Events

Join Unbound Edition Press authors at the readings, panels, or receptions scheduled below.

Books are often available at the events, though it’s best to order a copy in advance through our store.

Christian Bancroft: A Ghost Has No Fantasies, with Shelley Wong, Jesse Nathan, & Andy King

June 22, 2026 | 7:00 pm PDT

Join us at Pegasus Books Downtown for a reading and author talk with poet, editor, and queer studies scholar Christian Bancroft. We’ll be celebrating the release of his cross-genre debut, A Ghost Has No Fantasies. Bancroft will be joined by Bay Area authors and poets Shelley Wong, Jesse Nathan, and Andy King.

Through haunting poetry and prose, A Ghost Has No Fantasies illuminates the forgotten voices of LGBTQ+ individuals who suffered under Nazi persecution. Drawing from archival documents, survivor testimonies, and Gestapo files, Bancroft weaves together the intimate stories of those imprisoned under Paragraph 175 and beyond — gay men, lesbians, and transgender individuals whose experiences have long remained in the shadows of Holocaust memory.

“A triumphant project of reclamation and exaltation. Bancroft holds both terror and desire in his hand simultaneously, and does not burn.” -Robin Coste Lewis, winner of the National Book Award for Poetry

Bancroft received his Ph.D. from the University of Houston and is the recipient of a Michener Fellowship. He is also the author of Queering Modernist Translation: The Poetics of Race, Gender, and Queerness (2020) and the co-editor of the 2018 Unsung Masters Series volume, Adelaide Crapsey: The Life & Work of an American Master. His work has appeared or is forthcoming in Callaloo, The Missouri Review, Prairie Schooner, Petrichor, and Asymptote, among others.

Map: Pegasus Books Downtown
2349 Shattuck Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94704

9th Ave: Christian Bancroft with Caroline Mar & Mukethe Kawinzi

June 23, 2026 | 7:00 pm PDT

Green Apple Books on the Park

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Join us in welcoming Christian Bancroft for the release of his book, A Ghost Has No Fantasies, at 9th Ave! Featuring Caroline Mar and Mukethe Kawinzi.

“Drawing from testimonies, oral histories, legal records, and memoirs, Christian Bancroft has crafted a devastating chorus of voices…” -Roberto Tejada

Free to Attend, Please RSVP
Or Watch on YouTube Live/Link (Available Soon)

The event is located on the ground level, and there are no stairs between the entrance and event space.
We no longer require face masks in our store, but surgical masks are available for attendees.

Map: Green Apple Books on the Park
1231 9th Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94122

Authors in Conversation: Kai Maristed & Tom Sleigh

July 27, 2026 | 7:00 pm EST

The Wellfleet Public Library

The Wellfleet Public Library will be hosting authors Tom Sleigh and Kai Maristed for an evening of reading and conversation.

Sleigh will read from his new book, Rosie: A Memoir of Farewell, the extraordinary account of his mother’s life as told from the vantage of her death: her decision—with Sleigh’s help—to take her own life at the age of 97. Sleigh’s book is accompanied by a short film series by Ed Robbins featuring vignettes and poems from the memoir.

Maristed is the author of three novels: Broken Ground (2003), Fall (1996) and Out After Dark (1993) and a collection of stories, Belong to Me (1997). Her work has appeared in Ploughshares, The Kenyon Review, AGNI, The American Scholar, and others. She heads the anti-poverty NGO Technology Exchange Lab Inc.. A translator and playwright fluent in three languages, she has taught at the MFA level at Harvard University, Emerson College and the Warren Wilson Program for Writers. She lives in Paris, France and Wellfleet.

This is event is free to the public but seating is limited.

Map: Wellfleet Public Library
55 West Main Street
Wellfleet, MA 02667

Jennifer Clarvoe Author Talk & Signing

September 15, 2026 | 5:00 pm EST

Bank Square Books
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Bank Square Books in Mystic, CT presents an author talk and signing with Jennifer Clarvoe for her third book of poetry, PIANO PIANO.

In PIANO PIANO, Clarvoe crafts a luminous meditation on time, loss, and the enduring power of art to transform grief into grace. These poems move with the deliberate tempo their title suggests — piano piano, slowly, gently — through landscapes both intimate and archaeological, from a father’s final breaths to ancient cursed tablets unearthed in Turkish soil.

Jennifer Clarvoe is the author of two prior books of poetry: Invisible Tender (Fordham, 2000), and Counter Amores (University of Chicago, 2011). Her awards and fellowships include the Kate Tufts Prize, the Poets Out Loud Prize for Invisible Tender, a fellowship from the Sewanee Writers Conference, a residency at the James Merrill House, and the Rome Prize in Literature. She taught literature and creative writing at Kenyon College for many years. She lives in Somerville, MA, with her husband, Tony Sigel.

Map: Bank Square Books
80 Stonington Road, Suite 8
Mystic, CT 06355