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October 2019
Litquake Santa Cruz
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2019 - 7:00PM Funny & Peculiar: Santa Cruz Writers on Keeping it Weird It’s 2019 and it seems like things couldn’t get any stranger. What better time to mine the oddities of life with noted writers Elizabeth McKenzie, Micah Perks, Peggy Townsend, Liza Monroy and Wallace Baine? Moderated by Dan White and Amy Ettinger. This event is co-presented by The Humanities Institute at UC Santa Cruz. Read more about Litquake, celebrating it's 20th Anniversary, here. About the writers: Elizabeth…
Find out more »Deepak Chopra, Metahuman
Bookshop Santa Cruz is thrilled to present an evening with New York Times bestselling author Deepak Chopra, who will share his new book, Metahuman: Unleashing Your Infinite Potential. This offsite and ticketed event will take place at the Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium. Deepak Chopra will discuss his latest book and take questions from the audience; the event will conclude with a booksigning. Tickets are $35.00 ($37.74 w/service fee) and include entry to the event and one hardcover copy of Metahuman: Unleashing Your Infinite Potential, to…
Find out more »Tui Sutherland, Wings of Fire
Tui T. Sutherland—bestselling author of the Wings of Fire series, the Menagerie trilogy, and the Pet Troubleseries—will join us to read and sign copies of her enthralling new books, Hidden Kingdom (Wings of Fire Graphic, Book 3) and The Poison Jungle (Wings of Fire, Book 13). The Poison Jungle (Wings of Fire, Book 13) The New York Times bestselling series continues with a thrilling revelation—brand-new tribes of dragons! There are dark secrets in the jungle, though—some that Sundew is keeping, and some that she's only just beginning to discover. And now that…
Find out more »Dav Pilkey, Dog Man: For Whom the Ball Rolls
Bookshop Santa Cruz is thrilled to welcome worldwide bestselling children's author Dav Pilkey back to Santa Cruz for a ticketed event at the Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium to celebrate his new Dog Man book, For Whom the Ball Rolls. Produced in partnership with Allterra Solar, and cosponsored by the Friends of the Santa Cruz Public Libraries. Tickets are on sale via Brown Paper Tickets. General Admission Tickets are $21.00 (plus service fee). Each ticket contains two general admission seats (one adult, one child) for Dav Pilkey's presentation, a…
Find out more »Elizabeth Strout, Olive Again
A LITERARY SOIREE WITH ELIZABETH STROUT In Conversation with Elizabeth McKenzie Offsite & Ticketed Event at DNA’s Comedy Lab Cosponsored by The Humanities Institute at UC Santa Cruz & KAZU 90.3 Join us for a very special evening when #1 New York Times bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize winner Elizabeth Strout joins us to discuss her highly anticipated new novel, Olive, Again, in which she continues the life of her beloved character Olive Kitteridge. Strout will be in conversation with writer Elizabeth McKenzie…
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- Jarett KobekAuthor of "I Hate the Internet", an international bestseller set mostly in San Francisco and inspired by the tech-fueled gentrification that has so rapidly changed the city, Jarett Kobek reads from his new novel "Only Americans Burn in Hell." Set in 2019, it's a satirical fantasy featuring an immortal fairy queen and a Saudi prince […]
- Mimi LokRecipient of a Smithsonian Ingenuity Award for her work with Voice of Witness, the human rights and oral history nonprofit she co-founded to amplify marginalized voices through a book series and national education program, Mimi Lok celebrates the publication of her debut novella and story collection, "Last of Her Name." She'll be in conversation with […]
- 2019 Moby Dick Reading MarathonNow an annual tradition, the San Francisco Maritime National Historic Park hosts a 24-hour reading marathon of Herman Melville's classic novel "Moby Dick", considered by many to be one of the great American novels. The marathon is open, so you can join the cast of 100+ readers by signing up for a chapter or two, […]
- Zadie SmithThe beloved author of six novels including "White Teeth", "NW" and "Swing Time", and a frequent contributor to The New Yorker, Zadie Smith appears at City Arts & Lectures to read from her first story collection "Grand Union", which includes 10 new stories. She is celebrated for her superb dialogue and emotionally rich writing, which […]