Bay City Books: New books by NorCal authors June-July 2026
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Hot off the press — fiction and nonfiction with local themes or released by local writers.
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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
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
