Carolina de Robertis talks about her novel Perla ($25.95). Perla Correa grew up a privileged only-child in Buenos Aires, with a cold, polished mother and a straitlaced naval officer father. Her parents supported the dictatorship. When Perla is confronted by an uninvited visitor, she is forced to confront the unease she has suppressed all her life.
In French. The first of three classes providing an overview on the French electoral process. The first session will focus on the primary round of voting. The next two sessions take place on Tuesday, May 1st and Tuesday, May 8th. Nicolas Wolff grew up in Paris and studied at one of France’s top business schools. He has worked extensively across Europe and the US and has taught French at all levels.
Three Tuesdays: Apr. 10, May 1 & June 7 - Class is taught in French Nicolas Wolff offers a three course overview on the French electoral process. The first class takes place ahead of the primary round of voting, with the second occurring just head of the final vote. The third class will meet after the elections conclude. Learn about procedures, governmental structure, campaign finance and more in an educational and fun atmosphere. Take your knowledge with you on a trip to France and impress the locals! Nicolas Wolff grew up in Paris and studied at one of France’s top business schools. He has worked extensively across Europe and the US and has taught French at all levels.
Six Tuesdays: Apr. 10-May 15 Have you started a book but haven’t been able to finish it? Leslie Keenan has 28 years of experience helping writers get their books done. She has worked on over 80 published books. She knows the most frequent reasons writers get stuck, and can help writers discover how to get back in flow and write effortlessly again. Students will leave with a strategy for completing their book. Also covered is advice on the best way to get a book published, with suggestions for agents, editors, publishers, and printers. A student wrote, “Thank you for your honesty, your courage, your support and your kindness. I needed you to help me complete my book.”
"If it weren't for Leslie Keenan's courses at Book
Passage, I would never have written a word of fiction, and I would never
have been published. To this day, I still use the tools she gave me for
understanding my process, finding my voice, and fighting my fears." -Tammy Kaehler, author of Dead Man's Switch, Poisoned Pen Press
Richard North Patterson discusses his new thriller Fall From Grace ($26.00). Using his training as a CIA operative, Adam Blaine seeks to find the truth of his father’s death, even if it means exposing his own family member as the killer and discovering secrets about himself he was never supposed to know. Patterson’s many acclaimed books include In the Name of Honor. Priority seating with book purchase.
Join us as Anne Lamott and son Sam Lamott discuss Some Assembly Required: A Journal of My Son’s First Son ($26.95). Lamott enters a new and unexpected chapter of her own life: grandmotherhood. Stunned to learn that her son, Sam, is about to become a father at 19, Lamott begins a journal about the first year of her grandson Jax’s life. In careful and often hilarious detail, Lamott and Sam—about whom she first wrote so movingly in Operating Instructions—struggle to balance their changing roles with the demands of college and work, as they both forge new relationships with Jax’s mother, who has her own ideas about how to raise a child.
Lynn Sherr presents Swim: Why We Love the Water ($25.99). Swimming enthusiast Sherr explores every aspect of the sport, from
the biology of swimming to the fame of Esther Williams; from turquoise
pools and wild water to the training of Olympians; and she reveals the
secret of buoyancy so that anyone can avoid the example of the English
poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, who lamented, “Why can’t I swim, it seems so
very easy?” When his friend, the biographer Edward John Trelawny, said,
“because you think you can’t,” Shelley plunged into Italy’s Arno River
and dropped like a rock. With Swim, you can avoid that happening to you. Sherr was an award-winning correspondent for more than 30 years at ABC News.
Join us for a gin and tonic as Monte Schulz speaks easy about his new novel, The Big Town ($29.99). A novel of the Jazz Age, The Big Town is the story of a failed businessman whose dreams of prosperity hinge on the secret proposition of a millionaire industrialist and a dangerous relationship he finds with a poor orphan girl chasing love in the great American metropolis. "Those who savor authentic details of a bygone era will be rapt by
Schulz’s delightful displays of staccato, wise-guy diction (‘Say,
hatchet face, what’s the dope?’) and his cascading sheets of period
description that set the scenes." -- Booklist
"Beautifully written and thoroughly researched, a veritable time-machine
that whirled me through time to the dirty back roads of the American
midwest in the year before the Depression. Did I mention how good the
writing is? The writing is excellent… This book is a masterpiece of
setting and storytelling." -- Cory Doctorow
Monte Schulz received his M.A. in American Studies from UCSB. He published his first novel, Down By the River, in 1990, and spent the next twelve years writing a novel of the Jazz Age — This Side of Jordan. He wrote it for his father, the late cartoonist, Charles M. Schulz. It is followed by The Last Rose of Summer and a third book in the trilogy, The Big Town.
Katherine Jenkins talks about Lessons From the Monk I Married ($15.00). Jenkins went to Korea on a whim, hoping to find the answers to her deepest questions about peace and her purpose in life. During her first months there, she sought out a remote temple, where she unknowingly crossed paths with an unassuming Buddhist monk. Months later, they met again by chance—and fell in love.
Reserve by phone: (415) 927-0960, ext. 1 48-hour advance registration required - Class limited to six You’ve
written a brilliant story and can’t wait to hear what others think.
You’re stuck and need a critique. What to do? Bring your manuscript—a
picture book, a chapter, or even just an idea (ten-page limit) and we’ll
workshop on the spot. Amy Novesky is an independent children’s book editor, author, and experienced workshop leader.
Admission $120 per person/ $195 per couple SOLD OUT!
Plats du Jour has been called a love letter to Sonoma County, a travelogue, and a celebration of the bounty of Northern California. Sondra Bernstein, proprietor of The Girl and the Fig and Estate restaurants along with her partner, Executive Chef John Toulze, share a passion for French-country cooking and feature over 100 recipes and wine pairings in this new, full color table cookbook. There are 28 three-course menus arranged by season, as well as pantry recipes and wine pairings. Sondra reveals intimate stories and tributes to the local farmers, artisans, and food purveyors, all who bring a tremendous amount to the table. Don’t miss this amazing luncheon in one of the prettiest restaurants in Sonoma, just off the historic square. The price includes the meal, wine, coffee, tax,
tip & a
signed copy of the author’s book. THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT.
Cara Hoffman talks about her novel So Much Pretty ($16.00). The disappearance and murder of a 19-year-old is detailed through the eyes of journalist Stacy Flynn. After the body is found, Flynn’s intense crusade to expose a killer draws the attention of a precocious local girlwhose story intertwines with the dead girl’s in a spellbinding and unexpected climax.
Ambush Review and Book Passage celebrate National Poetry Month! Join co-editors Bob Booker and Patrick Cahill with contributors Katherine Hastings, Kit Kennedy, Roy Mash, Todd Melicker, Nancy Wakeman and others for an afternoon of experimental and innovative poetry for the 21st century. Come and be ambushed!
Gallery Reception: Sat., Apr. 14, 5:30-7:00 pm On Display April-May Susan Hall,
born and raised in Point Reyes Station, moved to New York and spent
over 20 years living and working in New York City before returning to
her home town. Since then she has been painting and drawing the beauty
of Point Reyes. She has shown her work in major museums and galleries,
including the Whitney Museum of Art in New York City and the San
Francisco Museum of Art.
Chana Wilson presents Riding Fury Home: A Memoir ($17.00), which spans 40 years of the intense, complex relationship between Chana and her mother—the trauma of their early years together, the transformation and joy they found when they both came out in the 1970s, and the deep bond that grew between them.
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Cara Hoffman talks about her novel So Much Pretty ($16.00). The disappearance and murder of a 19-year-old is detailed through the eyes of journalist Stacy Flynn. After the body is found, Flynn’s intense crusade to expose a killer draws the attention of a precocious local girlwhose story intertwines with the dead girl’s in a spellbinding and unexpected climax.
