The PM Press Tabling Tornados are bringing the noise to these upcoming anarchist book fairs, big and small city book festivals, conferences, activist gatherings, punk fests, folk festivals, and more.
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The PM Press Tabling Tornados are bringing the noise to these upcoming anarchist book fairs, big and small city book festivals, 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.
We’ll be on tour with Martha in the UK July 11 to 20
Readercon in Burlington, MA from July 17 to 20
Finger Lakes GrassRoots Festival in Ithaca, NY from July 17 to 20
Mosswood Meltdown in Oakland, CA on July 19 and 20
Nashville Punk Rock Flea Market in Nashville, TN on July 19 and 20
Wicker Park Fest in Chicago, IL from July 25 to 27
New Jersey Punk Rock Flea Market in Edison, NJ on July 26
The Society for the Study of Social Problems in Chicago, IL from August 8 to 10
Young Democratic Socialists of America National Convention in Chicago, IL from August 6 and 7
Democratic Socialists of America National Convention in Chicago, IL from August 8 to 10
Rebellion Punk Festival in Blackpool, UK from August 7 to 10
Hull Radical Book Fair in Hull, UK on August 9
WorldCon – World Science Fiction Convention in Seattle, WA from August 13 to 17
Lehigh Valley Pride Festival in Bethlehem, PA on August 17
Black Cat Book Fair in Belfast, ME on August 23 and 24
San Francisco Zine Fest in San Francisco, CA on August 31
Printer’s Row in Chicago, IL on September 6 and 7
Ithaca is Books Fest in Ithaca, NY on September 13 and 14
Baltimore Book Festival in Baltimore, MD on September 13 and 14
NYC Anarchist Book Fair in New York, NY on September 13
London Anarchist Book Fair in London, UK on September 20
Riot Fest in Chicago, IL on September 19 to 21
Seattle Punk Rock Flea Market in Seattle, WA from September 19 t0 21
Brooklyn Book Festival in Brooklyn, NY on September 20 and 21
Victoria Anarchist Book Fair in Victoria, BC on September 20 and 21
Apple Harvest Festival in Ithaca, NY on September 26 to 28
Another Carolina Anarchist Book Fair in Asheville, NC from September 26 to 28
Punk in the Park in Worcester, MA on September 27
Furnace Fest in Birmingham, AL from October 3 to 5
Decatur Book Festival in Decatur, GA on October 3 and 4
Peace and Justice Studies Association (PJSA) conference in Philadelphia, PA from October 10 and 12
Atlanta Pride in Atlanta, GA on October 11 and 12
Bay Area Anarchist Book Fair in Oakland, CA on October 18
Northwest Teaching for Social Justice (NWTSJ) in Portland, OR on October 18
Southern Festival of Books in Nashville, TN on October 18 and 19
Seattle Anarchist Book Fair on October 18 and 19
Peterborough Radical Bookfair in Peterborough, UK on October 18
The Fest in Gainesville, FL from October 24 to 26
Boston Book Festival on October 25
Manchester & Salford Anarchist Bookfair on November 8
Amsterdam Anarchist Bookfair in Amsterdam on November 22 and 23
Howard Zinn Book Fair in San Francisco, CA on December 7
Join Owen Hill for a reading and discussion of The Giveaway: The Clay Blackburn Story at Bird and Beckett in San Francisco on July 10th
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Join Owen Hill for a reading and discussion of The Giveaway: The Clay Blackburn Story at Bird and Beckett in San Francisco on July 10th at 7pm. 653 Chenery St, San Francisco, CA
About the book
Clay Blackburn—poet, book scout, and sometimes detective—cruises the mean, and sometimes not so mean, streets of Berkeley. With his accomplices, a soldier of fortune, a “defrocked” FBI agent, and a smooth and sexy con man, he lives a life of bisexual sensation with a little crime solving on the side. As such, Blackburn is a sly, witty, and more or less reliable raconteur of the last thirty something years of the Bay Area’s radical bohemia and bookselling. And in the tradition of Ian Rankin’s Edinburgh, and Jean-Claude Izzo’s Marseilles, bears uncomfortable witness to Berkeley’s descent from countercultural paradise to neoliberal inferno.
This omnibus collection collects the novels The Chandler Apartments (2002), The Incredible Double (2010), and the previously unpublished Mayakovsky’s Bugatti (2025), and includes the Blackburn short story “Righteous Kill” (2021).
“Yet the more we get to know him, the more we’re persuaded Blackburn is a Pure Product of Berkeley. He’s not only queer, but a queer sort of all else he declares himself to be: a queer sort of detective, a queer sort of Communist or Anarchist, and beyond—a queer sort of gourmet, ethical thinker, cat owner, and—for certain—a queer sort of narrator.” —Jonathan Lethem, from the Introduction
Owen Hill is the author of three crime novels, two books of short fiction, and many collections of poetry. He coannotated and edited The Annotated Big Sleep (Vintage Crime), and coedited Berkeley Noir (Akashic Books). He was a buyer at a secondhand bookstore for many years, and now is a union organizer for the Industrial Workers of the World. He lives in Oakland.
Saturday, July 19, 2025, 12:00 pm PST
Abigail Susik and Paul Buhle discuss Surrealism, Bugs Bunny, and the Blues. Rediscover the most insightful and incendiary cultural commentaries from a leading figure
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Saturday, July 19, 2025, 12:00 pm PST
Abigail Susik and Paul Buhle discuss Surrealism, Bugs Bunny, and the Blues. Rediscover the most insightful and incendiary cultural commentaries from a leading figure in the revival of Surrealism.
City Lights and PM Press celebrate the publication of Surrealism, Bugs Bunny, and the Blues: Selected Writings on Popular Culture by Franklin Rosemont and coedited by Abigail Susik and Paul Buhle.
This is a virtual event that will be hosted by City Lights on the Zoom platform. It’s free, but registration is required. Learn more here.
Join Owen Hill for a reading and discussion of The Giveaway: The Clay Blackburn Story at Book Passage Corta Madera on July 26th at 11am.
Event Details
Join Owen Hill for a reading and discussion of The Giveaway: The Clay Blackburn Story at Book Passage Corta Madera on July 26th at 11am. 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera, CA.
About the book
Clay Blackburn—poet, book scout, and sometimes detective—cruises the mean, and sometimes not so mean, streets of Berkeley. With his accomplices, a soldier of fortune, a “defrocked” FBI agent, and a smooth and sexy con man, he lives a life of bisexual sensation with a little crime solving on the side. As such, Blackburn is a sly, witty, and more or less reliable raconteur of the last thirty something years of the Bay Area’s radical bohemia and bookselling. And in the tradition of Ian Rankin’s Edinburgh, and Jean-Claude Izzo’s Marseilles, bears uncomfortable witness to Berkeley’s descent from countercultural paradise to neoliberal inferno.
This omnibus collection collects the novels The Chandler Apartments (2002), The Incredible Double (2010), and the previously unpublished Mayakovsky’s Bugatti (2025), and includes the Blackburn short story “Righteous Kill” (2021).
“Yet the more we get to know him, the more we’re persuaded Blackburn is a Pure Product of Berkeley. He’s not only queer, but a queer sort of all else he declares himself to be: a queer sort of detective, a queer sort of Communist or Anarchist, and beyond—a queer sort of gourmet, ethical thinker, cat owner, and—for certain—a queer sort of narrator.” —Jonathan Lethem, from the Introduction
Owen Hill is the author of three crime novels, two books of short fiction, and many collections of poetry. He coannotated and edited The Annotated Big Sleep (Vintage Crime), and coedited Berkeley Noir (Akashic Books). He was a buyer at a secondhand bookstore for many years, and now is a union organizer for the Industrial Workers of the World. He lives in Oakland.
