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Join us on Friday, September 4 at 6pm PST when Henri Cole is joined by Forrest Gander to read from and discuss his latest collection of poetry, Blizzard,...

Booksmith hosts a virtual event with Meg Elison for the launch of her new novel Find Layla. She's joined by Somaiya Daud, Rory Power, Adam Sass and Maggie Tokuda-Hall for a panel discussion. **...

Booksmith and UC Press present a 6-part series of virtual events focused on urgent societal issues, broadcasting every Monday at 11am PST. This final event in the series features Joe William Trotter...

Booksmith hosts a special virtual event with Julian Guthrie for the launch of her new book Good Blood: A Doctor, a Donor, and the Incredible Breakthrough that Saved...

celebrating the release of Roberto Lovato's new book Unforgetting: A Memoir of Family, Migration, Gangs, and Revolution in the Americas published by Harper Collins A The...

Join us on Tuesday, September 8 at 6pm PST when Greg Mania discusses his new memoir, Born to Be Public, with Sam Lansky on Zoom Zoom Login Info...

Please join us on Tuesday, September 8, 2020 at 7 PM PDT for a GGP Online Book Club discussion of Byron Lane's new novel, A STAR...

Join us to hear Lev Grossman, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the wildly popular books and TV series The Magicians introduce The...

reading from her new short fiction collection EACH OF US KILLERS: stories published by 7.13 Books ---- This is a virtual event that will be...

Booksmith and Mother Jones present a virtual event with Tom Philpott for his new book Perilous Bounty: The Looming Collapse of American Farming and How We Can Prevent It. He'll be...

Taking Care of History: Evergreen Cemetery of Santa Cruz, Historic Tales of Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park, and Lost Restaurants of Santa Cruz County Join...

Bill Petrocelli’s newest book, Electoral Bait & Switch argues that the Electoral College has changed from the institution that the framers of the Constitution intended to a...

Join us on Saturday, September 12 when Babylon Salon presents a special Zoom-based show celebrating Black authors, including Faith Adiele (The Nigerian-Nordic Girl’s Guide to...

Mark Eisner and Tina Escaja with Carolina De Robertis, Romina Funes, Jack Hirschman, Rebeca Lane, Jessica Powell, and more. Opening statement by Elaine Katzenberger, Executive Director of City Lights Booksellers & Publishers Co-presented by City...

Clarissa Ward’s remarkable new memoir On All Fronts is the unforgettable story of an extraordinary journalist and a changing world. Clarissa is CNN’s chief international correspondent. In...

Sunday, September 13, 6:30pm sign-ups, 7pm slam! Featuring Yesika Salgado Hosted by Scorpiana Xlent! in the San José Poetry Festival! See the Festival page for...

Nearly 40 years ago, David D. Burns, MD, a pioneer in the development of cognitive therapy, wrote Feeling Good, a book with an uplifting message: When you...

Join us on Tuesday, September 15 at 4:30pm PDT when American Short Fiction hosts Esmé Weijun Wang as a part of their My Constellation of 8 series benefitting Green Apple...

We couldn’t be more thrilled to welcome back Drew Daywalt, (The Day the Crayons Quit), one of our all-time favorite picture book authors, for a...

Join us for the first session in our free Fall Leadership Lecture series in which Chasten Buttigieg joins Pulitzer-Prize-winner Andrew Sean Greer to talk about his new memoir, I Have...

       discussing two new books Mill Town: Reckoning With What Remains, by Kerri Arsenault published by St. Martins Press Evil Geniuses: The Unmaking of America:...

Robert Macfarlane joins us for a virtual event to celebrate the paperback release of Underland (W.W. Norton). More details coming soon, so keep an eye on this...

Rosemarie Day and Zach Norris discuss both of their books, the pandemic's effect on communities of color and lower income communities, public health policy across...

Sue Miller’s latest book, Monogomy, is an engrossing and haunting novel about marriage, love, family, happiness and sorrow. Sue is recognized internationally for her elegant and...

       reading from Facing You/Spotlight #19, by Uche Nduka Natch/Spotlight #20, by Sophia Dhalin both published by City Lights Books ---- This is a virtual...

Lara Mimosa Montes is the author of THRESHOLES, a meditation on the Bronx of the 70s and 80s, gentrification, trauma, and loss. Her work has...