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  • August 2020
  • Thu 20
    August 20, 2020 @ 7:00 pm PDT

    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
  • Thu 20
    August 20, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PDT

    VIRTUAL EVENT: Lloyd Kahn, The Half-Acre Homestead

    Bookshop Santa Cruz invites you to join us for a free online event with green architecture pioneer Lloyd Kahn for a presentation of his new...

  • Thu 20
    August 20, 2020 @ 7:30 pm PDT

    [Virtual Ruby] AUTHORS OF COLOR BOOK CLUB: The Revisioners by Margaret

    Jean Rhys said that "reading makes immigrants of us all," that "it takes us away from home, but more important, it finds homes for us...

    Free
  • Thu 20
    August 20, 2020 @ 8:00 pm PDT

    Speaking Axolotl Reading and Open Mic

    Nomadic Press 2926 Foothill Blvd, Oakland , CA, United States

    A Latinx poetry reading series y open mic that happens every third Thursday (unless otherwise noted) in "The Chapel" at Nomadic Press. Decolonized beats provided...

    Free
  • Fri 21
    August 21, 2020 @ 8:00 am - 5:00 pm PDT

    VIRTUAL: Berkeley Arts & Letters presents Chuck Palahniuk / The Invention of Sound

    ​Berkeley Arts & Letters hosts Chuck Palahniuk for his new novel The Invention of Sound. Please save the date and join us! ** Please note ** >  This is a ticketed...

    $36
  • Fri 21
    August 21, 2020 @ 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm PDT

    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
  • Fri 21
    August 21, 2020 @ 6:00 pm PDT

    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
  • Sat 22
    August 22, 2020 @ 10:30 am - 11:30 am PDT

    Jack & Agyu: Children’s Story Time with Justine Villanueva

    Join Eastwind Books of Berkeley online for children's story time featuring a live read-aloud of Filipino children's book, Jack and Agyu, with author Justine Villanueva....

  • Sun 23
    August 23, 2020 @ 11:00 am - 1:00 pm PDT

    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...

  • Sun 23
    August 23, 2020 @ 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm PDT

    The Tree and the Vine: The Queer Fiction of Dola de Jong

    City Lights Booksellers & Publishers in conjunction with Transit Books present Editor Kristen Gehrman in conversation with Jennifer Croft    celebrating the new book The Tree...

  • Mon 24
    August 24, 2020 @ 11:00 am - 1:00 pm PDT

    VIRTUAL: Erin Hatton / Coerced: Work Under Threat of Punishment

    Booksmith and UC Press present a 6-part series of virtual events focused on urgent societal issues, broadcasting every Monday at 11am PST. This fourth event in the series features Erin Hatton discussing her...

  • Mon 24
    August 24, 2020 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    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...

  • Tue 25
    August 25, 2020 @ 6:00 pm - 7:10 pm PDT

    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
  • Tue 25
    August 25, 2020 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    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...

  • Tue 25
    August 25, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PDT

    THE SECRET DIARY OF HENDRIK GROEN | GGP Online Book Club

    Please join us on Tuesday, August 25, 2020 at 7 PM PDT for a GGP Online Book Club discussion of THE SECRET DIARY OF HENDRIK...

  • Tue 25
    August 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...

    $31 – $56
  • Wed 26
    August 26, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PDT

    VIRTUAL: Two Languages / One Community with Poets Michael Warr and Chun Yu

    Booksmith presents Two Languages / One Community with poets Michael Warr and Chun Yu. They will be reading from and discussing their work. Two Languages / One Community brings...

  • Thu 27
    August 27, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PDT

    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....

  • Thu 27
    August 27, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PDT

    VIRTUAL: Vanessa Veselka / The Great Offshore Grounds

    Booksmith hosts a virtual event with Zazen author Vanessa Veselka for her new novel The Great Offshore Grounds. ** Please note ** >  This is a free event, but RSVP is...

  • Thu 27
    August 27, 2020 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm PDT

    ACCENTED | Nobody Ever Dies featuring Thao & The Get Down Stay Down

    Viet Thanh Nguyen will host a conversation featuring Thao Nguyen from Thao & The Get Down Stay Down for ACCENTED: Dialogues in Diaspora The Diasporic...

    $5
  • Fri 28
    August 28, 2020 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm PDT

    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,...

  • Fri 28
    August 28, 2020 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    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...

  • Sat 29
    August 29, 2020 @ 9:00 am - 11:00 pm PDT

    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...

  • Sat 29
    August 29, 2020 @ 10:00 am - 6:00 pm PDT

    Virtual and In-Store: Independent Bookstore Day

    Celebrate with us all day on Saturday, August 29, both in-store and online from the comfort fo your home. In addition to indie-exclusive books and merch we...

  • Sat 29
    August 29, 2020 @ 11:00 am - 1:00 pm PDT

    No Fascist USA! Discussion Series, Talk #4 – Hilary Moore, James Tracy, and Shane Burley

    Hilary Moore, James Tracy, and Shane Burley in the first of four talks about anti-fascist movements, past and present, and street-level organizing, with Hilary Moore, James...

  • Sat 29
    August 29, 2020 @ 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm PDT

    Disability Book Series: Nina G on Stutterer Interrupted

    virtual

    Join us for the next installment of the Disability Book Series, with Nina G and her book Stutterer Interrupted: The Comedian Who Almost Didn't Happen....

    Free
  • Sat 29
    August 29, 2020 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm PDT

    Conversations with Authors – Ursula Hegi (Virtual Event)

    Ursula Hegi‘s latest novel, The Patron Saint of Pregnant Girls—a story of three mothers, set on the shores of the Nordsee—is a testament to the ways...

  • Sun 30
    August 30, 2020 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm PDT

    Conversations with Authors – Pramila Jayapal (Virtual Event)

    Pramila Jayapal’s Use the Power You Have offers a wealth of ideas and inspiration for a new generation of engaged citizens interested in fighting back and making...

  • Mon 31
    August 31, 2020 @ 11:00 am - 1:00 pm PDT

    VIRTUAL: Sarah Jaquette Ray / A Field Guide to Climate Anxiety: How to Keep Your Cool on a Warming Planet

    Booksmith and UC Press present a 6-part series of virtual events focused on urgent societal issues, broadcasting every Monday at 11am PST. This fifth event in the series features Sarah Jaquette Ray discussing...

  • Mon 31
    August 31, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PDT

    VIRTUAL EVENT: Bookseller Happy Hour: Hot Books, Cool Drinks!

    Join Bookshop booksellers as we share some of the hottest recommended books of the season, while you sip on the cool beverage of your choice...

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