An Evening With Rabbi Irwin Keller

Rabbi Irwin Keller, former lawyer and drag queen, has released a long- awaited volume of essays, memoir, and poetry, entitled Shechinah at the Art Institute: Words, Worry, Wonder. In this book, Keller, most recently known for his viral protest poem, “Taking Sides,” leads us on dazzling journeys into Jewish mysticism, love, loss, memory, gender, AIDS, and the Milky Way itself.

An Evening of Earth-Love Poetry with Raphael Block

Followed by a heart-centered exploration of how can we take more responsibility for our climate crisis.

An Evening with Authors Barbara Baer and Michael Levitin

Join Barbara Baer for her Masha and Alejandro Crossing Borders book launch with guest Michael Levitiin

Book Signing with Michael Lee

Celebrate the release of Michael Lee's new book, When The Band Played On: The Life of Randy Shilts, America's Trailblazing Gay Journalist.

An Evening with Dimple D. Dhabalia

An Evening with Author Dimple D. Dhabalia

Mimosas with Author and Comedian April Hirschman

Desire Makes Me Brave: A Bisexual Journey from California to the World

Short Stories on the River

Join Us For An Afternoon of Short Stories with Bay Area Writers Elizabeth Stix, Daniel Coshnear, Katie Flynn, & Judith Day

Reading with Molly Giles

Molly Giles Returns to Books & Letters with her new Memoir LIFESPAN

Ahimsa Timoteo Bodhrán in Conversation with Dr. Roger Kuhn

Ahimsa Timoteo Bodhrán Pond Farm Artist in Residence for June

Open Mic in the Garden

Bring your writing, music, theater, and or dance for all of us to enjoy!

Vegetarian Cookbook Author Joaninha

Recipes For A Good Life

An Evening with Queer Indigenous Author Dr. Roger Kuhn

An Evening with Dr. Roger Kuhn, Poarch Creek Two-Spirit Indigequeer activist, artist, sex therapist, and somacultural theorist

Reading with Middle Grade Author Michael Leali in Conversatin with Katryn Bury

Let's Celebrate Michael Leali's Latest Book The Truth About Triangles

Books + Dogs = LOVE

Join us as we find a home for our furry friends!

Reading with Local Children's Author and Artist Nöel Yates

Celebrate Meet The Greens!

An Evening with Solar Punk Farms and Russian River Books & Letters

Solar Punk Farms is a space built to inspire and inform people to work towards a regenerative future.

Valentine’s Day Reading

Join local poets Jacques Rancourt and Kelly Gray for an evening of all things love and dirt.

Reading with Manjula Martin

Join us for a reading with Manjula Martin who will discuss her new book THE LAST FIRE SEASON: A PERSONAL AND PYRONATURAL HISTORY

Areté Singers Mistletoe Carolers

Areté Singers Mistletoe Carolers will be performing at Russian River Books and Letters!

Reading "Cosechas lo que Siembras"

Teatro Almas Libres will be joining us for a reading of the play Cosechas lo que Siembras

A Chanukah Concert

Featuring Yiddish Favorites, Traditional Chanukah Music, and Celtic Tunes

M.R O'Connor

Join us and welcome Maura O’Connor to Armstrong Redwoods Forest Theater for her new book

Reading with Kelly Gray

Russian River Books & Letters presents an evening with Kelly Gray

Reading with Rich Rubin

The Day Before It Rained is an eclectic collection of short stories, from quirky portraits to tales of LGBTQ+ relationships to eccentric takes on friendship, romance, and everything in between.

Holiday Parade of Lights

Russian River Books & Letters will march down Main Street at the Holiday Parade of Lights

Shop local this holiday season!

Join us at the Guerneville Holiday Night Market for books, ornaments, and holiday cards.

Reading with John McCarty

Russian River Books & Letters welcomes back local award-winning author John McCarty to discuss his latest book Journey to Duncans Mills.

Reading with Jamie Della

Discover the Magick that lives within you. A Box of Magick will connect you with herbalism, rituals, and spells through the guidance of two priestesses, one from beyond the veil.

Celebrate Russian River Pride

Join Russian River Books & Letters and Coffee Bazaar to celebrate Russian River Pride with music, art, poets, discussion and pride!

Greg King presents The Ghost Forest

Join us and welcome award-winning journalist and local activist Greg King to Armstrong Redwoods Forest Theater for his new book – The Ghost Forest: Racists, Radicals, and Real Estate in the California Redwoods. The discussion will be followed by a Q&A.

Judith Day Book Launch

Join Books & Letters and Judith Day for the launch of her new collection of short stories GLOWING IN THE DARK published by Wordrunner Press.

Reading with Molly Giles

We are thrilled to welcome back Wife with Knife author Molly Giles to read and discuss her new novel Home for Unwed Husbands.

Discussion with Dave Pelzer

Russian River Books and Letters welcomes best-selling author Dave Pelzer for a discussion about his latest book “Return to the River”.

Reading with Nina LaCour

Russian River Books & Letters Book Club Presents An Evening with Nina LaCour to discuss her novel Yerba Buena

Reading with Federico Erebia

Pedro and Daniel are Mexican American brothers growing up in 1970s Ohio. Their mother resents that Pedro is a spitting image of their darker-skinned father; that Daniel likes dolls...

Reading with Cory Allen

Corey Allen will read from his debut memoir Breaking Free: A Saga of self discovery by a gay secret service agent. 

Reading The Wasteland

Centennial reading of T.S. Eliot’s The Wasteland

Reading with Monique Jenkinson

Monique Jenkinson (aka Fauxnique) shares an evening of stories from her memoir Faux Queen: A Life in Drag.

Reading with Marta May

Russian River Books & Letters welcomes writer Marta May to listen to her story.

4x4x4

4 poets are coming to read their work 4 posterity and 4 the present. Elizabeth Herron, Gail King, Pat Nolan, Jonah Raskin

Reading with Bart Schneider and Daniel Coshnear

Reading and discussion with Patricia Damery

Most of her writing concerns the lively experience of the spirit of place.

Oy Chanukah: A Yiddish Concert with Latkes

Come listen to a Yiddish concert surrounded by books.

Reading: The Freedom of New Beginnings

This event will bring together local contributors to this anthology to celebrate this brand-new publication

Reading with Tauno Biltsted

Join us for the reading of The Anatomist's Tale with its author Tauno Biltsted.

Reading with Kimberly

Live life to the fullest, leave nothing to the table.

The Books & Letters Book Club

Next Book Club October 12th at 7.30 pm. We will be reading The Promise by Damon Galgut.

Reading with John McCarty

An evening with award-winning Russian River Writer John McCarty.

An Evening of Poetry and Fiction

An Evening of Poetry and Fiction with David Booth and Daniel Coshnear

Reading with Michael Bourne

Come hear Michael Bourne read from his debut novel Blithedale Canyon.

Windsor Pride

We love Windsor because love wins here. Join Books & Letters at the First Annual Windsor Pride Festival Saturday, June 25th 2-9pm!

Reading with Mark Abramson

Join us for a reading with San Francisco writer Mark Abramson from his incredibly popular book River Days River Nights: True Gay Adventures from the Russian River 1976-1984.

Reading with Pond Farm Pottery Writer-In-Residence

Pond Farm Pottery June Writer-in-Residence, Sally Baho, will give a brief talk about her stay at the historic Pond Farm.

Bloomsday Celebration

Come add your voice to a group reading of the jocoserious perambulation, parodic hijinks, frank sex, and f’dup psychology of the legendary James Joyce classic.

The Guerneville and Russian River GLBT Story: A Talk with Gerry Takano

Learn about the Gay, Lesbian, Bi-sexual, and Transgender history of Guerneville and the Russian River, as well as the work that still needs to be done to explore, initiate, and promote our GLBT History. 

Reading & Talk with Abstract Artist and Writer Carolyn Wayland

Abstract Artist, and now Guerneville, local Carolyn Wayland will read from her book Painting the Cosmos: A Metaphysical Universe and discuss her inspirations and process. 

Reading with Roberta Llewellyn

Bay Area writer Roberta Llewellyn will read from her novel Lost Angels Coming Home.

Theater: An Evening of Shakespeare - The Tempest

Join Books & Letters and The Curtain Call Theater Company for an evening of Shakespeare.

Reading With Jim Skiba

Bring the whole family for a reading from Jim Skiba’s series “The Secret Lives Of Water Drops.”

Independent Bookstore Day 2022

Join us at Books & Letters for a day of gifts, prizes, music and literary Karaoke!

Reading with Jamie Della

The Book of Spells is the ultimate guide to healing, manifesting your desires, and diving confidently into the mysteries of magick.

Reading with Molly Giles

Molly Giles is reading from her book of short stories "Wife with Knife."

Reading with Daniel Coshnear

Coshnear paints separation anxiety as an engine of change while being careful to tend to the delicateness of the disorder's consequences.

Reading with Jacques Rancourt & Corey Van Landingham

Join Jacques J. Rancourt for a reading from his Brocken Spectre book of poems.

Free English Classes First Day

Classes are for beginners to intermediate and will be every Monday from 5:30 to 7pm at Books & Letters!

Magic Carpet Storytelling

Books & Letters and Magic Carpet Storytelling presents a Children's book reading

Children’s Reading - Spout the Dragon Becomes a Firefighter

Join us for this Children’s Reading for Fire Readiness Week. Spout isn't just your normal dragon. He has a calling and heeds that call!

Children’s Reading - Odin: Dog Hero of the Fires

Join us for this Children’s Reading for Fire Readiness Week...with real dogs and goats!

Fire Readiness Week

Join Firesafe Guerneville and Books and Letters for Fire Readiness Week February 20-26.

Spring Writer's Group Information Session

Writing is a solitary process, but you don't have to do it alone! Come join a group of dedicated writers interested in developing their writing while helping others writers do the same.

Guerneville School Interns & Readers

We host our first Guerneville School intern who will both help out in the store and lead a reading of the children’s book “Last Stop on Market Street.”

Happy Holidays and Gift Cards!

We wish you a Merry ChristmasAnd a Happy New Year! Not sure what to give? Gift Cards are here!

Reading with Jim Skiba

Join Jim Skiba for a reading from his Secret Life of Water drops series with a discussion to follow. It was many years ago in the month of December when a large drop of water started to collect itself on a papaya leaf in the early morning light.

Reading with Jim Skiba

Join Jim Skiba for a reading from his Secret Life of Water drops series with a discussion to follow. It was many years ago in the month of December when a large drop of water started to collect itself on a papaya leaf in the early morning light.

We are open! Come visit!

Your new bookstore at the Russian River has opened. We look forward to finding you books from all genres.