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Indie house publishing books on California history & culture, nature, Indigenous renewal, and social justice since 1974 | Publisher of @nncmagazine

Berkeley, CA / Huchiun
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9 months
"When Malcolm Margolin self-published his first book in 1974, he had no idea he was launching a future award-winning literary institution. Heyday Books would go on to become an integral part of the firmament of California letters," writes @PublishersWkly.
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In The State of Fire: Why California Burns, Obi Kaufmann explores how we got here and how we may get out. โ€œ[Obi] swirls research with poetry, the personal and human with the collective and ecological.โ€โ€”Mother Jones. Subscribe to our newsletter by 2/28 to get the free ebook.
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2 months
Devastating as today's wildfires are, they have always played a role in California's ecosystem. In ๐™๐™๐™š ๐™Ž๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š ๐™ค๐™› ๐™๐™ž๐™ง๐™š @ObiKaufmann explores the many ways that we may better coexist with fire and steward California into a more balanced future.
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2 months
We're hiring! Join our crew of passionate and nerdy bookmakers!
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3 months
โ€œThe entire time you are reading any novel, you are experiencing freedom and autonomy, and this is a political experience,โ€ says Pulitzer winner Jane Smiley. #NaNoWriMo
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3 months
Like life, writing and reading are rooted in voluntary acts of connection, argues Pulitzer winner Jane Smiley in her keen collection ๐™๐™๐™š ๐™Œ๐™ช๐™š๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™จ ๐™๐™๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™ˆ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง ๐™ˆ๐™ค๐™จ๐™ฉ (now out in paperback). #NaNoWriMo
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3 months
In ๐˜พ๐™–๐™ก๐™ž๐™›๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™– ๐™Ž๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ ๐™š๐™จ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ƒ๐™ค๐™ฌ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™๐™๐™š๐™ข herpetologist @snakeymama introduces budding snake enthusiasts to the wonders of California snakes โ†’
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4 months
Celebrated environmental journalist @RosannaXia, who explores sea level rise along the West Coast in her award-winning book ๐˜พ๐™–๐™ก๐™ž๐™›๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™– ๐˜ผ๐™œ๐™–๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™Ž๐™š๐™–, takes center stage at the @nbpl Library Live series.
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4 months
Heyday publisher Steve Wasserman shares insights form his debut collection ๐™๐™š๐™ก๐™ก ๐™ˆ๐™š ๐™Ž๐™ค๐™ข๐™š๐™ฉ๐™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ, ๐™๐™š๐™ก๐™ก ๐™ˆ๐™š ๐˜ผ๐™ฃ๐™ฎ๐™ฉ๐™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ, ๐™€๐™ซ๐™š๐™ฃ ๐™„๐™› ๐™„๐™ฉ'๐™จ ๐™– ๐™‡๐™ž๐™š with books columnist Barbara Lane at the Mill Valley Public Library, October 28.
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4 months
โ€œIn this sharp compendium, Pulitzer Prize winner #JaneSmiley brings together her literary criticism, which brims with the same keen observations, inquisitiveness, and humor as her novels," says @PublishersWkly
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4 months
This weekend at Steve Wasserman, author of ๐™๐™š๐™ก๐™ก ๐™ˆ๐™š ๐™Ž๐™ค๐™ข๐™š๐™ฉ๐™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ, ๐™๐™š๐™ก๐™ก ๐™ˆ๐™š ๐˜ผ๐™ฃ๐™ฎ๐™ฉ๐™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ, ๐™€๐™ซ๐™š๐™ฃ ๐™„๐™› ๐™„๐™ฉ'๐™จ ๐™– ๐™‡๐™ž๐™š, delves into his storied career in the world of letters with journalist Marc Cooper.
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4 months
Blending natural and human history with a scientistโ€™s insight, ๐™๐™ฃ๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™ง๐™–๐™ก ๐™ƒ๐™–๐™—๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ฉ reveals the unlikely mosaic that has emerged in Los Angeles, and how we can begin to stack the deck back in favor of diverse, robust, and sustainable habitats.
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4 months
Award-winning author @RosannaXia heads to Olivia & Daisy Books in Carmel Valley to share insights from her book ๐˜พ๐™–๐™ก๐™ž๐™›๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™– ๐˜ผ๐™œ๐™–๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™Ž๐™š๐™–, now out in paperback and audiobook.
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4 months
The story of California fires is surprising and ancient, and the subject of Obi Kaufmann's latest exploration of California's ecosystems. Join him for a talk at the on this urgent new work ๐™๐™๐™š ๐™Ž๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š ๐™ค๐™› ๐™๐™ž๐™ง๐™š.
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4 months
Catch Heyday publisher Steve Wasserman in conversation with prizewinning author and literary critic Marie Arana @PoliticsProse for a conversations around Wasserman's new exuberant memoir-in-essays.
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4 months
๐™๐™๐™š ๐˜ฝ๐™ž๐™ง๐™™๐™จ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™Š๐™–๐™ ๐™จ lyrically conveys the beautiful, comic, and endearing qualities of over fifteen bird species that furrow and flock to California's keystone oak trees. Join author Jack Gedney for a talk and book signing @BookShopWP:
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4 months
Pulitzer finalist @RosannaXia is joined by @ebyesterday's Liam O'Donoghue for a talk on what we stand to lose along our vanishing shorelines in the Bay Areaโ€”unless we can imagine a more climate-wise path forward, at Clio's in Oakland๐Ÿ“ RSVP:
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4 months
Packed with his signature watercolor maps and paintings, ๐™๐™๐™š ๐™Ž๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š ๐™ค๐™› ๐™๐™ž๐™ง๐™š by @ObiKaufmann confronts one of Californiaโ€™s most pressing social and ecological challengesโ€”and offers a refreshingly hopeful vision of Californiaโ€™s future.
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4 months
Lauded by Joyce Carol Oates as an "intensely personal, engaging, and illuminating memoir," ๐™๐™š๐™ก๐™ก ๐™ˆ๐™š ๐™Ž๐™ค๐™ข๐™š๐™ฉ๐™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ, ๐™๐™š๐™ก๐™ก ๐™ˆ๐™š ๐˜ผ๐™ฃ๐™ฎ๐™ฉ๐™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ, ๐™€๐™ซ๐™š๐™ฃ ๐™„๐™› ๐™„๐™ฉ'๐™จ ๐™– ๐™‡๐™ž๐™š by Steve Wasserman launches @MrsDsBooks this weekโ€”RSVP here:
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4 months
.@thebookcatapult welcomes award-winning environmental journalist @RosannaXia for the paperback release of ๐˜พ๐™–๐™ก๐™ž๐™›๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™– ๐˜ผ๐™œ๐™–๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™Ž๐™š๐™– for a conversation about confronting sea level rise with MacKenzie Elmer from @voiceofsandiego.
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4 months
"Like a lot of Californians, fire has become a fairly obsessive interest," writes @bquinnterest in @Hyperallergic, "and I canโ€™t wait to get my hands on ๐™๐™๐™š ๐™Ž๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š ๐™ค๐™› ๐™๐™ž๐™ง๐™š, @ObiKaufmann's manual of the natural world and California history."
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