July 2015 (in which we announce a raffle for a signed copy of To Kill a Mockingbird and our first-ever "Summer Camp for Grown-Ups").
Book Group Festival Invitation
April 2015 (in which we announce a visit with Helen McDonald, author of H Is for Hawk and a red-tail hawk named Fire)
January 2015 (in which we announce our new shop at 3 Railroad Avenue and visits with Rabih Alameddine and Pete Crooks)
October 2014 (in which we present visits with Colm Toibin, Garth Stein, and B.J. Novak)
September 2014 (in which we announce the return of Annie Barrows and an extraordinary morning with Gail Sheehy and Ellen Tauscher)
June 2014 (in which we discuss the benefits of shopping indie and announce the 4th Annual Book Group Festival)
May 2014 (in which we announce the first-ever California Bookstore Day!)
February 2014 (in which we announce the return of Henry Winkler and Helene Wecker)
January 2014 (in which we announce visits with Laurie Halse Anderson, Amy Tan, and Armistead Maupin)
November 2013 (in which we announce visits with Ann Patchett, Patricia Wells, and Jeff Kinney)
October 2013 (in which we announce a special conversation event with Allan Gurganus and Andre Dubus III)
Labor Day Weekend 2013 (in which we break our usual routine to share "12 East Bay Adventures for Booklovers This Weekend ")
July 2013 (in which we mention one our favorite picture books, The Day the Crayons Quit, for the first time and we are voted Best Indie Bookshop by the readers of Diablo.)
May 2013 (in which Karen Finlay shares her memories of growing up as a "Rakestraw Reader")
April 2013 (in which Joyce Carol Oates says some nice things about Rakestraw Books and we celebrate 40 Years as "The Bookstore in Danville")
January 2013 (in which we announce a special event with JoJo Moyes, author of Me Before You)
November 2012 (Part Two) (in which we announce Small Business Saturday)
November 2012 (Part One) (in which we announce our move to 550 Hartz Ave and welcome some new staff)
October 2012 (in which we announce events with Bishop Gene Robinson, Tony LaRussa, Michael Chabon, and more!)
Late July 2012 (in which we show Johnny Evison some love and announce events with Maggie Shipstead and Jim Lynch)
Early July 2012 (in which we launch the new website and invite folks to lunch with Deborah Harkness.
One of Deb's fans made sugar cookies!)
May 2012 (in which we announce a luncheon with Bravo TV's Andy Cohen. Mazel!)
March 2012 (in which Jonathan Evison visits and we commission our first beer glass!)
January 2012 (in which we use the subject line "Dead Heads, Crowned Head, Best Friends, Un-Friends)
December 2011 (in which we make a some wonderfully random recommendations)
An Invitation to an Olive Oil Dinner
July 2011 (in which we raffle off a French dinner party)
May 2011 (in which we announce the first-ever Book Group Festival, a cycling event, and an architectural tour of SF)
March 2011 (in which we announce special events with Lois Lowry and Andre Dubus III)
December 2010 (Part Two) (in which we announce that Rakestraw Books has won the 2010 Town of Danville Design Award for Best Remodel)
November 2010 (in which we announce a Danville panel discussion with Michael Krasny and Armistead Maupin's first visit to Rakestraw Books)
October 2010 (in which we announce event with Pulitzer Prize-winner Tim Egan and a lunch with chef David Tanis. Here's a recipe for Tanis's Carne Adovada.)
August 2010 (in which announce visits with Mary Roach and Carl Hiaasen)