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  • July 2020

  • Wed 15

    VIRTUAL: Rishi Reddi / Passage West

    July 15, 2020 @ 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm PDT

    Booksmith and The Bindery host a virtual event with Rishi Reddi (Karma and Other Stories) for her debut novel, Passage West. Please join us! We'll be streaming live on our Facebook page....

  • Wed 15

    John Nichols in conversation with Robert Scheer

    July 15, 2020 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    discussing the state of the Dis-Union. Celebrating the release of John Nichol's new book The Fight for the Soul of the Democratic Party: The Enduring...

  • Wed 15

    Lyrics & Dirges Ether Edition: July Words!

    July 15, 2020 @ 7:30 pm PDT

    We are so excited to present three accomplished writers whose scintillating writing challenges social and psychological structures: Virgie Tovar, Lysette Wanzer & Carlo Matos. Pour...

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  • Thu 16

    Vegetable Nerves: A Group Reading of Philip Whalen’s “Scenes of Life at the Capital”

    July 16, 2020 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm PDT

    City Lights in conjunction with Wave Books present Vegetable Nerves: A Group Reading of Philip Whalen's Scenes of Life at the Capital     with David Brazil,...

  • Thu 16

    Litquake on Lockdown: Alexandra Petri and Nothing Is Wrong and Here Is Why

    July 16, 2020 @ 6:00 pm PDT

    “One of the difficulties of being alive today, is that everything is absurd but fewer and fewer things are funny.” In her new essay collection...

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  • Thu 16

    Third Thursdays @ Willow Glen Library

    July 16, 2020 @ 7:00 pm PDT

    Thursday, July 16, 7:00pm featuring Jane Ormerod online on Zoom ticket link to come Jane Ormerod is the author of the full-length poetry collections Welcome...

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  • Thu 16

    VIRTUAL: Launch for July Westhale with Katie Tandy / Via Negativa: Poems

    July 16, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PDT

    Booksmith and The Bindery host a virtual launch for July Westhale and her new collection of poems Via Negativa. Reading with her is former cofounding editor of Ravishly...

  • Thu 16

    Jessica Francis Kane, author of Rules for Visiting | GGP Online Chat

    July 16, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PDT

    Please join us on Thursday, July 16, 2020 at 7 PM PDT for an online discussion with author Jessica Francis Kane, discussing her novel, RULES FOR...

  • Sat 18

    Virtual Event: Leila Slimani and Lisa Taddeo

    July 18, 2020 @ 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm PDT

    Join us on Saturday, July 18 at 12pm PDT when Leila Slimani discusses her new book, Sex and Lies: True Stories of Women's Intimate Lives in the Arab...

  • Sat 18

    Book Talk with Roselle Lim

    July 18, 2020 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm PDT

    Saturday, July 18th at 2pm | FREE Zoom Event Presented by Eastwind Books of Berkeley Book Club. --- To follow our June book club discussion,...

  • Sat 18

    Conversations with Authors – Judith Martin, aka “Miss Manners” (Virtual Event)

    July 18, 2020 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm PDT

    Conversations with Authors is our free virtual event series! Join us every Saturday and Sunday at 7:00pm ET/4:00pm PT for a new chat with a different...

  • Mon 20

    VIRTUAL EVENT: Bookseller Happy Hour GENRE EDITION

    July 20, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PDT

    Join Bookshop booksellers as we share our favorite Science Fiction, Fantasy, Mystery, and Graphic novels. Grab the beverage of your choice and come spend an hour...

  • Tue 21

    VIRTUAL: ZYZZYVA & The Booksmith Present: Lockdown Lit @ Lunch with Jennifer Steil & Ava Homa

    July 21, 2020 @ 11:00 am - 1:00 pm PDT

    Booksmith and The Bindery, in partnership with Zyzzyva, present Lockdown Lit @ Lunch, a weekly salon, Tuesdays at 11am PST. Lockdown Literature is a group of authors with books published during the...

  • Tue 21

    Zach St. George Discusses his new book, The Journeys of Trees

    July 21, 2020 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm PDT

    Science reporter Zach St. George joins us to discuss his new book, The Journeys of Trees: A Story About Forests, People, and the Future (W.W. Norton). This...

  • Tue 21

    Virtual Event: Kate Greene and Mary Roach

    July 21, 2020 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm PDT

    Join us on Tuesday, July 21 at 5pm PDT when Kate Greene discusses her new book Once Upon a Time I Lived on Mars: Space, Exploration and Life...

  • Tue 21

    Cynthia Kaufman

    July 21, 2020 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    discussing the subject of her new book Challenging Power: Democracy and Accountability in a Fractured World published by Bloomsbury Books This is a virtual event...

  • Tue 21

    Gail Tsukiyama (ONLINE)

    July 21, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    Kepler’s is thrilled to announce an event with Gail Tsukiyama, the acclaimed and bestselling author of 8 novels, and a staff favorite who embodies the best...

  • Tue 21

    Borderlands Books hosts L. E. Modesitt, Jr. for new book “Quantum Shadows”

    July 21, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm PDT

    USA Today bestselling author L.E. Modesitt Jr. talks about his new standalone science fiction novel, Quantum Shadows. About this Event Order your copy of Quantum Shadows now!...

  • Tue 21

    VIRTUAL EVENT: Patrice Vecchione, My Shouting, Shattered, Whispering Voice

    July 21, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PDT

    Bookshop invites you to join us online for an event with acclaimed local poet, editor, and teacher Patrice Vecchione (Ink Knows No Borders: Poems of the...

  • Wed 22

    Litquake on Lockdown: Caitlin Myer and Wiving with Joe Loya

    July 22, 2020 @ 12:00 pm PDT

    At 36 years old, Caitlin Myer is ready to start a family with her husband. She has left behind the restrictive confines of her Mormon...

    Free
  • Wed 22

    Virtual Event: Litquake presents Caitlin Myer and Joe Loya

    July 22, 2020 @ 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm PDT

    Green Apple and Litquake present Caitlin Myer and Joe Loya discussing Caitlin's new book Wiving: A Memoir of Loving Then Leaving The Patriarchy. This event will be held on Crowdcast and Facebook Live....

  • Thu 23

    Litquake on Lockdown: Billy-Ray Belcourt and A History of My Brief Body

    July 23, 2020 @ 6:00 pm PDT

    Billy-Ray Belcourt's debut memoir opens with a tender letter to his kokum and memories of his early life in the hamlet of Joussard, Alberta, and...

    Free
  • Thu 23

    VIRTUAL EVENT: Jesse Wegman, Let the People Pick the President

    July 23, 2020 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    Join us for a timely online event with Jesse Wegman who will be in conversation with Ryan Coonerty about his new book, Let the People Pick the President:...

  • Fri 24

    Zoom Forward! Wallace Baine & Steve Kettmann

    July 24, 2020 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm PDT

    VIRTUAL EVENT: Please join us for a reading featuring Wallace Baine and Steve Kettmann. The Zoom room will be open by 4:30, so come early in...

  • Sat 25

    Book Club: Have Black Lives Ever Mattered?

    July 25, 2020 @ 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm PDT

    Join Eastwind's (virtual) Book Club! In light of recent events surrounding the Black Lives Matter movement, our July Book Club selection is Have Black Lives...

  • Sat 25

    Saturday Night Special presents: (em)Power(ment)

    July 25, 2020 @ 7:00 pm PDT

    POWER. EMPOWER. EMPOWERMENT. Take your pick. This month SNS explores all kinds of power. From self-empowerment, to empowering others, to the powers that be, to...

    Free
  • Sat 25

    VIRTUAL EVENT: Dan Pfeiffer, Un-Trumping America

    July 25, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PDT

    Join us as we welcome Dan Pfeiffer—White House Communications Director under President Obama (2009-2013), Senior Advisor to the president (2013-2015), and co-host of Pod Save...

  • Sun 26

    VIRTUAL EVENT: Lindsay Ellis, Axiom’s End

    July 26, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PDT

    Bookshop welcomes Hugo-nominated video essayist Lindsay Ellis, who will discuss her debut novel, Axiom's End—an alternate history first contact adventure set in the early 2000's, pitched...

  • Mon 27

    VIRTUAL: Anne Applebaum / Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism

    July 27, 2020 @ 12:30 pm - 2:30 pm PDT

    Booksmith and Berkeley Arts & Letters host a virtual event with Anne Applebaum for her new book, Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism. Please join us! This will...

  • Mon 27

    Laurie Halse Anderson and Leila del Duca

    July 27, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    From an unstoppable warrior to a struggling teenage refugee, get ready to see Wonder Woman in a new light. This is an Online Event. New...

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