Events
The Humanities Institute
VIRTUAL EVENT: Laurie R. King, Riviera Gold
Local, bestselling author Laurie R. King, will will celebrate the publication of her newest Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes mystery, Riviera Gold! The Riviera in 1925 is a playground for the rich built on corruption and greed. It is a place where treasure can be false, where love can destroy, and where life, as Mary […]
VIRTUAL EVENT: Pico Iyer in conversation with Alan Christy
Bookshop Santa Cruz invites you to join us for an online event with bestselling author Pico Iyer who will be in-conversation with Alan Christy about his new book, Autumn Light: Season of Fire and Farewells—a far-reaching exploration of Japanese history and culture and a moving meditation on impermanence, mortality, and grief—and A Beginner's Guide to Japan, now in […]
VIRTUAL EVENT: Laila Lalami, The Other Americans
Pulitzer Prize shortlisted author Laila Lalami presents her timely, powerful new novel about the suspicious death of a Moroccan immigrant, shortlisted for the National Book Award: The Other Americans is at once a family saga, a murder mystery, and a love story informed by the treacherous fault lines of American culture. Laila Lalami is the […]
VIRTUAL EVENT: C Pam Zhang, How Much of These Hills is Gold
Bookshop Santa Cruz welcomes debut novelist C Pam Zhang for an online event about her new book, How Much of These Hills Is Gold. Zhang will be in conversation with fellow debut novelist Kawai Strong Washburn (Sharks in the Time of Saviors). In Zhang's electric debut novel set against the twilight of the American gold […]
Stories from the Epicenter (Podcast Launch Event)
Virtual EventYou’re invited to join us for the launch of our ten-part documentary podcast, Stories from the Epicenter, which explores the experience and memory of the Loma Prieta Earthquake in Santa Cruz County through oral history records and interviews with current residents of Santa Cruz and Watsonville. The event will include a moderated discussion with the podcast […]
Deep Read 2022 Faculty Salon
Cowell Ranch Hay Barn Ranch View Rd, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesJoin us for a discussion with campus faculty and the Deep Read community at the 2022 Deep Read Salon where we’ll discuss Yaa Gyasi’s Transcendent Kingdom. UCSC Chancellor Cynthia Larive—an accomplished bioanalytical chemist—will be joined by Vilashini Coopan (Literature and Critical Race and Ethnic Studies) and Gina Athena Ulysse (Feminist Studies), for an evening of […]
The Deep Read: A Conversation with Yaa Gyasi
Quarry AmphitheaterJoin us for a live discussion May 15 at the Quarry Amphitheater with novelist Yaa Gyasi and UC Santa Cruz Professor Emerita of Literature Karen Tei Yamashita, as we close the book on the 2022 Deep Read exploration of Transcendent Kingdom. We’ll discuss the conditions of cultural assimilation for immigrants to the United States, religious faith vs. […]
The Deep Read: Elizabeth Kolbert in Conversation with Ezra Klein
Quarry AmphitheaterJoin us for the culminating event of the 2023 Deep Read—a live discussion with Pulitzer Prize-winning science journalist Elizabeth Kolbert and NY Times columnist and podcast host Ezra Klein. We’ll discuss this year’s Deep Read book, Under a White Sky, which depicts the stark changes and emerging technologies affecting our climate and world. This event […]
The Deep Read: Craft Salon
Zoom CA, United StatesJoin us for a public, Zoom conversation about the writing craft of Hernan Diaz's Trust, the 2024 Deep Read book selection. UC Santa Cruz-affiliated novelists Micah Perks (Professor of Literature and Creative Writing), Elizabeth McKenzie (Merrill ’81, Literature), and Maria Pachon (Literature PhD student in the Creative/Critical Writing Concentration) will discuss the techniques deployed in this experimental novel and highlight […]
The Deep Read: A Conversation with Hernan Diaz
Kaiser Permanente Arena 140 Front Street, Santa Cruz, CA*Venue Change: Join us at the Kaiser Permanente Arena in Downtown Santa Cruz* 3:00pm – Doors open 3:30pm - Chamber music performance by Astrophic Duo: Polly Malan (Viola) and Chris Pratorius-Gomez (Piano) 4:00pm – Program begins Join us for a public conversation with author Hernan Diaz. He’ll discuss his Pulitzer Prize-winning novel Trust with […]