One Book Napa

Let’s all read the same book!

Calling all Napa readers to join a one-of-a-kind “book club” this summer! Napa Valley Writers’ Conference (NVWC) in partnership with the Napa County Public Library and Napa Bookmine is proud to present ONE BOOK NAPA, with special events for readers and opportunities to meet the author (see schedule below). This year our featured selection is Bug Hollow by Michelle Huneven.

Bug Hollow, named a Best Book of the Year by Kirkus and Oprah Daily, is a decades-spanning family saga featuring the messy but loving Samuelson clan trying to make sense of the world after one event changes their lives forever.

“Bug Hollow captures the unpredictability of life . . . Right down to its final moments, Huneven casually offers up little revelations that crunch as sweet and tart as pomegranate seeds.” —Ron Charles, Washington Post

“Bug Hollow instantly seduces even the most news-addled reader with its lovely, lucid prose, its spot-on period details and superb gift for description . . . Huneven remains a compassionate guide through the secrets and lies, betrayals and chance encounters, losses and disappointments that buffet this broken and remade family over time.” —Helen Schulman, New York Times Book Review

ONE BOOK NAPA EVENT SCHEDULE *meet the author

Saturday, May 30, time/place TBD – Kick-off Read-Along from Bug Hollow, featuring NVWC directors Angela Pneuman and Andrea Bewick, NVWC alums, Sasha Paulsen, Anne Evans, as well local authors Kara Vernor, Andy Demsky, Barry Martin and others.

Saturday, June 30, 2026, time/place TBD – Join fellow booklovers for a Read Together

*Friday, July 24, 2026, Napa County Public Library, time TBD – MEET THE AUTHOR! ONE BOOK NAPA will culminate in a book reading and signing with Michelle in conversation with local novelist Anne Evans.

NAPA VALLEY WRITERS’ CONFERENCE EVENTS with Michelle Huneven

Open to the public

*Tuesday, July 28 – 1:30pm – Fiction writing craft lecture with Michelle Huneven. Performing Arts Center, Napa Valley College, 2277 Napa-Vallejo Highway, Napa. $25 admission at the door, $15 for students with ID.

*Thursday, July 30 – 6:30pm – Wine reception and reading with Michelle Huneven and conference participants. Performing Arts Center, Napa Valley College, 2277 Napa-Vallejo Highway, Napa. $20 admission at the door, free for students with ID.

The full schedule of Napa Valley Writers’ Conference PUBLIC EVENTS can be found here.