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2025 Monterey Poetry Festival

The Monterey Poetry Festival is back for the sixth year in a row 🙂 April 11-12, 2025Old Capitol Books, Downtown Monterey Friday April 11th, 2025 6pm at Old Capitol BooksPoetry Festival Opening NightChris SidersMiss FortuneK.R. MorrisonAvery BurnsAideed Medina 9pm at The BeachOpen mic bonfireBring your poems and share them around the fire. Let us singContinue reading “2025 Monterey Poetry Festival”

Book Launch: “Our Grapes of Wrath”, Black History of Monterey County

Event: December 10th, 6-8pm Come for an evening with Daniel Summerhill, joined by writers and poets for a special launch of Our Grapes of Wrath, a Project 21 Anthology and a Black history of Monterey County. Tickets are $10 (Purchase here), and ticket purchase gets you a free copy of the book. Students can enter theContinue reading “Book Launch: “Our Grapes of Wrath”, Black History of Monterey County”

About Us: Meet the Booksellers

Old Capitol Books has been host to dozens of booksellers for the past thirteen years, and is currently owned by Stephanie Spoto. Stephanie Spoto (Proprietor) has worked at Old Capitol Books since its opening in 2012. She has a PhD in English Literature from Edinburgh University and teaches literature and philosophy at CSU Monterey BayContinue reading “About Us: Meet the Booksellers”

From garage, to bookstore, to empty shell: the history of 559 Tyler Street

One of the things that made the last Old Capitol Books store location such a special place to be in was the building itself, with its high ceilings and beautiful wooden beams. The building was originally commissioned by Arthur C. Metz (b. 1879), a local real estate investor and Vice President of the Gross CanningContinue reading “From garage, to bookstore, to empty shell: the history of 559 Tyler Street”