• An Evening with Author Nathan Szajnberg

    Oshman Family JCC, Freidenrich Conference Center, Room F-401 3921 Fabian Way, Palo Alto

    Author Nathan Szajnberg will discuss his work on three father-son relationships as told by classic texts. He examines their dynamics and underpinnings, as well as...

    $5 – $18
  • Steinbeck Fellows Alumni Night

    THURSDAY March 7, 2019 7PM MLK Library Steinbeck Center, Room 590                             ...

  • Dana Frank, The Long Honduran Night

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

    Professor Dana Frank will join us to discuss and sign copies of her new book, The Long Honduran Night—a story of resistance, repression, and U.S. policy in...

  • Big Ideas Reading Group

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

    Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil deGrasse Tyson What is the nature of space and time? How do we fit within the universe?...

  • Poetry Santa Cruz

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

    Poetry Santa Cruz is dedicated to nurturing the poetry community and bringing poetry to the larger community in Santa Cruz County. They present poetry readings at...

  • Carolyn Burke, Foursome

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

    Bookshop Santa Cruz welcomes author Carolyn Burke for a discussion and signing of her new book, Foursome, a captivating, spirited account of the intense relationship among four artists...

  • Lisa Moore Ramee with Sabaa Tahir

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

    Join us to celebrate the launch of Lisa Moore Ramee’s highly anticipated, funny and big-hearted debut middle grade novel A Good Kind of Trouble,  about...

  • Spanish Book Discussion Group

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

    Patria - Fernando Aramburu Please note: the Spanish Book Group will not be meeting in February. El dia en que ETA anuncia el abandono de...

  • Lloyd Khan, Driftwood Shacks

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

    TUESDAY, MARCH 19, 2019 - 7:00PM This is an advanced event listing. Please check back for updated information, or sign up for our events emails....

  • Paul Beatty

    Hammer Theater Center 101 Paseo De San Antonio Walk, San Jose, CA, United States

    TUESDAY March 19, 2019 7PM Hammer Theatre 101 Paseo de San Antonio San José, CA Reading followed by an on-stage interview – conducted by Associate...

  • National Geographic Explorer Academy

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

    For science-loving, world-exploring young adventurers... National Geographic presents Explorer Academy with the help of actual National Geographic Explorer Erika Bergman — scientist, submersible pilot, and...

  • Katy Butler, The Art of Dying Well

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

    WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27, 2019 - 7:00PM This is an advanced event listing. Please check back for updates, or sign up for our events emails. This...

  • Laurie Halse Anderson

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

    We are thrilled to welcome New York Times bestselling, award-winning author Laurie Halse Anderson for her new book, SHOUT, a memoir and call to action...

    $5 – $22
  • Clive Thompson on the Future of Coding

    HanaHaus 456 University Ave, PAlo Alto, CA

    A comprehensive cultural portrait that Kirkus recommends for fans of John Markoff and Ari Levy, Clive Thompson offers smart, funny, necessary reporting with Coders: The...

    $10 – $40
  • Laurie Halse Anderson, SHOUT

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

    Bookshop Santa Cruz welcomes New York Times bestselling, award-winning author Laurie Halse Anderson for a discussion and signing of her new book, SHOUT – a searing poetic memoir for the #MeToo...

  • MARGARET DUMAS at Books Inc. Palo Alto

    Books Inc. Palo Alto 74 Town & Country Village, Palo Alto, CA, United States

    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:...

  • Dave Eggers

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

    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...

    $10 – $40
  • Meredith May, The Honey Bus

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

    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...

  • RHYS BOWEN at Books Inc. Palo Alto

    Books Inc. Palo Alto 74 Town & Country Village, Palo Alto, CA, United States

    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 at Books Inc. Campbell

    Book Inc. Campbell 1875 S. Bascom Avenue, Suite #600, Campbell, CA

    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,...

  • Laila Lalami

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

    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...

  • Story Time with Chris Van Dusen

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

    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...

  • Non-Fiction Discussion Group

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

    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...

  • Lisa See, The Island of Sea Women

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

    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...

  • Roz Chast & Patricia Marx on Mothers

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

    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...

    $15 – $35
  • Ruth Reichl, Save Me the Plums

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

    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...

  • Patrice Vecchione, Ink Knows No Borders

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

    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...

  • Dave Barry

    Aragon High School Theater 900 Alameda de las Pulgas, San Mataeo, CA

    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...

    $15 – $45
  • Big Ideas Reading Group

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

    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"?...