Why do accents develop, and how do they shape our professional and social lives? Valerie Fridland explores the history, science, and power of accents.
Free! Meet and hear from local authors Grant Faulkner, Vanessa Hua, Lindsay Kent, and J.P. Lacrampe.
Join us at Kepler’s to celebrate the love of cake! We could not be more delighted that Elisa Sunga will be joining us to talk all about the CAKE PICNIC™phenomenon and her brand new part how-to guide, part recipe collection.
Joseph Ogilvy surfaces the previously hidden story of the California Coast. By turns paean to nature and cautionary tale, Tin Can Coast stars three marine species caught in the dragnet of human history.
Andrew Sean Greer, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Less, joins us to discuss Villa Coco, a novel that showcases his wit, sophistication, and deep knowledge of focaccia.
Bora Lee Reed joins us to discuss Song for Another Home, her Pachinko-meets-Homegoing story of a family’s separation and reunion amid love and war in Korea.
Chang-rae Lee, the acclaimed author of Native Speaker, returns to Kepler’s to talk about his coming-of-age novel, A Tender Age.
Greg Sarris returns to Kepler’s with The Last Human Bear, an epic story of curses, love, hard-won independence, and healing—and the first novel in 28 years by a widely acclaimed Native writer.
Sona Movsesian, New York Times bestselling author and co-host of the podcast Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend, joins us with her hilarious, irreverent book about the expectations versus reality of parenthood. Parents, let’s let our hair down–without fear of it getting pulled!
In the spirit of American cultural prophecy from Malcolm Harris to Rebecca Solnit, acclaimed writer Casey Gerald (There Will Be No Miracles Here) joins us to offer a groundbreaking work of joyous dissent and stunning vision, a survival guide to a society in crisis.
Award-winning children’s authors Alan Barillaro and Dashka Slater share their unforgettable tales of brave bunnies at this family-friendly event of hoppin’ good fun.
FREE! Naturalist-poet Charles Hood returns to Kepler’s with Acorns In a Nutshell, his reflections on the oak trees’ “dark pearls” with many charming tangents on the bugs, birds, bears, and botany buffs who love them.
The celebrated thinker and author of international bestseller The End of History and the Last Man returns with his strikingly personal intellectual memoir.
Ke Huy Quan, Oscar-winning star of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, The Goonies, and Everything Everywhere All at Once, joins us to talk about his outstanding memoir, Never Say Die.
Michael Moritz joins us with his deeply moving family story of displacement and otherness in the wake of the Holocaust—a legacy that must be heeded today.
Tech leader Kamini Ramani joins us with her modern playbook for success, culled from the inspiring stories of a largely unrecognized cadre of luminary women of Indian heritage.
Robert Harris, bestselling author of Fatherland and Conclave, joins us with his new historical thriller which plunges us into Rome’s descent into dictatorship.
Bestselling author of Queen Sugar returns to Kepler’s with Friends and Family, a piercing examination of friendship and loyalty as two best friends find themselves at odds over their beliefs on race, identity and allyship, especially when it comes to their teenage children.
Pulitzer Prize winning author Barbara Kingsolver receives the 2026 "In the Souls of the People" John Steinbeck Award, which is given annually by San José State University and she will read from her latest novel “Partita. This event will take place at San José’s Hammer Theatre and is being hosted by San José State University, with Kepler’s as the official bookseller.
The Booker Prize–winning author of Shuggie Bain and Young Mungo has cemented his place as a leading contemporary literary voice. Join us to hear him discuss his latest Booker Prize Longlisted novel, John of John.
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