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October 2025 author events: Rabih Alameddine, John Freeman, Daniel Handler, Kamala Harris, Adam Johnson, Julian Brave NoiseCat, Mary Roach, Joyce Vance

By Leslie Katz | Bay City News | October 1, 2025

Essays, historical fiction, memoirs, translations, thrillers and deep investigations in the lineup this month.

Local Lit | Top tips for October

By Lou Fancher

Hooked on Books: ‘Hamnet’ tells how ‘Hamlet’ came to be

By Sue Gilmore, Bay City News

Friends of the Oakland Public Library to host Sept. 27 Open House

By Friends of the Oakland Public Library

Local Lit | Top tips for September

By Lou Fancher, Exedra staff

Arts & Entertainment

Hooked on Books: Silk purse from a sow’s ear? Ian McEwan can do it

By Sue Gilmore | Bay City News | August 28, 2025

Plus other new works on tap this month, including "Replaceable You," the latest from the Oakland-based writer Mary Roach.

Arts & Entertainment

East Bay comic novelist Linda Lenhoff explores darker themes in new book

By Leslie Katz | Bay City News | August 1, 2025

Linda Lenhoff appears on August 6 at A Great Good Place for Books in Oakland.

Arts & Entertainment

Hooked on Books: Avid readers with shallow pockets may find a new best bud in BookBub

By Sue Gilmore | Bay City News | July 31, 2025

Josh Schanker and Nicholas Ciarelli co-founded BookBub in 2012.

Arts & Entertainment

August 2025 author events: Robert Reich, Charlie Jane Anders, Sonia Daccarett, Daniel Kraus, Linda Lenhoff, Mac Muir, Shoshana Walter, and more

By Leslie Katz | Bay City News | July 31, 2025

Authors of fascinating memoirs, intense thrillers, timely non-fiction titles, and debut novels appear across the region.

Books

Local Lit | Top tips for August

By Lou Fancher | July 29, 2025

Oakland Public Library's end of summer festival; Clio's book talks; "Once Upon a Time in Dollywood," and more.

Arts & Entertainment

Meg Waite Clayton’s ‘Typewriter Beach’ a mystery about Old Hollywood in magical Carmel

By Linda Lenhoff | Bay City News | July 21, 2025

Two women separated by generations— and a story about passion and persistence, creativity, politics and family is already hitting bestseller lists.

Books

Local Lit | July’s top tips for book lovers

By Lou Fancher | July 8, 2025

Fiction and mystery; non-fiction for Swifites; brewery-boosted books; and of course happenings at local libraries.

Arts & Entertainment

Deadly Dozen: Mysteries set in the Bay Area and beyond

By Michal Strutin | Sisters in Crime | July 3, 2025

We love the clues, we love the chase, and we love to read mysteries.

Arts & Entertainment

East Bay reporter Tony Hicks on ‘Lying Drunk’: ‘The point was to show how addiction takes over your life’

By Leslie Katz | Bay City News | July 2, 2025

Soon after its release, “Lying Drunk” became number 1 on Amazon’s list of 63 “new alcohol recovery books.”

Arts & Entertainment

July 2025 author events: Bridget A. Lyons, Jackie Thomas-Kennedy, Joanna Sokol, Miranda Spivack, and more

By Leslie Katz | Bay City News | June 30, 2025

Debut novels, anticipated novels, memoirs, essays and other timely non-fiction titles by California writers are in this month’s lineup.

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