• Virtual Speaking Axolotl Reading and Open Mic

    Sign up for the 10-slot virtual open mic by filling out this form: https://forms.gle/ewznSNDq86xmJ5NA7 A monthly Latinx poetry reading series y open mic that happens...

    Free
  • Virtual Event: Bridget Quinn and Carol Edgarian

    Join us on Tuesday, August 18 at 5pm PDT when Bridget Quinn discusses her new book She Votes: How U.S. Women Won Suffrage, and What Happened Next with Carol...

  • Get Lit #63 (Music by: TBA)

    12–15 writers reading new work + live music + beer made on site + tacos just down the street: pure magical Get Litness. We're headed...

    $10 – $50
  • This is Now – Unbreaking Government

    This event is online. Amidst the political morass the US has become, some are voicing the unthinkable: has American democracy’s long, ambitious run come to...

    Free – $30
  • Third Thursdays @ Willow Glen Library

    Thursday, August 20, 7:00pm featuring Caroline Goodwin online on Zoom registration link to come bio to come Upcoming at Third Thursdays: September: Peter Carroll

    Free
  • Virtual Event: Chuck Prophet and Stevie Simkin

    Join us on Friday, August 21 at 12pm PDT for an afternoon with musician Chuck Prophet and Stevie Simkin, author of What Makes the Monkey Dance: The Life and...

    $25
  • VIRTUAL: Show Us Your Spines Resident Reading

    SHOW US YOUR SPINES is a month-long writer residency + reading in collaboration with the SF Public Library’s Hormel Center.  For a month QTIPOC writers...

    Free
  • Meera Sriram VIRTUAL LAUNCH

    Celebrating the publication of her picture book A Gift for Amma: Market Day in India.  To register, go to: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/book-launch-a-gift-for-amma/ Sunday, August 23, 2020 - 11:00am...

  • VIRTUAL: Launch for Richard Kadrey / Ballistic Kiss

    Booksmith and The Bindery host a virtual event with Upstream author Richard Kadrey to celebrate his new novel Ballistic Kiss, the latest and penultimate volume in his Sandman Slim series. ** Please...

  • George Dyson (Online)

    This event is online. The hacker historian and author behind 2012's Turing's Cathedral returns to Kepler's for the release of Analogia, a boldly philosophical book...

    Free – $40
  • Martin Jay in conversation with Paul Breines

    discussing Martin Jay's new book Splinters in Your Eye: Frankfurt School Provocations published by Verso Press The evening will begin with a short introduction by...

  • VIRTUAL EVENT: David Eagleman, Livewired

    Bestselling author and neuroscientist David Eagleman will discuss his new book, Livewired: The Inside Story of the Ever-Changing Brain. "Eagleman delivers an intellectually exhilarating look at neuroplasticity....

  • Zoom Forward! Deborah Bryant & Jana Marcus

    VIRTUAL EVENT: Please join us for an online reading with Deborah Bryant and Jana Marcus, part of the Zoom Forward Reading Series, hosted by poet, fiction writer,...

  • Virtual Event: Lysley Tenorio and Bruce Snider

    Join us on Friday, August 28 at 6pm PDT when Lysley Tenorio and Bruce Snider discuss their new books, The Son of Good Fortune and Fruit, with author Molly Antopol...

  • Independent Bookstore Day 2020

    Celebrate Independent Bookstore Day with Bookshop Santa Cruz!  Independent Bookstore Day looks a little bit different this year, but we will still be celebrating alongside more than...