Independent Bookstore Day with Bookish Trivia and Laura Dave

Submitted by the Event Organizer

Celebrate Independent Bookstore Day at Kepler’s with an afternoon of bookish events. We’ll kick off the celebration at 2:00 with free literary trivia and, at 4:30, Laura Dave will take to the stage to talk about her bestselling novel The First Time I Saw Him with Pia Chatterjee.

Program

2:00–3:30: FREE Literary Trivia with Ashley

Join us for a lively literary trivia event featuring questions across genres, including contemporary fiction, fantasy, thrillers, romance, and classic reads. Participants will form teams and compete for prizes through several fast-paced rounds. While all ages are welcome, the questions are geared more toward adult readers and avid book lovers.

4:30–5:30: TICKETED CONVERSATION Laura Dave with Pia Chatterjee

Laura Dave is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of several novels, including The Last Thing He Told Me and its sequel, The First Time I Saw Him, which was recently released by Scribner. Laura’s novels have sold more than six million copies and have been translated into over twenty languages. The Last Thing He Told Me is now a series on Apple TV+, and two of her other novels are set to be feature films at Netflix. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband and their son.

Pia Chatterjee is a writer, essayist, and a board member of the San Francisco Writers Grotto. Pia’s upmarket suspense, All the Happy Families, is a semifinalist for Avid Reader Press 2025 Books Like Us contest. She has won the Ledge prize for fiction and was a finalist for the BreadLoaf-Rona Jaffe Foundation award. Pia’s work has appeared in Zyzzyva, CNN, San Francisco Chronicle, 7X7, Hyphen Magazine, and others. Pia has a BA from Oxford University and an MFA from UC Riverside, and she lives in San Francisco with her husband and son.

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