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Highlighting one of our favorite Illustrators: Jon Klassen!
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The Poetry Circle will be meeting on Monday, March 9th, at 10:30 AM to discuss The Collected Poems of Amy Clampitt.

It's the Year of the Horse! Here are some titles featuring horses in recognition of this year's Chinese zodiac animal.

For this Black History Month, we get not one but TWO new books about Toni Morrison!

The Walnut Creek Library Foundation event with Kevin Smokler has been moved to Tuesday, March 10, at 7 PM. The location remains the same (Walnut Creek Library).

Tickets can be reserved for free here: buff.ly/Fj6ebbE

This Valentine's Day, fall in love... with your local indie bookstore! 💘

Pat's Book Club will be reading and discussing Seven Lives and One Great Love by Lena Divani. The book club will meet on Thursday, March 5, at 11 AM in-store.

All are welcome to join the book club!

Our local mystery book club, Murder Over Easy, will be meeting on Thursday, February 26, at 10:30 AM to discuss Brian Copeland's Outraged.

Brian Copeland will be making an appearance to answer questions and sign books for attendees.

All are welcome to join the book club meeting and discussion!

The Price of Mercy Lafayette Library and Learning Center Foundation

LLLCF will be hosting Emily Galvin Almanza on Tuesday, Feb. 24 at 7PM. Books will be provided by Orinda Books!

The Walnut Creek Library Foundation will be hosting Kevin Smokler as he discusses his book Break the Frame at the Walnut Creek Library on Tuesday, February 17, at 7 PM. RSVP here: buff.ly/uF2FZP9

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Stock up on books for your Valentine!

We'd like to highlight one of our staff's favorite children's book illustrators: X. Fang! X. Fang is the author of We are Definitely Human, Dim Sum Palace, and, the winner of the 2025 New York Public Library's Best Illustrated Children's Book, Broken.

Orinda Books is open regular hours today, 10 AM to 5:30 PM.
Happy MLK Jr. Day!

For February, Pat's Book Club will be reading and discussing Jokha Alharthi's Celestial Bodies. The book club will be meeting in-store on Thursday, February 5th, at 11 AM.

I don't know about you but I love a hot cup of tea when I sit down to read. Now, Orinda Books has you covered! We are now selling NovelTea tea tins with a variety of delicious (and punny) loose leaf teas. Care for a cup of Picture of Earl Grey? How 'bout some War and Peach?

Live! From the Library - The Lost and the Found with Kevin Fagan Award-winning journalist Kevin Fagan – episodically homelessness in his youth – spent decades covering homelessness for the San Francisco Chronicle. His book The Lost and the Found, hailed by the...

The Walnut Creek Library Foundation will be hosting Kevin Fagan, author of The Lost and the found, on Tuesday, January 20, at 7 PM in the Oak View Room at the Walnut Creek Library.

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It's almost 2026!

We're open half day today for New Year's Eve; 10 AM to 3 PM. We'll be closed tomorrow for New Year's Day.

We'll see you all in the New Year!

Don't forget to buy your new 2026 wall calendars! We have several wall, desk, and planning calendars still available for purchase in-store. Take advantage of the last few days of 2025 to get ready for the New Year!

As they say in the old U.K., Happy Boxing Day!

We're closed today and the next couple of days. We'll see you all in-store on Monday. Have a relaxing weekend!

Merry Christmas from Orinda Books!
We're open half day today and then closed from tomorrow through Sunday. Stop by and get your last-minute gifts now!

Pat's Book Club will be meeting in the new year on Thursday, January 8th, at 11 AM. They will be reading and discussing Elizabeth O'Connor's Whale Fall.