A Birding Walk in Point Reyes Station with Artist and Author Keith Hansen
Heyday Books is proud to present a Point Reyes Birding Walk with Keith Hansen, author of Birds of Point Reyes. We will begin our walk at Point Reyes' iconic Bovine Bakery, and from there Keith will lead us on an adventure of discovery and…
Berkeley Foraging Walk
Heyday Books is proud to present a local foraging walk with Mia Andler, author of The Sierra Forager: Your Guide to Edible Wild Plants of the Tahoe, Yosemite, and Mammoth Regions. We will begin our walk at the Heyday office, (arrive early…
Dave Eggers: The Eyes and the Impossible
Is there anything Dave Eggers can’t do? The multi-talented juggernaut’s latest project—a collaboration with artist Shawn Harris—is an illustrated novel for all ages. The Eyes and the Impossible is an animal fable about Johannes, a dog…
The Beauty and Urgency of Nature Writing
As Tom Comitta notes in the Preface to The Nature Book, readers of fiction (too) often gloss over description of nature, but this session invites readers to really pay attention to nature writing, in all its marvelous variety. Comitta's stunningly…
True Stories: Northern California
Northern California is home to countless compelling stories—in this session, three authors of nonfiction books each get twelve minutes to share one with you. The first one tells a tale as old as time, or maybe even older—in Deep Oakland,…
Poetry at the End of the World
Explore themes of apocalypse, survival, and hope with this power-packed panel. It certainly feels like we're all Alive at the End of the World right now. That's also the title of Saeed Jones' latest collection of poetry, in which he explores…
Finding Nature, Saving Time
Time stretches out in front of us, but there is never enough of it and you simply cannot borrow, buy, or make more. In Saving Time: Discovering a Life Beyond the Clock, Jenny Odell (acclaimed for her prior book How to Do Nothing) shows how the…
Places Worth Fighting For: Preserving Public Lands
Place is political, especially when it comes to defining and defending public lands. Come hear three fascinating stories of places worth fighting for—and the people committed to preserving them. Consummate storyteller Dean King has chosen…
Parable of the Sower Turns 30
2023 marks the thirtieth anniversary of Octavia Butler's novel Parable of the Sower, which has only grown more relevant over the past three decades. For NPR, Ramtin Arablouei writes that Butler's work "invites us to let go of the conventions…
Memoir: The Meaning of Home
When poet and essayist Camille Dungy moved from the Bay Area to Colorado a decade ago, her new garden became both a metaphor and a site of resistance. In Soil: The Story of a Black Mother's Garden, Dungy reflects on homogeneity and resilience,…