New Arrivals

Jilanne Hoffmann lives in San Francisco. Her children's picture book, A River of Dust is about how important North African dust is to the health of our planet.

Sarah Ladipo Manyika lives in San Francisco. Her book, "Between Starshine and Clay: Conversations from the African Diaspora," is a sharing of intimate conversations with distinguished thinkers of our time. It came out in January 2023.

Linda Joy Myers lives in Berkeley. Her book, The Forger of Marseille, came out July 11th, 2023.

Irena Smith lives in Palo Alto. Her book, The Golden Ticket: A Life in College Admissions Essays came out on April 18th, 2023.

Ann Jacobus lives in San Francisco. Her book, The Coldest Winter I Ever Spent, came out on March 7th, 2023.

Nina Schuyler lives in San Anselmo. Her novel, Afterword, is about a mathematician who uses artificial intelligence to bring back the voice of her dead husband.

Andrew Alden lives in Oakland. His book, "Deep Oakland: How Geology Shaped a City," is about how his city's residents and rich geological history influence each other.

Christy Warren lives in Pleasant Hill. Her book Flash Point is about 25-year-career firefighter paramedic that faces her greatest challenge, being diagnosed with PTSD. It came out on June 20th, 2023.

Mark Ernest Pothier lives in San Francisco. His debut novel, Outer Sunset. It's about people coming together in the face of unimaginable loss with forgiveness and hope.

Ginny Kubitz Moyer lives on the Peninsula. Her book, The Seeing Garden, is a coming of age story set in 1910 about a 19 year old who comes to Oak View, a country estate in San Francisco.

Dominic Lim lives in Oakland. His book, All the Right Notes, came out June 6, 2023.

Alix Christie lives in San Francisco. Her book, The Shining Mountains, came out April 1st, 2023.

Rita Chang-Eppig lives in Oakland. Her book, Deep as the Sky Red as the Sea came out May 30th, 2023

David Brehmer lives in Richmond. His poetry collection, Life, Death, Love and Babies is a collection of poems delving into moments large and small from roughly ten years of his life published March 10th, 2023.

Eirinie Carson lives in Petaluma. Her book, The Dead Are Gods it is a love letter and a time capsule about a sudden death. It came out on April 11th, 2023.

Judy Wells lives in Berkeley. Her book, Night at the Musee d'Orsay, is a memoir of travel poems — both serious and humorous — that center on her appreciation of great art in European cities. It came out in January, 2023.

Dean Rader lives in San Francisco. His new poetry collection, Before the Borderless: Dialogs with The Art of Cy Twombly, is a collection of poems that enter into conversation with the artwork of the great American artist.

Robert Cherny lives in San Francisco. His book Harry Bridges: Labor Radical, Labor Legend is about the longtime and often controversial president of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union. It came out in January, 2023.

Heather Bourbeau lives in Berkeley. Her book, called Monarch, takes place in the American West. It came out on March 9th, 2023.

Lauren Schiller lives in the East Bay. You may know her as the host of KALW’s Inflection Point. Her book, It's A Good Day to Change the World, is a guidebook for a feminist future. It was written with Hadley Dynak and it came out on February 28th, 2023.

Alice Wong lives in San Francisco. Her book, Year of the Tiger, came out in September of 2022. Alice reads a letter that she wishes was sent to her when she was younger. Alice recorded her reading using a text-to-speech app.

Reyna Grande lives in Woodland. Her book, A Ballad of Love and Glory came out on March 15, 2022. It follows John Riley, the leader of the St Patrick's Battalion and Ximena Salomé, a nurse in the Mexican army.

Lynne Twist lives in San Francisco. Her book, "Living a Committed Life" is about living a life of meaning and purpose and putting the petty thoughts that we have behind us. It came out on November 29th, 2022.

David Fenton lives in Berkeley. His book, The Activist’s Media Handbook: Lessons from 50 Years as a Progressive Agitator, came out on November 1, 2022. It's about how to be a better activist communicator.

Ellen Barker lives in Los Altos. Her book, "East of Troost," is about a house in a black neighborhood and a white woman who moves there. The book came out on September 6th, 2022.