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One Good Read: Pride month reads by Bay Area authors

By Chloe Lee Rowlands | Bay City News | June 7, 2025
From novels to memoirs to graphic novels, we have you covered no matter your preferred genre.

Updated ‘Goodbye, Oakland’ covers the demise of pro sports the East Bay city  

By Larry Sokoloff | Bay City News

Local Lit | June’s top tips for book lovers

By Lou Fancher

Bay City Books: New books from Bay Area and Northern California authors — May, June 2025  

By Leslie Katz | Bay City News

Authors, readers to converge at 11th Bay Area Book Festival in Berkeley  

By Leslie Katz | Bay City News

Arts & Entertainment

Poet Mia Ayumi Malhotra interweaves personal narrative, cultural ties in ‘Mothersalt’ 

By JL Odom | Bay City News | May 12, 2025
Mia Ayumi Malhotra launches “Mothersalt” at 7 pm May 14 at Green Apple Books on the Park in San Francisco.
Arts & Entertainment

Bestselling East Bay author Allison Larkin explores complex families in ‘Home of the American Circus’  

By Linda Lenhoff | Bay City News | May 1, 2025
Allison Larkin appears with authors Renee Swindle and Regina Marler at a conversation presented by Towne Center Books at 11:30 am May 6.
Books

Local Lit | May’s top tips for book lovers

By Lou Fancher | April 29, 2025
Literary events for adults and kids featuring works by Dave Eggers, Rebecca Solnit, Oakland-based cartoonist Briana Loewinsohn; and more.
Arts & Entertainment

May 2025 author events:  Isabel Allende, Susanna Kwan, Christopher Moore, Pat Murphy, Aimee Phan, Jemimah Wei and more

By Leslie Katz | Bay City News | April 28, 2025
Historical novels, memoirs, science fiction and fantasy by acclaimed and emerging California and visiting writers are on the agenda for May.
Arts & Entertainment

‘Why We Swim’ author Bonnie Tsui explores the richness of muscle in new title  

By JL Odom | Bay City News | April 21, 2025
The Berkeley author launches ‘On Muscle’ at Green Apple Books in San Francisco.
Arts & Entertainment

Review: Fun, astute, San Francisco-set ‘Raise Your Other Right Hand’ pays homage to ‘Thin Man’  

By Anita Katz | Bay City News | April 16, 2025
Weiner appears at 6:30 pm April 16 in a launch party at City Lights, 261 Columbus Ave., San Francisco.
Arts & Entertainment

Romance and revolution mix in Winckler’s encounter with Guatemalan guerrilla leader

By Paul McHugh | Bay City News | April 13, 2025
Long-time California journalist, Terry Winckler, appears at 7 pm April 24 at Books Inc. in Palo Alto.
Around Town

Former PHS educator Rich Kitchens to celebrate second book with April 25 event at the Kingfish

By Margo Rosenbaum | April 11, 2025
While the storyline and characters in "Three Man Rule" are fictional, Kitchens writes about a profession and region he knows well.
Arts & Entertainment

Getting a read on how Trump’s library cuts will impact library services in the Bay Area

By Tony Hicks | Bay City News | April 2, 2025
The smallest libraries are likely to bear the brunt.
Arts & Entertainment

Local Lit | April’s top tips for book lovers

By Lou Fancher | April 1, 2025
Notes & Words at the Masonic, plus more author events around the Bay this month.
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