Arts & Entertainment California Book Awards By Sue Gilmore | Bay City News | July 10, 2020 The winners, whose works were published during 2019, will be announced July 24 by jury chair Peter Fish.
Arts & Entertainment Local Lit | July’s top literary happenings, workshops, and meetups By Lou Fancher | July 7, 2020 All things local and literary (and virtual) from creative writing workshops to conversations with authors on race, science and more.
Arts & Entertainment Page-turners: Bay Area writers of color, Oprah shine light on new books, protests By Sue Gilmore | Bay City News | June 19, 2020 Works of some of the Bay Area’s talented writers of color, all of them award winners.
Books Reading recs for right now | East Bay Booksellers By Lou Fancher | June 16, 2020 Loyal customers and co-workers, and a partnership with the Chocolate Dragon Cafe, have sustained the store through the pandemic.
Arts & Entertainment Bay City Books: New Books from Bay Area Authors – June 2020 By Meg Waite Clayton | Bay City News | June 11, 2020 From a murder mystery to the latest research on breathing, here's what to read in June.
Books PHS and MHS staff share reading recs about race By PHS & MHS Staff | June 9, 2020 In a letter addressed to high school families, school principals encourage families to discuss the legacy of racism in this country.
Bay Area Local Lit | June’s top 5 SIP literary happenings, online readings, and meet-ups By Lou Fancher | June 5, 2020 Timely and relevant offerings about parenting, nature, and the black experience.
Around Town Everyone’s a Critic By David Thigpen | May 29, 2020 Of tigers and kings, Michael Jordan and Bulls, Phyllis Schlafly and ERA, communities and belonging.
Books Orinda Books | Reading recs for right now By Lou Fancher | May 26, 2020 Classics are big sellers, but uplifting and escapist stories have been popular as well.
Arts & Entertainment Book talk with Berkeley’s Adam Hochschild, the author of ‘Rebel Cinderella’ By Sue Gilmore | Local News Matters | May 22, 2020 Hochschild's book follows a "from rags to riches to radical" storyline documenting the life of labor organizer and social justice champion, Rose Pastor Stokes.