Alameda Book Con 2026 happening Saturday at island city’s main library
The Alameda Free Library will hold its inaugural book convention this Saturday, featuring Bay Area authors and their…
Oakland Post: Week of July 1 – 7, 2026
By Charlene Muhammad, California Black Media Crystal Lambert knew something was terribly wrong with her three-year-old granddaughter as…
Why Kate Braverman’s ‘Squandering the Blue’ still feels dangerous 35 years later – San Gabriel Valley Tribune
What to tell you about Kate Braverman, poet, author, teacher, muse — at one time a force in…
California school libraries blindsided by ‘catastrophic’ budget cut
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. California librarians were stunned when a…
How Vanessa Hua explores problems in a California suburb in ‘Coyoteland’ – Orange County Register
Vanessa Hua’s new novel, “Coyoteland,” tracks four families in El Nido, a fictional East Bay suburb near Berkeley.…
Berkeley’s Prisoners Literature Project mails books to inmates
Volunteers at the Prisoners Literature Project nonprofit’s Berkeley headquarters, at Martin Luther King Jr. Way and Dwight Way,…
Anaheim’s Booktown USA bookshop is being forced to close after 23 years – Orange County Register
Six days a week for nearly 23 years, Thomas Pesce has been selling books at Booktown USA, the…
As nation nears 250th anniversary, Oakland County judge wants Americans to rediscover the Declaration of Independence – The Oakland Press
As America approaches its 250th birthday, celebrations are taking shape across the country. There will be parades, fireworks,…
James Ellroy on ‘Red Sheet,’ his new book
For 45 years, in his novels, short stories and essays, James Ellroy has been creating the definitive under-history…
Oakland Post: Week of June 17 – 23, 2026
By Calvin Naito, Special to The Post On June 4, a national nonprofit named the Equity in Infrastructure…
Elisha Cuthbert Reveals Why She Quit Hollywood at Height of Her Fame
“The Girl Next Door” star Elisha Cuthbert has revealed why she decided to walk away from Hollywood at…
Is this LA’s smallest bookstore? Silver Lake’s tiny Librairie makes it big – Daily News
Inside Librairie, a new bookshop at Silver Lake’s Sunset Junction, you’ll find store owner Jackie DesForges behind the…