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Nothing beats the experience of coming into our bookstore. We’d love to help you find the perfect book, but if you simply cannot make it in, we make it easy to find everything we’re carrying in the shop in our online store. You can even reserve your copy or have us order it for you right from our online store. We’ll message you when the book arrives.
Friday, Oct. 18
AUTHOR APPEARANCE:
Gregory Berger
11:30 am – 1:00 pm
The author of Buns & Burgers, author Gregory Berger will be at Capital Books during lunchtime to discuss his book and grill up some vegan burger samples from his cookbook.
Friday, Oct. 25
MEET AND EAT:
Liz Alpern
Noon – 2:00 pm
We’re honored to be co-hosting this event with Solomon’s Deli at this special lunch featuring items from Liz’s cookbook! Grab a nosh, a drink, and a book for sale by Capital Books (or bring your copy!) and meet and hang with Liz!
Thurs, Oct 31
CHILDREN’S LITERARY COSTUME CONTEST
10 AM – 7 PM
Tues, Nov 5
AUTHOR APPEARANCE:
Catriona McPherson
6 pm
Local Davis author, Catriona McPherson, will be at Capital Books to talk about her newest book, STRANGERS AT THE GATE.
Sat. Nov 9
SACRAMENTO AUTHORS:
KIM FIELDING, J. SCOTT COATSWORTH, PAT HENSHAW, LE FRANKS, MICHAEL LOPEZ, CHRISTOPHER KOEHLER, AND M.D. NEU
6 pm
Capital Books welcomes the Queer Sacramento Authors Collective. Meet the authors as they discuss each of their books.
Weds, Nov. 13
AUTHOR APPEARANCE:
John Lander
1 pm – 3 pm
John Lander is a freelance photographer based near Kamakura, Japan. His photos have been published by several national magazines and newspapers. Join us as John debuts his newest photography book: World Heritage Japan.
Saturday, Nov 30
AUTHOR APPEARANCE:
Avanti Centrae
4:30 pm
Monday, Dec 9
LIVE PODCAST
UC Davis Constitutional Law Expert and Author
Carlton Larson
7:00 pm
Weekends are $5 all day parking
Weekday rate is $1.50 per half hour
Consult the City of Sacramento parking map for street parking and rates.
We validate parking at Capitol Garage (up to $5)!
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Summer Sci-Fi Roundup
Our round-up of great science fiction novels that have come into the store. What did we miss that you loved? Tiamat's Wrath, James S. A. Corey The latest and eighth book in James S. A. Corey’s Expanse series, Tiamat’s Wrath is obviously not a good place to start...
Warning: Graphic (Novel) Content!
By Tommy Rojek, Ross Rojek & Danielle McMannus Today's graphic novels, while kin with the comic books that pioneered the genre, their diverse stories, art styles, and narrative voices have burst through those old boundaries. Whether you're new to graphic novels or...
Bite into the Summer’s Best Grilling!
Summer is upon us, so it’s time to kick off grilling season. Tom and Danielle turn it up a notch this year with these genre-defining (and -defying) guides to perfect grilling! As of the posting of this article, all of these books are available in the store.
8 Weeks In…And We’re Still Alive!
Wow! It really has been quite a while since I last wrote a blog post. I actually feel like I'm crawling out of the hole that sucked me in when we started renovating the store space 6 months ago. Yeah, we realized this evening that it's been half a year since we...
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
It's amazing how many times this one children's book, If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, can be applied to real life. Starting on one project, which leads to a whole new, unplanned-for, project, happens to all of us. Despite our meticulous planning for renovating the space...
Putting Lipstick on a Pig
We're starting to feel the pressure now that March is nearly halfway over. When we started renovating the space two months ago, April seemed so far away. Now, it's right around the corner. When we're there tearing things apart, many people poke their heads in the open...
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