Walden Pond Books in the News and on the Web:

• Marshall Curatolo (March 31, 1928 - February 29, 2024)
  (The beloved founder of Walden Pond Books has passed away.)
• "Ho! Ho! Holiday refrain: Shop local in the Bay Area amid Black Friday spending"
  (Walden Pond Books gets noticed by the San Jose Mercury News.)
• "Shelf Life: NoViolet Bulawayo"
  (The Booker Prize finalist and author of We Need New Names and Glory credits Walden Pond Books for her discovery of a "wonderfully strange read" in this Elle Magazine article.)
• "'What is Oakland?' Amy Schneider, Jeopardy! champ, on the city she loves"
  (Amy Schneider gives a shout-out to Walden Pond Books in this Oaklandside article.)
• "Old love and new tech: How the Bay Area's independent bookstores survived the pandemic"
  (San Francisco Chronicle)
• "Tell Us Your Summer Reading Picks"
  (Our sales manager was one of the featured guests on this KQED broadcast.)
• "The Best 10 Bookstores in Oakland CA"
  (Yelp)
• "The East Bay's Best Independent Bookstores"
  (7x7)
• "As Bookstores Fight For Survival, The Community Gives Them Hope"
  (KALW 91.7-FM)
• "Independent Bookstores Get Creative to Survive the Long Lockdown"
  (Bloomberg News)
• "Indies Launch GoFundMe Campaigns to Survive Coronavirus Shutdown"
  (Publishers Weekly)
• "The Best Bookstores in Oakland"
  (The Bold Italic)
• "The Myth of Self-Reliance"
  (In this Paris Review article, Jenny Odell, author of How to Do Nothing, muses on her day at Walden Pond Books when a copy of Emerson's Essays found its way into her unsuspecting hands.)
• "A Day In Oakland's Grand Lake Neighborhood"
  (Culture Trip)
• "The 15 Best Places to Shop in Oakland"
  (FourSquare)
• "Bookshops: USA"
  (For Reading Addicts: Walden Pond Books is one of seven California bookstores reviewed in this directory of world bookstores.)
• "A Well-Designed Day in Oakland's Grand Lake Neighborhood"
  (Apartment Therapy)
• "Oakland's Coolest Spots"
  (Yelp)
• "31 Independent Bookstores That Are Every Book Lover's Dream"
  (BuzzFeed: Walden Pond Books is #8 on the list!)
• "The East Bay's Cutest Book and Music Store Pets"
  (East Bay Express: "At Walden Pond Books, two massive white Samoyeds named Kip and Amos rested regally on the sidewalk of Grand Avenue for more than a decade. Amos passed away in 2013 and Kip joined him last year.")
• "R.I.P. Amos"
  (James Barry Knox Photography - w/ photo)
• "Walden Pond Books"
  (Oakland Wiki entry)
• "Walden Pond Books"
  (Foursquare entry - w/ photos)
• "Walden Pond Books celebrates 40th year on Grand Avenue"
  (East Bay Times)
• "Confessions of a Bookaholic"
  (Call her "old-fashioned" - this Walden Pond Books customer just likes owning books.)
• "Written on the Dock of the Bay: May 15, 2011"
  (KALW News, likes our National Zombie Awareness Month display.)
• "Written on the Dock of the Bay: April 8, 2011"
  (Holly McDede likes our Philip K. Dick Award contest.)
• "Confessions of a Book Junkie"
  (Walden Pond Books gains a new customer.)
• Walden Pond Books wins "Best Bookstore"
  (East Bay Express: 2010 Best of the East Bay)
• Christian Chensvold: "Bohemian in a Sack Suit: The 1959 Brooks Brothers Novel "
  (Huffington Post style writer Christian Chensvold drops by Walden Pond and finds a book he really likes...)
• Oaktown Art: "Walden Pond Books – Oakland's Oldest Bookstore"
  (We're not actually the oldest - Marcus Books is three years older.)
• "Oakland on Walking Tour"
  (Of course the tour includes a stop at Walden Pond Books to pet Kip and Amos.)
• "I've suddenly found myself spending a lot more time at my local book store."
  (Discussion on Reddit about the Samoyed (Amos) sleeping in the Drama section)
• Marc Fitten's Indie 100: "#52 - Walden Pond Books"
  (A Look at 100 Bookstores across America)
• Our Oakland/Signs/Walden Pond Books
  (Post on Blog Our Oakland)
• Found on flickr.com: "Samoyeds relaxing at Walden Pond Books"
  (Found on flickr.com)
• "Samoyeds at Walden Pond Books"
  (Found on flickr.com)
• "Oakland's Walden Pond Books is a rare find"
  (Oakland Tribune feature article republished in the East Bay Times)

Purchase our books online:
• Walden Pond Books on Bookshop
  (Purchase virtually any book in print and have your purchase shipped directly to your home. All online sales benefit Walden Pond Books just as if you were shopping in our Oakland store.)
• Walden Pond Books on eBay
  (A ever-growing inventory of our rare and collectable books)

Books in the News:
• The San Francisco Chronicle "Books" section
  (The weekly Sunday "Book Reviews")
• The New York Times "Books" section
  ("All the news that's fit to print")
• Books on NPR
  (National Public Radio book-related transcripts, lists, reviews, and discussions)
• The Washington Post "Book World" section
  (The weekly Sunday "Book World")
• The Guardian "Books" section
  (Book news, reviews, and features from the U.K.)
• The Independent "Books" section
  (More book news, reviews, and features from the U.K.)

Book Awards:
• The Booker Prizes
  (Winners, longlists, shortlists, news, author interviews, articles about the Booker Prize for Fiction and the International Booker Prize)
• The Pulitzer Prize
  (Annual awards for Journalism, Fiction, Nonfiction, History, Biography, Drama, Poetry, and Music)
• The National Book Awards
  (Annual awards for Fiction, Nonfiction, Young Peoples' Literature, Translated Literature, and Poetry)
• The National Book Critics Circle Awards
  (The critics weigh in...)
• The Nobel Prize in Literature
  (This year's winner - and archives going back to 1901)
• The PEN/Faulkner Award for fiction
  (Honors the best published works of fiction by American citizens in a calendar year)
• The Hugo Awards
  (The most prestigious annual Fantasy and Science Fiction awards)
• The Nebula Awards
  (The authors decide - presented annually by Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America to celebrate excellence in science fiction and fantasy writing.)
• The Philip K. Dick Awards
  (Presented annually with the support of the Philip K. Dick Trust for distinguished science fiction published in paperback original form in the United States.)
• The Bram Stoker Awards
  (Presented annually by the Horror Writers Association)
• The Mystery Writers of America Edgar Awards
  (The annual best in mystery writing)
• The Crime Writers Association Dagger Awards
  (The longest established literary awards in the UK - internationally recognised as a mark of excellence and achievement.)
• The LAMBDA Literary Awards
  (Awarded annually for over 30 years, the Lambda Literary Awards identify and honor the best lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender books in 24 categories.)
• The Caldecott Medal
  (Awarded annually by the ALSC to the artist of the best American illustrated children's book)
• The Newberry Medal
  (Awarded annually by the ALSC to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children)

Reader Communities, Genre Resources and Fan Sites:
• Library Booklists
  (A portal to booklists and bibliographies compiled by librarians, an annotated linked calendar of authors' birthdates, resources for reading groups, and much more.)
• The New Canon
  (Great works of fiction published since 1985 - the finest literature of the current era and the classics of the future)
• Fractious Fiction
  (A regularly updated collection of excellent, thought-provoking essays devoted to radical, unconventional and experimental fiction)
• The Historical Novel Society
  (A community for historical fiction authors, readers, agents, and publishers)
• Poets.org
  (A multitude of poetry resources from The Academy of American Poets)
• No Flying, No Tights
  (An award-winning comics and graphic novels resource)
• The Internet Speculative Fiction Database
  (A community effort to catalog works of science fiction, fantasy, and horror. It links together various types of bibliographic data: author bibliographies, publication bibliographies, award listings, magazine content listings, anthology and collection content listings, and forthcoming books.)
• BestScienceFictionBooks.com
  (Science-fiction book resources for every era, every sub-genre, etc.)
• BestFantasyBooks.com
  (Fantasy book resources for every era, every sub-genre, etc.)
• The Portalist - Books
  (Reviews, articles, recommendatons, science fiction news, "Best" lists, etc. from the Portalist)
• The Best Sci-Fi Books
  (Reviews and lists from science-fiction fan and "regular guy" Dan Livingston)
• Independent Mystery Booksellers Association
  (Their mission: connecting criminally inclined readers with arresting mysteries)
• Mystery Readers International
  (A feast of articles, reviews and research for mystery fans)
• Stop, You're Killing Me!
  (A resource for lovers of mystery, crime, thriller, spy, and suspense books)

Book News, Book Reviews, Newsletters and Blogs:
• Bookmarks
  (A constantly updated roundup of book reviews, bringing you a cross section of intelligent opinion)
• Bookalicious Babe Book Reviews
  ("She is too fond of books, and it has addled her brain.")
• Grumpy Old Bookman
  (Sporadically maintained by Michael Allen, a grumpy 71-year-old Englishman who lives in Wiltshire)
• PhiloBiblos
  (Maintained by Jeremy Dibbell, a Boston bibliophile, haunter of used bookstores, and reference librarian.)
• Bookreporter.com
  (A community for readers, reviewers, and authors)
• The Bookseller.com
  (U.K. book selling and publishing news and commentary)
• Reading Rants
  (An out-of-the-ordinary book review and discussion site for teenagers)
• The Book Wheel
  (Books, politics, and more...)

Useful book tools, bibliographies, directories, and utilities:
• Fantastic Fiction
  (15,000+ authors, 250,000+ titles. Our favorite reference site for current fiction)
• BookSpot
  (A handy resource and search center for book-related content on the Web)
• ISBNdb
  (The world's largest book database)
• WorldCat
  (The world's largest network of library content and services)
• Rare Book Hub
  (Rare book research and articles)