Arts & Entertainment A rude frog is a guide to freedom in Oakland author’s latest novel By Sue Gilmore | Bay City News Foundation | August 11, 2021 “The President and the Frog” is equal parts fable, political manifesto, and utterly engaging testament to the resilience of the human spirit.
Books Bay City Books: New Books from Bay Area Authors | August 2021 By Meg Waite Clayton, Bay City News Foundation | August 10, 2021 New books from San Francisco Bay Area authors, listed by release date.
Around Town Share your shelf | Piedmonters tell us about the books that mean something to them By David E. Thigpen | August 3, 2021 Natalie McHugh shares the books that hold a few key family memories.
Arts & Entertainment Daniel Mason wins California Book Awards’ top fiction prize By Sue Gilmore | Bay City News Foundation | July 20, 2021 Daniel Mason, a Palo Alto psychiatrist and novelist, won the top prize in the 2021 California Book Awards for his short story collection, "A Registry of My Passage Upon the Earth."
Arts & Entertainment Bay City Books: New books from Bay Area authors – July 2021 By Meg Waite Clayton | Bay City News Foundation | July 12, 2021 New books by local authors cover a common theme in many manifestations with stories of salvaging self, family, and society.
Arts & Entertainment Keenan Norris’ new novel imagines an East Bay dystopia By Amelia Williams | Bay City News Foundation | July 8, 2021 "The Confession of Copeland Cane" is the poet, essayist, author, and San Jose State University professor Keenan Norris's latest novel.
Around Town Local Lit | July’s top literary happenings By Lou Fancher | July 6, 2021 This month's roundup includes Michael Pollan; podcaster/author Jennifer Jewell on western gardens; and features a Piedmonter-owned bookshop.
Around Town Share your shelf | Piedmonters tell us about the books that mean something to them By David E. Thigpen | July 2, 2021 From Mrs. Piggle Wiggle and The Little Prince to South of Forgiveness, reader Suzie Skugstad muses on books that have sustained her over the years.
Arts & Entertainment Bay City Books: New Books from Bay Area Authors – June 2021 By Meg Waite Clayton | Bay City News Foundation | June 14, 2021 Slow food, enigmatic fictional worlds, and teens coming of age feature in this month's releases by Bay Area authors.
Arts & Entertainment Local Lit | June’s top literary happenings By Lou Fancher | June 1, 2021 Oakland Youth Poet Laureate; Lin Manuel's home "In the Heights;" Piedmont-based poet Matthew Zapruder in conversation with Emily Rapp Black and more