Bookshop Santa Cruz

Have you started our SPRING READING CHALLENGE? Read at least two of eight great books by May 1st and we will make a donation on your behalf to our Keep Kids Reading Fundraiser. Swipe through to see all of the titles in the program, then head to our website to read more about the challenge and books. https://www.bookshopsantacruz.com/2021-Spring-Reading

Look who stopped by to sign copies of their new book ahead of their virtual event! DAVID KINCH and DEVIN FULLER will be discussing At Home in the Kitchen with Andrea Nguyen this Wednesday at 7:00. Register for the free event and preorder an autographed copy of their book, while supplies last. We've already been cooking from it, and trust us, it is fantastic! https://www.bookshopsantacruz.com/david-kinch

STAFF RECOMMENDED: THEY CALLED US ENEMY by George Takei. Ivy, Bookshop's children's book buyer, says, "George Takei has always been vocal about the wrongs he and his family suffered in the forced incarceration of Japanese Americans during WWII. This beautifully rendered graphic novel with a classic Tezuka art style lays out the full story as it follows his family through two internment camps and to the present. It is hard not to draw comparisons between his experience and what is happening at the border. Lovingly told, this book is vital and I couldn't look away." Find this book and more titles that speak to the history and experience of Asian Americans and Asian immigrants in America on our website: https://www.bookshopsantacruz.com/AAPI

Register now for this VIRTUAL TICKET EVENT with Morgan Jerkins, Caul Baby, 4.7, at 6PM, "My debut novel, CAUL BABY, takes on the conflict of Black motherhood and capitalism in gentrifying Harlem. With a little added magic!" Tickets include a copy of Caul Babyhttps://www.bookshopsantacruz.com/morgan-jerkins

There are so many exciting new releases in our KIDS & YOUNG ADULT sections todayincluding Concrete Rose by Angie Thomas and Oona by Kelly DiPucchio. Shop these titles and more terrific books for young readers on our website or order by phone (423-0900) and choose in-store or curbside pick up or shipping. You can also stop by the store between 10:00-6:00 (limited capacity, masks required) and leave with books in hand. https://www.bookshopsantacruz.com/book/9780062846716 https://www.bookshopsantacruz.com/book/9780062982247

We don’t know about you but we’re surrounding ourselves with books that make us feel hopeful and full of wonder. This is one of our recent favorites: WORLD OF WONDERS by Aimee Nezhukumatathil. I do not know if I learned more about Nezhukumatathil or the intriguing plants and animals she so delightfully connects to her own life (the corpse flower! the axolotl!) but I am delighted to not care either way. Already renowned as a gifted Filipina-Indian poet, her ability to detail, celebrate, and use the natural world to bring nuance to social issues and the personal puts this lovely illustrated book in that beautiful blend of science, memoir, and truthfor me, that’s nature writing at its best. Melinda, Bookshop Santa Cruz head book buyer Find it here: https://www.bookshopsantacruz.com/book/9781571313652

VIRTUAL EVENT TONIGHT (1.11) at 6:00: An Evening with the Editor and Contributors of Now What? The Voters Have SpokenEssays on Life After Trump. This collection includes 28 contributes including the infamous Anthony Scaramucci. Join us for the event tonight at 6:00 with Stephen Mack Jones, Mark Ulriksen, Angela Wright Shannon, and Steve Kettmann to hear brief excerpts from the essays and wide-ranging discussion. This is a FREE event. Register here: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/nowwhat

MONDAY, JAN. 4TH, AT 6:00--Please join us for Poems to Make You Laugh & Cry, a special virtual event honoring the late local poet Peter McLaughlin. To evoke Pete, poets and writers who loved Pete will read their favorite poems. We'll start with Good Times editor Steve Palopoli reading "Shopper's Corner," Poet Laureate of Santa Cruz David Sullivan will read "I Wish I Was Billy Collins," Wellstone Books Publisher Steve Kettmann will read "Middle Age," novelist and Soho Press publisher Bronwen Hruska will read "The Woman of My Dreams," and Wallace Baine, local author and man of letters, will read ... whatever he wants. Register for this free event here: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/petethepoet/register

What an inspiration! STACEY ABRAMS took her righteous indignation over voter suppression, founded Fair Fight Action, and helped register 800,000 new voters since 2018. Remember this in the darkest moments, when the work doesn’t seem worth it, and change seems just out of reach: out of our willingness to push through comes a tremendous power Use it. Stacey Abrams #thankyoustaceyabrams #powerful #hero #blackvoters #brownvoters #indigenousvoters #savingdemocracy https://www.bookshopsantacruz.com//%22Abrams%2C%20Stacey%22

TONIGHT AT 5:00: Please join us for an online reading with Joe Millar and Dorianne Laux, part of the Zoom Forward Reading Series hosted by poet, fiction writer, and essayist Jory Post. This series is presented by phren-Z, The Hive Poetry Collective, and Bookshop Santa Cruz to showcase writers, keep our cultural spirits high, and support Bookshop Santa Cruz. Register for this free event here: https://mailchi.mp/cruzio/zoomforward

Beginning tomorrow (11.6), Bookshop will be open later into the evening until 8:00 pm. Shop our expanded hours and take advantage of quieter evening browsing. Make your lists and get your shopping done early this seasonbooksellers are here to help you find books and gifts for everyone on your list near and far. OPEN DAILY, 10AM-8PM. Or shop online 24/7 and choose shipping, in-store pick-up, or curbside pick-up. . .... . #shopearlyshoplocalsantacruz #downtownsantacruz #openlate #giftideas #orderonlinepickupcurbside #bookshopsantacruz See more

Who could use a walk in the woods about now? Take a once-in-a-lifetime virtual walk (11.17) with Obi Kaufmann as he journeys into an old-growth redwood grove, one owned and managed by Sempervirens Fund that burned just a few months ago, to reveal the ecological mechanisms already at work repairing the battered forest. PRESENTED BY HEYDAY IN PARTNERSHIP WITH SEMPERVIRENS FUND. Books provided by Bookshop Santa Cruz. GET TICKETS HERE: https://www.wildboundlive.com/events/obired...woods . . . #connectwithnature #obikaufmann #californiafieldatlas #theforestsofcalifornia #naturewalk #coastalredwoods #redwoodsofcalifornia #firebringslife #ancienttrees #survival Heyday Books See more

Just stare into the stacks and breathe.... #inhalethebooks #exhaletheanxiety

For a limited time, pre-order A Promised Land by Barack Obama through Bookshop Santa Cruz, and you’ll receive a free audiobook from Libro.fm! PREORDER the book here: https://www.bookshopsantacruz.com/book/9781524763169

You voted? Good. While you wait, here’s some recommended reading material: ANXIOUS PEOPLE, by Fredrik Backman. As the world becomes more anxious and frayed than ever, one of our greatest remedies is to read a Fredrik Backman novel. Backman, through his humor, emotion, and honesty, reminds us that it is precisely the messiness of being human that makes us more connected to each other than we ever think possible. In Anxious People, Backman introduces us to a group of character...s who happen to be in the wrong place (hostage situation) at the wrong time (apartment viewing) but whose willingness to listen and connect to each other turn everything right. This novel is a balm for the soul. Casey, Owner Get your copy here: https://www.bookshopsantacruz.com/book/9781501160837 . . . #anxiouspeople #balmforthesoul #whatweneed #butfirstvote #bookstagram

You know what to do. #vote #everyvotecounts #counteveryvote #eatsleepreadvote #govote #vote2020 #electionday #vote #myvoicematters #votevotevote #readerswhovote #voted #rockthevote

Support Indigenous-Owned Bookstores! In celebration of Native American Heritage Month and to promote and support Indigenous businesses, we put together a directory of Indigenous-owned bookstores based in the USA and Canada. Full details at blog.libro.fm. Hope everyone is taking care of themselves this week ... #nativeamericanheritagemonth #indigenous #nativeowned See more

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WINTER NEWSLETTER PICK: MASTER OF POISONS by Andrea Hairston, recommended by our bookseller Jae. "The deliciously intricate prose of Master of Poisons will swirl around you like a swarm of bees, minutely detailed but still moving as one, pulling you into a world of magical young girls, pirate wives, and complicated families. This is perfect for fans of Marlon James’s Black Leopard, Red Wolf." Read more here: https://www.bookshopsantacruz.com/book/9781250260543