Calling all fans of poetry, tragedy, horror, and Bay Area lit for an introduction to the poignant and sometimes macabre world of dark poetry! Come hear award-winning local author Sumiko Saulson read from their Bram Stoker Nominated poetry collection, The Rat King: A Book of Dark Poetry. The reading will be followed by an audience Q&A with Saulson and a discussion on how poetry can be used to explore the darker side of life.
Join us for a talk and book signing with Oakland author Briana Loewinsohn. Ephemera: A Memoir is a debut graphic novel that poignantly blends memoir, magic realism, and graphic medicine.
Join us for an evening of conversation with New York Times bestselling author of The Sum Of Us and Chair of the Board of Color of Change, Heather McGhee, and Savala Nolan, Executive Director of the Thelton E.
This online book group will discuss recent literary fiction books, on the last Tuesday of the month. All sessions meet at 2pm
March 28: The Mothers
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The discussion will take place over Zoom and include 15 participants with a waitlist.
This online book group will discuss recent literary fiction books, on the last Tuesday of the month. All sessions meet at 2pm
April 25: When We Lost Our Heads by Heather O'Neil
May 30: The Sum of Us by Heather McGhee
June 27: Wild Game by Adrienne Brodeur
Register HERE
The discussion will take place over Zoom and include 15 participants with a waitlist.
Register to attend New York Times bestselling author, Javier Zamora, in conversation at Berkeley City College auditorium this April. He will be discussing his 2022 book, Solito: A Memoir, which retells his months-long trek across Guatemala, Mexico, and eventually through the Sonoran Desert from El Salvador as a nine-year old. He traveled unaccompanied by boat, bus, and foot. After a coyote abandoned his group in Oaxaca, Javier managed to make it to Arizona with the aid of other migrants.
This online book group will discuss recent literary fiction books, on the last Tuesday of the month. All sessions meet at 2pm
April 25: When We Lost Our Heads by Heather O'Neil
May 30: The Sum of Us by Heather McGhee
June 27: Wild Game by Adrienne Brodeur
Register HERE
The discussion will take place over Zoom and include 15 participants with a waitlist.
This online book group will discuss recent literary fiction books, on the last Tuesday of the month. All sessions meet at 2pm
April 25: When We Lost Our Heads by Heather O'Neil
May 30: The Sum of Us by Heather McGhee
June 27: Wild Game by Adrienne Brodeur
Register HERE
The discussion will take place over Zoom and include 15 participants with a waitlist. Attendees recieve a free book bundle, and will be notified when they can pick it up.
Silent Book Club.
Here's the Book Club of your dreams: bring your own book and enjoy some quiet reading time. Sip a free mocktail (available while supplies last), and meet fellow readers.
We like to call it Introvert Happy Hour. (Extroverts are welcome!).
Read & Share Book Club is Back! Bring any book you're reading and let's talk about it. Join us for this fun, casual book club!