Independent Bookstore Day with Bookish Trivia and Laura Dave

Schedule

Sat Apr 25 2026 at 02:00 pm to 05:30 pm

UTC-07:00

Location

Kepler's Books | Menlo Park, CA

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Join us for a bookish afternoon at Kepler's to celebrate Independent Bookstore Day!
About this Event

Program

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

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

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, bestselling author Laura Dave will take to the stage to talk about her bestselling novel The Last Thing He Told Me with Pia Chatterjee. RSVP for either event (or both) so we’ll know you’re coming!

About the Speakers 

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.


COVID SAFETY PROTOCOLS: We strongly encourage attendees to wear masks at our events, although they will NOT be required. We will have masks available for attendees who want them. Do NOT attend the event if you, or any member of your family, have any respiratory symptoms (e.g. cough, runny nose, and/or sore throat), or have had a significant exposure to someone who has tested positive for COVID-19.

ACCESSIBILITY: We never want cost to be a barrier to admission for our community. Please email events [at] keplers [dot] org if you would like to attend this event but cannot afford a ticket. To request an accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) for this event, please email events [at] keplers [dot] org at least one week prior to the event.

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Kepler's Books, 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park, United States

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