Bay Area events calendar for July 3-9 weekly editions

Participate in themed activities and celebrate major soccer matches happening across the Bay Area at this event. Show up in a ...
The New York Times

Book Review

The best-selling author Gillian McAllister recommends novels that blend escapist settings with pulse-pounding intrigue and bloody murder. By Gillian McAllister A new book by Samuel Moyn argues that ...

Japan’s Eiko Kadono, author of ‘Kiki’s Delivery Service,’ still believes in the magic of books at 91

Eiko Kadono, the 91-year-old author behind Japan’s most famous and beloved children's fantasy books, has a little trouble ...
NPR

Books

June 23, 2026 • Facts by day, fiction by night! At the end of a long day in the newsroom, many of our journalists head home and escape into novels of all types.