WHO ARE THE BRAZEN HUSSIES???

Three AMAZING award-winning writers of fantasy and science fiction: Lisa Goldstein, Michaela Roessner & Pat Murphy. In an effort to acquaint more readers with their work, they’ve overcome their natural tendency to be modest by promoting their work shamelessly, like the brazen hussies they truly want to be. In addition, the Brazen Hussies want to let people know that today’s science fiction and fantasy isn’t just for kids, spreading the word that sophisticated, subtle, fascinating, compelling, and topical literature for adults is being published as science fiction. Speculative fiction (aka SF, science fiction, fantasy, and sci-fi, and “what the heck is that you are reading?”) is more than just elves and dwarves, robots and space ships – so much more. If you read science fiction and fantasy when you were a kid, come back and revisit the amazing worlds you used to love. And good news…there are many more of them now.

Cash bar and doors open at 6:00 PM

Readings begin at 7:00 PM, followed by Q & A from the audience; Rick Kleffel lending a hand as our moderator.

$5 suggested donation goes straight to Variety Childrens’ Charity – drop some cash in the donation box, or buy a beer!

Books for sale at event, courtesy of Borderlands Books.

Readings, schmoozing, question & answers, and book signing.

The Variety Preview Room Theatre, The Hobart Bldg. 1st Floor, 582 Market Street at 2nd & Montgomery, San Francisco.

Saturday, June 20, 1:00PM
Rosemary Wells – author of numerous picture and fiction books, among them the Max and Ruby Series, Voyage to the Bunny Planet, and about 30 other titles – a rare chance to see this author that you won’t want to miss! At Hicklebee’s, 1378 Lincoln Avenue, San Jose

Saturday, June 20, 4:00 PM
Tad Williams & Deborah Beale – The Dragons of Ordinary Farm at Yoga of Los Altos, 343 2nd Street, Suite 3, Los Altos

Sponsored by LindenTree Children’s Recordings & Books, 170 State Street, Los Altos

Thursday, June 25, 7:00 PM
Margot Berwin – Hothouse Flower and the Nine Plants of Desire at Books Inc. in Opera Plaza, 601 Van Ness, San Francisco

Thursday, June 25, 7:00 PM
James Rollins – The Doomsday Key at Barnes & Noble – Creekside Town Center, 2031 1256 Galleria Blvd., Roseville

Friday, June 26, 12:00 noon
Jillian Venters – Gothic Charm School: An Essential Guide for Goths and Those Who Love Them at Books Inc., 1375 Burlingame Avenue, Burlingame

Saturday, June 27
Drop by signing only – call store for details. Carlos Ruiz Zafón – The Angel’s Game. Also available for sale are the UK edition, and various Spanish language editions, M is for Mystery

Saturday, June 27, 7:00 PM
Carlos Ruiz Zafón – The Angel’s Game at The Osher Marin Jewish Community Center, The Kanbar Center, 200 N. San Pedro Rd., San Rafael. Tickets $38.50 (includes a signed book). For tickets, call (415) 927-0960, ext 1

Saturday, June 27, 3:00 PM
Jacqueline Carey – Naamah’s Kiss at Borderlands Books, 866 Valencia Street, San Francisco

Michael Dashow – A show of watercolour and digital paintings
June 15th – July 20th

Reception, Saturday, June 20th, 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM

Fabulously talented, and the creative design wiz behind our SF in SF logo, Mike Dashow is also the artist who made the Tachyon rhinoceros logo, and has created many many covers for Tachyon Publications, plus one extra-special super duper wedding gift painting for Jacob and Rina.

Simply put – we love his work, and think you will too. This is a wonderful chance to see his artwork up close – or to buy it for yourself!

The Light Room, 2263 Fifth Street at Bancroft – in the courtyard behind Tomate Cafe, Berkeley, CA

Sunday, May 31st from 12:00 – 8:00 pm

Come celebrate with two indifferent felines; two cats, two birthdays! Ash will be a year old May 8th, and Ripley will be seven years old June 10th, so we’re splitting the difference with an end-of-May sale! Buy two used paperbacks and get a third of equal or lesser value free, and all non-book items in the store (excluding staff and cats, sorry) are 10% off! The cats will of course be on hand to greet admirers and be spoiled (unless they decide to hide in the stock room,) and there will be cake and cat treats (but not together). Additionally, you can participate in the party game of helping to keep the cats out of the cake’s whipped-cream frosting.

Ripley says “I already have everything I need, so instead of bringing me gifts, please donate some money or volunteer time to the San Francisco SPCA or to Wildcare. You’d better come and adore me, though, or buy one of my postcards to send a nice note home to Mother.”

Ash says “Am I that old already? Where’s the whipped cream? Did the cake come in a box I can climb in? Oh, look, dust!” (Ahem. We won’t be quoting Ash anymore.)

At Borderlands Books, 866 Valencia Street, San Francisco.

Via suvudu.com:

BERKELEY, CA
Monday, June 8, Time: 7:30pm
Moe’s Books, 2476 Telegraph Ave.
Talk, Q&A, Signing

Saturday, May 30 – Sunday, May 31

Maker Faire: Build, Craft, Hack, Play Mame. Great fun!

At the San Mateo Fairgrounds, 2495 South Delaware Street, San Mateo.

A two-day, family-friendly event to MAKE, create, learn, invent, CRAFT, recycle, think, play and be inspired by celebrating arts, crafts, engineering, food, music, science and technology. The fourth annual Maker Faire will showcase individual creativity and grassroots innovation in the largest festival devoted to DIY culture and technology in the country.

Maker Faire Ticket Information – Onsite Ticket Pricing:
Adult – $25.00
Student (13-21, or with student photo ID) – $15.00
Youth (4-12) – $10.00
Children 3 and under are free

Online ticket purchases from 5/21/2009 – 5/28/2009 will be full price and tickets will be picked up onsite at will call. Tickets available at many Bay Area locations.

Wednesday, May 27 – 6:00 PM
The Graphic Content Book Club meets at Books Inc. in Opera Plaza
601 Van Ness, San Francisco.

Wednesday, May 27 – 7:30 PM
The Desert Island Book Club discusses The Doomsday Book by Connie Willis at Books Inc. in Alameda – 1344 Park Street, Alameda.

Thursday, May 21, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Free and open to the public
Cartoon Art Museum presents The Brinkley Girls Cartoon Art Event

Trina Robbins, author of Fantagraphics Books The Brinkley Girls: The Best of Nell Brinkley’s Cartoons from 1913-1940, will host a special PowerPoint presentation in celebration of the book’s release. Robbins will sign copies of this much anticipated art book at the museum’s bookstore following her presentation. The Brinkley Girls is a celebration of one of the most popular cartoonists of the early 20th century, Nell Brinkley. This retrospective, guest-curated by comics herstorian Trina Robbins, showcases over 30 lavishly illustrated newspaper tearsheets, magazine illustrations, original artworks and other highlights from Robbins’s personal collection.

To reserve a copy of The Brinkley Girls, please call the Cartoon Art Museum bookstore at 415.227.8666, ext. 310.
The Cartoon Art Museum, 655 Mission Street, San Francisco.

Saturday, May 30th, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
George Webber – freelance artist and cartoonist
This event is free and open to the public

Appearing at the Cartoon Art Museum as part of its ongoing Cartoonist-in-Residence program — Museum visitors will be offered the chance to talk to him about his comics and watch Webber at work. Webber is the author and illustrator of Toxic Funnies as well as the more recent Candy Kisses. Webber’s art has been featured in Juxtapose Magazine, The San Francisco Bay Guardian, and many more publications. To learn more about George Webber, click here.

The Cartoon Art Museum, 655 Mission Street, San Francisco.

We have all of these readings…

Thursday, May 21, 7:00 PM
Glen David Gold – Sunnyside at Rakestraw Books, 522 Hartz Avenue, Danville.

Thursday, May 21, 7:00 PM
S. G. Browne – Breathers: A Zombie’s Lament at Borders Books, 356 Santana Row, San Jose.

Thursday, May 21, 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 150th Birthday Celebration
Leslie Klinger, Laurie King – The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes (3 vols.)

Leslie Klinger is the esteemed author of the 3-vol. New Annotated Sherlock Holmes, a scholarly commentary on the Sherlock Holmes novels and short stories. Laurie R. King comes at Conan Doyle from the viewpoint of fiction, having taken Conan Doyle’s creation and made him her own. A book sale by Book Bay follows the program. This event takes place at the SFPL Main Library, Latino/Hispanic A & B rooms, The San Francisco Public Library, 100 Larkin Street at Grove Street, San Francisco.

Thursday, May 21, 7:00 PM
D.J. McHale – The Soldiers of Halla – the final book in the Pendragon Series. This event will take place at the Menlo Park Library
800 Alma Street, Menlo Park. Sponsored by Kepler’s Books, 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park.

Saturday, May 23, Buy a Book, Benefit Litquake!
6:00 PM to 8:00 PM – free admission
Tamim Ansary – Destiny Disrupted: A History of the World Through Islamic Eyes

Books Inc. will generously donate 15% of all proceeds to Litquake. Stock up on your favorite books and magazines, buy a gift for a friend — and you’ll support Litquake without spending an extra dime. Free food and wine included!

At Books Inc. in Opera Plaza, 601 Van Ness, San Francisco.

Our May reading features the very wonderful Richard Kadrey and Heather Shaw.

Saturday May 16th. Cash bar and doors open at 6:00 PM, Readings begin at 7:00 PM, followed by Q & A from the audience moderated by author Terry Bisson. Books are for sale at event, courtesy of Borderlands Books.

The Variety Preview Room Theatre, The Hobart Bldg. 1st Floor, 582 Market Street at 2nd & Montgomery, San Francisco.

DON’T DRIVE!! We are steps away from the BART/MUNI station at Montgomery, and parking sucks in SF anyways.

Author events are podcast by Rick Kleffel, at The Agony Column; book commentary, reviews and podcasts. Check it out daily.

Bar proceeds and tips go to benefit Variety Childrens’ Charity of Northern California. Our goal this year with SF in SF is to raise $5,000 to help Variety in a number of endeavors, including aid to families with children suffering from cancer, purchasing adaptive bikes for disabled children, and giving financial aid immediately where it’s needed. Variety the Children’s Charity is dedicated to improving the lives of children in our communities. We do this by providing programs of last resort which help families’ access medical care and related services that are not covered by insurance companies, hospitals, government agencies or community based organizations.