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  • July 2020
  • Fri 17
    July 17, 2020 @ 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm PDT

    VIRTUAL: An Evening with Trixie & Katya!

    Booksmith and The Bindery are so excited to host a virtual event with RuPaul's Drag Race legends and stars of UNHhhh Trixie and Katya for their new book, Trixie and...

  • Sat 18
    July 18, 2020 @ 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm PDT

    Sisters in Crime Showcase (Virtual Event)

    Join us for a special virtual showcase featuring eleven Sisters in Crime authors! Each author will read for five minutes, followed by a few questions from the...

  • Sat 18
    July 18, 2020 @ 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm PDT

    Virtual Event: Leila Slimani and Lisa Taddeo

    Join us on Saturday, July 18 at 12pm PDT when Leila Slimani discusses her new book, Sex and Lies: True Stories of Women's Intimate Lives in the Arab...

  • Sat 18
    July 18, 2020 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm PDT

    Book Talk with Roselle Lim

    Saturday, July 18th at 2pm | FREE Zoom Event Presented by Eastwind Books of Berkeley Book Club. --- To follow our June book club discussion,...

  • Sat 18
    July 18, 2020 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm PDT

    Conversations with Authors – Judith Martin, aka “Miss Manners” (Virtual Event)

    Conversations with Authors is our free virtual event series! Join us every Saturday and Sunday at 7:00pm ET/4:00pm PT for a new chat with a different...

  • Sat 18
    July 18, 2020 @ 7:00 pm PDT

    Bawdy Storytelling’s ‘Jackpot’ Livestream

    Our next Livestream’ed Bawdy will happen on Zoom on Saturday, July 18th at 7 PM PST/9 PM CST/10 PM EST. Tickets are available in Tiered...

    $10 – $70
  • Mon 20
    July 20, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PDT

    VIRTUAL EVENT: Bookseller Happy Hour GENRE EDITION

    Join Bookshop booksellers as we share our favorite Science Fiction, Fantasy, Mystery, and Graphic novels. Grab the beverage of your choice and come spend an hour...

  • Tue 21
    July 21, 2020 @ 8:00 am - 5:00 pm PDT

    Virtual Get Lit #62 (Music by: TBA)

    We're in our 5th consecutive year as we continue to celebrate 12–15 writers taking risks and reading never-before-read work (rough drafts/debuts) within a 3-minute time...

    $10 – $50
  • Tue 21
    July 21, 2020 @ 11:00 am - 1:00 pm PDT

    VIRTUAL: ZYZZYVA & The Booksmith Present: Lockdown Lit @ Lunch with Jennifer Steil & Ava Homa

    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 the...

  • Tue 21
    July 21, 2020 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm PDT

    Zach St. George Discusses his new book, The Journeys of Trees

    Science reporter Zach St. George joins us to discuss his new book, The Journeys of Trees: A Story About Forests, People, and the Future (W.W. Norton). This...

  • Tue 21
    July 21, 2020 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm PDT

    Virtual Event: Kate Greene and Mary Roach

    Join us on Tuesday, July 21 at 5pm PDT when Kate Greene discusses her new book Once Upon a Time I Lived on Mars: Space, Exploration and Life...

  • Tue 21
    July 21, 2020 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    Cynthia Kaufman

    discussing the subject of her new book Challenging Power: Democracy and Accountability in a Fractured World published by Bloomsbury Books This is a virtual event...

  • Tue 21
    July 21, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    Gail Tsukiyama (ONLINE)

    Kepler’s is thrilled to announce an event with Gail Tsukiyama, the acclaimed and bestselling author of 8 novels, and a staff favorite who embodies the best...

  • Tue 21
    July 21, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm PDT

    Borderlands Books hosts L. E. Modesitt, Jr. for new book “Quantum Shadows”

    USA Today bestselling author L.E. Modesitt Jr. talks about his new standalone science fiction novel, Quantum Shadows. About this Event Order your copy of Quantum Shadows now!...

  • Tue 21
    July 21, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PDT

    VIRTUAL EVENT: Patrice Vecchione, My Shouting, Shattered, Whispering Voice

    Bookshop invites you to join us online for an event with acclaimed local poet, editor, and teacher Patrice Vecchione (Ink Knows No Borders: Poems of the...

  • Wed 22
    July 22, 2020 @ 12:00 pm PDT

    Litquake on Lockdown: Caitlin Myer and Wiving with Joe Loya

    At 36 years old, Caitlin Myer is ready to start a family with her husband. She has left behind the restrictive confines of her Mormon...

    Free
  • Wed 22
    July 22, 2020 @ 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm PDT

    Virtual Event: Litquake presents Caitlin Myer and Joe Loya

    Green Apple and Litquake present Caitlin Myer and Joe Loya discussing Caitlin's new book Wiving: A Memoir of Loving Then Leaving The Patriarchy. This event will be held on Crowdcast and Facebook Live....

  • Thu 23
    July 23, 2020 @ 6:00 pm PDT

    Litquake on Lockdown: Billy-Ray Belcourt and A History of My Brief Body

    Billy-Ray Belcourt's debut memoir opens with a tender letter to his kokum and memories of his early life in the hamlet of Joussard, Alberta, and...

    Free
  • Thu 23
    July 23, 2020 @ 6:00 pm PDT

    Litquake on Lockdown: Billy-Ray Belcourt and A History of My Brief Body

    Billy-Ray Belcourt's debut memoir opens with a tender letter to his kokum and memories of his early life in the hamlet of Joussard, Alberta, and...

    Free
  • Thu 23
    July 23, 2020 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    VIRTUAL EVENT: Jesse Wegman, Let the People Pick the President

    Join us for a timely online event with Jesse Wegman who will be in conversation with Ryan Coonerty about his new book, Let the People Pick the President:...

  • Fri 24
    July 24, 2020 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm PDT

    Zoom Forward! Wallace Baine & Steve Kettmann

    VIRTUAL EVENT: Please join us for a reading featuring Wallace Baine and Steve Kettmann. The Zoom room will be open by 4:30, so come early in...

  • Sat 25
    July 25, 2020 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm PDT

    Healing Around Race: Creative Writing Workshop #2

    Struggling to process and confront anti-Black and anti-Asian racism within your social networks? Explore the healing power of creative writing! The July 25th workshop focuses...

    $5 – $15
  • Sat 25
    July 25, 2020 @ 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm PDT

    Book Club: Have Black Lives Ever Mattered?

    Join Eastwind's (virtual) Book Club! In light of recent events surrounding the Black Lives Matter movement, our July Book Club selection is Have Black Lives...

  • Sat 25
    July 25, 2020 @ 7:00 pm PDT

    Saturday Night Special presents: (em)Power(ment)

    POWER. EMPOWER. EMPOWERMENT. Take your pick. This month SNS explores all kinds of power. From self-empowerment, to empowering others, to the powers that be, to...

    Free
  • Sat 25
    July 25, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PDT

    VIRTUAL EVENT: Dan Pfeiffer, Un-Trumping America

    Join us as we welcome Dan Pfeiffer—White House Communications Director under President Obama (2009-2013), Senior Advisor to the president (2013-2015), and co-host of Pod Save...

  • Sun 26
    July 26, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PDT

    VIRTUAL EVENT: Lindsay Ellis, Axiom’s End

    Bookshop welcomes Hugo-nominated video essayist Lindsay Ellis, who will discuss her debut novel, Axiom's End—an alternate history first contact adventure set in the early 2000's, pitched...

  • Mon 27
    July 27, 2020 @ 12:30 pm - 2:30 pm PDT

    VIRTUAL: Anne Applebaum / Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism

    Booksmith and Berkeley Arts & Letters host a virtual event with Anne Applebaum for her new book, Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism. Please join us! This will...

  • Mon 27
    July 27, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    Laurie Halse Anderson and Leila del Duca

    From an unstoppable warrior to a struggling teenage refugee, get ready to see Wonder Woman in a new light. This is an Online Event. New...

  • Tue 28
    July 28, 2020 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm PDT

    Virtual Event: Marie Mutsuki Mockett and Ethan Nosowsky

    Join us on Tuesday, July 28 at 5pm PDT when Marie Mutsuki Mockett discusses her new book, American Harvest: God, Country, and Farming in the Heartland, with Ethan Nosowsky...

  • Tue 28
    July 28, 2020 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    Robert Mailer Anderson & Friends

    Robert Mailer Anderson will be joined by Jacqueline Obradors, Jon Sack, with musical accompaniment by Jay Walsh (of Douglas Fir) celebrating his new graphic novel Windows on the World...

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