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When Bay Area book tours and launch parties were canceled due to the coronavirus, KALW producer Lisa Morehouse decided to bring author readings to you in this socially-distanced book tour. We loved the idea so much, we're going to keep the book party going with this pocket-sized book tour.Want to tell us about a book that's being published soon by a local author? Write us at [email protected] Arrivals airs on KALW 91.7 FM in the San Francisco Bay Area on Tuesdays at 7:19 a.m. and 3:48 p.m.

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Novel set in 9/11-era Middle East features mother/daughter relationship

2026/09/08

Devi S. Laskar lives in Mountain View. Her book, 'Midnight at the War,' came out in April 2026. It’s about a foreign correspondent covering a global conflict... but really it’s a story about love and grief and the relationship between a daughter and her mother.

New Danish Kurani book explores the spaces that make us

2026/08/25

Danish Kurani lives in Mountain View. His book, 'The Spaces that Make Us,' came out in February 2026.

Twins – and the psychedelic renaissance – at heart of new Lindsay Kent thriller

2026/08/18

Lindsay Kent lives in Half Moon Bay. Her book, 'My Twin the Murderer' came out in June, 2026. It's a mind-bending thriller about estranged twin sisters battling a murder rap, the psychedelic mafia, and their own fractured past.

Parisian statues come to life in Lauren C. Johnson’s new fantasy

2026/08/11

Lauren C. Johnson lives in San Francisco. Her book, The West Facade came out on March 3rd, 2026. It’s a fantasy novel about a statue of St Genevieve who gives into her desire to be human.

In new book, Leslie Howard, Richard Rosen re-examine shavasana

2026/08/04

"Shavasana, Between Breath and Death," is about the final pose done in a yoga class, as well as using the pose to change our relationship to our feelings about death and dying.

Jessica Guerrieri explores all the ways women disappear in new novel

2026/07/28

It's a novel that takes on the ways women can disappear; physically and emotionally.

Mike Huguenor chronicles iconic indy label Asian Man Records

2026/07/21

The book is about the first 30 years of one of the most important record labels to come out of the South Bay Area.

Vanessa Hua tackles race, class, housing, and suburbia in new novel

2026/07/14

Vanessa Hua lives in the East Bay. Her novel, Coyoteland, came out May 12th, 2026. It’s about wealth, privilege and the housing market, as well as territory, predator, and prey.

Jase Peeples pens YA novel about gay, comic book-obsessed teen

2026/05/19

Jase Peeples lives in San Francisco. His book, Before You Can Fly, came out May 8th, 2026. It’s a YA coming of age romance about a gay, comic-book obsessed teen who is struggling with his growing feelings for his best friend.

Nadine Takvorian graphic novel explores Armenian genocide

2026/05/12

It's about a teenage daughter of Armenian immigrants from Istanbul Turkey, who struggles with her identity and searches for the true stories of her family's history of surviving genocide.

Caroline Paul book extols the wonders of flight

2026/05/05

Caroline Paul lives in San Francisco. Her book Why Fly? came out February 24th, 2026. She reads a passage about an emergency landing she had to make.

Liam O’Brien creates illustrated guide to Bay Area butterflies

2025/09/30

Liam O’Brien lives in San Francisco. His book, "Butterflies of the Bay Area, and (Slightly) Beyond," is about the places and the zones where humans and butterflies converge. It came out September 30th, 2025.

Eddy Rubin book an illustrated nature guide to Ocean Beach

2025/09/23

The book is partly a love letter and partly a field guide to the creatures, currents, weather that you might encounter or be curious about walking along the sand or paddling a surfboard a distance from the shore.

Taiwanese novelist takes a California road trip in Alvin Lu novel

2025/09/16

The book is about Chinese literary exiles in California. There’s a scandal and a roadtrip as they investigate and look for a mysterious woman who was involved in a murder of one of their friends.

Gary Prost book explores California’s geology

2025/09/09

Gary Prost's new book is about his journey across the state from the Marin headlands to the wine country, from the gold fields to Death Valley, to learn about the geology of this amazing state.