Booktails Spring 2026: Escape!
Escape! By Stephen Fishbach Last month, we hosted a poll over on our Patreon asking members to vote on March’s Booktail selection, and I couldn’t have been more excited about the winning title. It’s Survivor season, and Escape! by Stephen Fishbach is the...
Linda Fleming: A Library of Ideas
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Collage Jam The Opposite of Lonely
A new class at Arts Benicia is bringing people together twice a month for artmaking, socializing, and informal learning. It’s called Collage Jam, an event where people gather to create collages using provided or personal materials. In addition to being a place to...
Black-Owned
Black-owned bookstores have been at the forefront of countless political, community, cultural, and literacy movements throughout our country’s history. From the first recorded Black-owned bookstore in America, opened in 1834, to the hundreds that have opened and...
Self-Growth Books That Promote Exploration
In the spirit of exploration, we’ve collected a short list of self-growth books that center around exploring skills, emotions, habits, and lifestyle changes. Pick up one, or all, of these titles at Bookshop Benicia and begin the New Year with pages full of positivity...
Blackbird Gallery: The Moment to Arise
Take a little luck, a good friendship, a desire for something new, many months of watching and imagining, and a lot of positive thinking – toss these ingredients together and you get the new Blackbird Gallery, which opened the first weekend in December at 422 First...
Capitola: A Great Vibe Among Plein Air Painters
Capitola Village by the Sea is one of the oldest vacation retreats on the Pacific Coast. The original resort was built by Santa Cruz County pioneer Frederick Hihn in 1882. While it continues to attract tourists with beautiful scenery, year-round events, boutiques, and...
Booktails: The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden
“She belonged to the house in the sense that she had nothing else, no other life than the house, but the house, by itself, did not belong to her.” The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden is a quietly remarkable and brilliantly plotted debut novel filled with feverish...
Stitches and Strokes: The Art of MaryFrances Kelly-Poh
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