OpenMic Night Was Great!

Thanks to so many people for participating! Eight of you! I know it takes a lot of courage to read your personal writing. I promise I’ll read something the next time, when there are less people. It was fun just to listen last night to so many different stories. Bronwen Hruska Landen Raszick               …

Author Talk With Cara Black and Bronwen Hruska

This past weekend was very special for us: our first Author Talk took place! Two amazing women, Cara Black and Bronwen Hruska, talked about the helpfulness of deadlines, the importance of red wine when doing field research and the difficulty and joy of publishing and being published. Have a listen.

A Memorable OpenMic

  Thanks to everyone who read for making it a memorable Tuesday Night OpenMic Night. Our Writer-in-Residence this week, Bronwen Hruska, piqued our curiosity by reading the opening of her new novel and was generous in her suggestions for our other readers, Landen Raszick and Tom Reed.

Sketches From Mark Ulriksen

  San Francisco artist Mark Ulriksen, who recently had his 50th New Yorker cover, will illustrate all five books in the coming Wellstone Books “Music That Changed My Life” series. He’s already completed sketches for the first in the series by former Giants manager Dusty Baker – all about seeing Jimi Hendrix in Monterey in 1967.

Our Choice for a Good Read

When author Christopher McDougall came to Santa Cruz on May 27 to talk about his new book, Natural Born Heroes, in a special event sponsored by Bookshop Santa Cruz, Steve and Sarah were both there – and what an evening it was. McDougall showed up late, out of breath, having run over (barefoot, naturally), and then proceeded to give a …