Local author Margaret Dumas shares the first book in her humorous mystery series, Murder at the Palace: Movie Palace Mystery #1. Welcome to the Palace movie theater! Now Showing:...
A star at the heart of our literary constellations for decades, from the bestselling A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius to McSweeney’s, Dave Eggers returns...
Meredith May, The Honey Bus THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 2019 - 7:00PM An extraordinary story of a girl, her grandfather and one of nature's most mysterious...
Award-winnig crime writer Rhys Bowen shares her heart-rending new novel, The Victory Garden. As the Great War continues to take its toll, headstrong twenty-one-year-old Emily Bryce is determined to...
Lolly Winston--New York Times-bestselling author of Good Grief--discusses her poignant new novel, Me for You. The last thing Rudy expected was to wake up one Saturday morning,...
Join us at Kepler's Literary Foundation for a book discussion with author Laila Lalami! From the celebrated Pulitzer Prize finalist who swept multiple book awards...
A new book by Kate DiCamillo and Chris Van Dusen is a cause for celebration. And we WILL be celebrating when Chris Van Dusen, one...
Continental Army under an unsure George Washington (who had never commanded a large force in battle) evacuates New York after a devastating defeat by the...
MONDAY, APRIL 8, 2019 - 7:00PM A new novel from Lisa See, the New York Times bestselling author of The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane, about female friendship...
Much beloved, utterly genius contributors to The New Yorker for decades, the inimitable cartoonist Roz Chast and wry humorist Patricia Marx have now joined forces...
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10, 2019 - 7:00PM This is an advanced event listing. Please check back for updated information, or sign up for our events emails. This...
Bookshop Santa Cruz is pleased to host an evening with Patrice Vecchione as she presents her new book, Ink Knows No Borders, a poetry collection that brings...
Alta Magazine and Books Inc. present Rolling Stone contributing editor David Kushner for a discussion of his brillant new work, The Players Ball: A Genius, a Con Man, and the Secret...
After Pulitzer Prize-winner Dave Barry turned 70, did he look to his friends for support? Did he find solace in the family around him? Not...
The Order of Time by Carlo Rovelli Why do we remember the past and not the future? What does it mean for time to "flow"?...
TUESDAY, APRIL 16, 2019 - 7:00PM This is an advanced event listing. Please check back for updated information, or sign up for our events emails. This...
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 2019 - 4:00PM This is an advanced children's event listing. Please check back for updated information, or sign up for our events...
Cannabis is here to stay. While it's still blacklisted by the federal government, recreational marijuana is legal now in ten states, Washington DC, and the...
Lori Gottlieb is the bestselling author, therapist and speaker behind the Dear Therapist advice column at The Atlantic. In Maybe You Should Talk to Someone,...
Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls, David Sedaris Who needs to be talked into reading this comic genius?? Sedaris is so smart and funny, such a...
Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls, David Sedaris Who needs to be talked into reading this comic genius?? Sedaris is so smart and funny, such a...
Internationally acclaimed artist, Cherríe Moraga delivers a poetic, heart-wrenching reflection on her mother’s complex relationship to America and the pioneering, queer Latina feminist daughter who...
Bookshop Santa Cruz will be celebrating Independent Bookstore Day on Saturday, April 27th, 2019, all day long, from opening at 9 am to close at...
Thirty years ago, Bill McKibben offered one of the earliest warnings about climate change. Now he’s broadening that warning: the entire human game has begun...
SUNDAY, APRIL 28, 2019 - 4:00PM This is an advanced event listing. Please check back for updated information, or sign up for our events emails....
Night Shift is a Jewish cultural experience. It's a new take on Shavuot-the holiday that celebrates Jewish culture and literacy. Come gather at Town and...
Francesca Bell, Dane Cervine, and Lee Rossi Well-RED Reading Series Tuesday, May 14, 7:00pm feature: Kimy Martinez at Works/San José 365 South Market Street in...
Join Santa Cruz’s online literary magazine phren-Z who will host local writers as they read their new and recent work. Reading authors will be announced...
We’re launching Kalyn Josephson's debut novel, The Storm Crow a thrilling new fantasy that follows a fallen princess as she ignites a rebellion to bring...
Featured reader: Jan Steckel! Open mic to follow. Free and open to the public. Jan Steckel is a former pediatrician who stopped practicing medicine because...