Malaprop's Bookstore / Café presents: David LaMotte in conversation with Bruce Reyes-Chow + book signings on Thursday, June 6. Doors at 6:30 p.m. and event at 7:30 p.m. Free; RSVP required.

David LaMotte is an author, speaker, songwriter, and non-profit founder. He has performed over 3,500 concerts and released 13 full-length CDs of primarily original music, touring in all of the 50 states and five of the seven continents. His dense speaking and workshop calendar has included keynoting conferences in India, Australia, Germany, and at the Scottish Parliament, as well as offering the baccalaureate for a Columbia Seminary graduation. He is a Rotary Peace Fellow and the former Clerk of the AFSC Nobel Peace Prize Nominating Committee. LaMotte’s TEDx talk on what music can teach us about peacemaking is featured on TED.org, and his 2024 TEDx talk will be released soon. His fourth book is You Are Changing the World Whether You Like It Or Not. He lives with his wife, kid, an old dog, and five chickens in Black Mountain, North Carolina.

Bruce Reyes-Chow is a sought-after speaker and writer on faith, culture, politics, race, technology, and pop-culture. He is an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA), has led churches in the San Francisco Bay Area for nearly three decades, and is a former moderator of the PC(USA). Reyes-Chow hosts the podcast BRC & Friends and has authored five books, most recently Everything Good about God is True: Choosing Faith. A senior consultant and coach with Convergence, Reyes-Chow and his spouse have three adult children and live in San Jose, California.