The Monterey Bay Poetry Consortium Presents: Gabriella Gutiérrez y Muhs & John Laue Sunday, March 11, 2:00 p.m. $5.00 Admission Old Capitol Books, 559 Tyler Street, Monterey (between Pearl and Munras)
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Lara Hues – presentation and booksigning
Thursday 14 March, 2018 – 4:30pm: Come meet Lara Hues, the author of several books, including Arrows (Lycaon Press, 2014) and Allies of Ignorance (Cedar Fort Publishing, 2016). She will be in store discussing her recent work, as well as her journey to publication, her literary inspiration, and much more!
The Isms of March! Thinking Critically about Society Seminar Series Announced!
We’re back at it again with a series of seminars The Isms of March as part of our Thinking Critically about Society series. We’ll be joined by CSU Monterey Bay professors, local poets, and critically thinkers just like you to help tackle some of the different ideologies and theories that we’ve been hearing about. FridayContinue reading “The Isms of March! Thinking Critically about Society Seminar Series Announced!”
Theory & Philosophy 33: Environmental Philosophy
Direct Action Monterey Network and Old Capitol Books are coming together for their thirty-third Theory & Philosophy Reading Group, facilitated by Robert Kuhry, author by Authenticity and High Tech is Not the Future.
The Edge: The Pressured Past and Precarious Future of California’s Coast – Presentation by author Kim Steinhardt
The Pacific coast is the most iconic region of California and one of the most fascinating and rapidly changing places in the world. Densely populated, urbanized, and industrialized — but also home to wilderness with complex, fragile ecosystems — the coast is the place where humanity and nature coexist in a precarious balance that isContinue reading “The Edge: The Pressured Past and Precarious Future of California’s Coast – Presentation by author Kim Steinhardt”
Book signing: CL Fors, author of The Primogenitor Series
Date: 10 Feburary 2018 Time: 4pm CL Fors will be in-store to discuss the first two novels of The Primogenitor Series, Progeny and Adaptation.
Critically-acclaimed Poet, Todd Boss, to read at Old Capitol Books
Old Capitol Books is pleased to welcome Todd Boss for an in-store reading on Saturday 3 February 2018. 3pm.
Jeff McKown, author of Solid Ground, to appear at Old Capitol Books
Saturday 27 January 2018, 1pm: Local author Jeff McKown will be in-store reading from copies of his new novel Solid Ground. The book is published by NineStar Press, a small LGBT publishing house based in New Mexico. Solid Ground is a beautifully written coming-of-middle-age novel about a damaged, but kind-hearted, gay man who must battle his pastContinue reading “Jeff McKown, author of Solid Ground, to appear at Old Capitol Books”
‘Species’ Magazine poets and writers to read at Old Capitol Books
For information on Todd Boss’s poetry event, click here. Saturday 6 January 2018, 4-6pm: Species magazine poets and writers will appear at Old Capitol Books this coming reading to read their stories, poems, and other writings. This Species reading will feature Joe Donohoe, Zen priest Ed Bowers, and Nicole Henares (Aurelia Lorca).
Theory & Philosophy 32: Friendship as a Form of Life
“We face each other without terms or convenient words, with nothing to assure us about the meaning of the movement that carries us toward each other. We have to invent, from A to Z, a relationship that is still formless, which is friendship.” The Direct Action Monterey Network and Old Capitol Books are coming togetherContinue reading “Theory & Philosophy 32: Friendship as a Form of Life”