Events

Come celebrate the season with Bookshop Santa Cruz! Our knowledgeable staff will be sharing their recommendations for the perfect books for everyone on your gift list. We’ll be hosting this night of tinsel, tomes and treats—featuring raffle prizes, book giveaways, and more—from 7:00pm until 8:30pm. One lucky customer will receive the Grand Prize: A personal shopping spree of 20% off storewide for the entire month of December! Booksellers will be on hand throughout the store, ready to share their knowledge of fiction, mysteries, biographies, new arrivals, cookbooks, and children’s books, (among others) so you can make sure that every reader in your life is getting the book that is just right for them. In addition, Bookshop’s book buyers will present their top five picks of the season, starting in Children’s Books at 7:15pm, moving to Cookbooks at 7:45, and ending in Hardbacks at 8:15pm. Let us shine the light on the books we think stand out above and beyond the rest this season!    Like every great winter gathering, we’ll be providing warm drinks and tasty treats to all. We can’t wait to see you there! — Bookshop Santa Cruz Special Holiday Services & Offers — •  Don’t stand in line at the post office! Bookshop will ship gifts directly anywhere in the world. Ask at our information desk. •  Free shipping on any order over $50 at bookshopsantacruz.com (from Thanksgiving to the New Year) •  Pre-wrapped gift cards and bestsellers available for quick shopping •  Customized gift subscriptions where each month Bookshop picks out the perfect books for the readers in your life. Pick up a Bookshop Santa Cruz Selects Subscription brochure at our information desk brochure.