HarperCollins debuts Authonomy, an open slush pile where readers rate aspiring writers.
UCLA Extension Writers’ Program’s annual Writers Faire is Sunday. Offerings include twenty-four mini-workshops and panels in creative writing and screenwriting hosted by Writers’ Program instructors. The fair is free; parking is $9.
Mister September: A Q&A valentine to San Francisco tech guru/storyteller/Fray founder Derek Powazek.



Meet the authors of the California Authors Directory. Visit the directory to discover writers like Andrew Sean Greer, a San Francisco novelist whose latest book,
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