East Bay Events

John Jay Osborn, author of the classic novel The Paper Chase, shares his much-buzzed new work Listen to the Marriage. 

A riveting drama of marital therapy

Not Your Mother's Book Club and the Queer Teen Book Club at Books Inc. in Alameda very excitedly present filmmaker and writer e.E. Charlton-Trujillo in celebration of Fat Angie: Rebel Girl Revolution--the delightful follow-up to her Stonewall Book Award-winning novel Fat Angie.

Award-winning animator and designer J.R. Krause joins us for a storytime reading of his critically-acclaimed picture book, Dragon Night. (Ages 4+)

A boy and his dragon embark on a dazzling nighttime journey in this heartwarming friendship story about facing fears and helping others.

Alta Magazine and Books Inc. present debut novelist Mesha Maren, introducing her new book Sugar Run--a Southern novel turned on its head, featuring women who are as tough-or tougher-than all the men around them.  Sugar Run is a searing and gritty debut about making a break for another life.

Author, activist, and TED speaker Ashton Applewhite shares her rousing manifesto, This Chair Rocks: A Manifesto Against Ageism. 

Science journalist Alice Robb discusses her illuminating work, Why We Dream: The Transformative Power of Our Nightly Journey. Alice will be in conversation with Isaac Chotiner, staff writer for The New Yorker.

Washington Post opinion writer and CNN contributor Jason Rezaian discusses his striking memoir, Prisoner: My 544 Days in an Iranian Prison--Solitary Confinement, a Sham Trial, High-Stakes Diplomacy, and the Extraordinary Efforts It Took to Get Me Out.   Jason will be in conversation with Robert Rosenthal, award-winning journalist who is a board member and and an executive producer at The Center for Investigative Reporting. 

Renowned local artist Nancy Genn presents her stunning monograph, Nancy Genn: Architecture from Within.

Berkeley-based artist Nancy Genn explores various mediums and techniques, including drawing, painting, sculpture and printmaking in such materials as gouache, casein, mono-printing, collage and ceramics. This monograph presents her practice and her role in the movements of gestural abstraction and abstract expressionism.

Lambda Literary Award-finalist Lise Weil discusses her insightful memoir, In Search of Pure Lust.

Join Books Inc. in Alameda for a marathon reading of Catcher in the Rye  in honor of J.D. Salinger's 100th Birthday. Readings will be taking place from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM.