Kathleen Caldwell closes the book on Oakland’s ‘Great Good Place’
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Caldwell also hosted special groups, local authors and internationally acclaimed writers.
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Local Lit | Top tips for May
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Ayelet Waldman; Margaret Juhae Lee, Vanessa Hua; poetry workshops with Ray Hsu; and the Bay Area Book Festival on tap this month.Arts & Entertainment
Pro runner Sara Hall shares memoir ‘For the Love of the Grind’ in SF
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The book’s title nods to the hard work and discipline that go into training and racing.Arts & Entertainment
Bay City Books: New books by NorCal authors in March and April 2026
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A sampling of new titles with local themes or released by local writers.Books
Local Lit | April: Top tips for book lovers
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Kate Schatz and Tracy Clark-Flory on motherhood; Dani Burlison on living in CA fire country; and Carvell Wallace's new memoir -- all on tap this month.Arts & Entertainment
Review: ‘Bridget’s Gambit’ a remarkable story of a pioneering California businesswoman
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East Bay readers also will be intrigued by details of the family’s move to what is now Oakland.Arts & Entertainment
Alameda’s Kate Schatz examines women’s reproductive rights in the 1960s in new novel
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Schatz is known for her nonfiction “Rad Women” books and “Do the Work: An Anti-Racist Activity Book,” written with W. Kamau Bell.Books
Local Lit | Top tips for March
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Events related to Women's History Month, Wally Shawn's 'The Fever,' authors Rebecca Solnit, Anne Lamott and more on tap this month.Arts & Entertainment
Hooked on Books: The ‘Count’ is coming around again, and PBS has him
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This month: screen riffs on literature -- the Count of Monte Cristo and Lincoln in the Bardo -- and a spotlight on Bay Area heroines.Books
Café Beaujolais cookbook chronicles Mendocino restaurant’s 50-plus-year story
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Recipes celebrate more than 85 seasonal offerings as well as 10 classics.Arts & Entertainment
