A Circle Blooms

Ten years of workshops, literary friendships and creative discovery come together in the Círculo de poetas & Writers Anthology. Roz Spafford explores the poets, ancestral voices and community behind the collection.
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Literature

Mexikid Rules

Watsonville native Pedro Martin returns to his farmworker childhood in Mexikid Dreams, a graphic memoir about family, field work, imagination and the dream of becoming an artist.
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Volcanic Variations: Adela Najarro

Santa Cruz poet Adela Najarro explores Nicaragua, survival, anger and renewal in Variations in Blue, winner of a 2026 American Book Award.
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Neoprene Noir

Former Surfer editor Steve Hawk takes readers deep into the waves, dangers and dark corners of the California coast in his debut novel, Nearshore. He’ll read from the book Aug. 19 at Bookshop Santa Cruz.
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Sartorial Revolution

Santa Cruz native Chloe Chapin returns to Bookshop Santa Cruz with Suitable, tracing how men’s clothing became a language of masculinity, conformity and power.
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The Sartorial Revolution

Santa Cruz native Chloe Chapin returns to Bookshop Santa Cruz to discuss Suitable, her new history of men’s fashion, masculinity and power.
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Teen’s Four Novels

Olive D. Wilson began publishing novels as a teenager. Her forthcoming book, Our Tragic Legacy, turns her attention to youth sports culture and the pressures young athletes face from coaches, parents and peers.
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Homecoming Hero

Chef Reilly Meehan returns to Santa Cruz to celebrate his debut cookbook A Little Bit Extra, blending bold flavors and personal stories. 4/13 at Bookshop Santa Cruz, 7pm. RSVP online.
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Who Needs Friends?

From ’80s film icon to introspective author, Andrew McCarthy brings his cross-country search for friendship to Santa Cruz.
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Into the Redwoods

Linda Rosewood imagines a feminist utopia rooted in Santa Cruz history in her new novel A Circle Outside, blending ritual, humor and community.
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Books of the Dead

Thursday is Deadhead night at Bookshop Santa Cruz with a double-bill of grateful scholars—Jim Newton and Gabi Moskowitz. 7pm, free admission.
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Anatomical Study

in the technological tidal wave. Even the Jetsons didn’t have synthetic androids with lifelike skin and brimming with the Neuralink consciousness of Elon Musk.
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What’s There, Here

Picture the entire East Coast as one state, John Freeman says. That might give an idea of the multi-habitat, multicultural, multi-political jigsaw puzzle that is California.
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