Book Discussions/Events

Cafe Literario is a Spanish book discussion group. This group meets throughout the fall and spring to discuss a Spanish book in Spanish.

Cafe Literario is a Spanish book discussion group. This group meets throughout the fall and spring to discuss a Spanish book in Spanish.

Just in time for Valentine’s Day, Cupid invites bookloving singles in their 20s and 30s to gather in the meeting room for snacks and chance encounters.

Bring a book you loved, hated, or just recently read and be prepared to chat about it with a (charming? lovely?) stranger – but only for a few minutes.

Space is limited!

Call the library (510-981-6520) or come in to sign up and learn more about this literary matchmaking event.

Want to learn how to break into the Romance Writing business? Curious about the process and experience of being a romance writer? Want to learn about the industry?

Join us at North Branch as Berkeley resident Stacy Finz, award-winning author of the Nugget romance series and former journalist with the San Francisco Chronicle, shares her genre writing experiences.

First published in 1960, To Kill A Mockingbird became a best seller, won a Pulitzer Prize in 1961 and was made into an Academy Award-winning film. Join us in marking  the 55th Anniversary of Harper Lee’s only published novel with a lively discussion of her work!

Love the outdoors?

Winter is upon us; get started planning your adventures!

Whether you want to walk back in time among ancient Giant Sequoias or backpack beside thundering waterfalls, Yosemite Adventures: 50 Outstanding Hikes, Climbs and Winter Treks, suggests trips for every season and level of ability.

Matt Johanson, author of Yosemite Epics: Tales of Adventure from America's Greatest Playground, Game of My Life: San Francisco Giants, and San Francisco Giants: Where Have You Gone?, will be signing copies of his new release.

Have you read a book that you wanted to share with others.  Then this book club is for you.  We share books that we have read and enjoyed and others that we did not enjoy and then tell the reason why.  Everyone is welcome.

Why should kids have all the storytime fun?  Come to the North Branch and grab a cup of cocoa as your talented librarians read a classic holiday story.

Author Erik Tarloff joins the North Branch Book Club to talk about his book "All Our Yesterdays" about the legacy of the 1960s in Berkeley!  All are welcome to bring their ideas, questions, and personal stories of the '60s to this one of a kind event!