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For more wonderful California content, find and follow Heyday on @bluesky: bsky.app/profile/heydaybooksโ€ฆ on @instagram: instagram.com/heydaybooks/ on @facebook: facebook.com/heydaybooks/ and at your local booksellers! ๐Ÿ“š

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New on @longreads: An excerpt from THE ENDURING WILD, Josh Jackson's forthcoming book on California's BLM landsโ€”millions of forgotten "leftover" acres of public wilderness. Out on June 24 from @heydaybooks๐Ÿ“š longreads.com/2025/06/12/blmโ€ฆ
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Self-taught butterfly obsessive Liam Oโ€™Brien shares his passion for these beloved and storied insects in this informative and surprisingly personal guidebook, featuring over 700 hand-drawn illustrationsโ€”out from Heyday this fall. buff.ly/wSC7rkn

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Next week, join Brook Thompson @BookshopSC as she shares the inspiring true story of the Indigenous-led movement for environmental justice that is the subject of her new picture book for kids. buff.ly/dPHkMKc

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This summer Heyday debuts an illustrated guide to San Francisco's Ocean Beach. Part love letter, part guidebook, scientist and surfer Eddy Rubin celebrates the inhabitants and phenomena that shape this dynamic coastal ecosystem perched at landโ€™s end. buff.ly/WXNHRa5

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With 60 species profiled and 125 full-color photographs, ๐˜พ๐™–๐™ก๐™ž๐™›๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™– ๐™‡๐™ž๐™ฏ๐™–๐™ง๐™™๐™จ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ƒ๐™ค๐™ฌ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™๐™๐™š๐™ข is designed for ease of use in the field, making it the perfect companion for outdoor adventures. @snakeymama @Afro_Herper buff.ly/qUGoeXd
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Journalist @RosannaXia's debut book ๐˜พ๐™–๐™ก๐™ž๐™›๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™– ๐˜ผ๐™œ๐™–๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™Ž๐™š๐™–, highlighting climate issues impacting Californiaโ€™s coast, is the Book in Common pick for Chico State's 2025-26 school year. buff.ly/0hOP9C0

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Are you a proto-druid seeking communion with animist spirituality? A nature newb who picked up birding for the first time during the pandemic? โžฑ buff.ly/m1e3jCs
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"@ObiKaufmann knows California like Kevin Starr or Mike Davis. Heโ€™s authored six books in the last 8 years and his interdisciplinary work addresses ecology, biodiversity and geography while using his own hand-painted watercolor maps to tell the story." buff.ly/b9BYxHL

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National Geographic Explorer Krystle Hickman profiles California's native bees from A to Z in her forthcoming image-rich guidebook spotlighting 26 remarkable species alongside stunning nature photography, out from Heyday this fall. #WorldBeeDay buff.ly/ijAf1Ub

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Heyday Publisher Steve Wasserman shares his exhilarating journey through the world of books in ๐™๐™š๐™ก๐™ก ๐™ˆ๐™š ๐™Ž๐™ค๐™ข๐™š๐™ฉ๐™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ, ๐™๐™š๐™ก๐™ก ๐™ˆ๐™š ๐˜ผ๐™ฃ๐™ฎ๐™ฉ๐™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ, ๐™€๐™ซ๐™š๐™ฃ ๐™„๐™› ๐™„๐™ฉ'๐™จ ๐™– ๐™‡๐™ž๐™šโ€”and the audiobook, narrated by Wasserman, is now 50% off from audiobooks.com
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๐˜พ๐™–๐™ก๐™ž๐™›๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™– ๐˜ผ๐™œ๐™–๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™Ž๐™š๐™– by Pulitzer finalist @RosannaXia is the 2025 California Book Club pick from @AltaJournal! The book club celebrates exceptional books by Golden State authors and culminates in a live virtual event. Details: buff.ly/gOqskaH

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The Los Angeles Daily News ranks @ObiKaufmann's bestselling book ๐™๐™๐™š ๐™Ž๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š ๐™ค๐™› ๐™๐™ž๐™ง๐™š among its best books of 2024. buff.ly/WpBVbZv
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๐™‡๐™ค๐™ช๐™™๐™š๐™ง ๐™๐™๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™‡๐™ž๐™š๐™จ "is what every #AsianAmerican needs to hear right now," writes the International Examiner, "The book is a reclamation of the beauty, pain, and paradoxes that come with being Asian American." #AAPIHeritageMonth buff.ly/57Lh9vh

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LA trekker, writer, and public lands advocate Josh Jackson shares the inspiration behind his forthcoming book ๐™๐™๐™š ๐™€๐™ฃ๐™™๐™ช๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™’๐™ž๐™ก๐™™, which explores California's vast expanse of public wilderness and the threats they face today. #BLMLand buff.ly/K3yoR7N

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In this episode of @PBS' "Climate California," @RosannaXia, author of ๐˜พ๐™–๐™ก๐™ž๐™›๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™– ๐˜ผ๐™œ๐™–๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™Ž๐™š๐™– shares the challenges rising sea levels pose as communities grapple with hard choices: to erect sea walls or retreat from the shoreline. buff.ly/igEIWeF

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Emily Taylor (@snakeymama), author of ๐˜พ๐™–๐™ก๐™ž๐™›๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™– ๐™Ž๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ ๐™š๐™จ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ƒ๐™ค๐™ฌ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™๐™๐™š๐™ข, is back with a new adventure for reptile enthusiasts: ๐˜พ๐™–๐™ก๐™ž๐™›๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™– ๐™‡๐™ž๐™ฏ๐™–๐™ง๐™™๐™จ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ƒ๐™ค๐™ฌ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™๐™๐™š๐™ข. buff.ly/TGhWMOz
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"In her remarkable autobiography, ๐™๐™๐™ž๐™จ ๐˜ฝ๐™š๐™ก๐™ก ๐™Ž๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ก๐™ก ๐™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™จ, Barbra Dane," who would have been 98 today, "recalls encounters with Woody Guthrie, Big Bill Broonzy, Pete Seeger, Earl Hines, Jack Teagarden, Count Basie, to name but a few." buff.ly/Zhi4dXl

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San Francisco Chronicle-bestseller ๐˜ฟ๐™š๐™š๐™ฅ ๐™Š๐™–๐™ ๐™ก๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ is now out in paperback! "This book has turned me into a newcomer to my own city," says Jenny Odell (@the_jennitaur). Grab your copy today and let it forever change the way you see the Town too. buff.ly/b6HQecM
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"If youโ€™ve ever seen an @ObiKaufmann book, you know that youโ€™re in for a treat," writes @earthislandjrnl. His latest book blends eco-philosophy with art to explore California's ancient relationship with wildfire. buff.ly/a6al2zR

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