Tuesday 27 June 2017, 4pm: Salinas-based fantasy writer Jason P. Crawford will be at Old Capitol Books to discuss his work, particularly his new fantasy novel, Dragon Princess.
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Book Signing: Local author, Sam Salerno
***THIS EVENT IS CANCELLED*** Saturday 17 June 2017, 2pm: Old Capitol Books is pleased to have local author, Sam Salerno, in store to sign copies of his new book, Sam the Morning Man. Sam Salerno, 90, owned KRML for nine years (1968-1977), during which “Play Misty For Me” was filmed- in KRML studios, inContinue reading “Book Signing: Local author, Sam Salerno”
Monterey Bay Poetry Consortium presents Adam Gonzalez & Daniel Yaryan
Monterey Bay Poetry Consortium presents Adam Gonzalez and Daniel Yaryan Sunday, May 14, 2:00 p.m. $5.00 Admission Old Capitol Books 559 Tyler Street, Monterey (between Pearl and Munras)
CANCELED: Authors and Editors: Butting Heads or Holding Hands?
Monday 22 May 2017, 6pm-7pm: Join us as we explore the various levels of editing that contribute to a professional-caliber book. We’ll scan the spectrum, ranging from work that can help clarify the author’s thinking early in the creation stage (developmental editing), through important stylistic and mechanical work that helps establish consistency (copyediting), and thenContinue reading “CANCELED: Authors and Editors: Butting Heads or Holding Hands?”
Book Signing: Kyle Elizabeth Wood, historian and author of ‘Tillie Lewis: The Tomato Queen’
Saturday 20 May 2017, 2pm: Old Capitol Books will be hosting local historian and teacher, Kyle Elizabeth Wood, who has written the only authorized biography of the first female captain of industry in the U.S.: Tillie Lewis.
Mary Smathers, author of ‘Fertile Soil: Stories of the California Dream”
Saturday 13 May 2017, 2pm: Old Capitol Books is excited to have writer and photographer Mary Smathers come to the store to talk about her new book Fertile Soil: Stories of the California Dream.
Brenna Hassett, archaeologist and author of ‘Built on Bones’, to visit Old Capitol Books
Friday 12 May 2017, 4pm: Built on Bones: 15,000 Years of Urban Life and Death is Brenna Hassett’s new book which explores the impact of urban living on our bodies and health throughout human history. Brenna Hassett, a bioarchaeologist for London’s Natural History Museum, wants to analyze the way that human’s transition from hunter-gatherer toContinue reading “Brenna Hassett, archaeologist and author of ‘Built on Bones’, to visit Old Capitol Books”
Crazy Horse family to appear at Old Capitol Books
Tuesday 20 June 2017, 4pm: Crazy Horse family members Floyd Clown, Doug War Eagle, Don Red Thunder, and author William Matson will be available to meet and sign their book Crazy Horse: The Lakota Warrior’s Life and Legacy.
Spring 2017 Thinking Critically about Society Seminar Series
Hey there, you lovers of social theory and philosophy! Old Capitol Books is teaming up again with the Direct Action Monterey Network to bring a series of seminars on critical and political theory to downtown Monterey. This spring’s seminars are facilitated by a collection of community organizors, professors, and students who live and work onContinue reading “Spring 2017 Thinking Critically about Society Seminar Series”
Theory & Philosophy Reading Group 26: Walter Benjamin
Friday 31 March 2017, 7pm: Old Capitol Books and the Direct Action Monterey Network are teaming up again to continue their exploration of twentieth century fascism through theory and philosophy. Last month the philosophy group read Hannah Arendt – selections from Origins of Totalitarianism and Eichmann in Jerusalem. This month the reading group will beContinue reading “Theory & Philosophy Reading Group 26: Walter Benjamin”
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