Booksmith is very pleased to host a virtual event with a trio of debut authors in conversations about their new books: Benjamin Garcia (Thrown in the Throat), Emily Hashimoto (A...
reading The Land of the Cranes, a heart-wrenchingly beautiful story in verse of a young Latinx girl who learns to hold on to hope and love even in...
Bride of the Buddha is a vivid portrayal of the life of Yasodhara—abandoned wife of the Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama—depicting her as a spiritual seeker in her...
Sherry L. Smith's Bohemians West is a revelatory biography of a radical romance at the dawn of the twentieth century. The opening years of the twentieth century...
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:...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
celebrating Dantial W. Moniz new novel Milk Blood Heat published by Grove Atlantic Press ---- This is a virtual event that will be hosted by...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...