Story Is the Thing is where emerging writers come to share their work alongside contemporary local literary masters. We aim to bring together four local authors for each event, and they each read from their latest titles for five minutes. This is followed by a Q&A session, and an informal book signing.
Free! Meet and hear from local authors Ellen Barker, Portia Elan, Andrew Lam, and Victoria Tatum.
Free! Meet and hear from local authors Claire Oshetsky, Kate Schatz, Parini Shroff, and Mike Trigg.
Free! Meet and hear from local authors Richard Osborn, Lori Ostlund, Raj Oza, and Shobha Rao.
Free! Hear from and meet Kyle Edwards, Kate Folk, Kirsten Menger-Anderson and J. E. Weiner.
Free! Hear from and meet Katie Hafner, Jon Hickey, Susanna Kwan and Danielle Teller.
Free! Hear from and meet Rita Bullwinkel, Yangsze Choo, Anita Felicelli, and Cary Groner.
Looking to discover your new favorite author? Join us for the return of the our signature reading series, Story is the Thing, to hear four magnificent Bay Area fiction authors read from their latest titles.
Join us for the third installment of Story Is the Thing for a lovely evening of storytelling as seven Bay Area authors reading on the theme "To Find a Home.
There will be wine, cheese and cupcakes at 7:15 -- the program will begin at 7:30.
Readers this time will be Lauren Alwan, Chris Drangle, Manjula Martin, Kalpana Mohan, Elizabeth McKenzie, Shanthi Sekaran and Jon Sindell.
Join us to celebrate the second installment of Story Is the Thing with readings by Jeanne Althouse, Angela Pneuman, Shobha Rao, Tanya Rey, Rick Trushel, Genanne Walsh, and James Warner on the theme "That Electrifying Moment."
Come celebrate the launch of Kepler's new quarterly reading series Story Is the Thing, designed to bring emerging and established writers together in celebration of storytelling.
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