What happens when we prioritize competition over young people’s mental health? Mary Cain, one of the fastest runners of her generation, joins us to discuss her brutally honest memoir This Is Not About Running about elite youth sports gone wrong.
Always wanted to become a travel writer, a nature poet, or teller of your family story? In collaboration with the Bay Area Book Festival, we are delighted to present three 50-minute writing workshops which will be led by one or more highly accomplished authors. You are welcome to sign up for all three workshops or just one.
Lindy West has become an inspiration to many through her book Shrill and TV adaptation of the same name. We are delighted to welcome her to Kepler’s to discuss her new memoir, Adult Braces: Driving Myself Sane, in which she unpacks her last few tumultuous years, hits the road, rediscovers herself, and reinvents her marriage in the process.
Preeminent Martin Luther King, Jr., scholar Dr. Lerone A. Martin joins us with Young King, the origin story of the man, minister, and civil rights hero who would lead the nation and change the world.
Is AI ushering us into a utopian future or dragging us toward existential ruin? Josh Tyrangiel of The Atlantic makes the case for how artificial intelligence, in itself a neutral tool, can be used for good in the here and now.
Join us to celebrate Karen Nelson’s thrilling new novel, The Last Summer at Feather River which has been described as “a genuine page turner, driven by a galloping sense of suspense and delivered in deft and assured prose.”
Nobel Prize–winning economist Alvin E. Roth reframes some of our fiercest moral debates as markets, offering a solution that protects the vulnerable while preserving people’s rights to pursue their own interests.
Free! Meet and hear from local authors Ellen Barker, Portia Elan, Andrew Lam and Victoria Tatum.
From slush funds to yacht parties to fraud Theo Baker shares his account of the investigation that led to the resignation of Stanford's President.
Nothing to See Here bestselling author Kevin Wilson joins us with his raucous and moving new novel about an unexpected road trip across America that brings a family together.
Eric Ries, creator of The Lean Startup, shares how success can betray even the most principled organizations, and offers an incorruptible design plan for making the organization you’ll be proud to build.
Bestselling author Ruth Ozeki returns to Kepler’s with The Typing Lady, her riveting new short story collection.
Join Kepler’s and Brooke Averick to celebrate the publication of PHOEBE BERMAN'S GONNA LOSE IT. Your ticket to the event guarantees a copy of Brooke's debut novel and a signed, Phoebe Berman cherry-designed bookplate. This is Brooke’s first ever tour so be ready for an amazing time!
James Ellroy joins us with Red Sheet, his most daring and subversive work of fiction to date.
Dave Eggers, the award-winning and bestselling author of The Circle, Hologram for the King, and The Eyes & the Impossible, returns to Kepler’s with Contrapposto, his sweeping new novel about friendship, love, and the lifelong pursuit of art.
New York Times bestselling author John Kenney joins us with his darkly funny and yet heartfelt novel I See You’ve Called In Dead, now available in paperback.
Enshittification author Cory Doctorow joins us with his short, provocative guide to AI: the good, bad, and stupid.
To celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, New York Times journalist Jesse Wegman joins us to tell the story of James Wilson, a Founding Father whose bold vision shaped American democracy but whose legacy was lost to scandal.
Native journalist and world traveler Terria Smith (Torres Martinez Desert Cahuilla) joins us with her memoir of adventure, love, and self-discovery.
Vinita Gupta joins us to share her memoir, Woman In Deed, which traces her extraordinary life story from India to America, her startup’s inception to IPO, and her rebirth as a bridge champion.
In the award-winning book The Mind Electric, Pria Anand, a neurologist described by the Times Literary Supplement as “Oliver Sacks’ most obvious heir,” reckons with the stories we tell about our brains–and the stories our brains tell us.
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.
Chang-rae Lee, the acclaimed author of Native Speaker, returns to Kepler’s to talk about his coming-of-age novel, A Tender Age.
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