New Arrivals

Rue Mapp lives in Vallejo. Her book, "Nature Swagger", is about black joy in the outdoors and highlighting images and visions of black people outside as strong, beautiful and free.

Louise Nayer lives in San Francisco. Her book, "Narrow Escapes," is about recognizing the deep effects of a haunting childhood accident.

Dan Clurman and Mudita Nisker live in Oakland. Their book, "Let’s Talk," is about how to improve and expand your interpersonal communication skills.

Esther Erman reads from her new book, "Rebecca of Salerno." It's about rogue crusaders a Jewish female physician, and a murder.

Marin County author Mylo Schaff reads from her new book "Blown into Now." It's about finding your way back from deep grief. It came out on July 16, 2022.

San Francisco author Thomas McKenna reads from his new book "Moro Warrior." It's the true story of Muhammad Adeel, an extraordinary young Philippine Muslim, who became a guerrilla officer in one of the most remarkable and least known resistance movements of World War Two.

Monica Wesolowska lives in Berkeley. Her children's picture book, Elbert in the Air, came out on February 21, 2023.

Heather Bourbeau lives in Berkeley. Her co-author Anne Casey is from Ireland but lives in Sydney, Australia. Their book of poems, "Some Days the Bird," came out in December, 2022.

Susanne Pari lives in Atherton. Her book, "In the Time of Our History," came out January 3, 2023.

Leticia Del Toro lives in Lafayette. Her book, "All We Are Told Not To Touch," came out in January, 2023.

Susan Griffin is a prolific and award-winning author who lives in Berkeley. Her new book, Out of Silence, Sound. Out of Nothing, Something came out on January 17, 2023.

Melanie Abrams lives in Oakland, and Larry Smith lives in Berkeley. Their book, The Joy of Cannabis, came out on January 10, 2023.

George McCalman lives in San Francisco. His book, "Illustrated Black History: Honoring the Iconic and the Unseen," came out on September 27, 2022.

Linda Ronstadt lives in San Francisco. She and Lawrence Downes co-wrote the book, “Feels Like Home: A Song for the Sonoran Borderlands,” which came out on October 4, 2022. Downes will do the reading.

Ajuan Mance lives in Oakland. Her book, "Living While Black," came out on October 25, 2022.

Stephanie Wildman lives in San Francisco. Her book, Treasure Hunt was illustrated by Estefania Razo, and translated into Spanish by Cecilia Populus-Eudave. It came out on November 1, 2022.

Today, we’ll hear from Edward Gunawan. His book, The Way Back, came out in November of 2022

Paola Gianturco lives in Mill Valley. Her book, created with Avery Sangster, is called COOL, Women Leaders Reversing Global Warming. It came out in September of 2022.

Gus D’Angelo lives in San Francisco. His illustrated children's book, National Parks A to Z, came out on August 1, 2022.

Tania Romanov lives in San Francisco. Her book, San Francisco Pilgrimage, came out on June 6, 2022.

Jose Antonio Villaran lives in San Francisco and Davis. His book, Open Pit, came out in May, 2022.

Toby Brookes lives in Palo Alto. His book, All That She Brings, was published in April, 2022.

Oakland author Tanya Holland reads from her new book, "California Soul." It’s about how California influenced her culinary journey. It came out on October 25, 2022.

Bay Area author Lyzette Wanzer reads from her book, "Trauma Tresses and Truth." It's a collection of personal essays and poetry examining a perception, policing and the persecution of Afro-Latina and African-American women's natural hair in American society. It came out on November 8, 2022.

Oakland author Leslie Absher reads from her new book, "Spy Daughter, Queer Girl." It's about what it was like to grow up with the CIA dad in a house of secrets. It came out on October 11, 2022.