An Evening with Dave Eggers Presented by Library Foundation SD

Library Foundation SD and San Diego Central Library present NYT best-selling author Dave Eggers and his new book The Eyes and the Impossible. The author presentation will be followed by an audience Q & A and book signing. This event is free and open to the public. The Library Shop will be on hand selling books, with proceeds supporting programs at the San Diego Public Library. If you'd like to reserve your book in advance, click HERE. Seating is first come, first served.

View book trailer HERE and visit DogtoberFest for more library events celebrating the dogs in our lives in October.

The Eyes and the Impossible is the story of a dog named Johannes. Johannes is a free dog, a fast dog—such a fast dog! He lives in an urban park by the sea, and every day, he runs through the park, seeing all, missing nothing, and reporting what he sees to the park’s three ancient Bison, the Keepers of the Equilibrium. But the Equilibrium has been disrupted. Mysterious rectangles are hypnotizing Johannes, humans are erecting a strange new building, and an entirely new kind of animal has arrived in the park—and there are hundreds of them. Johannes must run faster, see better, and ultimately do more than run and see—he must liberate those he loves. Gorgeously illustrated throughout by Shawn Harris, The Eyes and the Impossible is a lyrical, soulful book full of wit and passion—a timeless story for readers of all ages. 

Dave Eggers is the author of many books, among them The Eyes and the Impossible, The Circle, The Monk of Mokha, Heroes of the Frontier, A Hologram for the King, What Is the What, and A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius. He is the founder of McSweeney’s, an indepedent publishing company, and co-founder of 826 Valencia, a youth writing center that has inspired over 70 similar organizations worldwide. Eggers is winner of the American Book Award, the Muhammad Ali Humanitarian Award for Education, the Dayton Literary Peace Prize, the TED Prize, and has been a finalist for the National Book Award, the Pulitzer Prize, and the National Book Critics Circle Award. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

The Library Shop is a well-curated book & gift shop catering to librarians, library lovers, literary obsessives and book nerds inside the Central Library since 2013. We are owned and operated by Library Foundation SD. All proceeds benefit the San Diego Public Library system. Visit Library Foundation SD.