Save the Date: Saturday, April 25, 2026
Local author Kate McMillan will present and sign her book, Sustainable Structures: 15 Eco-Conscious Buildings from Around the World. Visitors will be encouraged to build their own structures using sustainable materials provided. Recommended for ages 8-12.
Bookseller Sara will be hosting a Special Edition Dust Jacket Journeys book club meeting at 2pm for Red Flag Warning: Mutual Aid and Survival in California's Fire Country.
Independent Bookstore Day exclusives will be available in-store and online, while supplies last. Priority will be given to in-person customers.
Dust Jacket Journeys: Special Edition
Saturday, April 25, from 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Red Flag Warning by Dani Burlison and Margaret Elysia Garcia
FREE – RSVP requested
Join us for our book club, Dust Jacket Journeys, where we invite you to explore perspectives around architecture, art, identity, and place.
Each gathering will offer an opportunity for examining diverse perspectives, sharing discoveries, and the exchange of ideas which make for a meaningful reading experience. The books selected this quarter embody the theme of independently together, an exploration of community and resilience. We look forward to sharing a literary journey to new perspectives and new understandings one book at a time.
Red Flag Warning: Mutual Aid and Survival in California’s Fire Country: Through essays and interviews, Red Flag Warning sheds light on how wildfire impacts our communities and offers wisdom on living with fire from Indigenous Californians, community organizers, mental health care workers, environmentalists, fire analysts, sustainable loggers, parents, and more. The collection explores the ways these fires take root and impact rural and urban California, it examines our relationships to place and community and to understand the importance of mutual aid, organizing, community care, land stewardship, and resilience.
Looking for Something Else?
We're a specialized bookstore, which means we don't carry a lot of titles you might find in other stores.
But don't fret, you can still support us whether you're a lover of fiction or cookbooks or just about anything else!
Purchases made at our Gamble House Bookshop site also support our museum.
Shop from our "Staff Picks" lists or use the search bar at the top of the page to find your latest read.
The Gamble House Bookstore is a drop-off site for Pasadena For All, a local grassroots mutual aid and advocacy organization who come together every Saturday to distribute items to our unhoused neighbors.
Items currently in high demand:
Sleeping bags, tents, new and unused socks & underwear, beanies, scarves, gloves, closed-toe shoes, masks, tarps, flashlights, batteries, blankets, hygiene items, first aid kits and hats.
Please refrain from donating stained or torn clothing. Please launder items prior to donation.
