as Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winner Adam Johnson discusees his new, magisterial novel THE WAYFINDER. RSVP before seats disappear: booksmith.com/event/2025-1...
October 13, 2025 at 7:20 PM
October events! Come on out:
October 8, 2025 at 4:19 PM
On Wednesday, November 12, at 8PM, we'll be at the Palace of Fine Arts, selling books for Malala Yousafzai in conversation with Ayesha Curry. We are VERY excited to be a part of this event! Details here: booksmith.com/event/malala25
October 8, 2025 at 4:10 PM
tonight! please join us!
Next week, on Tuesday, 9/30 at 7PM, we're excited to welcome @jasondiamond.bsky.social to discuss his new novel KAPLAN'S PLOT, with @colinwinnette.bsky.social. Please join us for what is sure to be a fun night! booksmith.com/event/2025-0...
September 30, 2025 at 5:40 PM