Past Events
Join us to hear from internationally renowned pediatric neurosurgeon, Dr David Sandberg.
New York Times bestselling author, Chasten Buttigieg, joins us with his debut picture book, "Papa's Coming Home"
Free! Hear from and meet Katie Hafner, Jon Hickey, Susanna Kwan and Danielle Teller.
Remarkably Bright Creatures author, Shelby Van Pelt, joins us to talk about casting a giant octopus at the center of her novel and more!
Stegner Fellow Jemimah Wei joins us with her dazzling debut novel which explores the formation and dissolution of family bonds in a story of ambition and sisterhood in turn-of-the-millennium Singapore.
Nura Maznavi joins us to discuss her mesmerizing debut novel set in a tightly knit Pakistani American community.
America’s most beloved wiseass, Dave Barry, joins us to tell his life story with all the humor you’d expect from a man who made a career out of making fun of pretty much everything.
Deep Cuts Book Club is back with another round of female writing that changed literature.
Psychotherapist Benjamin Yalom joins us to discuss Hour of the Heart, the memoir written in collaboration with his father and one of the most prominent psychotherapists of our time, Irvin Yalom.
This month the Kepler’s Non-Fiction Book Club will discuss Washington: A Life by celebrated biographer Ron Chernow.
Dorsey Nunn joins us to talk about his decade behind bars which spurred fifty powerful years of political and legal battles for freedom and human rights.
Join us for Independent Bookstore Day, our favorite day for all things bookish! We will celebrate the release of Don't Cause Trouble with Arree Chung, and there’ll be trivia, treats, and more!
Veteran journalist Andrew North first set foot in Afghanistan after the fall of the Taliban in 2001. In War & Peace & War, he draws on two decades of covering the country to tell the story of the West’s defeat and the Taliban’s return to power.
We are delighted Jane Ganahl is returning to Kepler’s for an introductory lecture and discussion about personal essay and memoir.
Bestselling author Malcolm Harris joins us with his vital guide for collective political action against the climate apocalypse.
Bestselling author Alka Joshi returns to Kepler’s with her sweeping new novel, Six Days in Bombay.
Join us for a lively discussion about the 25 novels selected by Alta Journal that capture the spirit, complexity, diversity, and culture of California.
Bestselling author Brian Selznick joins us to discuss Run Away With Me, his unforgettable coming-of-age love story for young adults.
Join us to celebrate the launch of The Cleaving with Viet Thanh Nguyen, Isabelle Thuy Pelaud, Lan Duong, Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai, and Doan Bui.
In her groundbreaking Eve, Cat Bohannon asks the questions that scientists should have been addressing for decades about female bodies.
Gary Rivlin has had a front-row seat to Silicon Valley’s AI gold rush, and he joins us to talk about his new book, AI Valley, which describes founders, venture capitalists, and tech titans locked a mad-dash race to cash in on the most transformative technology since the internet.
This month the Kepler’s Non-Fiction Book Club will discuss A Sand County Almanac by Aldo Leopold.
Bestselling author John Green invites us to join the conversation about the world's deadliest infectious disease.
Environmentalist Paul Hawken takes on a journey into the world of carbon, the most versatile element on the planet.
Bestselling authors and journalistic titans Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson join us to rethink some of society's most deep-rooted problems.
Two extraordinary voices in contemporary literature join us on the Kepler’s stage to explore one of the must-read books of the year, Tommy Orange’s Wandering Stars.
Please join us for an evening with Amy Griffin and Sheryl Sandberg as they discuss The Tell, Griffin’s newly released memoir. This event will be co-hosted by Juliet de Baubigny, Marne Levine, and Julia Hartz.
Award-winning author Laila Lalami joins us with her riveting new novel about one woman's fight for freedom.
Join DCBC for another round of female writing that changed literature.