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“The legendary Ursula K. Le Guin grants us a little further insight into a mind that has shaped worlds and readers for decades. Le Guin’s language is remarkable, poetic, and precise, whether venerating another artist or gently mocking literary critics. This collection of essays, speeches, and short nonfiction runs a gamut of subjects and topics, but always does so with the care and passion of an artist who sees the beauty and gravity of everything around her.”

Jocelyn • Bookshop Santa Cruz

“The incredibly popular Witcher video game series is actually based off of this series of stories and novels from a Polish writer. The game designers wanted to make a game in tribute to their favorite author, and ended up reviving the books, and getting them translated into English. Which I'm really glad for. This is the first book, a collection of the short stories the character first appeared in, before embarking on his main epic adventure. It pulls thoughtfully from fairy tales, creates a...”

Jocelyn • Bookshop Santa Cruz

“A proud, interplanetary empire stands on the brink of destruction, war and intrigue tearing it apart. A Princess missing years ago is the last hope...or a gunrunner facing mutiny and betrayal, who does not want to go home. The fast-paced story kept me hooked, action balanced with memorable characters unraveling a deep-seated plot for the throne. If you need to escape to the stars—or to a seedy back alley—this is the book.”

Jocelyn • Bookshop Santa Cruz

“Mara Wilson, the girl who was Matilda, looks over a world and life never as bright as the movies made it out to be. Incredibly candid, honestly heart-full, she not only relates wry, funny stories of an idiosyncratic child-star life, but also of dealing with OCD and depression, early great loss, and growing up to an artistic life. Fascinating as an online personality, I loved getting to know her (and recognizing myself) in these pages.”

Jocelyn • Bookshop Santa Cruz

“This is how to do a sequel right - if sequel is even the correct term. Picking up right where the The Fifth Season left off, this book is more mature as the situation matures, trusting that the reader is ready to deal with yet more depth and complexity. The world of the Stillness is revealed to be more definitively high fantasy - but the issues and people are revealed to be yet more familiarly of our real world. No single person is clearly good or evil, only opposed to each other - in spite...”

Jocelyn • Bookshop Santa Cruz

“Welcome to ancient Japan, a place of history and of folklore, where tengu haunt the mountain forests and intrigue haunts the capital. The ambitions of sorcerers vie with the politics of rule and succession, and children are so many pawns in the hands of adults—until they form their own plans. This beginning to an original, magical, historical series will sweep you away. A new folktale whose next installment you can read later this year.”

Jocelyn • Bookshop Santa Cruz