In their operetta Patience, Gilbert and Sullivan skewered the Aesthetic movement—the anti-industrial stance adopted by a talented and opinionated group of artists, poets, and architects that had...
Surprise the Line presents a special one-time guest workshop led by experienced writers on a topic of their choosing every first Saturday of the month....
Chang-rae Lee's latest novel, My Year Abroad, is an exuberant, provocative story about a young American life transformed by an unusual Asian adventure—and about the human...
Join us on Monday, February 8th at 6pm PT when Mark Wunderlich is joined by Diane Suess for a reading and conversation celebrating his latest...
Rabbit Island Launch Virtual Event Join Community Bookstore and Two Lines Press for an event celebrating Elvira Navarro’s Rabbit Island, a collection of stories that traverse the fickle, often terrifying...
This event is online. If you’re trying to do the right thing but you’re not sure how, you’re not alone. CRISPR. Robot caretakers. COVID-19. Voting....
Booksmith and The Bindery are very pleased to host the virtual launch for Liat Berdugo and her new book The Weaponized Camera in the Middle East: Videography, Aesthetics,...
A searing, deeply moving memoir of illness and recovery that traces one young woman’s journey from diagnosis to remission and, ultimately, a road trip of...
Kim Stanley Robinson is joined in conversation by Robin Sloan to discuss his latest novel, The Ministry for the Future (Orbit Books). "If I could get policymakers,...
Join us for a virtual event with Ada Calhoun who will discuss We Can't Sleep: Women's New Midlife Crisis (available in paperback on January 19th), an in-depth...
Tim Harford, called “perhaps the best popular economics writer in the world” (New Statesman), and Randall Munroe in conversation about The Data Detective: Ten Easy Rules to...
discussing Nicole Perlroth's new book This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends: The Cyber Weapons Arms Race Published by Bloomsbury Books This is...
From the bestselling author of Saving Capitalism and The Common Good, comes an urgent analysis of how the "rigged" systems of American politics and power operate, how this...
KPFA Radio 94.1 FM presents an exceptional Zoom event: ELIZABETH KOLBERT + MARK HERTSGAARD Under a White Sky, The Nature of the Future Elizabeth Kolbert,...
The UCSC Literature Department and Creative Writing Program Present: LIVING WRITERS SERIES WINTER 2021 "Shelter and Place," a theme about world building when the world...
A leading-edge guide to how well-being drives success across all aspects of life. CEO, executive wellness coach, and thought leader Naz Beheshti distills the most...
reading the award-winning Nian, the Chinese New Year Dragon, an illustrated retelling for young readers of the Chinese folktale about a dragon that threatens a village...
Vendela Vida’s newest release, We Run the Tides is an achingly beautiful story of female friendship, betrayal, and a mysterious disappearance set in the changing landscape of...
KPFA Radio 94.1 FM presents a unique Zoom Event: RASHID KHALIDI & Nora Barrows-Friedman THE HUNDRED YEARS' WAR ON PALESTINE A History of...
A deeply funny and shrewdly observed debut novel about being lost in the very place you know by heart. Bennett Driscoll is a Turner Prize-nominated...
Please join us on Tuesday, February 16, 2021 at 7 PM PST for a GGP Online Book Club discussion of Uncanny Valley by Anna Wiener. The...
A paradigm-shifting study of neurodivergent women—those with ADHD, autism, synesthesia, high sensitivity, and sensory processing disorder—exploring why these traits are overlooked in women and how...
Join us on Wednesday, February 17th at 6pm PT when we celebrate the new short story anthology, KINK, with an evening of readings, live demonstrations,...
In celebration of Melissa Valentine's book, The Names of All the Flowers, Valentine and Butts will discuss writing and community organizing. Set in rapidly gentrifying 1990s Oakland, The...
celebrating the launch of Brontez Purnell's new book 100 Boyfriends published by MCD x FSG Originals ---------- This is a virtual event that will be...
JOIN US ON WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17 AT 6PM PT WHEN WE CELEBRATE THE NEW SHORT STORY ANTHOLOGY, KINK, WITH AN EVENING OF READINGS, LIVE DEMONSTRATIONS, AND CONVERSATIONS IN PARTNERSHIP...
Join Book Passage in welcoming Adam O. Davis (author of Index of Haunted Houses) and Emma Hine (author of Stay Safe) for a reading and discussion celebrating...
LILY KING Thursday, February 18, 2021 6:00pm Pacific Time TICKETS “Lily King writes with a great generosity of spirit.” – Ann Patchett Lily King is...
This event is online. In the history of humankind, connecting to others and building strong relationships has never been more complicated. That was true even...
Join us on Thursday, February 18th at 6pm PT when Zak Salih discusses his debut novel, Let's Get Back to the Party, with Lydia Kiesling...