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SUMMARY:Jose Iselin and Ellen Litwiller at Berkeley Public Library (North Branch)
DESCRIPTION:Join Author Jose Iselin and Illustrator Ellen Litwiller for a discussion of their book The Mysterious World of the Bull Kelp Forest\, available March 17\, at the North Branch Berkeley Public Library. Copies will be available for purchase at the event. \n\n\n\nJosie Iselin is an artist\, author\, and designer who has been telling seaweed and kelp stories for over a decade. Her two books An Ocean Garden: The Secret Life of Seaweed (2014\, 2023) and The Curious World of Seaweed (2019) display her profound understanding of seaweed natural history and her deep connections within the seaweed science community. Iselin directs content development for the Above/Below campaign and is the lead author of the campaign’s web story\, The Mysterious World of Bull Kelp (bullkelp.info). She teaches in the School of Design at San Francisco State University and lives in San Francisco. josieiselin.com \n\n\n\nEllen Litwiller is a freelance illustrator whose work brings art and science together in imaginative ways. She loves exploring how creativity and curiosity intersect\, using a variety of mediums to tell stories that are both visually striking and scientifically accurate. She began her career creating exhibits for natural history museums\, where she worked as a muralist\, illustrator\, model maker\, and preparator. With years of hands-on experience in exhibition design and installation\, she developed a deep appreciation for detail and storytelling. Through collaboration with scientists\, she enjoys the shared curiosity that unite art and science—both rooted in observation and appreciation of the world around us and the universe beyond. \n\n\n\n			Register Here
URL:https://www.heydaybooks.com/event/jose-iselin-and-ellen-litwiller-at-berkeley-public-library-north-branch/
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SUMMARY:Satsuki Ina at Books by the Bay
DESCRIPTION:Join Poet and the Silk Girl author Satsuki Ina at Sausalito Books by the Bay for this event in May\, celebrating the release of Ina’s book in paperback. She will be joined in conversation by Cal professor of English and translator Andrew Leong.  \n\n\n\nThis even is open to the public and free of charge.  \n\n\n\n			Register Here
URL:https://www.heydaybooks.com/event/satsuki-ina-at-books-by-the-bay/
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SUMMARY:Josie Iselin and Ellen Litwiller at Blackbird Books
DESCRIPTION:Join Mysterious World of the Bull Kelp Forest author and illustrator for an in-person book talk at Blackbird Books in San Francisco’s Sunset District. \n\n\n\nOffshore and out of sight to most beachgoers on the North Pacific coast is a wondrous habitat: the bull kelp forest. Each year\, tiny bull kelp saplings explode into sixty-foot “redwoods\,” until winter storms tear them loose and fling great tangles of wrack on the shore. While they flourish\, these underwater forests harbor abalone\, salmon\, and rockfish\, and they entreat cormorants and murrelets to hunt among their thrumming canopies. Meanwhile\, fluffy-furred otters and pizza-sized sea stars gorge on spiny urchins who\, if left to run rampant\, will devour a kelp bed down to barren wasteland. In The Mysterious World of the Bull Kelp Forest\, Josie Iselin profiles thirteen species—with stylish illustrations from Ellen Litwiller—to be our ambassadors to this undersung world. She explores how their interspecies dramas play out in eight coastal regions\, from Alaska to central California\, exploring instances of interdependent\, compromised\, and resilient coastal ecosystems. An array of sea creatures feature in these pages\, as well as shorebirds that connect land and sea. Land-dwelling humans are also deeply implicated in this saga—by turns beneficiaries\, agents of harm\, and stewards of these subtidal sanctuaries. \n\n\n\nJosie Iselin is an artist\, author\, and designer who has been telling seaweed and kelp stories for over a decade. Her two books An Ocean Garden: The Secret Life of Seaweed (2014\, 2023) and The Curious World of Seaweed (2019) display her profound understanding of seaweed natural history and her deep connections within the seaweed science community. Iselin directs content development for the Above/Below campaign and is the lead author of the campaign’s web story\, The Mysterious World of Bull Kelp (bullkelp.info). She teaches in the School of Design at San Francisco State University and lives in San Francisco. josieiselin.com \n\n\n\nEllen Litwiller is a freelance illustrator whose work brings art and science together in imaginative ways. She loves exploring how creativity and curiosity intersect\, using a variety of mediums to tell stories that are both visually striking and scientifically accurate. She began her career creating exhibits for natural history museums\, where she worked as a muralist\, illustrator\, model maker\, and preparator. With years of hands-on experience in exhibition design and installation\, she developed a deep appreciation for detail and storytelling. Through collaboration with scientists\, she enjoys the shared curiosity that unite art and science—both rooted in observation and appreciation of the world around us and the universe beyond. \n\n\n\n			Register Here
URL:https://www.heydaybooks.com/event/josie-iselin-and-ellen-litwiller-at-blackbird-books/
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SUMMARY:Josie Iselin and Ellen Litwiller at Books by the Bay
DESCRIPTION:Join Josie Iselin and Ellen Litwiller\, author and illustrator of The Mysterious World of the Bull Kelp Forest for a conversation event at Sausalito Books by the Bay.  \n\n\n\nEllen Litwiller is a freelance illustrator whose work brings art and science together in imaginative ways. She loves exploring how creativity and curiosity intersect\, using a variety of mediums to tell stories that are both visually striking and scientifically accurate. She began her career creating exhibits for natural history museums\, where she worked as a muralist\, illustrator\, model maker\, and preparator. With years of hands-on experience in exhibition design and installation\, she developed a deep appreciation for detail and storytelling. Through collaboration with scientists\, she enjoys the shared curiosity that unite art and science—both rooted in observation and appreciation of the world around us and the universe beyond. \n\n\n\nJosie Iselin is an artist\, author\, and designer who has been telling seaweed and kelp stories for over a decade. Her two books An Ocean Garden: The Secret Life of Seaweed (2014\, 2023) and The Curious World of Seaweed (2019) display her profound understanding of seaweed natural history and her deep connections within the seaweed science community. Iselin directs content development for the Above/Below campaign and is the lead author of the campaign’s web story\, The Mysterious World of Bull Kelp (bullkelp.info). She teaches in the School of Design at San Francisco State University and lives in San Francisco. josieiselin.com \n\n\n\n			Register Here
URL:https://www.heydaybooks.com/event/josie-iselin-and-ellen-litwiller-at-books-by-the-bay/
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SUMMARY:Josie Iselin at West End Arts
DESCRIPTION:Dive into the hidden world of bull kelp forests with artist and marine scientist Josie Iselin\, celebrating her new book. \n\n\n\nJoin artist\, educator\, and marine scientist Josie Iselin for an evening devoted to the wonder of bull kelp forests\, celebrating the launch of her new book The Mysterious World of the Bull Kelp Forest. Through images\, stories\, and conversation\, Iselin brings art and science together to reveal the beauty\, complexity\, and urgency of these vital ocean forests along the North Pacific coast. \n\n\n\nDrawing from decades of creative practice and her work with the Above/Below campaign\, Iselin offers a visually rich and deeply informed exploration of kelp as habitat\, climate ally\, and cultural touchstone—inviting curiosity\, care\, and stewardship for one of the ocean’s most important ecosystems. \n\n\n\nThe Ocean Photographer of the Year exhibition will be open from 5.30pm. Come early to enjoy the gallery before our presentation from Josie between 7pm – 8pm. The exhibition will close at 8.30pm. \n\n\n\nBar and snacks will be available. Check out local dining options on the OPY eventpage.  \n\n\n\nJosie Iselin \n\n\n\nJosie Iselin is a photographer\, author\, and designer of many books\, with her last few focusing on the world of seaweeds and kelp. Her most recent book\, The Curious World of Seaweed (Heyday Books\, 2019) is the basis for a traveling exhibition of prints by the same name. A new book\, The Mysterious World of the Bull Kelp Forest\, will be released by Heyday Books in March 2026. \n\n\n\nJosie is the co-director with Marianna Leuschel of Above/Below\, a campaign to bring the recognition afforded forests on land to the kelp forests below the ocean’s surface. Above/Below’s signature effort is a web-based book titled The Mysterious World of Bull Kelp\, released in 2023. It has been accessed by over 40\,000 (as of 02/26) kelp-curious learners. Josie is the chief content creator\, writing the text\, and working closely with illustrator Ellen Litwiller. Above/Below is creating a similar webstory about the native Olympia oyster: The Alluring World of Olympia Oysters. \n\n\n\nJosie holds a BA in Visual and Environmental Studies from Harvard and an MFA from San Francisco State University. For over twenty years Josie has used her flatbed scanner and computer exclusively for generating imagery. Synthesizing the scientific stories of our coast is her overriding passion\, bringing thoughtfulness and stewardship to this extraordinary place of discovery. \n\n\n\n			Register Here
URL:https://www.heydaybooks.com/event/josie-iselin-at-west-end-arts/
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SUMMARY:Krystle Hickman at the San Francisco Botanical Garden
DESCRIPTION:Join Green Apple Books and the Gardens of Golden Gate Park in welcoming Krystle Hickman for this special book talk and bioblitz in the San Francisco Botanical Garden\, in conversation with Catherine Chang.  \n\n\n\nKrystle Hickman\, a National Geographic Explorer\, nature photographer\, and community scientist introduces her book The ABCs of California’s Native Bees. Joining her in conversation is Catherine Chang\, whose work focuses on supporting regenerative ecological\, agricultural and cultural footprints within cities. \n\n\n\nCalifornia is the most biodiverse bee population in the world\, home to over 1\,600 species of native bees — each playing a vital role in the habitats they live in. In her debut book Krystle highlights a selection of these remarkable pollinators through stunning photography\, engaging anecdotes\, and personal observations. \n\n\n\nA bee bioblitz led by Krystle Hickman in the Garden of Fragrance will follow the conversation and book signing. This is a community science event where Krystle will lead attendees in identifying native plant species and documenting local bees\, sharing insights about bee behavior and diversity. \n\n\n\nKrystle Hickman is a National Geographic Explorer and community scientist based in Los Angeles. With a passion for nature and an eye for artful photography\, Hickman strives to elevate awareness of the decline of native bee species and shed light on their intricate and biodiverse ecosystems. Hickman has been featured on multiple television and online broadcasts\, been interviewed on podcasts such as Ologies\, presented at the 2024 United Nations Biodiversity Conference (COP16) in Colombia\, and lectured at colleges such as Harvard\, UC Irvine\, UCLA\, and more. \n\n\n\nCatherine Chang is an adjunct professor of Architecture at University of San Francisco\, she directs Madrone Design Studio\, and advises institutions and governmental agencies. Her work focuses on buildings and landscapes supporting regenerative ecological\, agricultural and cultural footprints within cities.  USEPA\, SF Unified School District\, City Slicker Farms and Art Esteem are among key clientele. She lectures publicly\, offering talks on community greening\, urban agriculture\, sustainable design techniques and using fire hardening efforts to promote biodiversity in fire-prone areas. \n\n\n\n			Register Here
URL:https://www.heydaybooks.com/event/krystle-hickman-at-the-san-francisco-botanical-garden/
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SUMMARY:Kailea Loften and Kate Weiner at Point Reyes Books
DESCRIPTION:Join Compassion in Crisis authors Kate Weiner and Kailea Loften for the launch of their book at Point Reyes Books. This event is presented in partnership with the Mesa Refuge\, and Annie Dobbs-Kramer will join in conversation. \n\n\n\n“As we enter an era of climate shifts and more frequent\, layered catastrophes\, this is the book you want beside you to navigate the realities of disaster and recovery. Drawing from survivors\, practitioners\, and thinkers\, this book offers a guide to cultivating the kind of attentiveness and care that might help us think about preparedness wholistically\, from philosophical ideas about how our experiences of time shift to practical and profound advice that can move the needle towards justice in the aftermath of grief and loss.” —Candis Callison\, Member\, Tāłtān Nation\, and author\, How Climate Change Comes to Matter: The Communal Life of Facts \n\n\n\nThis is a free event. No registration required. \n\n\n\nKailea Rose Loften is a mother of Tahltan\, Kaska\, and Black American ancestry. She is coeditor for the community publisher Loam and has guided climate change policy with an emphasis on Indigenous rights\, previously serving as a Climate Commissioner for the City of Petaluma\, California. You can contact her through kailealoften.com. \n\n\n\nKate Rose Weiner is a writer\, editor\, and publisher working at the intersections of culture and climate justice. She is coeditor of Loam and director of Loam Library\, a mobile library committed to bringing the power of print to the people. Weiner’s work is shaped by her studies in environmental art\, social practice\, and community herbalism. \n\n\n\nAnnie Dobbs-Kramer is the founder of Gioia Strategies Consulting\, a firm that is dedicated to developing leaders\, organizations & strategies for a just and resilient future. Prior to founding Gioia Strategies\, Annie was the Political Director at the North Bay Organizing Project. Annie has over two decades of experience as a community organizer\, trainer\, and strategist. She has worked with diverse communities across the nation to build deep democracy at the intersection of social and environmental justice.  Annie supports the West Marin Organizing Project to build lasting power for racial and economic justice in West Marin.  \n\n\n\n			Register Here
URL:https://www.heydaybooks.com/event/kailea-loften-and-kate-weiner-at-point-reyes-books/
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SUMMARY:Kailea Loften and Kate Weiner at Copperfields
DESCRIPTION:Copperfield’s Books is honored to welcome Kailea Rose Loften and Kate Rose Weiner to Petaluma for the launch of their critical new book – Compassion in Crisis: Building Disaster-Resilient Communities. \n\n\n\nThey will be joined in conversation by Natasha Juliana\, co-founder of Cool Petaluma. \n\n\n\nJoin Copperfield’s for a reading and warm discussion followed by an audience Q&A and book signing.  \n\n\n\nThis is a free event. Registration required for seating. \n\n\n\nA vibrant and holistic grassroots guide to disaster preparedness that builds community resilience. \n\n\n\npolycrisis noun /’pa: .li\, krai.sis/a time of great disagreement\, confusion\, or suffering caused by many different crises occurring simultaneously and amplifying one another. \n\n\n\nHow do we live in the age of disaster? In this updated and expanded guide to collective crisis preparedness\, Kailea and Kate\, organizers and coeditors for the book and magazine publisher Loam\, share community-shaped strategies on how to practically navigate the challenges posed by overlapping catastrophes–be they environmental\, economic\, political\, or otherwise.  \n\n\n\nHelp is here for our bodies\, hearts\, minds\, and shared homes. By amplifying resources for resilience\, the authors underscore preparedness as a constant\, communal practice. They offer inspiration from frontline organizers who help their communities prepare for emergencies\, demonstrate how to envision probable futures after upheaval\, and showcase people-powered projects that nurture collective regeneration. With engaging prompts\, concise checklists\, and heartfelt advice\, Compassion in Crisis helps its readers build and sustain the durable mutual aid networks necessary for rapid response in the face of disaster.  \n\n\n\nThis is your invitation into the lifelong work of caring for our Earth and one another as we all find our way through the polycrisis. \n\n\n\nAuthor: Kailea Rose Loften is a mother of Tahltan\, Kaska\, and Black American ancestry. She is coeditor for the community publisher Loam and has guided climate change policy with an emphasis on Indigenous rights\, previously serving as a Climate Commissioner for the City of Petaluma\, California. You can contact her through kailealoften.com. \n\n\n\nKate Rose Weiner is a writer\, editor\, and publisher working at the intersections of culture and climate justice. She is coeditor of Loam and director of Loam Library\, a mobile library committed to bringing the power of print to the people. Weiner’s work is shaped by her studies in environmental art\, social practice\, and community herbalism.  \n\n\n\nNatasha Juliana grew up playing in the redwood forest and wondering at the miracle of the Milky Way. Her active imagination and love of building led to a career in architecture\, lots of creative volunteer work\, and the founding of an award-winning coworking space and community hub in Petaluma focused on the sharing of resources and ideas. Trained by Al Gore as a Climate Reality Leader in 2017\, she began pivoting her career toward climate work. In January 2022\, she co-founded Cool Petaluma\, a grassroots nonprofit inspiring climate action through community building. As the Director\, her goal is to create replicable and adaptable models to share with other communities in order to create the culture shift needed to protect the planet for future generations. \n\n\n\n			Register Here
URL:https://www.heydaybooks.com/event/kailea-loften-and-kate-weiner-at-copperfields/
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SUMMARY:"And Then They Came For Us" with Satsuki Ina and Abby Ginzberg 
DESCRIPTION:This event is presented in partnership with the Berkeley Public Library and will take place at Tarea Hall Pittman South Branch. \n\n\n\nThe documentary And Then They Came for Us looks at the incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II and its lasting effects\, told through the voices of survivors and their families. Using personal stories\, archival footage\, and historical background\, the film shows how fear\, racism\, and wartime hysteria led to widespread violations of civil liberties. It also explains why this history is still important today. \n\n\n\nAfter the screening\, we invite you to join a conversation with director Abby Ginzberg and Satsuki Ina\, who is an author\, psychotherapist\, and activist. They will discuss the film’s themes\, share personal experiences related to the history\, and highlight the ongoing need to protect civil liberties for everyone. This event brings together people from different library communities to learn\, reflect\, and think about how lessons from the past still affect us today \n\n\n\n			Register Here
URL:https://www.heydaybooks.com/event/and-then-they-came-for-us-with-satsuki-ina-and-abby-ginzberg/
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SUMMARY:Kailea Loften and Kate Weiner at the Bay Area Book Festival
DESCRIPTION:Join Compassion in Crisis co-authors Kailea Loften and Kate Weiner for a panel at the 2026 Bay Area Book Festival\, “Mindful Democracy.”  \n\n\n\nDrawing on the expertise of mindfulness educators\, frontline organizers\, and America’s greatest literary voices\, this panel provides guidance for navigating political burnout and civic despair. On Mindful Democracy: A Declaration of Interdependence to Mend a Fractured World is professor Jeremy David Engels’ compact guide offering 27 powerful teachings of interdependence and how to show up for democracy with compassion\, clarity\, and courage. In this age of disaster\, community-shaped strategies are essential for practically navigating the challenges posed by overlapping catastrophes\, and Kailea Rose Loften and Kate Rose Weiner present engaging prompts\, concise checklists\, and heartfelt advice for building and sustaining durable mutual aid networks in Compassion in Crisis: Building Disaster-Resilient Communities. Liza J. Rankow combines the compassion of a seasoned spiritual guide and the insightful analysis of a longtime grassroots activist in Soul Medicine for a Fractured World\, which offers questions for reflection as well as an array of spiritual and healing practices to guide readers on an integrative path forward through healing and transformation\, rooted in our kinship with one another\, the Earth\, and all of life. Diving deeply into a dharma of liberation\, Rima Vesely-Flad examines the writings of Audre Lorde and James Baldwin through key Buddhist principles\, revealing that liberation depends not only on organizing and mass movements\, but also the generative power of inner well-being\, authenticity\, art\, and embodiment. Whether you’re a seasoned activist or a tender-hearted citizen seeking a new path forward\, this nourishing panel moderated by Rev. Dereca Blackmon of the East Bay Church of Religious Science is an invitation into the lifelong work of caring for one another in pursuit of our collective liberation.  \n\n\n\n			Register Here
URL:https://www.heydaybooks.com/event/kailea-loften-and-kate-weiner-at-the-bay-area-book-festival/
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SUMMARY:Satsuki Ina at the Bay Area Book Festival
DESCRIPTION:Join Poet and the Silk Girl author Satsuki Ina at the 2026 Bay Area Book Festival for the panel “Shadows of Liberty: Immigrant Detention\, Incarceration\, and the Demand for Dignity in the United States.” Ina will be joined in conversation by Veronica Granillo\, Ana Raquel Minian\, and Daniel Olivas.  \n\n\n\nRegister below and view the entire schedule of this year’s Bay Area Book Festival.  \n\n\n\n			Register Here
URL:https://www.heydaybooks.com/event/satsuki-ina-at-the-bay-area-book-festival/
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SUMMARY:John Freeman at Point Reyes Books
DESCRIPTION:On Saturday\, May 30\, Point Reyes Books will be hosting Heyday authors Greg Sarris and John Freeman in conversation about California Rewritten\, Freeman’s exploration of the new California canon. Under discussion as well will be Sarris’ forthcomimg novel The Last Human Bear\, out this June from Heyday.  \n\n\n\nJohn Freeman has hosted Alta’s California Book Club since its founding in 2020. He is an executive editor at Alfred A. Knopf\, and he edited Freeman’s (2015-2023)\, a literary annual of new writing. His books include How to Read a Novelist and Dictionary of the Undoing\, as well as the anthologies Tales of Two Americas\, Tales of Two Planets\, The Penguin Book of the Modern American Short Story\, and Sacramento Noir. He is also the author of three poetry collections\, Maps\, The Park\, and Wind\, Trees. His work is translated into more than twenty languages\, and has appeared in The New Yorker\, The Paris Review\, and The New York Times. The former editor of Granta\, he lives in New York. \n\n\n\nGreg Sarris is an enrolled member of the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria and is currently serving his seventeenth consecutive elected term as chairman of the tribe. He is the author of several books\, including the novel Grand Avenue\, which he adapted for an HBO miniseries and co-executive produced with Robert Redford; the novel Watermelon Nights; Weaving the Dream\, a biography of Mabel McKay; Becoming Story\, a memoir; and the story collections How a Mountain Was Made and The Forgetters. Formerly a full professor of English at UCLA\, Sarris serves on the University of California Board of Regents and the Sundance Institute Board\, and he holds the Distinguished Emeritus Graton Endowed Chair in Native American Studies at Sonoma State University. He lives in Sonoma County\, California. \n\n\n\n			Register Here
URL:https://www.heydaybooks.com/event/john-freeman-at-point-reyes-books/
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SUMMARY:John Freeman at the Bay Area Book Festival
DESCRIPTION:Join Heyday author John Freeman at the 2026 Bay Area Book Festival\, in conversation with Venita Blackburn\, Reyna Grande\, and Elaine Castillo. The discussion\, “Best of California\,” will focus on the crop of amazing literature emerging from the Golden State. The discussion will be moderated by Heyday publisher Steve Wasserman.  \n\n\n\nWhat makes Californian literature shine? Writer Kathleen Alcott suggests that the diversity of California’s landscape has gifted a unique sense of time and change to its inhabitants\, who are “used to the colors out the window turning over entirely\, and to stop seeing trees and to start seeing water” within a few hours’ drive. In California Rewritten\, editor\, author\, and host of Alta‘s California Book Club John Freeman captures the evolution of the Golden State’s literary life. He traces our literary history from early myths to the arrivals and migrations chronicled by works including The Distance Between Us\, Reyna Grande’s memoir about her experiences as an undocumented child immigrant from Mexico\, and America is Not the Heart\, Elaine Castillo’s novel about a queer war veteran’s journey from the Philippines to the insular immigrant community in Milpitas. Following building cities\, exploding fantasias\, and digital dystopias\, Freeman then directs readers to the ruptures\, the fraying connections to reality that can follow the traumatic loss of a family member\, as portrayed in Venita Blackburn’s Dead in Long Beach\, California. Moderated by Heyday publisher Steve Wasserman\, this panel will explore the featured works individually and as part of the road map to Californian literature that can help us uncover our history\, confront pressing issues that face our society\, and imagine our shared future. \n\n\n\n			Register Here
URL:https://www.heydaybooks.com/event/john-freeman-at-the-bay-area-book-festival/
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SUMMARY:Greg Sarris at the Bay Area Book Festival
DESCRIPTION:Join Heyday author Greg Sarris for an exclusive early book launch event at this year’s Bay Area Book Festival. Joined in conversation by Susan Straight\, Sarris will be discussing his forthcoming novel The Last Human Bear\, an epic story that spans generations about a Pomo woman who is haunted by an inescapable tradition that has been passed down from her stepmother. \n\n\n\nGreg Sarris is an enrolled member of the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria and is currently serving his seventeenth consecutive elected term as chairman of the tribe. He is the author of several books\, including the novel Grand Avenue\, which he adapted for an HBO miniseries and co-executive produced with Robert Redford; the novel Watermelon Nights; Weaving the Dream\, a biography of Mabel McKay; Becoming Story\, a memoir; and the story collections How a Mountain Was Made and The Forgetters. Formerly a full professor of English at UCLA\, Sarris serves on the University of California Board of Regents and the Sundance Institute Board\, and he holds the Distinguished Emeritus Graton Endowed Chair in Native American Studies at Sonoma State University. He lives in Sonoma County\, California. (Photo by Beowulf Sheehan) \n\n\n\n			Register Here
URL:https://www.heydaybooks.com/event/greg-sarris-at-the-bay-area-book-festival/
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SUMMARY:Northern California Book Award Finalists at the Bay Area Book Festival
DESCRIPTION:A conversation with this year finalists for the NCBA in Fiction\, including Greg Sarris\, R.O. Kwon\, Nina Schuyler\, Anita Felicelli\, and Rita Bullwinkel.  \n\n\n\nIt can take just one brief touchpoint to forever bend the directions of our diverging paths\, as the 2025 NCBA Fiction Finalists reveal. In R.O. Kwan‘s Exhibit\, young photographer Jin Han meets an alluring\, injured world-class ballerina at a party in San Francisco\, which unleashes a complex exploration of ambition\, desire\, and a familial curse spoken aloud. Sometimes\, convergence occurs in the form of multiple lives meeting at a single path\, creating reflections\, distortions\, and unexpected revelations. Headshot by Rita Bullwinkel features the lives of eight teenage girl boxers\, each with their own sacrifices and reasons for competing\, in their fight for the prize. Nina Schuyler’s short story collection\, In This Ravishing World\, bridges nine stories of dreamers\, escapists\, activists\, and artists who reckon with the climate crisis\, urging all inhabitants of Nature to resist and fight to preserve its exquisite beauty in the face of destruction. The future is uncertain\, but so is the past— the speculative stories in How We Know Our Time Travelers by Anita Felicelli reimagine time traveling as an everyday occurrence\, given the fragility and unreliability of our memories that warp our understanding of the future. What\, then\, is the value of preservation? For the two crow sisters in Greg Sarris’ The Forgetters\, who recall stories in the classic style of Southern Pomo and Coast Miwok creation stories from dawn to dusk\, these shared histories hold the key for voyagers to repair the rifts in their own lives and the world. Moderated by author\, editor\, and critic Jane Ciabattari\, this panel will peer closer into those translucent moments that hold the power to change the course of our past\, present\, and future. \n\n\n\n			Register Here
URL:https://www.heydaybooks.com/event/northern-california-book-award-finalists-at-the-bay-area-book-festival/
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