The long history of writing novels about the West ranges from Zane Grey to Louis L'Amour to Bill Vlach, David Watts, and Bill Yenne--the three...
Booksmith hosts Luis Alberto Urrea in celebration of the paperback release of his widely acclaimed novel The House of Broken Angels. Please join us! “All we do,...
Join us for an evening with local nonfiction authors Mary Jo McConahay and Chris Feliciano Arnold, spanning World War II to the modern Amazon basin,...
HAPPY ENDINGS is a monthly reading series that showcases new writing and offers a little sunshine for your soul. What's gonna happen? Five writers will...
reading from her latest novel A Student of History from Akashic Books A contemporary Los Angeles story of uncrossable social lines, allegiance and betrayal, immeasurable...
The Bindery hosts Mitchell S. Jackson for his new book Survival Math: Notes on an All-American Family. Please join us! In a thrillingly alive, candid new work,...
Poetry Santa Cruz is dedicated to nurturing the poetry community and bringing poetry to the larger community in Santa Cruz County. They present poetry readings at...
Aditi Machado with Lindsay Choi READINGS ARE FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Readings begin at 6:30pm unless otherwise noted. 2018-2019 Holloway events will be...
The consolidation of publishing house after publishing house into five mega book businesses foretold a future where reading choices for the many would be controlled...
Ali Liebegott reads from The Summer of Dead Birds published by Feminist Press joined by special guests: Doddie Bellamy and Kevin Killian "A fierce, funny, agonized, cracked-open aria in...
Bookshop Santa Cruz welcomes author Carolyn Burke for a discussion and signing of her new book, Foursome, a captivating, spirited account of the intense relationship among four artists...
The Bindery hosts Sophia Shalmiyev for her debut book Mother Winter: A Memoir. Joining her for readings and conversation are Shanthi Sekaran (Lucky Boy), Melissa Stein (Terrible Blooms), and Matthew Zapruder (Sun Bear). Please...
Chip Conley is a hospitality entrepreneur, founding boutique hotel brand Joie de Vivre Hospitality at 26 and running it as CEO for 24 years. He...
In Another, his eagerly anticipated debut as author-illustrator, Caldecott and Coretta Scott King honoree and store favorite Christian Robinson brings young readers on a playful,...
Each year, Noe Valley author Cara Black takes a few lucky readers on a real tour of the Paris she writes about in her bestselling...
Thu, March 14, 6:30pm – 9:00pm DescriptionSponsored by Alejandro Murguia, curated by Marguerite Munoz and Rene Vaz. This month's readers TBD.
reading and in conversation with Jennifer S. Cheng celebrating the release of Oculus: Poems published by Graywolf Press In Oculus, Sally Wen Mao explores exile not just...
Eleanor Burke, author of A Walker's Sketchbook of San Francisco, discusses her new book Walking Manhattan's Neighborhoods. About Walking Manhattan's Neighborhoods Walking Manhattan's Neighborhoods is a...
…collectivity as a part of speech: come again. The radio channeling an exaltation of larks: what it is to be...
Join Why There Are Words on March 14, 2019, at Studio 333 in Sausalito and bear witness to a spectacular evening of readings, as six...
Mesha Maren discusses her new novel, Sugar Run with Randal O'Wain. Praise for Sugar Run “A heady admixture of explosive plot and taut, burnished prose . . ....
Thurday, February 14, 2019 7:30 PM 10:30 PM The Lost Church (map) You’re Going to Die: Poetry, Prose & Everything Goes Open Mic at The Lost Church w/Ned Buskirk $10...
Members of the Charter Group of Word for Word, a program of Z Space will present a reading of "The Widow Dreams," a narrative of...
Friday, March 15 - 7:00 pm University Press Books, 2430 Bancroft Avenue, Berkeley I am always haunted by the wise words of my great great...
Helen Oyeyemi discusses her new novel, Gingerbread with Stephen Sparks. About Gingerbread The prize-winning, bestselling author of Boy, Snow, Bird and What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours returns with a...
The Bindery hosts a special evening with Amber Tamblyn, to celebrate her new book of essays Era of Ignition: Coming of Age in a Time of Rage...
It is estimated that William Shakespeare used 31,000 different words in his writing and that some had hidden meanings. He also invented over 30 new...
Join us to celebrate the launch of Lisa Moore Ramee’s highly anticipated, funny and big-hearted debut middle grade novel A Good Kind of Trouble, about...
EAST BAY BOOKSELLERS welcomes Helen Oyeyemi to discuss Gingerbread, on Saturday, March 16th at 7pm. Influenced by the mysterious place gingerbread holds in classic children's stories, beloved novelist Helen...
Alice Pettway is the author of three books of poetry: The Time of Hunger (2017), Moth (2019) and Station Lights (forthcoming 2021). Her poetry, nonfiction...