New book paints Leland Stanford as a notorious thief as well as a California governor
He founded Stanford University but he and his partners used the railroad monopoly they built as their private property, amassing huge fortunes.
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Berkeley journalist’s reporting is behind acclaimed Netflix series ‘Unbelievable’
T. Christian Miller of ProPublica first wrote about an uninvestigated rape in 2015. The story has been turned into an article, a radio show and a book. Now it’s on television.
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Forget spelling bees. Berkeley kids compete with entire books
Teams from all three Berkeley middle schools held a “Battle of the Books” to prove who had read and internalized the most texts.
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The Kellerman father-son team produces a new crime thriller
Jesse Kellerman, who lives in Berkeley, has written another novel with his father, Jonathan, about the former UC Berkeley basketball player turned deputy-coroner-cum-detective.
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Book review: ‘The Last Watchman of Old Cairo’ by Michael David Lukas
This novel by a Berkeley native takes readers to Cairo in three different points in time and explores the relationship of Muslims and Jews over three centuries.
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Berkeley-raised writer takes misfit pranksters to Catholic school in YA novel
In the adolescent language of sarcasm and self-consciousness, ‘Heretics Anonymous’ follows teenage characters as they figure out what, and who, they really believe in.
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Looking for a great book? Here’s what Berkeleyans are reading this summer
Gasp! Summer is almost gone. With Cal starting up in mid-August and BUSD starting Aug. 27, time is running out to get copious amounts of reading in.
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‘Birds of Berkeley’ is a playful, illustrated guide to our avian neighbors
The new Heyday book, by Berkeley native Oliver James, is part field guide, part coffee-table topper and part political call to action.
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Remembering Ursula K. Le Guin
Listen to an excerpt from a documentary on Ursula K. Le Guin, the Berkeley-born author who died last week.
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The Berkeley bookstore many residents wouldn’t know to look for
The Friends bookstore is stocked with donations from the community. Some are re-donated. Most are sold for under $3 to support the Berkeley Library. A few are exciting discoveries.
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Elizabeth Rosner’s ‘Survivor Café’ is a deeply moving memoir
This Berkeley author, the daughter of two Holocaust survivors, has written an affecting memoir that explores the impact of her parents’ experiences on her own life.
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Want to be a writer? Grant Faulkner and NaNoWriMo can help you do that in a month
Grant Faulker is helping 400,000 people write a novel this month. He also has a new book that helps writers tap into their creativity.
