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  • June 2020

  • Tue 16

    Strange Hotel: Irish Literary Sensation Eimear McBride in conversation with Brooke Warner

    June 16, 2020 @ 7:00 pm PDT

    The trajectory of Eimear McBride’s career is an underdog’s dream: she spent six months writing her debut novel, A Girl is a Half-Formed Thing, and...

    Free
  • Tue 16

    Get Lit #61 (Music by: Kiva Uhuru)

    June 16, 2020 @ 7:00 pm PDT

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

    Free
  • Tue 16

    THE CHILL by Scott Carson | GGP Online Book Club

    June 16, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PDT

    Please join us on Tuesday, June 16, 2020 at 7 PM PDT for a GGP Online Book Club discussion of Scott Carson’s new novel, THE...

  • Tue 16
    Get Lit #61 (Music by: Kiva Uhuru)

    Get Lit #61 (Music by: Kiva Uhuru)

    June 16, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:30 pm PDT

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

    Free
  • Wed 17

    Armistead Maupin And Alia Volz For Rakestraw Books

    June 17, 2020 @ 12:00 pm PDT

    Fundraising Goal: $2000 It’s a tough time for local bookstores, what with the social distancing and the sheltering in place. So we’re raising funds to...

    Free
  • Wed 17
    Alchemy of the Reset with Natalie G. Diaz

    Alchemy of the Reset with Natalie G. Diaz

    June 17, 2020 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm PDT

    Alchemy of the Reset is a conversation series hosted and created by Senior Fellows Brett Cook and Liz Lerman and YBCA Chief of Program Meklit...

    Free
  • Wed 17

    Armistead Maupin And Alia Volz For Rakestraw Books

    June 17, 2020 @ 12:00 pm - 5:00 pm PDT

    It’s a tough time for local bookstores, what with the social distancing and the sheltering in place. So we’re raising funds to help local Bay...

    Free
  • Wed 17

    Virtual Event: Matt Ortile, Nicole Chung and Cinelle Barnes

    June 17, 2020 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm PDT

    Join us on Zoom on Wednesday June 17th at 5:00pm PDT for Matt Ortile discussing his new book, The Groom Will Keep His Name: And Other Vows I've Made...

  • Wed 17

    VIRTUAL EVENT: Laila Lalami, The Other Americans

    June 17, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PDT

    Bookshop Santa Cruz invites you to join us for a free online event with author Laila Lalami to discuss her latest book now out in...

  • Thu 18
    On Inhumanity: Dehumanization and How to Resist It

    On Inhumanity: Dehumanization and How to Resist It

    June 18, 2020 @ 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm PDT

    In conversation with John Kaag Harvard Book Store's virtual event series welcomes DAVID LIVINGSTONE SMITH—Professor of Philosophy at the University of New England and author...

    Free
  • Thu 18

    Greil Marcus

    June 18, 2020 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    discussing the subject of his new book Under the Red White and Blue: Patriotism, Disenchantment and the Stubborn Myth of the Great Gatsby published by...

  • Thu 18
    July Westhale Reading + Book Launch w/ TC Tolbert

    July Westhale Reading + Book Launch w/ TC Tolbert

    June 18, 2020 @ 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm PDT

    Here's an opportunity to pause and reflect while listening to two powerful, rad, queer poets on Thursday, June 18, 6:30pm PT: July Westhale and TC...

    Free
  • Thu 18

    Third Thursdays @ Willow Glen Library

    June 18, 2020 @ 7:00 pm PDT

    Thursday, June 18, 7:00pm featuring Robert S. Pesich online on Zoom ticket link to come description to come Upcoming at Third Thursdays: July: Jane Ormerod...

    Free
  • Thu 18

    YOU’RE GOING TO DIE: POETRY, PROSE & EVERYTHING GOES… ONLINE!

    June 18, 2020 @ 7:00 pm PDT

    You’re Going to Die: Poetry, Prose & Everything Goes Online! an ONLINE Open Mic w/Ned Buskirk & the You're Going to Die team... Thursday, June...

    Free
  • Thu 18
    Black Faggotry Book Celebration

    Black Faggotry Book Celebration

    June 18, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm PDT

    Join five of the Bay Area's most prolific writers, thinkers, and entertainers as we celebrate all that is Black and Faggoty. There will be spoken...

    Free
  • Thu 18

    Virtual Speaking Axolotl Reading and Open Mic

    June 18, 2020 @ 8:00 pm PDT

    The Speaking Axolotl community stands con our Black familias aqui en Aztlan and other occupied territories and is committed to providing a space for AfroLatinx...

    Free
  • Fri 19

    ALOK, Vivek Shraya, Jennifer Finney Boylan, Meredith Talusan, More For Adobe Books

    June 19, 2020 @ 12:00 pm PDT

    Fundraising Goal: $2000 It’s a tough time for local bookstores, what with the social distancing and the sheltering in place. So we’re raising funds to...

    Free
  • Fri 19

    Zoom Forward! Danusha Laméris & David Sullivan

    June 19, 2020 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm PDT

    VIRTUAL EVENT: Join us for a special online event with poet laureates Danusha Laméris and David Sullivan. This event is part of the Zoom Forward Reading...

  • Sat 20

    Online Fundraiser for GGP: Author Natalie Jenner Discusses THE JANE AUSTEN SOCIETY with Author Bianca Marais

    June 20, 2020 @ 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm PDT

    A Great Good Place for Books presents Natalie Jenner, author of one of the year's buzziest books, The Jane Austen Society, in conversation with author,...

    $10 – $40
  • Sat 20
    Raphael Bob-Waksberg in conversation

    Raphael Bob-Waksberg in conversation

    June 20, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    A free special online event (registration required) with Raphael Bob-Waksberg, the creator of "BoJack Horseman," discussing his first book "Someone Who Will Love You In...

    Free
  • Mon 22

    Craig Childs Travels in Ice Age America

    June 22, 2020 @ 4:30 pm - 5:00 pm PDT

    Craig Childs is a writer, wanderer and contributing editor at High Country News, commentator for NPR's Morning Edition, and teaches writing at University of Alaska...

    Free
  • Tue 23

    VIRTUAL: ZYZZYVA & The Booksmith Present: Lockdown Lit @ Lunch with Nina Renata Aron & Julian Tepper

    June 23, 2020 @ 11:00 am - 1:00 pm PDT

    Booksmith and The Bindery, in partnership with Zyzzyva, present Lockdown Lit @ Lunch, a weekly salon, Tuesdays at 11am PST. Lockdown Literature is a group of authors with books published during...

  • Tue 23

    City Lights Authors on the Road: Funeral Diva – Pamela Sneed

    June 23, 2020 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm PDT

    Artists and activists reflect on organizing for gay liberation amidst the AIDS pandemic. Artists and activists including Pamela Sneed and Bill T. Jones speak with moderator Kia LaBeija about their reflections...

  • Tue 23

    VIRTUAL: jessica Care moore / We Want Our Bodies Back

    June 23, 2020 @ 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm PDT

    Booksmith and The Bindery host jessica Care moore for her new book of poems, We Want Our Bodies Back. Please join us! This will be a virtual event, which we...

  • Tue 23

    VIRTUAL EVENT: C Pam Zhang, How Much of These Hills is Gold

    June 23, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PDT

    Bookshop Santa Cruz welcomes debut novelist C Pam Zhang for an online event about her new book, How Much of These Hills Is Gold. Zhang will be...

  • Wed 24

    Rebecca Skloot And Ed Yong For East Bay Booksellers

    June 24, 2020 @ 12:00 pm PDT

    Fundraising Goal: $2000 It’s a tough time for local bookstores, what with the social distancing and the sheltering in place. So we’re raising funds to...

    Free
  • Wed 24

    Virtual Event: Donovan Hohn, Jordan Kisner and Jaswinder Bolina

    June 24, 2020 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm PDT

    Join us on Zoom on Wednesday June 24th at 5:00pm PDT for Donovan Hohn discussing his new essay collection The Inner Coast with Jordan Kisner. Zoom Login Please click the link...

  • Thu 25

    VIRTUAL: Alexandra Petri in conversation with Alexis Coe / Nothing Is Wrong and Here Is Why

    June 25, 2020 @ 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm PDT

    Booksmith and Berkeley Arts & Letters host Washington Post humor columnist Alexandra Petri for her second book, Nothing Is Wrong and Here Is Why: Essays. She'll be in conversation with Alexis Coe (You Never...

  • Thu 25

    John Freeman with DA Powell

    June 25, 2020 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    John Freeman celebrates his new collection of poetry The Park published by Copper Canyon Press he will be joined by DA Powell reading from his...

  • Thu 25
    A Pretty Little Wilderness- Be About It Press Book Release Party

    A Pretty Little Wilderness: Be About It Press Book Release Party

    June 25, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm PDT

    We're going to gather to celebrate the release of Cassandra Dallett's new book, A Pretty Little Wilderness, out on Be About It Press June 2020!...

    Free
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