Book Passage Ferry Building

01/30/2026

Book Passage will be open tomorrow, January 30th. We are grateful to those who are participating in the general strike against the actions of ICE. We have decided to remain open to provide a safe space where all our friends and neighbors are welcome to gather during this challenging time. We will be donating to Canal Alliance for their legal assistance and support of our immigrant community.

With thanks to all who are standing up at this crucial time.

09/07/2022

Join us Thursday, September 8, 2022 at 5:00pm

Lightning-paced and psychologically astute as it rockets toward an explosive ending, When We Were Bright and Beautiful, by nationally bestselling author Jillian Medoff, is a dazzling novel that asks: who will pay the price when the truth is revealed?

https://www.bookpassage.com/event/jillian-medoff-when-we-were-bright-and-beautiful-ferry-building-store

08/23/2022

Join us at Book Passage at the Ferry Building on 8/27 at 1pm for a signing with Reem Assil right after her food demo with Foodwise. Arabiyya celebrates the alluring aromas and flavors of Arab food and the welcoming spirit with which they are shared. Written from her point of view as an Arab in diaspora, Reem Assil takes readers on a journey through her Palestinian and Syrian roots, showing how her heritage has inspired her recipes for flatbreads, dips, snacks, platters to share, and more.

08/20/2022

phenomenon and award-winning author Alex Aster delivers readers a masterfully written, utterly gripping YA fantasy novel. Filled with secrets, deception, romance, and twists worthy of the darkest thrillers, Lightlark is a must-read for fans of legendary fantasy writers Marie Lu, Marissa Meyer, and Leigh Bardugo.

Tickets are still available to see Alex Aster at Book Passage in the San Francisco Ferry Building on Sunday, August 28th at 2:00pm!

https://www.bookpassage.com/lightlark2022

08/17/2022

Join us at Book Passage in the Ferry Building on Sunday, August 21 at 2:00pm!

Combining the corporate intrigue of Joseph Finder, the satirical cultural critique of Dave Eggers, and the domestic drama of Laura Dave, Bit Flip is a fast-paced contemporary thriller that delivers an authentic insider's view of the corrupting influences of greed, entitlement, and vanity in technology start-ups.

bookpassage.com/event/mike-trigg-mehran-sahami-bit-flip-ferry-building-store

08/04/2022

Join us at Book Passage at the Ferry Building at 3pm to hear from Maryanne Wiggins in conversation with Annie Germanacos.

Properties of Thirst is a novel that is both universal and intimate. It is the story of a changing American landscape and an examination of one of the darkest periods in this country’s past, as told by author Marianne Wiggins through the stories of the individual loves and losses that weave together to form the fabric of our shared history.

More info here: https://www.bookpassage.com/event/marianne-wiggins-anne-germanacos-properties-thirst-ferry-building-store

07/28/2022

Join us at the Ferry Building for this Shack 15 Event for RECULTURING with Melissa Daimler in conversation with Stacey Zolt Hara!

ReCulturing is the playbook for building a business in which employees are clear on the why, what, and how they are working. One of today's most renowned thought leaders and practitioners on the issue, Melissa Daimler provides a modern definition of culture that is more of a verb than a noun. Culture needs to be reviewed consistently, just like strategy and purpose.

RSVP here:

Author and Udemy Chief Learning Officer Melissa Daimler speaks about her newly published book ReCulturing, co-presented with Book Passage

07/15/2022

TOMORROW, join Alice Waters at the San Francisco Ferry Building for a cooking demo with Foodwise (11am) followed by a signing at Book Passage (12pm). Alice Waters' new book We Are What We Eat has just been released in paperback!

https://www.bookpassage.com/wearewhatweeat2022

07/06/2022

Award-winning author and Brooklyn Review editor Wesley Straton's The Bartender's Cure is a fiercely relatable debut novel about an aspiring bartender at the perfect neighborhood bar, filled with cocktail recipes and bartending tips and tricks.

Joi us at Book Passage at the Ferry Building on Saturday, June 9 at 3:00pm to hear from Wesley Straton in conversation with Shanna Farrell!

More info here: https://www.bookpassage.com/event/wesley-straton-shanna-farrell-bartenders-cure-ferry-building-store

06/17/2022

In The Modern Loss Handbook, Modern Loss cofounder Rebecca Soffer offers candid, practical, and witty advice for confronting a future without your person, honoring their memory, dealing with trigger days, managing your professional life, and navigating new and existing relationships.

Join as at the Ferry Building on on June 20 at 5:00pm to hear from Rebecca Soffer in conversation with Dr. Lucy Kalanithi

More info here: https://www.bookpassage.com/event/rebecca-soffer-dr-lucy-kalanithi-modern-loss-handbook-ferry-building-store

06/04/2022

Join us at the Ferry Building for Generation Dread, an impassioned generational perspective on how to stay sane amid climate disruption by Britt Wray on Tuesday 6/7 at 5pm https://www.bookpassage.com/event/britt-wray-generation-dread-ferry-building-store