Local Lit | August 2026
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Authors of poetry, fiction and non-fiction appear around the Bay Area this month.
Books
Local Lit | Top tips for June
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Appearances from authors of fiction, non-fiction, poetry and a graphic novel; also a heartfelt farewell to A Great Good Place for Books -- all on tap this month.Arts & Entertainment
Hooked on Books: Au revoir, Stephen Colbert – and your lovely book club, too
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New books, author talks, and a farewell.Arts & Entertainment
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.Arts & Entertainment
Poet Cole Swensen launches ‘Veer’ at City Lights, Book Passage
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The Bay Area native's poems invite readers to reconsider the boundaries between humans and nature.Arts & Entertainment
Vanessa Hua’s ‘Coyoteland’ explores what lurks behind the foliage in the East Bay suburbs
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The isolation of the pandemic spurred Hua to investigate what she calls “the loneliness epidemic.”Arts & Entertainment
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
Hooked on Books: Going literary in letter form is a well-traveled road
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Sue Gilmore of Local News Matters traces the history of the epistolary novel from 1740 to today's bestseller "The Correspondent."Arts & Entertainment
May 2026 author events across the Bay Area
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Plus: The 12th Bay Area Book Festival featuring hundreds of authors is happening in downtown Berkeley on May 29-31.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
