Local Lit | September’s top tips for book lovers
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Grace Lin, W. Kamau Bell, Naomi Klein, and others read from new releases and poetry, covering topics like AI, school reform, Chinese food, climber Royal Robbins and more.
Arts & Entertainment
Authors around the Bay offer an August bounty of events
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A list of notable August happenings around the region, with an emphasis on local authors.Arts & Entertainment
Bay City Books: New books in July from local authors – July 2023
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Plus an interview with Ilana DeBare on her gritty fiction debut set in Hell.Books
Bill opposing textbook bans moves through Senate Education Committee
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Districts could face financial penalties if they don’t provide books and materials that accurately reflect the diversity of the state’s students.Arts & Entertainment
Local Lit | July’s top tips for book lovers
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Classic text and more of the written word performed by Cal Shakes, Berkeley's Actors Ensemble, Freight and Salvage and others.Bay Area
California’s plan to change literacy instruction advances
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Commission outlines timeline to implement new literacy standards and design new teacher assessment.Arts & Entertainment
Bay City Books: “The Brightest Star” and other new books from Bay Area Authors – June 2023
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Gail Tsukiyama explores Anna May Wong's Hollywood legacy, plus new releases.Bay Area
California’s COVID unemployment reckoning goes national
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Newly released book details the technical and political failures that plague major civic tech efforts like CA's EDD pandemic response.Arts & Entertainment
Local Lit | June’s top tips for book lovers
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Conversations and book launches with notable authors of fiction, memoir and graphic memoir, YA fantasy adventure, and more.budget
Why the ‘science of reading’ may be the next dyslexia battleground
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As the state moves to require dyslexia screening in public schools, experts say teachers need to embrace the “science of reading” approach that emphasizes phonics.Arts & Entertainment
