Events

UPCOMING EVENTS

9/29/26 Book launch at Vroman’s, Pasadena, 7 PM. In conversation with Bill Deverell
10/1/26 – Bookshop Santa Cruz, 7 PM, co-sponsored by UC Santa Cruz Humanities Institute. In conversation with Craig Reinarman
10/5/26 – California State Library, Sacramento, 6 PM. In conversation with Jerry Brown
10/6/26 – Commonwealth Club, San Francisco, 5:30 PM
10/7/26 – Local Economy, Oakland, in conversation with Frances Dinkelspiel
10/13/26- Warwick’s, La Jolla, 7:30 PM. In conversation with Maria Anguiano
10/15/26 – Godmothers, Summerland, 7 PM. In conversation with José Alamillo
10/17/26 – Village Well, Culver City, 6 PM. In conversation with David Ulin
11/1/2026 – Chaucer’s Books Santa Barbara, 4 PM. In conversation with Dick Flacks
11/2/2026 — CIty Lights Bookstore. In conversation with Peter Richardson, virtual event, 6 PM
11/10/2026 — UCI Center for Storytelling, Humanities Gateway Building, UC Irvine, 5:30 PM
11/11/2026 – {pages} bookstore, Manhattan Beach, 7 PM
11/18/2026 – Center for Studies in Higher Education, UC Berkeley, 4 PM
11/19/2026 – Mechanics’ Institute, San Francisco. In conversation with Adam Hochschild, 6 PM

PAST EVENTS

10/17/18 The Gamble House, Pasadena 6:30 PM
10/24/19 – Rakestraw Books, Danville, 7 PM. In conversation with Frances Dinkelspiel
10/25/19 – City Arts & Lectures, San Francisco, 7 PM. A conversation with Jerry Brown, moderated by Lara Bazelon
11/1/19 – Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, Santa Clara University, 9:30 AM
11/21/19 – Bee Book Club, Sacramento Library, 6 PM
12/2/19 – Commonwealth Club book group discussion, Commonwealth Club, San Francisco
7/19-24/19 – Sun Valley Writers’ Conference
5/20/19 SAN FRANCISCO, CA: Book Club of California, 6 PM
5/4/19 Berkeley, Bay Book Festival, 11:45 AM
In conversation with Kathleen and Joe Kelly and Peter Richardson
4/23/19 Manhattan Beach, {pages} bookstore, 7 PM
4/13/19 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, noon
4/6/19 NEWPORT BEACH, CA: Literary Orange, Newport Beach
9/5/18 SACRAMENTO, CA: State Library, Sacramento, in conversation with Dan Morain, 11:30
9/6/18 LOS ANGELES, CA: Diesel Bookstore, 6:30 pm
9/12/18 LA JOLLA, CA: Warwick’s Bookstore, 7:30 pm
9/13/18 SAN FRANCISCO, CA: Mechanics’ Institute, in-conversation with Scott Shafer, 6:30pm
9/14/18 CORTE MADERA, CA: Book Passage, sponsored by Alta, in conversation with Phil Bronstein, 7 pm
9/15/18 SANTA ROSA, CA: Copperfield’s Books, 7 pm
9/17/18 LOS ANGELES: ALOUD at the Los Angeles Public Library, in conversation with Kathleen Brown, 7:30
9/20/18 PASADENA, CA: Vroman’s Bookstore, in conversation with David Ulin, 7pm
9/23/18 WASHINGTON, DC: Politics & Prose, 5 pm
9/25/18 NYC: The Graduate Center, The City University of New York, in conversation with Governor Jerry Brown, 6:30pm
9/26/18 ALBANY, NY: Book House, 6 PM
9/27/18 CAMBRIDGE, MA: Harvard Book Store, in conversation with Marshall Ganz, 7pm
10/1/18 SANTA CRUZ, CA: Bookshop Santa Cruz, 7 PM
10/2/18 SAN FRANCISCO, CA: Commonwealth Club, talk, 6 pm
10/3/18 PALO ALTO, CA: Bill Lane Center for the American West, Stanford University, 4:30 PM
10/4/18 -BERKELEY, CA: Mrs. Dalloway’s Bookstore, in conversation with T.J. Stiles, 7:30 PM
10/10/18 USC, Doheny Library, noon
2/4/19 GLENDALE,CA: Glendale Library, 7 PM

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