Notable works entering the public domain in 2026
Here are the significant books, films and characters joining the list of works in the public domain on Jan. 1, 2026.
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Here are the significant books, films and characters joining the list of works in the public domain on Jan. 1, 2026.
Familiar faces and bold visual storytelling take center stage at the de Young Museum's latest exhibition, "The Art of Manga," which explores the depth and global influence of Japanese graphic narratives.
E.A. Hanks says her father, actor Tom Hanks, was among the first to read "The Ten," which traces her six-month road trip in search of answers about her late mother.
Here are the books and characters newly joining the list of works in the public domain in 2025.
The Bookmark is moving to a new location in the heart of downtown Oakland. Amanda Hari reports. (8-4-24) Website: http://kpix.com YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/CBSSanFrancisco Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/CBSSanFrancisco Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/KPIXtv Twitter: http://twitter.com/KPIXtv
One San Francisco bookstore is fighting book bans by shipping LGBT+ books to directly the Deep South for free.
The owner of a neighborhood bookstore in Oakland's Montclair Village is turning to the community for help as she recovers from a health battle. Juliette Goodrich reports. (7-5-24) Website: http://kpix.com YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/CBSSanFrancisco Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/CBSSanFrancisco Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/KPIXtv Twitter: http://twitter.com/KPIXtv
At San Francisco's celebrated Arion Press, books are crafted entirely by hand from beginning to end.
A bookstore in San Francisco is sending boxes of LGBTQ+ books to parts of the country where they are banned.
The 10th Bay Area Book Festival kicks off this weekend in downtown Berkeley with a lineup of literary and celebrity authors including Joan Baez and Bay Area native Amy Tan.
Anne Makovec profiles a North Bay writer who put the raw emotion of a common immigration story into print. (5-23-24) Website: http://kpix.com YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/CBSSanFrancisco Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/CBSSanFrancisco Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/KPIXtv Twitter: http://twitter.com/KPIXtv
NBA star Stephen Curry sits down with Jericka Duncan to discuss his new children's book and the inspiration behind it.
If there's such a thing as a hospital for damaged books, it would be this bookbinder in Minnesota, one of the few left in the U.S. that still binds books by hand. John Lauritsen has the story.
BART's first-ever rolling book club called "One Book, One BART" is open to all who love lit. Itay Hod reports. (6-23-23)
An East Bay writer of children's books got the offer of a lifetime--a chance for her book to be distributed by publishing giant Scholastic. But it came with a price that she said was too much to pay.
Author and Silicon Valley venture capitalist Alysia Silberg talks to Anne Makovec about her new book, 'Unemployable: How I Hired Myself.'
Author John Mc Nellis talks to Bay Area Focus host Reed Cowan about his latest book set in 70's San Francisco, 'O Brien's Law.'
Small bookstores were on a slow decline but, after COVID, there's been a plot twist in America's love story with books. Itay Hod reports. (2-2-23)
For decades, local bookstores seemed to be vanishing from our national landscape. But in the last couple of years, there's been a plot twist in America's love story with books.
