None of This is Real was our April selection for our Apple-a-Month Club subscribers. She'll be reading from the collected short stories in None of this is Real, a beautiful, occasionally unsettling, always profound collection of worlds in which the real and the surreal brush up against each other, turning (or slightly tilting) truth on its head.


We're thrilled to welcome Springer and Mellis for a reading of their remarkable, incomparable work. [Neither book is listed on our website right now, but give us a call to reserve copies.]

Want to learn how to make some great meals on the cheap -- and eat some? You need to pick up a copy of The BrokeAss Gourmet Cookbook. But don't take our word for it: come sample some of the delicious concoctions of chef Gabi Moskowtiz at Green Apple on May 10th at 7PM. Free food and wine! Can't beat it. 

About the author: Gabi Moskowitz is a chef, writer and the editor-in-chief of the nationally-acclaimed blog BrokeAss Gourmet. After attending college in Boston and spending three years teaching kindergarten, Gabi began to consider a career in the culinary arts. She worked as a caterer and cooking teacher before discovering food writing.

She launched BrokeAss Gourmet with friend Adam Metz in February of 2009, and since then, Gabi and the site have been featured on MSN Money, Urban Outfitters, TIME.com, NBC’s 11 O’Clock News and a plethora of national food and lifestyle blogs.

Green Apple Books is proud to be hosting author and swimming enthusiast Lynn Sherr at the South End Rowing Club for a reading, discussion, book signing and all-things-aquatic celebration of her new book Swim. 

In Swim, Sherr explores every aspect of the sport, from the biology of swimming to the fame of Esther Williams; from turquoise pools and wild water to the training of Olympians. Swim is a celebration of swimming and the effect it has on our lives. It’s also an inquiry into why we swim—the lure, the hold, the timeless magic of being in the water and a look at how swimming has changed over the millennia.

This event at the landmark South End Rowing Club will be a great night of love for the water for swimmers. 

Local author Bart Schneider will be appearing at Green Apple in the Granny Smith Room at 7PM on March 21st to read from his new, locally-based novel, Nameless Dame: Murder on the Russian River. Booklist says: "Schneider’s vision of a world where everyone, high and low, criminal and otherwise, is susceptible to the clarion call of poetry is somewhere between parody and utopia, but either way, it’s utterly delightful." The live version is sure to be even more so.

More info here.

Join Green Apple Books in celebrating the release of Ian Tuttle's debut short story collection, Stretchyhead, on Wednesday, February 22nd at 7 PM in the Granny Smith Room. One of the recent favorite literary lights of San Francisco's exploding spoken-word culture, Ian's stories are insightful, emotional and poetic - a perfect blend of Richard Brautigan and Raymond Carver. His odes are gathered in the finest of letterpress, and accompanied by minimalist illustrations that seem to leap off of the page. Don't miss this reading, and one day you'll be able to say you saw him when.

Author and Rabbi Michael Lerner will be speaking at St. James Episcopal Church on February 26th about his new book, Embracing Isreal/Palestine. Lerner emphasizes that a new approach to the issue requires giving primacy to love, kindness, and generosity. It calls for challenging the master narratives in both Israel and Palestine as well as the idea that “homeland security” can be achieved through military, political, economic, or media domination. His presentation at St. James at 11:30AM on February 26th is sure to be insightful, inspiring, and thought-provoking.

Julia Flynn Siler (LOST KINGDOM) and Julia Scheeres (A THOUSAND LIVES) at Tosca Cafe

Beginning in January 2012, San Francisco’s Litquake literary festival unveils its revamped monthly Epicenter series, to feature select national and international touring authors in lively conversations at Tosca, the city’s elegant and storied North Beach saloon. The new series is modeled after London’s Shoreditch House Literary Salon, and embraces a similar philosophy to create a theater of ideas between writers and readers. With cocktails and free admission, of course. Epicenter events will be held on the final Tuesday evening of each month, and each conversation will be followed by an audience Q&A. Books will be provided by Green Apple.

This month:

Julia Flynn Siler will be discussing her book Lost Kingdom: Hawaii’s Last Queen, the Sugar Kings, and America’s First Imperial Adventure. The book takes readers on a tour through the fascinating history of Hawaii in a tale of one of the most breathtaking land grabs of the Gilded Age.

Julia Scheeres will be discussing her book A Thousand Lives, which is the story of Jonestown as it has never been told before. New York Times bestselling author Julia Scheeres drew from thousands of recently declassified FBI documents and audiotapes, as well as rare videos and interviews, to piece together an unprecedented and compelling history of the doomed camp, focusing on the people who lived there. Her own experiences at an oppressive reform school in the Dominican Republic, detailed in her unforgettable debut memoir Jesus Land, gave her unusual insight into this story.

We'll see you at Tosca on January 24th for a night of fascinating history, great authors, and tasty cocktails. 21+ only.

On Thursday, December 15th at 6PM Bi-Rite Market owner Sam Mogannam will be joining us to sample some treats and discuss the quintessential San Francisco cookbook of the season, Bi-Rite Market's Eat Good Food. This event will be both informative and delicious (we hear he's bringing deviled eggs, and we're providing the wine), and he'll also be signing your copies of Bi-Rite Market's Eat Good Food  -- a great gift for any local foodie. See you there!