Vroman’s, Book Passage, Kepler’s, and Bookshop Santa Cruz welcome the bestselling author ANNE LAMOTT, known for her beloved books like Operating Instructions, Bird by Bird, and Help, Thanks, Wow. Anne Lamott will be discussing her latest inspiring and candid book Dusk Night Dawn: Notes on Courage. Her conversation partner will be announced soon. Ticketing: All tickets include a hardcover of Dusk Night […]

This virtual event is ticketed. (Scroll down to purchase tickets) Luvvie Ajayi Jones is known for her trademark wit, warmth, and perpetual truth-telling. But even she's been challenged by the enemy of progress known as fear. She was once afraid to call herself a writer, and nearly skipped out on doing a TED talk that […]

This is a virtual event and will take place on Crowdcast. Register for FREE ahead of time to save your spot and get an email reminder! EVENT LINK: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/pvj6d73t Join us for a double feature with authors Auriane Desombre and Monica Gomez-Hira presenting their new Young Adult books, I Think I Love You and Once Upon a Quinceañera. Auriane and Monica […]

This is a virtual event and will take place on Crowdcast. Register for FREE ahead of time to save your spot and get an email reminder! EVENT LINK: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/qcrhyka8 Late-seventies Los Angeles was rampant with killers and shady characters, but all the go-getters at Space Matters saw was possibility. Richard Kasparov was handsome and charismatic; his younger associate, […]

This is a virtual event and will take place on Crowdcast. Register for FREE ahead of time to save your spot and get an email reminder! EVENT LINK: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/8q04o6bt In Kathy Fiscus: A Tragedy that Transfixed the Nation historian William Deverell tells the heartbreaking story of a young girl trapped in a well--a story that transfixed the nation in what […]

This is a virtual event and will take place on Crowdcast. Register for FREE ahead of time to save your spot and get an email reminder! EVENT LINK: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/zlpv4u7a Born and raised in West Philadelphia, Kareem thought he and his siblings would always be stuck in "The Bottom", a community and neighborhood devastated by poverty and violence. Riding […]

This is a virtual event and will take place on Crowdcast. Register for FREE ahead of time to save your spot and get an email reminder! EVENT LINK: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/7qi1klne Set in Northern California in the late '70s, this timeless coming-of-age story examines the nature of evil, the art of storytelling, and the possibility of redemption. Fifteen-year-old RJ Armante […]

This is a virtual event and will take place on Crowdcast. Register for FREE ahead of time to save your spot and get an email reminder! EVENT LINK: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/33jfivrn There are two kinds of families: the ones we are born into and the ones we create. Walk has never left the coastal California town where he grew up. […]

This is a virtual event and will take place on Crowdcast. Register for FREE ahead of time to save your spot and get an email reminder! EVENT LINK: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/yatxjin4 What role does a mother play in raising thoughtful, generous children? In her literary debut, internationally award-winning writer Courtney Zoffness considers what we inherit from generations past--biologically, culturally, spiritually--and […]

The conversation with Leigh Bardugo starts at 7pm (PT) but you can log in early at 6:15pm (PT) to interact with fellow Grishaverse fan for a meet up complete with trivia and other activities! Cosplay is encouraged and there will be prizes! With Rule of Wolves, Leigh Bardugo brings us the explosive final chapter to her […]

This is a virtual event and will take place on Crowdcast. Register for FREE ahead of time to save your spot and get an email reminder! Scroll down to purchase your copy of the book from Vroman's. EVENT LINK: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/hf8x5iuj The summer is winding down in San Diego. Veronica is bored, caustically charismatic, and uninspired in her photography. […]