Posts Tagged ‘booksellers’
Diesel, the heart of Oakland’s literary community, celebrates 25 years
Beloved Rockridge bookstore Diesel turns 25 this week. It celebrates its past and looks to the future.
Read MoreBanned books on display and up for debate at Oakland stores and libraries
Over the past year, according to the Newsletter on Intellectual Freedom, 46 books have been “banned” in the United States—taken off school and main library shelves, removed as “inappropriate” from class reading lists, attacked by bloggers and family value organizations or re-edited to replace words deemed offensive. All of these books are being showcased this week for a library and bookstore event called Banned Book Week.
Read MoreMartin Holden’s Handsome Books
Martin Holden’s business card is kind of fug, but his books are gorgeous.
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