@Artists’ Television Access, 992 Valencia St, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA
Join CLA President Gary Shaffer in conversation with novelist, poet, and librarian Andrew Demčák. Andrew is the author of six poetry collections and eight Young Adult novels. His work has been heralded by The American Library Association, Verse Daily, The Lambda Literary Foundation, The Best American Poetry, Kirkus Reviews, and Poets & Writers. Andrew and Gary will discuss Andrew’s books and the recent flurry of calls for banning of LGBTIQA+ books and challenges to library programs. They will also discuss growing up gay in a heteronormative world and how librarians are often the welcomers of all kids who are different.
Authors Matthew Clark Davison and Andrew Demčák will be reading from and discussing each other’s works as they share their passion for writing across genre. For more information click on image below.
Queer East Bay Librarians Gr Keer, Andrew Demcak, and Rebekah Eppley read from their own literary works at the Claremont Branch of the Berkeley Public Library
Visiting author James Han Mattson joins local authors Andrew Demcak and Tim Floreen at a Perfectly Queer Plus book reading, "Murderous Fiction: 3 Novels About Death," on Tuesday, May 15 from 7pm to 8pm at Dog Eared Books Castro, 489 Castro St., San Francisco. Author signing follows the readings. Free admission, free refreshments.
Come to “Sticky Pages,” three gay authors reading their erotic writing, Monday, December 5, 7:30pm to 8:30pm. Free admission, hot readings, and sexy door prizes! Andrew Demcak reads erotic poetry from Zero Summer, Rick May shares bedtime stories from Inhuman Beings: Encounters of Men and Not-Men, and Rob Rosen excerpts the juicy bits from his latest novel Midlife Crisis. Want more? You know you do. See you there.
Queer Young Adult Speculative Fiction authors at the Queer Words reading series, Tuesday, June 21, 7-8pm at Folio Books in Noe Valley. Skye Allen reads from her fantasy novel Pretty Peg, Andrew Demcak from his horror/super-powers novel A Little Bit Langston, and Tim Floreen from his scifi robot novel Willful Machines. Panel discussion on writing Queer YAs follows the readings.
There will be refreshments and door prizes. The authors will be signing.
What on earth am I reading from? Oh, my awesome poetry book, Night Chant, of course.
Come see me read this coming Saturday at Rolling Writers Doubles. I'm reading Richard May (Rick)'s short story "The Green Bench" and Rick is reading a chapter from my new horror novel, The Girl Beneath The Water. It's going to be awesome. More info click here.
The Perfectly Queer Writers/Reader Series begins January 11, 2016, 7 pm, at Books Inc. in the Castro.
BARtab celebrates its sixth year of hosting Lit Crawl readings at Martuni's, the famed martini bar. Dubbed 'A Six-Pack of Stories' (although the martunis are recommended!), it features Mark Abramson, Andrew Demcak, Kay Nilsson, Jim Piechota, Jim Provenzano and Xan Roberti.
At Booksmith on Haight St, San Francisco
The Banned Book Book Club celebrates the rich history of banned and challenged books! Each month Radar chooses a theme and asks some of our favorite artists to read from their favorite banned or challenged books. For the month of APRIL RADAR partners with The Booksmith to bring you some of our most beloved young adult writers who will read from banned or challenged YA titles! Hosted by Michelle Tea.
"Celebrating banned books gives us the occasion to recognize books as the radical and subversive things that they are." -Michelle Tea
Rolling Writers Queer–Nami
Apr 18, 2015
6:30 PM
Rolling-Out Cafe
1722 Taraval St
San Francisco, CA, 94116
