Events

My Ardent Love for the Pencil moves like a sloth in silk: slowly, precisely, gorgeously.

From the “talented and impassioned writer” (San Francisco Chronicle) of How to Kill a City, a riveting journey that combines Drug Use for Grown-Ups with How to Do Nothing, as it explores our national mental health and drug use crises while also searching for answers as to how we can find a path to collective healing.

A groundbreaking new roadmap for female success—how to be influential, respected, and well-liked at work, at home, and beyond—from a leading business coach and communication expert.

Come celebrate the co-launches of Whites by Mark Doten and An Oral History by Ed Park!

There’s a global resurgence of interest in psychedelics, but there has not been a comprehensive, reliable book that combines contemporary science, ancient wisdom, and practical guidance for using these mysterious, magical molecules. Until now.

Liberty: 150 Years Dedicated to Art, Culture, and Design: 2025 marks 150 years of Liberty, a milestone celebration of our cutting-edge legacy in design, craftsmanship, and creativity. Join us as we honor the artists, designers, and makers who have shaped Liberty’s story, alongside those driving today’s artistic movement.

Three writers share intimate portraits of caring for – or stepping away from – relatives whose mental illness and dysfunction deeply impacted their lives. They reflect on research, reportage, and the profound insights they each took from traumatic family stories, offering pathways toward empowerment, understanding, and self-care.

Come celebrate the dual launch for Galloway’s Gospel by Sam Rebelein and Acquired Taste by Clay McLeod Chapman at Powerhouse Arena!

Seriously Entertaining — the critically-acclaimed literary cabaret series produced by House of SpeakEasy — is coming to powerHouse Books for a special show celebrating A Century of Poetry in The New Yorker: 1955-2025. Join us to hear original storytelling from four poets featured in the anthology, including Billy Collins and Monica Youn, preceded by a showcase of student poets from House of SpeakEasy’s SpeakTogether program with the Williamsburg High School of Arts and Technology. 

For two best friends desperate to escape their dead-end town, a viral online persona becomes a dangerous game of control in a twisting psychological thriller about class, power, and identity.

A memoir of sex, angst, and rocks, Turn to Stone chronicles one woman’s ascent—on walls of stone and within herself—as she faces her demons and finds freedom and power in the raw and wild adventure of rock climbing.

A darkly comic novel set on the lower slopes of the Los Angeles literary world.

From the author of The Ayatollah Begs to Differ comes a globe-spanning memoir of identity, exile, and reinvention.

The untold story of OC punk—the loud, rebellious force behind the ‘90s explosion of the Orange County music scene, featuring stories about legendary bands like Social Distortion, The Offspring, No Doubt, Sublime, The Adolescents, The Vandals, and many more

If you’ve ever waited tables, cried in a dive bar, danced in weird costumes in the street, tried to pay rent in drink tickets, or been in love with a city that might not love you back, this is your book.

After a year of self-imposed exile, a young writer attends a New Year’s Eve party in hopes of reconnecting with old classmates in a blackly humorous tale set on a single snowy night.

Poppy State is a love letter to California and a story of resilience and reclamation through a relationship with plants, memory, myth, and indigenous knowledge.

A poignant coming-of-age story with the sensitivity and haunting power of What Belongs to You and Swimming in the Dark, about a young boy wrestling with his sexuality as war breaks out in modern Ukraine.

A timely and transformative new framework for success from a sought-after strategist, speaker, and author

How carbon dioxide made planet Earth, shaped human history, and now holds our future in the balance