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  • Ellen Bass, Indigo at Bookshop Santa Cruz

    Bookshop Santa Cruz 1520 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz , CA, United States

    Indigo merges elegy and praise poem in an exploration of life's complex grey areas. Whether her subject is oysters, high heels, a pork chop, a beloved...

    Free

  • Dana Gioia and Phillis Levin

    Mill Valley Public Library 375 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley , CA, United States

    Dana Gioia is an internationally acclaimed poet and writer. Former California Poet laureate and Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, Gioia was born...

    Free

  • Virtual Poetry Reading

    Poets Tess Taylor and Judy Halebsky read from their new collections--in a graveyard! Click here to watch the video of this reading. About Tess Taylor's...

    Free

  • Roshani Chokshi: Aru Shah and the End of Time

    Kepler's Books 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park , CA, United States

     Rick Riordan Presents (dedicated to providing entertaining middle grade fiction based on various world mythologies) with Aru Shah and the End of Time, written by...

    Free

  • Veronica Roth with Charlie Jane Anders

    Kepler's Books 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park , CA, United States

    Maybe you're already familiar with Veronica Roth because you or someone you know reads her wildly popular YA, including the #1 New York Times best-selling...

    $10 – $40

  • Ottessa Moshfegh, Death in Her Hands at Bookshop Santa Cruz

    Bookshop Santa Cruz 1520 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz , CA, United States

    From one of our most ceaselessly provocative literary talents, a novel of haunting metaphysical suspense about an elderly widow whose life is upturned when she...

    Free

  • Poetry Santa Cruz: Francesca Bell and Len Anderson

    Bookshop Santa Cruz 1520 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz , CA, United States

    Join Poetry Santa Cruz at Bookshop Santa Cruz for a poetry reading featuring local poets and authors. This month's event will feature Francesca Bell and...

    Free

  • Jennifer Ackerman, The Bird Way at Bookshop Santa Cruz

    Bookshop Santa Cruz 1520 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz , CA, United States

    This is an advanced event listing. Please check back for updated information, or sign up for our events emails. This free event will take place at...

    Free

  • Ling Ma

    THE EVENT: The Center for Literary Arts is pleased to present Ling Ma, author of Severance, on Thursday, November 12, 2020 at 7PM. ​ The event discussion will be...

    Free

  • VIRTUAL EVENT: Robbie Arnott, The Rain Heron

    VIRTUAL EVENT: Award-winning Australian author Robbie Arnott will discuss The Rain Heron, his gripping new novel of myth, environment, adventure, and an unlikely friendship.  Registration for...

  • CLA Presents: Laila Lalami

    online

    What does it mean to be American? In this starkly illuminating and impassioned book, Pulitzer Prize­­–finalist Laila Lalami recounts her unlikely journey from Moroccan immigrant...

    Free

  • This Is Now: Friendship in the Age of Loneliness

    Kepler's Books 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park , CA, United States

    How do you make and keep friendships of a lifetime? Angie Coiro interviews Adam “Smiley” Poswolsky on Friendship in the Age of Loneliness. About this...

    Free

  • Poets@Play!

    online CA, United States

    After a long absence, Poets@Play is returning! For those not familiar with it, P@P is an informal writing group that meets at the Edwin Markham...

    Free

  • Beautiful Black Books featuring Tolu Agbelusi!

    online CA, United States

    Poetry Center San José presents its new program Beautiful Black Books featuring Tolu Agbelusi reading and in conversation with host Tshaka Campbell! Tolu Agbelusi is...

    Free

  • San Jose Poetry Slam Zoom Slam feat Deonte Osayande!

    online CA, United States

    Poetry Center San Jose presents The San Jose Poetry Slam Zoom Edition featuring Deonte Osayande Come join us for Poetry from the comfort of your...

    Free

  • Jessamyn Stanley, Yoke

    online CA, United States

    VIRTUAL EVENT: Bestselling author and staff favorite Jessamyn Stanley (Every Body Yoga) will join us online to discuss her new book, Yoke: My Yoga of Self-Acceptance,...

    Free

  • Omar El Akkad, What Strange Paradise

    online CA, United States

    Writer and journalist Omar El Akkad, author of the acclaimed book American War, will be in conversation with Lauren Markham about his new book What Strange...

    Free

  • Nicole Stott with Kishore Hari

    online CA, United States

    RSVP "Nicole's wonderful book maps her extraordinary journey from Earth to space and back again. She teaches us how to see our world as the...

    Free

  • Sandra Cisneros, Martita, I Remember You

    online CA, United States

    Bookshop Santa Cruz is delighted to welcome acclaimed and bestselling author Sandra Cisneros for a ticketed online event celebrating her new book, Martita, I Remember You...

    TBA

  • Jewell Parker Rhodes, Paradise on Fire

    online CA, United States

    FREE VIRTUAL EVENT: Bookshop welcomes award-winning and bestselling author Jewell Parker Rhodes for an online event celebrating her new book, Paradise on Fire, a powerful coming-of-age...

    Free

  • Max Chafkin on Thiel’s Pursuit of Power

    online CA, United States

    RSVP "Whether you admire him or fear him, Peter Thiel's influence has been undeniable. In this deeply reported and gripping biography, Max Chafkin reveals the...

    Free

  • Joanna Ho

    online CA, United States

    RSVP This is an online event Join us to celebrate the launch of Joanna Ho’s beautiful new picture book, Playing at the Border: A Story...

    Free

  • Gary Paulsen, How to Train Your Dad

    online CA, United States

    Bookshop Santa Cruz is delighted to welcome acclaimed and bestselling author Gary Paulsen for a virtual event celebrating his new middle grade novel, How to Train...

    Free

  • Rick Riordan

    online CA, United States

    TICKETS RICK RIORDAN IS BACK! Join us online to hear Rick Riordan tell us all about his new action-packed underwater adventure, Daughter of the Deep, an exciting...

    Free