Thursday, October 15, 2026, 2:30 AM - 4:00 AM ยท Noe Valley Books, Noe Valley, San Francisco
Six writers, including Kate Folk, Vanessa Hua, and Dean Rader, swap pages across poetry and fiction at Makeout Room as part of the Litquake literary festival.
A community-backed bookshop on 24th Street that opened in 2024 when the neighborhood raised over $150,000 to make it happen. Fiction, nonfiction, and a solid children's section fill the shelves, with staff picks that read like personal dispatches.