News & Events

2009 NCIBA Trade Show News

The 2009 show will be held on Thursday, October 8–Saturday, October 10 at the Oakland Convention Center/City Center Marriott. Exhibitor set-up and bookseller education will take place on October 8, with the show floor open to attendees on the 9th and 10th. Show hours and schedule of events coming soon.

The Booksmith Promotes Events With Video

Local authors have been a defining constituency of The Booksmith community from day one. Most local authors are avid readers, and many enjoy the depth and localization that the books on our shelves hold. So this month, we thought it was fitting to underscore on our rich and diverse community of local writers.

During the month of January, The Booksmith celebrated San Francisco’s illustrious literary tradition with a full slate of events featuring local authors.

To mark the occasion and promote the events, the bookstore released a short video clip featuring some of this month’s local authors in their favorite San Francisco haunts. Take a look:

2008 Trade Show News

Our 2008 Trade Show was this October 3-5. We have video recordings of our trade show education workshops and pictures from the show on our new trade show page.

Waters, Hass, Alarcon, and Barner Among Book of the Year Winners

The winners of the 2007 Book of the Year Awards, presented by the Northern California Independent Booksellers Association (NCIBA), have been announced. The awards were voted upon by independent booksellers and honor regional authors whose books were first published in 2007.

Independent booksellers chose from a total of 38 nominated books in seven categories—a complete list of finalists is below. The winners are:

FICTION

Lost City Radio by Daniel Alarcon (HarperCollins)

NONFICTION

The Art of Simple Food by Alice Waters (Clarkson Potter)

POETRY

Time and Materials by Robert Hass (Ecco)

POET TO WATCH

Disposed by Steve Dickison (Post-Apollo Press)

CHILDREN’S LITERATURE

The Wild Girls by Pat Murphy (Viking)

CHILDREN’S ILLUSTRATED

Penguins, Penguins Everywhere by Bob Barner (Chronicle)

REGIONAL TITLE

Historical Atlas of California by Derek Hayes (UC Press)

NCIBA Book of the Year Finalists

FICTION

• Lost City Radio Daniel Alarcon HarperCollins
• Memories from a Sinking Ship Barry Gifford Seven Stories
• Bird of Another Heaven James D. Houston Knopf
• The Insufficiency of Maps Nora Pierce Atria
• The Mother Garden: Stories Robin Romm Scribner

NONFICTION

• The Science of Leonardo Fritjof Capra Doubleday
• Beyond the Green Zone: Dispatches from an Unembedded Journalist Dahr Jamail Haymarket
• Grace (Eventually): Thoughts on Faith Anne Lamott Riverhead
• Alice Waters and Chez Panisse Thomas McNamee Penguin
• The House of Mondavi: The Rise and Fall of an American Wine Dynasty Julia Flynn Siler Gotham
• Poor People William Vollman Ecco
• The Art of Simple Food Alice Waters Clarkson N. Potter

POETRY

• Time and Materials Robert Hass Ecco
• About Now Joanne Kyger National Poetry Foundation
• Telephone Ringing in the Labyrinth Adrienne Rich Norton
• Collected Poems of Philip Whalen Philip Whalen Wesleyan University Press

POET TO WATCH

• Shy Green Fields Hugh Behm-Steinberg No Tell Books
• Disposed Steve Dickison Post-Apollo Press
• Necessary Stranger Graham Foust Flood Editions
• Thrall Susan Gevirtz Post-Apollo Press
• Broken World Joseph Lease Coffee House Press

CHILDREN’S LITERATURE

• If a Tree Falls at Lunch Period Gennifer Choldenko Harcourt
• Revolution Is Not a Dinner Party Ying Chang Compestine Holt
• Not Like You Deborah Davis Clarion
• Do the Math: Secrets, Lies, and Algebra Wendy Lichtman Harperteen
• The Wild Girls Pat Murphy Viking
• Sammy Keyes and the Wild Things Wendelin Van Draanen Knopf

CHILDREN’S ILLUSTRATED (Award to the illustrator)

• Penguins, Penguins Everywhere Bob Barner Chronicle
• Poor Puppy Nick Bruel Roaring Brook Press
• Apple Doll Elisa Kleven FSG
• Little Night Yuyi Morales Roaring Brook Press
• Oh, Theodore! Stacey Schuett Clarion
• Mama’s Milk Ashley Wolff Tricycle

REGIONAL TITLE

• After the Storm: Bob Walker and the East Bay Regional Park District Christopher Beaver Wilderness Press
• The Seventh Daughter: My Culinary Journey from Beijing to San Francisco Cecilia Chang Ten Speed Press
• Historical Atlas of California Derek Haves University of California Press
• All Over Coffee Paul Madonna City Lights Books
• The Country in the City: The Greening of the San Francisco Bay Area Richard Walker University of Washington Press

Author Events

Below are links to current events calendars of NCIBA member stores. Here you will find some of the most exciting, interesting, stimulating and thought provoking happenings in the region.

Event listings can also be found on:

• SF Gate
• Craig’s List

Also well worth checking out is the Sonoma County Book Festival. To find out who will be appearing at this annual September event, please visit the Festival website.