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.
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.
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.
Join the "Etymology Nerd", Adam Aleksic, as he takes us on a journey from emoji etymologies and trendbait to Taylor Swift fanilects.
Free! Hear from and meet Kyle Edwards, Kate Folk, Kirsten Menger-Anderson and J. E. Weiner.
What Is Wrong with Men? The creator of the celebrated blog Bookslut, Jessa Crispin, joins us to answer the question in an unlikely place: the films of Michael Douglas.
Join us to celebrate the release of Typewriter Beach by international bestselling author, Meg Waite Clayton.
Join us to hear acclaimed reporter Keach Hagey discuss her biography of tech’s newest titan and founder of OpenAI, Sam Altman.
Can music help us solve our planetary problem? Climate advocate, educator, and the "A" of the multiplatinum band AJR, Adam Met, will join us this summer to share his innovative playbook to how we can inspire people to carry our message to the world and spur others to act.
Join us to hear from four artisans who are redefining modern living.
Master of explosive thrillers and CIA veteran Barry Eisler joins us with his latest plot-twisting title "The System".
#1 New York Times bestselling author Marissa Meyer returns to Kepler’s with illustrator Joelle Murray for their young adult graphic novel, We Could Be Magic.
Beloved author and illustrator, Jon Agee, joins us on the publication of his hilarious new picture book, “George & Lenny Are Always Together”.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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