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  • July 2020
  • 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...

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

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

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

    Ben Ehrenreich discusses his latest book, The Desert Notebooks

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

    Beach Read by Emily Henry | GGP Online Book Club

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

    Gene Luen Yang–virtually!

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

    Eric Utne

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

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

    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
    July 30, 2020 @ 6:00 pm PDT

    Litquake on Lockdown: Peter Orner and Maggie Brown & Others

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

    VIRTUAL EVENT: Aimee Bender, The Butterfly Lampshade

    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
    August 1, 2020 @ 7:00 pm PDT

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    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
    August 3, 2020 @ 6:00 pm PDT

    The Healing Fire – Fire Thieves 11

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

    VIRTUAL EVENT: Congressman Eric Swalwell, Endgame

    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
    August 4, 2020 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm PDT

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

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

    No Fascist USA! Discussion Series, Talk #1 – 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...

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

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

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

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

    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...

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