Join us at the beautiful just-opened Buttercup Cakes location on Pacific Avenue for final event for our third annual Winter Reading Program, this time to wrap up the season and talk about the books we read!
A Reading with Stegner Fellows Noah Warren and Callan Wink.
Andre Dubus III is the author of House of Sand and Fog, a finalist for the National Book Award and a #1 New York Times Bestseller; the novel was later adapted as an Oscar-nominated film. His new book, Dirty Love, has been listed as a New York Times “Editors’ Choice”; a “Notable Fiction” selection from the Washington Post; and a Kirkus Reviews “Starred Best Book of 2013.”
Join the CLA and the Steinbeck Center for readings by this year’s Steinbeck Fellows Candace Eros Diaz, Jennie Lin, and Gabriel Thompson.
A Reading with Jennifer Egan, Part of the Lane Lecture Series.
American Book Award-winner Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni shares her powerful new novel, Before We Visit the Goddess.
FREE Admission, amazing poets, music and more!
Admission: $2 Suggested Donation; No one turned away.
From the best-selling author of Longbourn, a stunning new novel that follows an unnamed writer--Samuel Beckett--whose life and extraordinary literary gift are permanently shaped in the forge of war.
Open mic will follow the performance.
Reading authors will include Wallace Baine, John Chandler, Elizabeth McKenzie, Richard Lange, Dan White, Vito Victor, and more.
California Poet Laureate Dana Gioia will be reading with a local poet co-reader.
We are thrilled to welcome Bookshop alumna Maryse Meijer back to the store to celebrate the release of her debut collection, Heartbreaker.
Reading and open mic to follow.
Kim Stanley Robinson is a New York Times bestseller and winner of the Hugo, Nebula, and Locus awards.
A celebration of the release of their Summer Issue, Issue 14.
Remember that you must bring a book to participate in this event.
1 of 3 coming attractions!
Open mic will follow the performance. Admission: $2 Suggested Donation; No one turned away.
Liane Moriarty is the author of the #1 New York Times bestsellers Big Little Lies and The Husband's Secret, as well as the New York Times bestseller What Alice Forgot and The Hypnotists Love Story.
The theme of the 2016 San José Poetry Festival is Breaking Borders, which celebrates not only our community's diverse ethnic and cultural heritage, but also the wide range of topics and literary styles reflected in our festival workshops, presentations, and small press fair.
phren-Z is a quarterly online literary magazine dedicated to showcasing Santa Cruz writers.
Price is for festival admission on the day of the event.
Join us as we celebrate the launch of this wonderfully consuming new novel from local author, professor, and co-director of UCSC’s creative writing program Micah Perks.
Join us in celebrating the release of local author Liza Monroy’s new collection of essays Seeing as Your Shoes Are Soon to Be on Fire.
Unless otherwise stated, events are free. However, tickets are required to attend the lecture at the Hammer Theatre.