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  • July 2020

  • Thu 9

    Leslie Kern

    July 9, 2020 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    discussing the subject of her new book Feminist City: Claiming Space in a Man-Made World published by Verso Books ----------- This is a virtual event...

  • Thu 9

    VIRTUAL: Juli Delgado Lopera in conversation with Daniel Handler / Fiebre Tropical

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

    Are you still bummed we had to postpone the launch party for Juli Delgado Lopera and their debut novel, Fiebre Tropical? Us too! But be bummed no longer and...

  • Thu 9

    Author Joe Di Prisco Discussing The Good Family Fitzgerald w/ Ian Maloney | Virtual Author Chat on Zoom

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

    Please join us on Thursday, July 9, 2020 at 7 PM PDT for an online discussion with our friend and author, Joe Di Prisco, discussing his...

  • Sat 11

    Dashka Slater virtual launch!

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

    We’re excited to host the virtual launch of The Book of Fatal Errors, a tale of friendship, magic, and eternal life, an evocative and witty middle-grade fantasy--by local...

  • Sat 11

    Conversations with Authors – Tim Cahill (Virtual Event)

    July 11, 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...

  • Sun 12
    Wales to Bay: A Poetry Reading

    Wales to Bay: A Poetry Reading

    July 12, 2020 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm PDT

    Join us for a Transatlantic poetry reading with two poets from the SF Bay area, Caroline Goodwin and Sarah Kobrinsky, and two poets from Wales,...

  • Sun 12

    VIRTUAL EVENT: Kathryn Aalto, Writing Wild

    July 12, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PDT

    Bookshop Santa Cruz invites you to join us for a free online event with bestselling author of Kathryn Aalto (The Natural World of Winnie-the-Pooh) with her...

  • Mon 13

    VIRTUAL: Heather Lende in conversation with Sedge Thomson / Of Bears and Ballots: An Alaskan Adventure in Small-Town Politics

    July 13, 2020 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    Booksmith and The Bindery host a virtual event with Heather Lende for her new book Of Bears and Ballots: An Alaskan Adventure in Small-Town Politics. She'll be in conversation with Sedge Thomson....

  • Tue 14

    VIRTUAL: ZYZZYVA & The Booksmith Present: Lockdown Lit @ Lunch with Jessica Pearce Rotondi & Lauren Francis-Sharma

    July 14, 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 14

    Conversations with Authors – Kate Schatz and Miriam Klein Stahl with Kate Hudson (Virtual Event)

    July 14, 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...

  • Tue 14

    Virtual Event: A.H. Kim and Vanessa Hua

    July 14, 2020 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm PDT

    Join us on Tuesday July 14th for A.H. Kim discussing her new novel A Good Family with Vanessa Hua on Zoom. Zoom Login Please click the link below to join the...

  • Tue 14

    Black Girls Have Something to Say: Lisa Moore Ramee, Mariama J. Lockington, Janae Marks, Alicia Williams

    July 14, 2020 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm PDT

    Black girls have something to say and we are proud to be hosting this panel of incredibly talented middle-grade authors to celebrate the launch of...

  • Tue 14

    Scott Dominic Carpenter in conversation with Don George – French Like Moi: A Midwesterner in Paris (Virtual Event)

    July 14, 2020 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    When Scott Carpenter moves from Minnesota to Paris, little does he suspect the dramas that await: scheming neighbors, police denunciations, surly demonstrators, cooking disasters, medical...

  • Tue 14

    LItquake on Lockdown: A Family Divided

    July 14, 2020 @ 7:00 pm PDT

    Millions of families are separated today, by circumstances of the current pandemic, by draconian immigration policies, and by war. Family separation has long been used...

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  • Tue 14

    Well-RED

    July 14, 2020 @ 7:00 pm PDT

    Tuesday, July 14, 7pm on Zoom featuring Jeanine U-C and Indigo Moor open mic follows online on Zoom Free, register on Eventbrite! presented with Works/San...

    Free
  • Tue 14

    VIRTUAL: Launch for Melissa Valentine / The Names of All the Flowers, with Tongo Eisen-Martin

    July 14, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PDT

    Booksmith and The Bindery host the launch for Melissa Valentine and her debut, The Names of All the Flowers. She'll be in conversation with Tongo Eisen-Martin (Heaven is All Goodbyes). Please join us! This...

  • Tue 14

    All Adults Here by Emma Straub | GGP Online Book Club

    July 14, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PDT

    Please join us on Tuesday, July 14, 2020 at 7 PM PDT for a GGP Online Book Club discussion of Emma Straub's new novel, ALL...

  • 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...

    Free
  • 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...

    Free
  • 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...

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