This has become such a monstrously large list, that I have decided to only show events four weeks in advance.  The master calendar will continue to show all the events I can find that are listed on each bookstore's site.

Bookstores in this list include:  
Barnes & Noble (various Bay Area Locations)
Book Passage (Corte Madera & San Francisco)
The Booksmith (San Francisco)
Books Inc. (various Bay Area Locations)
Pegasus Books (Berkeley & Oakland)
Hicklebee's Children's Books (San Jose)
A Great Good Place For Books (Oakland)
Kepler's Books (Menlo Park) 

I am attempting to make this a one stop place to find book signings in the San Francisco Bay Area! I will mostly focus on YA books, but I will also include some general fiction if I think it will be of interest. I think this is an extensive list, but there is always the possibility that I missed an event (Hey, I'm human). If you think there is an event that I should include, please leave me a note in the comments section. Thanks.

All graphics have links to GoodReads so you can check them out.

As always, it is a good idea to call the store a day or two before to confirm that the scheduled event is still on.  I have learned that these events change constantly.

If this list seems more sparse than before it's because bookstores don't seem to schedule many events around Thanksgiving...





Book:  The Next
Author:  Stephanie Gangi
Location:  A Great Good Place For Books
Address:  6120 LaSalle Avenue, Oakland
Tel:  (510) 339-8210





Book:  The Waiting Room
Author:  Leah Kaminsky
Location:  Book Passage (San Francisco)   
Address:  1 Ferry Building, San Francisco  
Tel: (415) 835-1020



Book:  Going Geek
Author:  Charlotte Huang
Book:  Tell Me Three Things
Author:  Julie Buxbaum
Location:  A Great Good Place For Books
Address:  6120 LaSalle Avenue, Oakland
Tel:  (510) 339-8210







This is a ticketed event:  $17.55 includes tickets for two people and one copy of the book

Book:  Diary Of A Wimpy Kid: Double Down
Author:  Jeff Kinney
Location:  Burlingame High School Theater
Address:  1 Mangini Way, Burlingame
Tickets at: http://books-inc-jeff-kinney.bpt.me/






Author:  Greg Bardsley  
Location:  A Great Good Place For Books 
Address:  6120 LaSalle Avenue, Oakland 
 



Book:  A Thin Bright Line
Author:  Lucy Jane Bledsoe
Location:  Books Inc. (Berkeley)
Address:  1491 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley
Tel:  (510) 525-7777





Book: News Of The World
Author:  Paulette Jiles
Location:  Book Passage (Corte Madera)






Books:   Accidental SEAL, Nashville SEAL Author: Sharon Hamilton

Books: Lover's Intuition, Sailor's Warning
Author:  Noelle Greene

Book: Rebirth: Rogues Shifter series

Author:  Gayle Parness

Book: Never Marry A Warlock
Author:  Marilyn Vix 

Additional readings from:
Nadine Mutas, and Jennae Vale

Location:  Barnes & Noble (San Jose)
Address:  3600 Stevens Creek Blvd. 
Tel:  (408) 984-3495





Book:  Boundary Stone
Author:  Gail Halverson
Location:  Book Passage (Corte Madera)

I am attempting to make this a one stop place to find book signings in the San Francisco Bay Area!  I will mostly focus on YA books, but I will also include some general fiction if I think it will be of interest.  I think this is an extensive list, but there is always the possibility that I missed an event (Hey, I'm human).  If you think there is an event that I should include, please leave me a note in the comments section.  Thanks.

All graphics have links to GoodReads so you can check them out.

As always, it is a good idea to call the store a day or two before to confirm that the scheduled event is still on.  I have learned that these events change constantly.
 Updated July 2nd, 2016:

July 2016

Book:  Caught Bread Handed Author:  Ellie Alexander Location:  Barnes & Noble Address:  3600 Stevens Creek Blvd, San Jose, CA Tel: (408) 984-3495
  This looks like a fun mystery romance!




Book:  The Immigrant Princess
Author:  Variny Yim
Location:  Books, Inc.
Address:  1491 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, CA
Tel:  (510) 525-7777

Note:  This author is also making multiple appearances throughout the Bay Area.
 
This looks like a wonderful story of the culture clash that many children of immigrants face. 
 


Book: Dragoncrown 
Author:  Emery Garriott
Location:  A Great Good Place For Books
Address:  6120 LaSalle Avenue, Oakland, CA
Tel: (510) 339-8210
   

A Fantasy book with dragons...  Well that hooked me right away.  This is a debut author so I hope there is a good-sized crowd for this.

Book:  Red Swarm Author:  David Massengill Location:  A Great Good Place For Books Address:  6120 LaSalle Avenue, Oakland, CA Tel: (510) 339-8210

This is a pulp fiction novel about a plague of deadly bugs.  Sounds like a creepy good time!



Book:  Baba Yaga's Assistant
Author:  Marika McCoola
Location:  Books Inc.
Address:  1491 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, CA
Tel:  (510) 525-7777
  This is a graphic novel that is aimed at middle grade readers.  It looks fun with great art work.  

Book:  Valley of the Moon Author:  Melanie Gideon Location:  A Great Good Place For Books Address:  6120 LaSalle Avenue, Oakland, CA Tel: (510) 339-8210

Note:  This author is also making multiple appearances throughout the Bay Area.
This is a launch party for this book!  It has some of the elements of Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children (people living in a time bubble) but the main characters are adults and it's set in Sonoma.
 

Book:  Monstress, Volume 1 Authors: Marjorie Lui & Sana Takeda Location:  Books, Inc. Address: 1491 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, CA Tel:  (510) 525-7777
This is a steam-punk graphic novel that looks really beautiful.



Book:  Black Jack Ketchum
Authors:  Brian Schirmer & Jeremy Saliba
Location:  Barnes & Noble 
Address:  5604 Bay Street, Emeryville, CA
Tel:  (510) 547-0905

This is a graphic novel series that the authors will be discussing and signing.  It looks like a cool mix of Fantasy and Western.




Book:  Valley Of The Moon Author:  Melanie Gideon
Location:  Books Inc.
Address:   74 Town & Country Village, Palo Alto, CA
Tel:  (650) 321-0600

Note:  This author is also making multiple appearances throughout the Bay Area.
 
This book is a fantasy and has some of the elements of Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children (people living in a time bubble) but the main characters are adults and it's set in Sonoma.
 




Book: Expect Deception   Author: JoAnn Smith Ainsworth.   Location:  Barnes & Noble Address:  Slatten Ranch Shopping Center
                5709 Lone Tree Way, Antioch, CA Tel: (925) 978-1031
This looks like a cool book with Nazis, spies, and wizards!  Historical fiction mixed with fantasy.

August 2016

  

Book:  Valley Of The Moon Author:  Melanie Gideon Location:  Book Passage Address:  51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera, CA Tel: (415)0 927-0960 (800) 999-7909

Note:  This author is also making multiple appearances throughout the Bay Area.
 
This book is a fantasy and has some of the elements of Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children (people living in a time bubble) but the main characters are adults and it's set in Sonoma.
 

 

Book:  The Immigrant Princess Author:  Variny Jim Location:  Book Passage Address:  51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera, CA Tel: (415) 927-0960   (800) 999-7909

Note:  This author is also making multiple appearances throughout the Bay Area. 

This looks like a wonderful story of the culture clash that many children of immigrants face. 







Book:  Eileen
Author:  Ottessa Moshfegh
Location:  A Great Good Place For Books
Address:  6120 LaSalle Avenue, Oakland, CA Tel: (510) 339-8210


This seems like a suspenseful, scary story of a disturbed women working at a juvenile facility in the 60's and how she gets obsessed with  one of the counselors.

  September 2016

Book:  The Empress Of Tempera
Author: Alex Dolan
Location: Barnes & Noble
Address:   313 Corte Madera Town Center
                 Corte Madera, CA 94925
Tel:  (415) 927-9016
 
Set in the art world, this book looks to be great for those who enjoy books such as The Last Painting of Sara deVos. 


 
Book:  Truly Madly Guilty Author: Laine Moriarty Location:  Book Passage Address:  51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera, CA Tel: (415)0 927-0960 (800) 999-7909
Oh, I loved Big, Little Lies!  This new book should be awesome.  Since this is an author that lives in Australia (and I doubt she gets to the U.S. often), I will definitely try to attend this event.

Book:  Leave Me Author:  Gayle Forman Location:  Books, Inc. (Opera Plaza Store) Address:  601 Van Ness Ave., San Francisco, CA Tel: (415) 776-1111
This is Gayle Forman's first adult fiction.  Given the popularity of her many YA books, this should be a big event. 





Note: This is a City Arts & Lectures Event.  You must buy tickets.
 
Book:  Here I Am
Author:  Jonathan Safran Foer

Tickets: City Arts & Lectures
Location:  Nourse Theater
Address:  275 Hayes Street, San Francisco, CA
Tel: (415) 563-2463


Book:  The Nightingale
Author: Kristin Hannah
Location:  Book Passage
Address:  51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera, CA
Tel: (415)0 927-0960 (800) 999-7909


This is one of my favorite books that I have read this year, and I am so excited that she will be coming to the Bay Area!!!

What a wonderful Sunday it was!  I had cooked and cleaned all of Saturday; my chores were complete.  After a brisk morning, the sun came out and I was ready to do something I never do:  go on adventure, all alone, to San Francisco to attend a book event!  Held at Books Inc. in Opera Plaza, tucked away at the far end of the store, the empty chairs sat waiting for the arrival of Leigh Bardugo!  And I was happily among them!

I arrived in San Francisco from the East Bay with plenty of time so I was able to leisurely walk to the bookstore and take in some of the stunning architecture in the city:

 

City Hall, San Francisco, California            San Francisco Opera House


After walking several blocks from the BART station, I found Books, Inc. and quickly bought two more copies of Six of Crows (I think a few people will be getting special Christmas gifts this year...).  Then I located the seats and found a spot near the front.



Then I sat down and read a few more chapters of Six of Crows.  Such an exciting book!  I stopped several times and listen to the organizers talk about books, and a few other events that were upcoming at the store.  I then remembered that a few weeks ago on Twitter, I was talking to @NextPagePlease_ and we both said we would be going to this event.  Could she be here?  I didn't really know what she looked like in person, so I sent out a tweet to her, asking if she was going.  She quickly answered, "Yes, I am already here.".  I began to look around the store, and finally got up the courage to ask this teen, "Are you Kaitlin?"  She looked at me strangely (which was understandable) until I explained we knew each other through Twitter.  Then we were all smiles and hugs.  What a cool thing to meet up with people you know through social media!




Finally, the big moment arrived and Leigh Bardugo was in the house!



She began by reading from a story she had written at 12 years old.  While it was full of cliches, one could see there was talent even at that young age!  She was witty and self depreciating, talking about how difficult her teen years were trying to fit in at an all-girls school.  She mentioned that a reoccurring theme in her books is about creating your tribe of friends and how that really came to be at college.  Leigh answered many questions from the audience about her writing process and character creation.  She was full of pearls of wisdom!  At one point, she said, "You have to be bad at writing before you become good at writing".  That gave me a lot to think about.  No one instantly is good at an art.  Whether it's singing, playing an instrument, or writing, it takes work to gain proficiency.  This is so encouraging.  I think I tend to look at my writing and become exasperated that it isn't any good.  I need to keep working on it, and I will improve. Maybe not to the level of published author, but I will get better!

Finally, she began to sign books!  I was very fortunate to be in the second row, so I only had to wait a short time before I was standing and chatting with Leigh Bardugo!!!  She couldn't have been nicer, signing all my books and asking me questions too.

 


Afterwards, we got to take some swag:  I got two cool pins (one says Grisha for life and the other says Proper Thief), and a large temporary tattoo of a crow (I think I will keep it as a bookmark!).  On my book, she wrote:  The heart is an arrow.  She has certainly made reading entertaining for me.  Now, she has inspired me as well.  Thank you Leigh!