Join us on Saturday, April 25th, at 6 PM as Dr. Mary Fariba Afsari discusses her book Labor: One Woman's Work.

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The Indies Choice Book Awards have announced their winners! To no one's surprise, the winner in the Adult Fiction category is Virginia Evans' The Correspondent!

Find the Golden Ticket hidden in our store on Bookstore Day (4/26) & you’ll win a year of FREE audiobooks from @libro.fm! 🎫 👀

Poetry Reading with Four Local Poets Four poets local to the Bay Area will be reading from their works.

Join us on Saturday, 4/25/ at 3 PM for a poetry reading with Four Local Poets!

Our local mystery book club, Murder Over Easy, will be reading and discussing The Widows of Malabar Hill by Sujata Massey on Thursday, 4/23, at 10:30 AM in-store.

Here are some Staff Picks for the start of Spring!

Just Watch Me by Lior Torenberg

This Story Might Save Your Life by Tiffany Crum

Strange Buildings by Uketsu

Have a Happy Easter this Weekend!

We'll be open Saturday for any last-minute bunny book needs and, as usual, closed on Sunday. We'll be open on Monday like normal.

Join us on Saturday, April 18, at 2 PM in-store as we welcome poets Krissy Kludt and Dean Rader. Krissy Kludt and Dean Rader will be in conversation about Krissy's debut poetry collection I Could Walk Forever and Know So Little and Dean's collection, Notes.

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The next meeting of the Poetry Circle, our local poetry reading book club, will host poet Maw Shein Win as she reads from her collection Percussing the Thinking Jar.

The poetry reading will take place in-store on Monday, April 13, at 10:30 AM.

Spotlighting Illustrator Júlia Sardà for her fairy tale-esque picture books and whimsical illustrations for middle reader books.

Spring is here and that means Easter is fast approaching!

Be sure to stop by and see our front display table for all your bunny book needs. Don't forget we have Charles Chocolates for sale if you're feeling a bit fancier for your requisite Easter chocolate quota.

Cozy fiction isn't the only genre offered by Japanese authors. They also produce some fascinating mystery and crime fiction. Some are translations of titles that have been out for a few years and some are more contemporary. Here are some titles to keep you guessing on the edge of your seat.

Here are some Irish authors for you to read this March! Some have been out for a while and some are new titles.

This is Happiness by Niall Williams
Glorious Exploits by Ferdia Lennon
Heap Earth Upon it by Chloe Michelle Howarth
The Keeper by Tana French

The next meeting of Pat's Book Club will be Thursday, April 2, at 11 AM. The book club will be discussing Sarah Gilmartin's Service.

We're excited for St. Patrick's Day! Are you? If not, we have plenty of books on our front display to get your little ones (not the leprechauns) ready for the greenest day of the year.

Not to mention, a new Pete the Cat book that has come out just for the occasion. Feeling lucky yet?🍀

The March meeting of Murder Over Easy, our local mystery book club, will be on Thursday, March 26, at 10:30 AM. They will be discussing Juliet Blackwell's Secondhand Spirits.

Sunday, March 8th, is International Women's Day! We have a display table set up with titles about remarkable women in history whose stories you may not know or perhaps don't know the full picture. Don't forget to check out recent history release We the Women!

Sweet Thursday Author Series with Craig C. Harwood In 1828 Bridget Miranda Evoy escaped famine-stricken Ireland with her children for a better life in America. Within two years, she was a widow left to raise five children after the untimely death of her...

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The Friends of the Lafayette Library present the next Sweet Thursday speaker series featuring Craig S. Harwood, author of Bridget's Gambit, on Monday, March 16, at 7 PM.

Happy National Read Across America Day!

Highlighting one of our favorite Illustrators: Jon Klassen!
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The Poetry Circle will be meeting on Monday, March 9th, at 10:30 AM to discuss The Collected Poems of Amy Clampitt.

It's the Year of the Horse! Here are some titles featuring horses in recognition of this year's Chinese zodiac animal.

For this Black History Month, we get not one but TWO new books about Toni Morrison!

The Walnut Creek Library Foundation event with Kevin Smokler has been moved to Tuesday, March 10, at 7 PM. The location remains the same (Walnut Creek Library).

Tickets can be reserved for free here: buff.ly/Fj6ebbE

This Valentine's Day, fall in love... with your local indie bookstore! 💘

Pat's Book Club will be reading and discussing Seven Lives and One Great Love by Lena Divani. The book club will meet on Thursday, March 5, at 11 AM in-store.

All are welcome to join the book club!