Kepler's Literary Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit arts organization dedicated to enriching and inspiring the community through literary and cultural programs. We provide a forum for celebrated writers, artists, and original thinkers to discuss their ideas, insights, perspectives and stories with audiences of all ages and backgrounds.
Our Upcoming Events
This month the Kepler’s Non-Fiction Book Club will discuss The Daughters of Yalta: The Churchills, Roosevelts and Harrimans: A Story of Love and War by Catherine Grace Katz.
National Book Award–winning author George Packer discusses his gripping new fable of imperial collapse with Dave Eggers.
Enjoy cookies and a cocktail at our annual holiday party! Literary Circle members receive 10% off all purchases.
The Kepler’s Non-Fiction Book Club will be kicking off 2026 by discussing Gator Country: Deception, Danger and Alligators in the Everglades by Rebecca Renner.
We are excited to offer a 3 week intensive course in personal essay writing with author Jane Ganahl. Please note the sessions will take place from 4.00pm to 6.00pm on three consecutive Wednesdays: January 14, January 21 and January 28.
Investigative journalist Brian Barth joins us to talk about Front Street: Resistance and Rebirth in the Tent Cities of Techlandia which takes us on an immersive journey deep into Silicon Valley’s homeless encampments.
Acclaimed photographer Dick Evans and award-winning writer and nature guide Hannah Hindley come together to discuss In the Shadow of the Bridge: Birds of the Bay Area. They will be joined by John Epperson, President of the San Mateo Bird Alliance.
Join us to celebrate Nina McConigley’s debut novel which has been described as “spirited and witty, stylish and audacious.”
Dr. Elizabeth Vartkessian's clients are guilty of the most heinous crimes. But as Vartkessian tells it, everyone has someone who loves them. Even people who have committed murder. Join us to hear her talk about her new book, The Deserving: What the Lives of the Condemned Reveal about American Justice.
This February the Kepler’s Non-Fiction Book Club will be discussing The Dictionary People: The Unsung Heroes Who Created the Oxford English Dictionary.
How do we find love? How do we live and love fully? And can we find healing and purpose after loss? Join us in the most romantic week of the year to hear Alison van Diggelen discuss her new book The Love Project with Dr. Michael Krasny.
Daisy Hernández joins us to discuss Citizenship, her provocative, personal, blazingly intelligent examination of one of the most vexing questions facing the United States today: Who is, and should be, a citizen?
#1 New York Times bestselling author of The Day the Crayons Quit, Drew Daywalt, returns to Kepler's with his laugh-out-loud funny graphic novel-style picture book about a paper fortune teller left behind at recess who ends up saving the day.
Join us to discuss New York Times bestseller Of Time and Turtles: Mending the World, Shell by Shattered Shell by Sy Montgomery.
Join us to hear Anne Fadiman, one of America’s most beloved nonfiction writers, talk about their new collection of evocative personal essays.
Join us to hear bestselling author of Swamplandia! discuss her latest epic The Antidote with Adam Johnson.
Award-winning author, Devi S. Laskar, joins us to talk about her extraordinary new novel, Midnight, at the War with Alka Joshi.
USA Today bestselling author of Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers, Jesse Q. Sutanto, joins us to discuss her fantastic new title Ms Mebel Goes Back to the Chopping Block.
