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Upcoming Events


Storytime with Author/Illustrator Heidi Moreno!

Luna Oscura: Lil Libros Release
August 7, 2022
2:00 pm – 3:30 pm

Cost: Free

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Heidi Moreno is an author-illustrator based out of Los Angeles. Most of her work is done traditionally using watercolors, gouache paint and colored pencils. She has a great love for cats and released her debut picture book, Working From Home with a Cat (Chronicle Books) in 2020 when most of us were working alongside our pets. Luna Oscura is her first children’s book, also about cats which she hopes will inspire little ones to care for cats. You can find out more about Heidi Moreno at heidiroo.com
Luna Oscura is a story about a shy black cat that hopes to find her forever home but is ostracized by the other community cats due to superstitious beliefs. Aided by her trusty companion, Toad, Luna goes on a mission to find her forever home realizing along the way that black cats are magic. This is a bilingual English-Spanish story about acceptance, no matter the color of your fur.




Sister Spit’s Ramblin’ Roadshow!

August 14, 2022
7:00 pm – 10:00 pm

Cost: Free

> Facebook event page

In celebration of 25 years on and off the road, the original SISTER SPIT’S RAMBLIN’ ROADSHOW comes to San Diego for one night at Verbatim Books, with hosting and classic banter and storytelling from the event’s founders SINI ANDERSON and MICHELLE TEA.

Events at Verbatim Books

Verbatim Books has hosted hundreds of events featuring local authors/poets, traveling authors, artists, musicians, performers, and much more. We twice produced the popular North Park Book Fair and are looking forward to creating more fun events for the public soon!

Things to know before contacting us about hosting your event:

As a primarily used bookstore, we do not host traveling authors that we do not already sell in the store. Please do not contact us with sales pitches or attempts to get us to purchase new titles, we will not be able to respond to these messages.

We never buy books via Ingram or Amazon.

Since we don’t want to “play favorites,” we rarely host events for individual authors. If you would like to put together a lineup of authors/poets/etc. (as opposed to just one person) we will be much more likely to want to host that event!

We don’t really do the traditional “book signings” and prefer to do events that are engaging and experiential. We are looking for events that bring our patrons readings, discussions, multiple perspectives, etc.

Our events are always free to the public, we do not host paid events unless the space is being rented from us (see below for information on how to rent our space).

Photography

Unfortunately, we can not allow any professional photo shoots during business hours.

Professional photo shoots can be arranged outside of our business hours. Contact us with the date/time of day that you would like to shoot, what the shoot is for, how many people will be present. Please be as specific as possible regarding the date/time, and remember to check our hours.

Rates and availability will vary depending on the type of photo shoot.

Event Space Rentals

Our beautiful event space can be available to host company parties and educational talks, celebrations, for filming locations, and more. Private rentals are only available outside of our business hours.

Amenities include:

Built-in PA system

75 folding chairs

10 tables 6’x2′

2 private restrooms

Customizable lighting options

Our max capacity is 60 seated/80 standing.

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3793 30th Street
San Diego, CA 92104
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Closed Tuesdays
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