Join us for Storytime on Sunday and Wednesday mornings. 
Check out our beginning and intermediate knitting classes with instructor Thea Gray. 
Five Sunday evening sessions with Dr. Abby Caplin.
Off for the summer...
Upcoming Events
Ricardo Pau-Llosa
Parable Hunter
Tuesday, July 15th at 7:00 PM
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Poet Ricardo Pau-Llosa writes with a flowing richness of language in which thing and thought are inextricably one.”
Rachel Kushner
Telex From Cuba
Thursday, July 17th at 7:00 PM
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Through the eyes of the innocent and those that are world weary, Rachel Kushner creates a mesmerizing and deeply intelligent tale of the unraveling of the privileged and at times surreal life of Americans in Cuba in the 1950s. “Telex From Cuba” is a heady and richly imagined tapestry.”
Ethan Canin
America America
Friday, July 18th at 7:00 PM
From the bestselling author of The Palace Thief and Carry Me Across the Water comes a stunning novel, set in the Nixon era and today, about a great family, a political tragedy, and the impact of fate on history.
Writing For Change Conference
Saturday, August 16th - Sunday, August 17th
BookShop West Portal is the bookstore at the 2008 San Francisco Writing For Change Conference at Hotel Kabuki on Post Street. Writing For Change is devoted to non-fiction writing that brings about positive change, from the personal to the planetary. The speakers will talk about change in politics, culture, business, marketing, technology, spirituality, social issues, the environment, health and nutrition, international relations, food, medical services, personal development, and the criminal justice system.
Attendees have the chance to network, learn from and share their ideas with authors, agents, editors and publishing professionals from the San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles, and New York. Keynote speakers include Gay Hendricks, author of Conscious Loving and You’ve Got To Read This Book! 55 People Tell the Stories of the Book that Changed Their Lives, and Mike Farrell, actor, director, screenwriter, activist, and author of Just Call Me Mike: A Journey to Actor and Activist.
If you are interested in attending, please log onto www.sfwritingforchange.org, or come by our shop and pick up a flier. You can also purchase tickets from us.
Fans of Stephenie Meyer
Preorder at a discount for August 2nd release date
If you want to reserve a copy of Breaking Dawn, we are offering a 25% discount when you prepay and reserve your copy. You can call us or drop by any time before August 2nd.
As many of you know, Breaking Dawn the fourth and final book in the Twilight Series is due out Auguest 2nd. If you need to pick up copies of Twilight, New Moon, or Eclipse, we have books in stock.