Live Events

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.

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 County Bird Alliance.

Kepler’s is delighted to host an evening with Lily King, the New York Times bestselling author of novels including Euphoria and Writers & Lovers. King visits with her latest, Heart the Lover, an intimate new novel of desire, friendship, and the lasting impact of first love. 

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.

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.

The #1 New York Times bestselling authors of Designing Your Life return with a groundbreaking guide to transforming your daily routine into one brimming with joy, purpose, and meaning.

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 hear Anne Fadiman, one of America’s most beloved nonfiction writers, talk about their new collection of evocative personal essays.

Free! Meet and hear from local authors Claire Oshetsky, Kate Schatz, Parini Shroff and Mike Trigg.

Join us to hear bestselling author of Swamplandia! discuss her latest epic, The Antidote, with Adam Johnson.

Tayari Jones, award-winning author of An American Marriage, shares her unforgettable new novel, Kin, which Ann Patchett has described as “smart and funny and deftly profound.”

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.