Kepler's Literary Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit arts organization dedicated to enriching and inspiring the community through literary and cultural programs. We provide a forum for celebrated writers, artists, and original thinkers to discuss their ideas, insights, perspectives and stories with audiences of all ages and backgrounds.
Our Upcoming Events
Bestselling authors and journalistic titans Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson join us to rethink some of society's most deep-rooted problems.
Environmentalist Paul Hawken takes on a journey into the world of carbon, the most versatile element on the planet.
Bestselling author John Green invites us to join the conversation about the world's deadliest infectious disease.
This month the Kepler’s Non-Fiction Book Club will discuss A Sand County Almanac by Aldo Leopold.
Carolyn Huynh joins us on the Kepler’s stage with her new family dramedy, The Family Recipe.
Gary Rivlin has had a front-row seat to Silicon Valley’s AI gold rush, and he joins us to talk about his new book, AI Valley, which describes founders, venture capitalists, and tech titans locked a mad-dash race to cash in on the most transformative technology since the internet.
In her groundbreaking Eve, Cat Bohannon asks the questions that scientists should have been addressing for decades about female bodies.
Bestselling author Brian Selznick joins us to discuss Run Away With Me, his unforgettable coming-of-age love story for young adults.
Join us for a lively discussion about the 25 novels selected by Alta Journal that capture the spirit, complexity, diversity, and culture of California.
Bestselling author Alka Joshi returns to Kepler’s with her sweeping new novel, Six Days in Bombay.
Bestselling author Malcolm Harris joins us with his vital guide for collective political action against the climate apocalypse.
We are delighted Jane Ganahl is returning to Kepler’s for an introductory lecture and discussion about personal essay and memoir.
Veteran journalist Andrew North first set foot in Afghanistan after the fall of the Taliban in 2001. In War & Peace & War, he draws on two decades of covering the country to tell the story of the West’s defeat and the Taliban’s return to power.
Dorsey Nunn joins us to talk about his decade behind bars which spurred fifty powerful years of political and legal battles for freedom and human rights.
This month the Kepler’s Non-Fiction Book Club will discuss Washington: A Life by celebrated biographer Ron Chernow.
Psychotherapist Benjamin Yalom joins us to discuss Hour of the Heart, the memoir written in collaboration with his father and one of the most prominent psychotherapists of our time, Irvin Yalom.
Deep Cuts Book Club is back with another round of female writing that changed literature.
America’s most beloved wiseass, Dave Barry, joins us to tell his life story with all the humor you’d expect from a man who made a career out of making fun of pretty much everything.
Nura Maznavi joins us to discuss her mesmerizing debut novel set in a tightly knit Pakistani American community.
Stegner Fellow Jemimah Wei joins us with her dazzling debut novel which explores the formation and dissolution of family bonds in a story of ambition and sisterhood in turn-of-the-millennium Singapore.
Remarkably Bright Creatures author, Shelby Van Pelt, joins us to talk about casting a giant octopus at the center of her novel and more!
Free! Hear from and meet Katie Hafner, Jon Hickey, Susanna Kwan and Danielle Teller.
Join us to hear from internationally renowned pediatric neurosurgeon, Dr David Sandberg.
This month the Kepler’s Non-Fiction Book Club will discuss Washington: A Life by celebrated biographer Ron Chernow.
Join us to hear from four artisans who are redefining modern living.
Deep Cuts Book Club is back with another round of female writing that changed literature.
Deep Cuts Book Club is back with another round of female writing that changed literature.

Premier Events
Kepler's Literary Foundation offers a nationally recognized program of live cultural and literary events for the general public that covers a range of global and local topics.
These events feature a wide variety of public figures, including historians, social commentators, scientists and science writers, physicians, scholars, journalists, educators, novelists, chefs, business and technology leaders, and many other subject matter experts from around the world.
Residents of our community interact with recognized experts face to face and learn from their ideas, insights, and experiences.

Youth Events
Kepler's Literary Foundation produces literary events at Kepler's and in local schools, including the public schools serving East Palo Alto and the Belle Haven neighborhood in Menlo Park.
The goal of the youth program is to ignite a passion in students for reading and writing. Outstanding writers, artists, and original thinkers meet face-to-face with students to discuss the importance and power of storytelling.
These programs encourage students to tackle the challenges intrinsic to their own lives and communities and to find their voice through their own writing.

This Is Now with Angie Coiro
Veteran journalist Angie Coiro hosts a series of smart, funny and insightful on-stage interviews with notable newsmakers, writers, and artists.
Angie's interviews with Roxane Gay, Jane Mayer, Susan Faludi and more have drawn standing room only crowds at Kepler's and displayed the brilliance behind some of today's top thinkers and new insights into some of today's most complex issues.

Literary Seminars
Kepler's Literary Foundation hosts literary seminars and classes for those who are interested in a deeper involvement with reading and writing literature.
Each Literary Seminar combines the profound pleasure of reading an exceptional novel with the depth of a college-level lecture providing insightful interpretation and greater understanding.