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  • July 2020

  • Sat 25

    VIRTUAL EVENT: Dan Pfeiffer, Un-Trumping America

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

    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

    VIRTUAL EVENT: Lindsay Ellis, Axiom’s End

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

    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

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

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

    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

    Laurie Halse Anderson and Leila del Duca

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

    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

    Virtual Event: Marie Mutsuki Mockett and Ethan Nosowsky

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

    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

    Robert Mailer Anderson & Friends

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

    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...

  • Tue 28

    VIRTUAL EVENT: BOOKS & BREWS: Colin Dickey, The Unidentified

    July 28, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PDT

    Our popular Books + Brews summer event series returns in a modified form this season. For the first of two events, we are teaming up...

  • Tue 28

    Ben Ehrenreich discusses his latest book, The Desert Notebooks

    July 28, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PDT

    Ben Ehrenreich visits Point Reyes to discuss his new book, Desert Notebooks (Counterpoint). Presented in conjunction with Mesa Refuge. About Desert Notebooks National Magazine Award winner and The Nation columnist...

  • Tue 28

    Beach Read by Emily Henry | GGP Online Book Club

    July 28, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PDT

    Please join us on Tuesday, July 28, 2020 at 7 PM PDT for a GGP Online Book Club discussion of Emily Henry's new novel, BEACH...

  • Wed 29

    Gene Luen Yang–virtually!

    July 29, 2020 @ 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm PDT

    discussing Dragon Hoops, his latest graphic novel, in which he turns the spotlight on his life, his family, and Bishop O'Dowd High School, where he taught for...

  • Wed 29

    Eric Utne

    July 29, 2020 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    celebrating his new book Far Out Man: Tales of Life in the Counterculture published by Random House This is a virtual event that will be...

  • Thu 30

    Esther Kinsky and Claire-Louise Bennett Two writers discuss Grove: A Field Novel

    July 30, 2020 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm PDT

    Esther Kinsky and Claire-Louise Bennett join us via Zoom to discuss Grove: A Field Novel (Transit Books). This event is presented in partnership with Brookline...

  • Thu 30

    Litquake on Lockdown: Peter Orner and Maggie Brown & Others

    July 30, 2020 @ 6:00 pm PDT

    In this powerful and virtuosic collection of 44 interlocking stories, each one “a marvel of concision and compassion” (Washington Post), Peter Orner chronicles people whose...

    Free
  • Thu 30

    VIRTUAL EVENT: Aimee Bender, The Butterfly Lampshade

    July 30, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PDT

    Bookshop welcomes bestselling author Aimee Bender (The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake) for an online reading and discussion of her first novel in ten years, The...

  • August 2020

  • Sat 1

    Bawdy Storytelling’s ‘Packs a Wallop’ Livestream – 8/1

    August 1, 2020 @ 7:00 pm PDT

    Live. Virtual. Now, Bawdy is available wherever *you* are! Happening on Zoom on Saturday, August 1st at 7 PM PST/9 PM CST/10 PM EST Wanna...

    $10 – $69
  • Sun 2

    VIRTUAL: Caitlin Myer / Wiving: A Memoir of Loving Then Leaving the Patriarchy

    August 2, 2020 @ 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm PDT

    Booksmith is thrilled to host Caitlin Myer for the launch of her debut, Wiving: A Memoir of Loving Then Leaving the Patriarchy. Please join us! This is a...

  • Sun 2

    Conversations with Authors – Laurie R. King (Virtual Event)

    August 2, 2020 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm PDT

    Laurie R. King‘s Riviera Gold brings back Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes—this time to the Riviera, where they’re challenged to crack their most captivating case yet. In...

  • Mon 3

    VIRTUAL: A. Naomi Paik / Bans, Walls, Raids, Sanctuary: Understanding U.S. Immigration for the Twenty-First Century

    August 3, 2020 @ 11:00 am - 1:00 pm PDT

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

  • Mon 3

    The Healing Fire – Fire Thieves 11

    August 3, 2020 @ 6:00 pm PDT

    THE HEALING FIRE is the 11th edition of The Fire Thieves Poetry Series. On Monday August 3rd, please help us welcome features Maw Shein Win,...

    Free
  • Mon 3

    VIRTUAL EVENT: Congressman Eric Swalwell, Endgame

    August 3, 2020 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    Join us for an online discussion with Congressman Eric Swalwell, who will be in conversation with Steve Kettman about his new book, Endgame: Inside the...

  • Tue 4

    ZYZZYVA & The Booksmith Present: Lockdown Lit @ Lunch with Lysley Tenorio & Sameer Pandya

    August 4, 2020 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 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 the...

  • Tue 4

    No Fascist USA! Discussion Series, Talk #1 – Hilary Moore, James Tracy, and Shane Burley

    August 4, 2020 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm PDT

    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...

  • Tue 4

    David Sheff Local writer discusses his new book, The Buddhist on Death Row

    August 4, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PDT

    David Sheff, author of Beautiful Boy, joins us for a virtual event for his new book, The Buddhist on Death Row. This event will be...

  • Wed 5

    Conversations with Authors – Jordan Blashek & Christopher Haugh (Virtual Event)

    August 5, 2020 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm PDT

    Wednesday, August 5th • 7:00pm ET/4:00pm PT Jordan Blashek & Christopher Haugh  Conversations with Authors is our free virtual event series! Join us every Saturday and...

  • Wed 5

    Virtual Event: Colin Dickey

    August 5, 2020 @ 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm PDT

    Join us on Wednesday, August 5 at 5:00pm PDT as Colin Dickey discusses his new book, The Unidentified: Mythical Monsters, Alien Encounters, and Our Obsession with The Unexplained on...

  • Wed 5

    VIRTUAL: Aimee Bender in conversation with Ploi Pirapokin / The Butterfly Lampshade

    August 5, 2020 @ 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm PDT

    Booksmith and The Bindery are thrilled to host a virtual event with Aimee Bender for her new novel, The Butterfly Lampshade, her first since New York Times bestseller The Particular Sadness of Lemon...

  • Wed 5

    VIRTUAL EVENT: David Sheff, The Buddhist on Death Row

    August 5, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PDT

    Join us for an online event with David Sheff about his new book, The Buddhist on Death Row: How One Man Found Light in the Darkest Place,...

  • Thu 6

    VIRTUAL: Tenacious D / Post-Apocalypto: The Graphic Novel

    August 6, 2020 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm PDT

    Join Tenacious D as they host four virtual book signings to celebrate the upcoming release of Post-Apocalypto: The Graphic Novel from Fantagraphics Books. With a pre-order of Post-Apocalypto, you’ll also...

  • Thu 6

    Screenside Chat #4: Tureeda Mikell and Mónica de la Torre

    August 6, 2020 @ 6:00 pm PDT

    Join us for our fourth Screenside Chat, a new limited-run series where Nomadic Press partners with other small publishers to bring you "fireside chat"-esque readings...

    Free
  • Thu 6

    Virtual Event: Jokes and Poems with Mike Birbiglia and J. Hope Stein

    August 6, 2020 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    Join us on Thursday, August 6 at 6pm PDT for an evening with Mike Birbiglia and J. Hope Stein as a part of their Jokes...

    $30
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