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  • February 2021
  • Thu 4
    February 4, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PST

    Catana Chetwynd / In Love & Pajamas: A Collection of Comics about Being Yourself Together

    Booksmith is thrilled to host a virtual event with #1 New York Times bestselling creator of Catana Comics, Catana Chetwynd (Snug and Little Moments of Love) for her third book In Love...

  • Thu 4
    February 4, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PST

    The Chicken Sisters: Author KJ Dell’Antonia in Conversation With Nancy Davis Kho

    Please join us on Thursday, February 4, 2021 at 6 PM PST for an online discussion of one of Kathleen's recent favorites, THE CHICKEN SISTERS, with author KJ Dell'Antonia...

  • Thu 4
    February 4, 2021 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm PST

    Lunar New Year Poetry and Calligraphy with Poets Michael Warr, Chun Yu, and Calligrapher Aiqin Zhou

    online

    Celebrate the Year of the Ox with us! Poets Michael Warr and Chun Yu read works in English and Chinese (Mandarin) that reflect the essence...

    Free – $25
  • Thu 4
    February 4, 2021 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm PST

    Daina Ramey Berry & Kali Nicole Gross: Black Women’s History of the US

    Virtual

    KPFA Radio 94.1 FM and Marcus Books present: Daina Ramey Berry and Kali Nicole Gross A Black Women's History of the United States With Sabrina...

    $5 – $20
  • Thu 4
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    February 4, 2021 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PST

    Eves at the (Virtual) Beat: Womxn Reading Curated by Georgina Marie!!

    online

    During Women's History month a constellation of events brought together a group of fabulous womxn+ writers. The meeting of these hearts and minds exploded into...

    Free
  • Fri 5
    February 5, 2021 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm PST

    Zoom Forward! A Tribute to Jory Post

    Join us online for a tribute to Jory Post, beloved Bookshop friend and champion of the written word. From coordinating Santa Cruz's Open Read to producing...

  • Fri 5
    February 5, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PST

    Virtual Event: Dr. Judy Melinek and T.J. Mitchell with Faith Salie

    JOIN US ON FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5 AT 6PM PT WHEN DR. JUDY MELINEK AND T.J. MITCHELL ARE JOINED BY FAITH SALIE TO DISCUSS THEIR LATEST BOOK, AFTERSHOCK, ON...

  • Fri 5
    February 5, 2021 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm PST

    Words out Loud Spoken Word Series

    Virtual

    Derek N. Otsuji and Mark Tarren read from their poetry. Include open mic and literary trivia quiz. Derek N. Otsuji is the author of The Kitchen of Small Hours, winner...

    Free
  • Sat 6
    February 6, 2021 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm PST

    Generation Rising Book Launch

    Join us for the book launch of “Generation Rising: A New Politics of Southeast Asian American Activism” with author Loan Thi Dao and Providence Youth...

  • Sat 6
    February 6, 2021 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm PST

    Virtual Class: Art History with Kerrin Meis – The Aesthetic Movement: The Cult of Beauty Revisited (via Zoom)

    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...

  • Sat 6
    February 6, 2021 @ 1:00 pm - 3:30 pm PST

    Neurotica Erotica: Love Poems for the Nervous & Highly Strung

    Virtual

    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....

    $22
  • Sat 6
    February 6, 2021 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm PST

    Conversations with Authors – Chang-rae Lee (Virtual Event)

    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...

  • Mon 8
    February 8, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm PST

    Virtual Event: Mark Wunderlich and Diane Seuss

    online

    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...

    Free
  • Tue 9
    Rabbit Island
    February 9, 2021

    Rabbit Island Launch

    online

    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...

    Free
  • Tue 9
    February 9, 2021 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm PST

    This is Now: Susan Liautaud

    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....

  • Tue 9
    February 9, 2021 @ 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm PST

    VIRTUAL: Launch for Liat Berdugo / The Weaponized Camera in the Middle East: Videography, Aesthetics, and Politics in Israel and Palestine

    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,...

  • Tue 9
    February 9, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PST

    Conversations with Authors – Suleika Jaouad with Elizabeth Gilbert (Virtual Event)

    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...

  • Tue 9
    February 9, 2021 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PST

    Kim Stanley Robinson

    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,...

  • Tue 9
    February 9, 2021 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PST

    VIRTUAL EVENT: Ada Calhoun, Why We Can’t Sleep

    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...

  • Wed 10
    February 10, 2021 @ 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm PST

    Tim Harford in conversation with Randall Munroe (creator of xkcd)

    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...

  • Wed 10
    February 10, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PST

    Nicole Perlroth in conversation with David Sanger

    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...

  • Wed 10
    February 10, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PST

    Robert B. Reich – The System: Who Rigged It, How We Fix It (Virtual Event)

    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...

    $30
  • Thu 11
    February 11, 2021 @ 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm PST

    Elizabeth Kolbert & Mark Hertsgaard: Under a White Sky

    Virtual

    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,...

    $20 – $35
  • Thu 11
    February 11, 2021 @ 5:20 pm - 6:55 pm PST

    VIRTUAL EVENT: LIVING WRITERS SERIES, Valeria Luiselli

    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...

  • Thu 11
    February 11, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PST

    Naz Beheshti – Pause. Breathe. Choose. (Virtual Event)

    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...

  • Sat 13
    February 13, 2021 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm PST

    Virginia Loh-Hagan on Instagram IGTV

    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...

  • Sat 13
    February 13, 2021 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm PST

    Conversations with Authors – Vendela Vida (Virtual Event)

    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...

  • Tue 16
    February 16, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm PST

    Rashid Khalidi & Nora Barrows-Friedman: Hundred Years War on Palestine

    Virtual

    KPFA Radio 94.1 FM presents a unique Zoom Event:   RASHID KHALIDI & Nora Barrows-Friedman   THE HUNDRED YEARS' WAR ON PALESTINE A History of...

  • Tue 16
    February 16, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PST

    Kate Russo – Super Host (Virtual Event)

    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...

  • Tue 16
    February 16, 2021 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PST

    Uncanny Valley by Anna Wiener | GGP Online Book Club

    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...

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