The PM Press Tabling Tornados are bringing the noise to these upcoming anarchist book fairs, big and small city book festivals, indie comics fests, academic conferences, activist gatherings, punk fests, folk festivals, and more. Look up these events and support their work! Come find the PM tables and say hello. Follow along on our socials to learn more.

• Readercon Burlington, MA July 9 to 12

• Columbus Book Festival Columbus, OH July 11 and 12

• Nashville Punk Rock Flea Market Nashville, TN July 11 and 12

• Puente Ethnic Studies Symposium Berkeley, CA July 16

• Philly Punk Rock Flea Market Philadelphia, PA July 17 to 19

• Finger Lakes GrassRoots Festival Ithaca, NY July 17 to 20

• Mosswood Meltdown Oakland, CA July 17 to 19

• New York Poetry Festival New York, NY July 18 to 19

• Wicker Park Fest Chicago, IL July 24 to 26

• New Jersey Trenton Punk Rock Flea Market Edison, NJ July 25

• Society for the Study of Social Problems SSSP New York, NY August 6 to 9

• Veterans for Peace Convention VFP Kansas City, MO August 6 to 9

• Rebellion Fest Blackpool, UK August 6 to 9

• Savage Mountain Punk Festival Cumberland, MD August 6 to 8

• Rust Belt Rising Rochester, NY August 15 and 16

• Black Cat Book Fair Belfast, ME August 22 and 23

• WorldCon – Seattle World Science Fiction Convention Anaheim, CA August 27 to 31

• Harlem Book Fair Harlem, NY August 29

• Lehigh Valley Pride Festival Bethlehem, PA August 30

• Socialism Conference Chicago, IL September 4 to 7

• Ward 1 Mutual Aid Benefit Show Washington, DC – Sylvia Theater on National Mall September 5

• Bread and Roses Heritage Festival Lawrence, MA September 7

• Ithaca Is Books Festival Ithaca, NY September 12 and 13

• Knoxville Punk Rock Flea Market Knoxville, TN September 12

• Chicago Printer’s Row Chicago, IL September 12 and 13

• PVD Fest Providence, RI September 18 and 19

• Riot Fest Chicago, IL September 19 to 21

• Worker Co-op Conference Boston, MA September 25 to 26

• Philly Punk Rock Flea Market Philadelphia, PA September 25 to 27

• Apple Harvest Festival Ithaca, NY September 25 to 27

• Brooklyn Book Festival – September 26 and 27

• NYC Anarchist Book Fair New York, NY September 26

• Decatur Book Festival Decatur, GA October 2 and 3

• Peace and Justice Studies Association (PJSA) Arlington, VA October 2 to 4

• Bay Area Anarchist Book Fair Oakland, CA October 3rd

• Litquake Small Press Book Fair San Francisco, CA October 4

• Montreal Anarchist Book Fair Montreal, QC October 10 and 11

• Live Free Anarchist Book Fair Hanover, NH October 10

• Chicago Zine Fest Chicago, IL October 10

• Atlanta Pride Atlanta, GA October 10 and 11

• Circuit Breakers Tech Workers Conference New York, NY October 17 to 18

• New Jersey Punk Rock Flea Market Halloween market Edison, NJ October 17

• Southern Festival of Books Nashville, TN October 17 and 18

• World Fantasy Convention Oakland, CA October 22 to 25, 2026

• American Studies Association (ASA) Chicago, IL October 22 to 25

• New Orleans ACAB Zine Fest New Orleans, LA October 23 to 25

• Union for Democratic Communications Ithaca, NY October 23 and 24

• Atlanta Radical Book Fair Atlanta, GA October 24

• Savannah Pride Savannah, GA October 24

• National Women’s Studies Association (NWSA) Conference Atlanta, GA November 5 to 8

• Twin Cities Book Fest TCBF Minneapolis, MN November 7

• American Society of Criminology ASC Chicago, IL November 18 to 21

• Middle East Studies Association MESA Boston, MA November 21 to 24

• Basilica Hudson Farm and Flea Market Hudson, NY November 27 to 29

• Howard Zinn Book Fair San Francisco, CA December 6

Join Joe Uehlein and others for a book and music tour to celebrate the release of Three Roads: Labor, Music, Ecology. See the events below. More will be added, so check back. Learn more here.

July 6th in San Francisco, CA from 7:00 – 9:00 pm
518 Valencia St, San Francisco, CA 94110

July 8th in Berkeley, CA from 7:00 – 9:00 pm
Pegasus Books, 2349 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94704

July 10th in San Francisco, CA from 6pm to 9pm
ILWU Local 10 Union Hall, 4000 North Point

July 28th in  Champaign, IL at Orpheum Champaign
346 N. Neil St., Champaign, IL 61820

August 1st in Chicago, IL 5:00 pm (Reception)
6:00 – 8:00 pm Pilsen Community Books
1531 W. 18th St., Chicago, IL 60608

September 11th
Space Gallery
534-538 Congress St, Portland, ME 04101

September 12th
SEIU 32BJ, 6th Floor
26 West St, Boston, MA 02111

September 14th
Political Economy Research Institute (PERI) at UMass Amherst
418 N Pleasant St., Amherst, MA 01002

September 30th in Seattle, WA from 4pm to 6pm
WSLC, AFL-CIO at 321 16th Ave S, Seattle, WA 98144

October 3rd
AFM Local
325 NE 20th Ave., Portland, OR 97232

October 30th
Los Angeles, CA

Sunday July 12, 2026    3:00PM – 5:00PM
The San Francisco Public Library Main Branch
Koret Auditorium
Lower Level
100 Larkin Street between Grove & Fulton

SF IN SF WELCOMES
MEG ELISON, author of Big Girl, AND SARAH GAILEY

Event is moderated by author Cliff Winnig
Each author will read a selection from their work, followed by Q&A with the audience. Booksigning and schmoozing follows!

Books for sale courtesy of Fly By Night Books; you are welcome to bring your own books for signatures.

Our wonderful podcast hosts from Soma FM will be recording the event for later broadcast – listener-supported, commercial-free radio broadcasting to the world!  Catch up on previous SF in SF conversations and reading at our dedicated channel, here

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ABOUT THE AUTHORS:

MEG ELISON is an author and essayist. She writes science fiction and horror, as well as feminist essays and cultural criticism. She has been published in McSweeney’s, Slate, Fangoria, Fantasy and Science Fiction, Clarkesworld, and many other places.  Her debut novel, The Book of the Unnamed Midwife won the 2014 Philip K. Dick Award. Her novelette, “The Pill” won the 2021 Locus Award. She is a Hugo, Nebula, and Sturgeon Awards finalist, and has been an Otherwise Award honoree twice. Her YA debut, Find Layla, named one of Vanity Fair’s Best 15 Books of 2020, was published in fall 2020 by Skyscape. Her parasocial thriller, Number One Fan was published in August 2022 by Mira Books. Big Girl, a collection of fiction and essays, plus interviews with Terry Bisson, is part of the Outspoken Authors Series from PM Press. Elison is a high school dropout and a graduate of UC Berkeley. Meg’s forthcoming satire novella, Foundling Fathers is out now from Tachyon Publications.  Learn more about this amazing author at http://megelison.com/

SARAH GAILEY is a Hugo Award and British Fantasy Award winning, bestselling author of speculative fiction, short stories, and essays. They have been a finalist for the Hugo, Nebula, and Locus awards for multiple years running. Their bestselling adult novel debut, Magic For Liars, was published by Tor Books in 2019. Their most recent novel, Just Like Home, and most recent original comic book series with BOOM! Studios, Know Your Station, are available now. They have also written comics for Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Steven Universe, Predator, White Widow, and more. Their shorter works and essays have been published in Mashable, The Boston Globe, Vice, Tor.com, and The Atlantic. Their work has been translated and published around the world. They are the editor and publisher of the Stone Soup newsletter, and the successful Kickstarter-backed  Love Letters: Reasons To Be Alive. You can find links to their work at sarahgailey.com.

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The San Francisco Public Library Main Branch is located on the corner of Larkin and Grove, off Hyde, with entrances on both Larkin and Grove.  Parking is available in the Civic Center Garage across the street, and the Civic Center BART Station is located a block away in the UN Plaza.  The 19 Polk MUNI bus has a stop directly in front of the library on Larkin Street.  Check the website 511.org to easily plan your visit with public transportation!

Situationist writer and translator Ken Knabb is currently leading a Zoom discussion group on the recent collection of his own writings, The Joy of Revolution and Related Texts. The group meets every other Sunday and participation is free. For more information, please email Ken at knabb(at)bopsecrets(dot)org

Here are the dates: June 7, June 21, July 5, July 19, August 2

Also check out Complete Cinematic Works,  The Society of the Spectacle and Situationist International Anthology. 

Sunday July 19, 2026    3:00PM – 5:00PM
The San Francisco Public Library Main Branch
Koret Auditorium, Lower Level
100 Larkin Street between Grove & Fulton

SF IN SF WELCOMES Ian Shoales / aka Merle Kessler, author of Veni Vidi Venti – the newest Outspoken Authors Series book, and Molly Tanzer. 

Each author will read a selection from their work, followed by Q&A with the audience. Booksigning and schmoozing follows!

Books for sale courtesy of Fly By Night Books; you are welcome to bring your own books for signatures.

Our wonderful podcast hosts from Soma FM will be recording the event for later broadcast – listener-supported, commercial-free radio broadcasting to the world!  Catch up on previous SF in SF conversations and reading at our dedicated channel, here

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The San Francisco Public Library Main Branch is located on the corner of Larkin and Grove, off Hyde, with entrances on both Larkin and Grove.  Parking is available in the Civic Center Garage across the street, and the Civic Center BART Station is located a block away in the UN Plaza.  The 19 Polk MUNI bus has a stop directly in front of the library on Larkin Street.  Check the website 511.org to easily plan your visit with public transportation!

Join Jessica Lawless for two events with NorCal Resist to celebrate and discuss her new book, Cultural Capital Doesn’t Pay the Rent: A Queer Memoir.

Friday, July 24th in Sacramento at NorCal Resist, 277 Cottage Way #15 Sacramento, CA 95825

Sunday, July 26th in Chico at 1078 Gallery, 1710 Park Ave Chico, CA 95928.

Learn more below and here.