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Please join us on Thursday, December 3, 2020 at 7 PM PST for staff recommendations on adult fiction in this fourth episode of our Great...

Babylon Salon presents a special online performance  Saturday, December 5, 2020 5pm PST / 8pm EST  Register for our Zoom gathering here in partnership with...

SPECIAL TICKETED VIRTUAL EVENT: Bestselling author Alexander McCall Smith will share How to Raise an Elephant, the next book in his perennially adored No. 1 Ladies'...

Zeyn Joukhadar’s The Thirty Names of Night is a remarkably moving and lyrical novel that follows three generations of Syrian Americans who are linked by a mysterious...

Please join us on Tuesday, December 8, 2020 at 7 PM PST for a GGP Online Book Club discussion of Frederik Backman's new novel, ANXIOUS PEOPLE....

Travelers’ Tales announces publication of the newest collection in the award-winning series that invites you to travel along with intrepid female nomads as they wander...

Join the CHSA Community for a roundtable discussion on topics that impact our community on the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of the month! Our goal is...

Please join us on Thursday, December 10, 2020 at 7 PM PST for staff recommendations on gifts for the hard-to-shop-for on your list in this last episode...

Ken Layne joins us from Joshua Tree to celebrate the publication of Desert Oracle Volume 1 (MCD/FSG), a collection of writing from his self-published periodical. This event...

Please join us on Thursday, December 10, 2020 at 7 PM PST for staff recommendations on gifts for the hard-to-shop-for on your list in this last episode...

reading The Hanukkah Magic of Nate Gadol, a new larger-than-life holiday hero who brings Hanukkah wonder and generosity to anyone in need! "A new, entertaining, and thoughtful...

Join CHSA for a chance to learn Mandarin with specialist Kathy Yang! Kathy is an expert Mandarin teacher. For our MandoMeet sessions, all levels of...

Booksmith and The Bindery are very pleased to host a virtual event with Claire Marie Stancek for her new book of poems, wyrd] bird. She's joined by Dan Beachy-Quick and Jennifer...

David Harris’s newest release, My Country ‘Tis of Thee: Reporting, Sallies, and Other Confessions is a wide-ranging and incisive anthology conveying the spirit of the 1960s and '70s....

Devil in a Blue Dress BY WALTER MOSLEY Mosley’s celebrated 1990 novel introduces readers to Ezekiel “Easy” Rawlins, a World War II veteran who turns...

reading and discussing her new novel 10 minutes 38 seconds in This Strange World published by Bloomsbury Books ---- This is a virtual event that...

In conversation with Tom Barbash Thursday, December 19, 4:00pm PT/7:00pm ET • Virtual Event In the bestselling tradition of Indianapolis and In Harm’s Way comes a thrilling and vividly...

BYOF (Bring Your Own Fruitcake) and settle in for this traditional Mrs. Dalloway's event. This year it will be a bit different, like everything else:...

Please join us for Poems to Make You Laugh & Cry, a special virtual event honoring the late local poet Peter McLaughlin. To evoke Pete, poets...

Please join us on Tuesday, January 5, 2021 at 7 PM PST for a GGP Online Book Club discussion of My Year of Rest and Relaxation...

VIRTUAL EVENT: WINTER READING PROGRAM MIXER Whether you are looking for your next read or just starting our Winter Reading Program, join our booksellers for a...

VIRTUAL EVENT: WINTER READING PROGRAM MIXER Whether you are looking for your next read or just starting our Winter Reading Program, join our booksellers for a...

JOIN US ON SATURDAY, JANUARY 9 AT 12PM PT WHEN DANIELLE HAWA TARIGHA DISCUSSES HER BOOK, UPLIFT AND EMPOWER: A GUIDE TO UNDERSTANDING EXTREME POVERTY AND POVERTY ALLEVIATION ON...

Join us for a virtual poetry & short stories reading featuring Brian Dempster (Seize), Caroline Kim (The Prince of Mournful Thoughts and Other Stories), and...

Discussing Mason's most recent book A Registry of My Passage Upon the Earth, winner of the Simpson Library Project Joyce Carol Oates Prize and the Northern California...

An Evening with the Editor and Contributors of Now What? The Voters Have Spoken—Essays on Life After Trump. Where Do We Go From Chaos? As Jon...

An Evening with the Editor and Contributors of Now What? The Voters Have Spoken—Essays on Life After Trump. Where Do We Go From Chaos? As Jon...