Debuts October 2026 — Alice
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Sex Worker’s Memoirs from Turn-of-the-century San Francisco Shine a Light on a Hidden History of Workers’ Rights and Women’s Equality Edited by Bay Area historians Devon Angus...
View ArticleDebuts November 2026 — Meeting the Mushrooms of Los Angeles
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE First-of-its-kind Field Guide to LA’s Mushrooms Reveals Our Own Queer Connections Exploring the Mycoverse founder Aaron Tupac takes readers on a passionate and personal trip...
View ArticleDebuts October 2026 — California Inside Out
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Obi Kaufmann Explores a New Environmental Ethic in California Inside Out: Mapping an Ecology of Mind In a provocative new work blending manifesto, philosophy, and ecological...
View ArticleDebuts September 2026 — Soul City
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Soul City: Oakland, U.S.A. Depicts Life in the Black Community of 1970s West Oakland Documentary photographer Ken Light spotlights the everyday resilience, persistence, and joy...
View ArticleDebuts August 2026 — A State of Change
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE A magnificently illustrated classic of California natural history, now updated in a long-awaited reissue Laura Cunningham’s canonical magnum opus A State of Change returns by...
View ArticleDebuts August 2026 — Behind the Desk at the Main
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE New Memoir Pulls Back the Curtain on America’s Libraries and the People Who Keep Them Running Dorothy Lazard’s Behind the Desk at the Main explores the vital role libraries play...
View ArticleDebuts September 2026 — Morning in Marin
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Immersive Narrative History Reveals Marin County’s Outsized Influence in the American Cultural Imagination Morning in Marin by David Perlis dives into the culture-makers, from...
View ArticleDebuts June 2, 2026 — Alice Piper Speaks Up
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE New Book for Young Readers Chronicles The Pathbreaking Native American Student Who Desegregated California Schools This first-ever book about Alice Piper’s fight for justice...
View ArticleDebuts May 2026 — Compassion in Crisis
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Co-editors of Loam Center Carework and Mutual Aid in this Practical Guide to Navigating Our Changing Climate In Compassion in Crisis, Kate Rose Weiner and Kailea Rose Loften draw...
View ArticleDebuts June 2026 — I Love You So Many
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Native Travel Memoir Lights the Way to Making Kin and Building Community Around the GlobeFrom celebrated California Indian journalist Terria Smith, a debut memoir that explores...
View ArticleDebuts May 2026 — Birds of Santa Cruz
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE A Painterly Guide to Santa Cruz’s Winged Neighbors From Santa Cruz-born artist and activist Sophie Wood Brinker comes a gorgeously illustrated guide to the birds of Santa...
View ArticleIn Memoriam, Heyday Remembers Malcolm Margolin
In Memoriam, Heyday Remembers Malcolm Margolin Malcolm Margolin. Photo by Christopher Michel. BERKELEY, CALIF. — On August 20, 2025, our founder and dear friend Malcolm Margolin passed away surrounded...
View ArticleDebuts August 2025 — Ocean Beach
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Illustrated Guidebook to Ocean Beach Underscores Its Ecological Significance to the City of San Francisco Scientist and surfer Eddy Rubin celebrates the inhabitants and phenomena...
View ArticleDebuts November 2025 — The ABCs of California’s Native Bees
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE National Geographic Explorer Profiles California’s Native Bees from A to Z in New Image-Rich Guidebook Conservation photographer, community scientist, and bee expert Krystle...
View ArticleDebuts October 2025 — California Rewritten
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE New Book Charts California’s 21st-Century Literary Canon Knopf Editor John Freeman proposes the contours of a contemporary California canon, encompassing 49 West Coast writers...
View ArticleDebuts October 2025 — Butterflies of the Bay Area and (Slightly) Beyond
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE All-Encompassing Guide Featuring Enchanting Portraits Celebrates the Butterflies of the Bay Area and (Slightly) Beyond Self-taught butterfly obsessive Liam O’Brien shares his...
View ArticleDebuts November 2025 — In the Shadow of the Bridge
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Sumptuously Photographed Art Book Showcases the Wild Beauty and Biodiversity of the Birds of the Greater Bay Area Photographer Dick Evans and award-winning writer Hannah Hindley...
View ArticleDebuts June 2025 — The Enduring Wild
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Forgotten Lands Project Founder Advocates for Enhanced Conservation of Public Lands In a new book, Josh Jackson explores the overlooked wilderness of California’s public land and...
View ArticleDebuts March 2025 — I Love Salmon and Lampreys
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For young readers, an inspiring story about a river, a successful Native-led movement for environmental justice, and the making of a scientist An adventurous, sometimes anxious,...
View ArticleDebuts April 2025 — California Lizards and How to Find Them
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Author Emily Taylor Brings the Wonders of California’s Lizards to Life in New Book California Lizards and How to Find Them Offers a Field Guide of the State’s Diverse Reptile...
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