East Bay Events

Join New York Times-bestselling author Gail Carriger for her East Bay Book Launch celebrating the delightful final book in her Custard Protocol series, Reticence. Gail rarely does East Bay events so this is your opportunity NOT to go into the city.

What can we learn from the evolution of one Oakland neighborhood and the dramatic changes it’s seen in the last 40 years? How has gang violence and gentrification affected the city’s sense of community? Join Alta and Books Inc. for a discussion on the history and evolving landscape of Oakland with someone who knows: playwright, author, activist, poet, professor and longtime East Bay resident Ishmael Reed. Reed’s latest accolades include the Alberto Dubito Award for International Poetry presented in Venice and the AUDELCO award for theatre.

Join us for an evening celebrating two fantastic summer reads! Amy Mason Doan will share her sweeping and seductive new novel, Summer Hours; and USA Today-bestseller Meg Donohue will discuss her spellbinding and suspenseful tale, You, Me, and the Sea.

Join artist, writer, and the founder of Find Your F*ckyeah, Alexis Rockley for a Book Launch celebrating her eponymous debut book, Find Your F*ckyeah: Stop Censoring Who You Are and Discover What You Really Want.

Cynthia Li, MD discusses her powerful work, Brave New Medicine: A Doctor's Unconventional Path to Healing Her Autoimmune Illness. 

In this revelatory memoir, Doctor Cynthia Li shares the truth about her disabling autoimmune illness, the limitations of Western medicine, and her hard-won lessons on healing--mind, body, and spirit.

Chef, holistic nutritionist, award-winning entrepreneur Mareya Ibrahim shares her witty and thoughtful cookbook, Eat Like You Give a Fork: The Real Dish on Eating to Thrive. Samples will be served!

Eighty recipes support eight essential nutritional strategies to help you look and feel amazing

Join Books Inc. Berkeley for Sunday Storytime! Every Sunday at noon. (Ages 3+)

Join Books Inc. Berkeley for Sunday Storytime! Every Sunday at noon. (Ages 3+)

Join Books Inc. Berkeley for Sunday Storytime! Every Sunday at noon. (Ages 3+)

Join Books Inc. Berkeley for Sunday Storytime! Every Sunday at noon. (Ages 3+)