Events

From glittering space operas to gritty cyberpunk five phenomenal authors join us to discuss their latest titles and how they are redefining and expanding the definition of speculative fiction.

Len Dell'Amico and Jim Newton join us for the inside story of Jerry Garcia and the Grateful Dead.

Join us for an evening with local author Pamela Gullard whose new title, Lake Crescent and Other Spirits, takes us into the hearts of characters who want desperately to find love and talk intimately about their fears, their desires.

Join us for a dynamic conversation about the intergenerational stories of trans people in America.

Join us to discover how you can achieve the impossible from someone who's done it before.

#1 New York Times bestselling author, Katherine Applegate, returns to Kepler's with her stunning tale of kindness and second chances, Pocket Bear.

Bestselling author of Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard and The Inheritance of Loss joins us with her new highly anticipated novel, The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny.

With humor and tenderness, Amanda Uhle has crafted a heartfelt and utterly unique memoir, capturing the raucousness, pain, joy, and ultimately, the boundless love that exists between all parents and children. Join us to hear her in conversation with Dave Eggers.

Kepler’s is overjoyed to host Riordan and Oshiro for "The Court of the Dead", the hugely anticipated "The Sun and the Star" sequel. Join us for this incredible night!

Randi Weingarten, attacked by the far right as "the most dangerous person in the world," joins us for a rousing defense of public education.

Debut author Alexandra Brown Chang joins us in celebration of her YA novel By Invitation Only.

New York Times best-selling author of Stiff and Fuzz, Mary Roach, joins us for a rollicking exploration of human anatomy with her new book Replaceable You.

The inventor of the World Wide Web, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, joins us to explore his vision’s promise—and how it can be redeemed for the future.

Join us to dive into the revelatory worlds of California’s most exciting writers, and discover how their books uncover our history and can help us imagine our shared future with one of the sharpest editors working today, John Freeman.

Join us to hear from Jane Chen whose revelatory memoir, Like A Wave We Break, is brimming with candor, humor and hard-won wisdom.

Multi-award winning author, Adam Johnson, joins us with The Wayfinder, his historical epic about a girl from a remote Tongan island who becomes her people's queen.

Bruce Henderson returns to Kepler's with his untold history of a top-secret operation in the run-up to D-Day in which American flyers and Allied spies carried out some of the most daring cloak-and-dagger operations of World War II.