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  • February 2021
  • Mon 1
    January 19, 2021 @ 9:00 am - March 9, 2021 @ 11:00 am PST

    Rise & Shine: Winter 2021 | Series of Odes

    Virtual

    Rise & Shine is a generative poetry workshop presented by Surprise the Line, hosted by Nancy Lynée Woo. Started in April 2020, Rise & Shine...

    Free
  • Tue 2
    February 2, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PST

    Virtual Event: Annalee Newitz and Charles C. Mann

    JOIN US ON TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2 AT 6PM PT WHEN ANNALEE NEWITZ IS JOINED BY CHARLES C. MANN FOR THE LAUNCH OF THEIR LATEST BOOK, FOUR LOST CITIES:...

  • Tue 2
    February 2, 2021 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PST

    VIRTUAL EVENT: Gretel Ehrlich, Unsolaced

    Gretel Ehrlich, author of the enduring classic The Solace of Open Spaces, will share her new book Unsolaced—a wondrous meditation on how water, light, wind, mountain, bird,...

  • Tue 2
    February 2, 2021 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PST

    Everything Sad Is Untrue by Daniel Nayeri | GGP Online Book Club

    Please join us on Tuesday, February 2, 2021 at 7 PM PST for a GGP Online Book Club discussion of Everything Sad Is Untrue by Daniel...

  • Thu 4
    Kiki Petrosino
    February 4, 2021 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm PST

    Berkeley Lunch Poems: Kiki Petrosino

    online

    Berkeley Lunch Poems A noontime poetry reading series Readings will take place remotely for the 2020-2021 academic year. Zoom links will be available approximately two...

    Free
  • Thu 4
    February 4, 2021 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm PST

    Dispatches from the Race War

    Essays on racial flashpoints, white denial, violence, and the manipulation of fear in America today. "What Tim Wise has brilliantly done is to challenge white...

  • Thu 4
    February 4, 2021 @ 5:20 pm - 6:55 pm PST

    VIRTUAL EVENT: LIVING WRITERS SERIES, Lauren Groff

    The UCSC Literature Department and Creative Writing Program Present: LIVING WRITERS SERIES WINTER 2021 "Shelter and Place," a theme about world building when the world...

  • Thu 4
    February 4, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PST

    Dantiel W. Moniz in conversation with C Pam Zhang

    celebrating Dantial W. Moniz new novel Milk Blood Heat published by Grove Atlantic Press ---- This is a virtual event that will be hosted by...

  • Thu 4
    February 4, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PST

    The Chicken Sisters: Author KJ Dell’Antonia in Conversation With Nancy Davis Kho

    Please join us on Thursday, February 4, 2021 at 6 PM PST for an online discussion of one of Kathleen's recent favorites, THE CHICKEN SISTERS, with author KJ Dell'Antonia...

  • Thu 4
    February 4, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PST

    The Chicken Sisters: Author KJ Dell’Antonia in Conversation With Nancy Davis Kho

    Please join us on Thursday, February 4, 2021 at 6 PM PST for an online discussion of one of Kathleen's recent favorites, THE CHICKEN SISTERS, with author KJ Dell'Antonia...

  • Thu 4
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    February 4, 2021 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PST

    Eves at the (Virtual) Beat: Womxn Reading Curated by Georgina Marie!!

    online

    During Women's History month a constellation of events brought together a group of fabulous womxn+ writers. The meeting of these hearts and minds exploded into...

    Free
  • Fri 5
    February 5, 2021 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm PST

    Zoom Forward! A Tribute to Jory Post

    Join us online for a tribute to Jory Post, beloved Bookshop friend and champion of the written word. From coordinating Santa Cruz's Open Read to producing...

  • Fri 5
    February 5, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PST

    Virtual Event: Dr. Judy Melinek and T.J. Mitchell with Faith Salie

    JOIN US ON FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5 AT 6PM PT WHEN DR. JUDY MELINEK AND T.J. MITCHELL ARE JOINED BY FAITH SALIE TO DISCUSS THEIR LATEST BOOK, AFTERSHOCK, ON...

  • Fri 5
    February 5, 2021 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm PST

    Words out Loud Spoken Word Series

    Virtual

    Derek N. Otsuji and Mark Tarren read from their poetry. Include open mic and literary trivia quiz. Derek N. Otsuji is the author of The Kitchen of Small Hours, winner...

    Free
  • Sat 6
    February 6, 2021 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm PST

    Generation Rising Book Launch

    Join us for the book launch of “Generation Rising: A New Politics of Southeast Asian American Activism” with author Loan Thi Dao and Providence Youth...

  • Sat 6
    February 6, 2021 @ 1:00 pm - 3:30 pm PST

    Neurotica Erotica: Love Poems for the Nervous & Highly Strung

    Virtual

    Surprise the Line presents a special one-time guest workshop led by experienced writers on a topic of their choosing every first Saturday of the month....

    $22
  • Sat 6
    February 6, 2021 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm PST

    Conversations with Authors – Chang-rae Lee (Virtual Event)

    Chang-rae Lee's latest novel, My Year Abroad, is an exuberant, provocative story about a young American life transformed by an unusual Asian adventure—and about the human...

  • Tue 9
    Rabbit Island
    February 9, 2021

    Rabbit Island Launch

    online

    Rabbit Island Launch Virtual Event Join Community Bookstore and Two Lines Press for an event celebrating Elvira Navarro’s Rabbit Island, a collection of stories that traverse the fickle, often terrifying...

    Free
  • Tue 9
    February 9, 2021 @ 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm PST

    VIRTUAL: Launch for Liat Berdugo / The Weaponized Camera in the Middle East: Videography, Aesthetics, and Politics in Israel and Palestine

    Booksmith and The Bindery are very pleased to host the virtual launch for Liat Berdugo and her new book The Weaponized Camera in the Middle East: Videography, Aesthetics,...

  • Tue 9
    February 9, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PST

    Conversations with Authors – Suleika Jaouad with Elizabeth Gilbert (Virtual Event)

    A searing, deeply moving memoir of illness and recovery that traces one young woman’s journey from diagnosis to remission and, ultimately, a road trip of...

  • Tue 9
    February 9, 2021 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PST

    Kim Stanley Robinson

    Kim Stanley Robinson is joined in conversation by Robin Sloan to discuss his latest novel, The Ministry for the Future (Orbit Books). "If I could get policymakers,...

  • Tue 9
    February 9, 2021 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PST

    VIRTUAL EVENT: Ada Calhoun, Why We Can’t Sleep

    Join us for a virtual event with Ada Calhoun who will discuss We Can't Sleep: Women's New Midlife Crisis (available in paperback on January 19th), an in-depth...

  • Wed 10
    February 10, 2021 @ 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm PST

    Tim Harford in conversation with Randall Munroe (creator of xkcd)

    Tim Harford, called  “perhaps the best popular economics writer in the world” (New Statesman), and Randall Munroe in conversation about The Data Detective: Ten Easy Rules to...

  • Wed 10
    February 10, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PST

    Nicole Perlroth in conversation with David Sanger

    discussing Nicole Perlroth's new book This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends: The Cyber Weapons Arms Race Published by Bloomsbury Books This is...

  • Thu 11
    February 11, 2021 @ 5:20 pm - 6:55 pm PST

    VIRTUAL EVENT: LIVING WRITERS SERIES, Valeria Luiselli

    The UCSC Literature Department and Creative Writing Program Present: LIVING WRITERS SERIES WINTER 2021 "Shelter and Place," a theme about world building when the world...

  • Thu 11
    February 11, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PST

    Naz Beheshti – Pause. Breathe. Choose. (Virtual Event)

    A leading-edge guide to how well-being drives success across all aspects of life. CEO, executive wellness coach, and thought leader Naz Beheshti distills the most...

  • Sat 13
    February 13, 2021 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm PST

    Virginia Loh-Hagan on Instagram IGTV

    reading the award-winning Nian, the Chinese New Year Dragon, an illustrated retelling for young readers of the Chinese folktale about a dragon that threatens a village...

  • Sat 13
    February 13, 2021 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm PST

    Conversations with Authors – Vendela Vida (Virtual Event)

    Vendela Vida’s newest release, We Run the Tides is an achingly beautiful story of female friendship, betrayal, and a mysterious disappearance set in the changing landscape of...

  • Tue 16
    February 16, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PST

    Kate Russo – Super Host (Virtual Event)

    A deeply funny and shrewdly observed debut novel about being lost in the very place you know by heart. Bennett Driscoll is a Turner Prize-nominated...

  • Tue 16
    February 16, 2021 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PST

    Uncanny Valley by Anna Wiener | GGP Online Book Club

    Please join us on Tuesday, February 16, 2021 at 7 PM PST for a GGP Online Book Club discussion of Uncanny Valley by Anna Wiener. The...

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