2024 — All Events & Classes

Book Passage has a long history of author events and classes. That tradition continues with these exciting programs. Please click on each event for details about sign-ups or ticketing. Click here to view the archives of prior events.


EVENTS WITH OUR PARTNERS

Monday, March 18, 2024 - 6:00pm

Guy Kawasaki - Think Remarkable (Shack15 Event)

In Think Remarkabletech titan Guy Kawasaki teams up with Madisun Nuismer, producer of the Remarkable People podcast, to share invaluable knowledge from more than 40 years of working with game-changing organizations such as Apple, Canva, Google, Mercedes Benz, and Wikipedia, and delivers insights from a collection of amazing interviews that'll kick you into high gear and get you ready to start showing the world your best, most amazing self. Event hosted at and by Shack15

FERRY BUILDING

Tuesday, March 19, 2024 - 5:30pm

Jordan Mechner - Replay: Memoir of an Uprooted Family (Ferry Building Store)

 

In this intergenerational graphic memoir, Replay renowned video game designer Jordan Mechner traces his family's journey through war, Nazi occupation, and everyday marital strife.

CORTE MADERA STORE

Tuesday, March 19, 2024 - 6:00pm

Margot Livesey with Angela Pneuman - The Road from Belhaven (Corte Madera Store)

From Margo Livesey the New York Times best-selling author of The Flight of Gemma Hardy (comes The Road from Belhaven), a novel about a young woman whose gift of second sight complicates her coming of age in late-nineteenth-century Scotland. Joined in conversation with Angela Pneuman.

CORTE MADERA STORE

Wednesday, March 20, 2024 - 6:00pm

Cara Black - Murder at la Villette (An Aimée Leduc Investigation #21) (Corte Madera Store)

[In Murder at la Villette] Parisian private investigator Aimée Leduc has been framed for the murder of her daughter’s father—now she’s on the lam, and must find the real killer to clear her name in this thrilling 21st installment of Cara Black’s New York Times bestselling mystery series.

CORTE MADERA STORE

Thursday, March 21, 2024 - 6:00pm

Nam Le with Fiona McFarlane - 36 Ways of Writing a Vietnamese Poem (Corte Madera Store)

In his first international release since the award-winning, best-selling The Boat, Nam Le delivers a shot across the bow with a book-length poem that honors every convention of diasporic literature—in a virtuosic array of forms and registers—before shattering the form itself.

CORTE MADERA STORE

Saturday, March 23, 2024 - 1:00pm

POSTPONED: Sah D'Simone - Spiritually, We (Corte Madera Store)

Full of Sah D'Simone's trademark candor and sass, Spiritually, We is the wake-up call for our times, a deeply felt and necessary reminder that you aren’t alone, that you aren’t meant to be alone, and that it is side by side with others where true wisdom flourishes.

CORTE MADERA STORE & ONLINE TICKETED EVENT

Saturday, March 23, 2024 - 3:00pm

Anna Quindlen with Anna Sale - After Annie (Corte Madera Store & Online)

Anna Quindlen’s trademark wisdom on family, friendship, and the ties that bind us are at the center of this novel about the power of love to transcend loss and triumph over adversity, by the bestselling author of Still Life with Bread Crumbs and One True Thing. In conversation with Anna Sale, author of Let's Talk About Hard Things : The Life-Changing Conversations That Connect Us.

CORTE MADERA STORE

Saturday, March 23, 2024 - 4:00pm

Marie Mutsuki Mockett with Tom Barbash - The Tree Doctor (Corte Madera Store)

A startling, erotic novel about the need to balance care for others with care for one’s self dreamily set in Carmel, CA.

CORTE MADERA STORE

Sunday, March 24, 2024 - 1:00pm

Donna Weidner - There Are No Dragons in This Book (Corte Madera Store)

In this book you are guaranteed not to find any dragons. . . .
Set in a community home with an ensemble of characters–both children and adults–Donna Lambo-Weidner's debut picture book filled with humor (and dragons) encourages close observation and discovery.

FERRY BUILDING

Sunday, March 24, 2024 - 2:00pm

Elaine Lin Hering - Unlearning Silence (Ferry Building Store)

 

In Unlearning Silence, Elaine Lin Hering explores how we’ve learned to be silent, how we’ve benefited from silence, how we’ve silenced other people—and how we might choose another way. She teaches how to recognize and unlearn unconscious patterns so we can make more intentional choices about how we want to show up at home and at work. Only by unlearning silence can we more fully unleash talent, speak our minds, and be more complete versions of ourselves… and help other people do the same.

CORTE MADERA STORE

Sunday, March 24, 2024 - 2:00pm

Brigit Binns - Rottenkid: A Succulent Story of Survival (Corte Madera Store)

A memoir sauteed in Hollywood stories, world travel, and always, the need to belong.

Prolific cookbook author Brigit Binns’ [Rottenkid, is a] coming-of-age memoir—co-starring her alcoholic actor father Edward Binns and glamorous but viciously smart narcissistic mother—reveals how simultaneous privilege and profound neglect lead Brigit to seek comfort in the kitchen, eventually allowing her to find some sense of self-worth. 

CORTE MADERA STORE

Sunday, March 24, 2024 - 4:00pm

Rand Selig - Thriving! (Corte Madera Store)

Embrace your potential and a life of fulfillment with Thriving! This captivating book explores what it takes to create a purposeful, healthy, and happy life. Rand Selig, a seasoned expert, shares tools and decades of wisdom to help you thrive in every stage of your life.

PRESIDIO THEATER SF

Sunday, March 24, 2024 - 7:30pm

Colum McCann - Irish Arts & Writers Festival: The Look of the Irish (Presidio Theater)

Join us for evening with Colum McCann in conversation with Kelly Candaele. Presented with Irish Culture Bay Area’s Irish Arts & Writers Festival. Pre-signed copies of American Mother will be available for purchase on-site by Book Passage.

CORTE MADERA CLASS

Monday, March 25, 2024 - 10:30am

Advanced Beginner Spanish with Victoria Einhorn

Join Victoria for a continuing introduction to Spanish, for new and former students. You will learn the basics of the language through reading, writing, addressing grammar and responding to written text. We will also engage in conversation through readings and prompts to promote organic conversation.

CORTE MADERA CLASS

Monday, March 25, 2024 - 12:15pm

Advanced Intermediate Spanish with Victoria Einhorn

Join Victoria for a Spanish class for those with some experience and comfort with the language. Students will work towards fluency by reading, writing, addressing grammar and responding to written text. We will also engage in conversation through readings and prompts to promote organic conversation.

DOMINICAN UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA

Tuesday, March 26, 2024 - 6:00pm

Felecia Gaston - A Brand New Start...This is Home (Dominican University of California)

A Brand New Start by Felecia Gaston documents Marin City’s founding as a shipbuilding community during WWII, as workers migrated from the American South & Midwest to create Marin County’s only Black enclave. This book focuses mainly on housing and social challenges from 1942 to the present day, showing the community’s fierce strength and resilience.

CORTE MADERA CLASS

Wednesday, March 27, 2024 - 10:30am

Continuing Beginner Spanish with Victoria Einhorn

Join Victoria for a continuing introduction to Spanish, for new and former students. You will learn the basics of the language through reading, writing, addressing grammar and responding to written text. We will also engage in conversation through readings and prompts to promote organic conversation.

FERRY BUILDING STORE

Thursday, March 28, 2024 - 5:30pm

Katie Gee Salisbury - Not Your China Doll (Ferry Building Store)

Set against the glittering backdrop of Los Angeles during the gin-soaked Jazz Age and the rise of Hollywood, this debut book, Not Your China Doll, celebrates Anna May Wong, the first Asian American movie star, to bring an unsung heroine to light and reclaim her place in cinema history.

CORTE MADERA STORE

Thursday, March 28, 2024 - 6:00pm

Trivia Night! (Corte Madera Store)

 We’re thrilled to announce Book Passage’s very first Trivia Night! Join us for a fun filled night where you will compete for glory, bragging rights, and some seriously cool prizes. Whether you're a bookworm or just in it for the thrill of the game, everyone's welcome!

BOOK PASSAGE ONLINE CLASS

Saturday, March 30, 2024 - 10:00am

Online Book Group: Matthew Felix - Personal Growth

This book group tackles personal growth from four distinct perspectives: holistic (and lighthearted); cerebral; physiological; and spiritual—finding joy! Writer and certified life coach Matthew Felix will lead participants on a journey of self-discovery through an exploration of how to live a more intentional, engaged, and fulfilling life.

CORTE MADERA STORE

Saturday, March 30, 2024 - 11:00am

Rene Denfeld - Sleeping Giants (Corte Madera Store)

From Rene Denfeld, the bestselling author of The Child Finder and The Enchanted, [comes Sleeping Giants] a compelling and poignant story of sibling bonds, foster children, monsters masquerading as caretakers, terrifying secrets, and the power of love to right even the most egregious wrongs.

CORTE MADERA STORE

Saturday, March 30, 2024 - 1:00pm

Wendy Wallbridge - Spiraling Upward (Corte Madera Store)

Wendy Wallbridge recognizes this unmet need of professional women for an alternative path to success, and her new book, Spiraling Upward: 5 Co-Creative Powers for Women on the Rise, offers the solution. Using her tried and true "Spiral Up" method, Wallbridge teaches women to cultivate the five co-creative powers of energy, thoughts, feelings, speech, and action.

CORTE MADERA CLASS

Saturday, March 30, 2024 - 1:30pm

Corte Madera Class: Britta Stromeyer Esmail - Expressing Your Truth: Connecting with Your Authentic Voice

Your voice is the essence of your writing, the key to making words come alive, and the signature that sets you apart. Authentic voices connect us. 

This class is a haven for anyone seeking to unearth and refine their genuine writer's voice, take creative risks, and witness their writer’s soul flourish. This is not just a workshop; it’s discovery and growth. 

 

CORTE MADERA STORE

Saturday, March 30, 2024 - 4:00pm

Satsuki Ina - The Poet and the Silk Girl (Corte Madera Store)

The Poet and the Silk Girl illustrates through one family's saga the generational struggle of Japanese Americans who resisted racist oppression, fought for the restoration of their rights, and clung to their full humanity in the face of adversity. With psychological insight, Ina excavates the unmentionable, recovering a chronicle of resilience amidst one of the severest blows to American civil liberties.

FERRY BUILDING

Wednesday, April 3, 2024 - 5:30pm

Frank H. McCourt, Jr. - Our Biggest Fight (Ferry Building Event)

 The internet as we know it is broken. Here’s how we can seize back control of our lives from the corporate algorithms and create a better internet—before it’s too late. Inspired by historical calls to action like Thomas Paine’s Common SenseOur Biggest Fight , by Frank H. McCourt Jr.argues that we must act now to embed the core values of a free, democratic society in the internet of tomorrow. Do it right and we will finally, properly, unlock its immense potential.

CORTE MADERA CLASS

Thursday, April 4, 2024 - 11:30am

Italian: Beginner 4 Valentina Medda

For students continuing from Beginner 3.

Join Valentina for a fun and communicative introduction to the Italian language. You will start from the basics, learning and practicing in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere.

CORTE MADERA CLASS

Thursday, April 4, 2024 - 1:30pm

Italian: Beginner 2 with Valentina Medda

Join Valentina for a fun and communicative introduction to the Italian language. For students continuing from Beginner 1 or new students with a basic knowledge of Italian.

CORTE MADERA CLASS

Friday, April 5, 2024 - 10:30am

Italian: Elementare 1 with Valentina Medda

For students who have completed all beginner classes at Book Passage, or for new students with previous basic grammar knowledge of the Italian language. Join Valentina for a fun and communicative introduction to the Italian language. You will start from the basics, learning and practicing in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere.

CORTE MADERA CLASS

Friday, April 5, 2024 - 12:30pm

Italian: Beginner 1 with Valentina Medda

Join Valentina for a fun and communicative introduction to the Italian language. You will start from the basics, learning and practicing in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere.

CORTE MADERA STORE

Saturday, April 6, 2024 - 1:00pm

Robert Steers - Plants of Mount Tamalpais (Corte Madera Store)

Mount Tamalpais arises at the epicenter of one of the most biodiverse regions in California. Shaped by climate and unique geology, the San Francisco Bay Area harbors an eclectic mix of plant species, some of which are completely unique. With detailed descriptions and refined photography, this book explores this awesome plant diversity for the first time in an accessible field guide.

 

CORTE MADERA STORE

Saturday, April 6, 2024 - 4:00pm

Jennifer Croft with Nancy Jooyoun Kim - The Extinction of Irena Rey (Corte Madera Store)

From the International Booker Prize-winning translator and Women's Prize finalist, an utterly beguiling novel about eight translators and their search for a world-renowned author who goes missing in a primeval Polish forest.

 

BOOK PASSAGE ONLINE CLASS

Sunday, April 7, 2024 - 12:00pm

Online Class: John J. Geoghegan - How to Get Your Book Published

This workshop is designed to help aspiring authors improve their chance of getting their memoir, novel, or non-fiction book considered for publication by a reputable literary agent, acquisitions editor, or publisher. Led by experienced author, journalist, and teacher John J. Geoghegan.

CORTE MADERA STORE

Sunday, April 7, 2024 - 1:00pm

Greg Sarris with Jane Ciabattari - The Forgetters (Corte Madera Store)

Told in the classic style of Southern Pomo and Coast Miwok creation stories, this book vaults from the sacred time before this time to the recent present and even the near future. Heralded as a "a fine storyteller" by Joy Harjo, Greg Sarris offers us these tales in a new genre of his own making. The Forgetters is an astonishment--comforting and startling, inspiring reveries and deepening our love of the world we share.

CORTE MADERA STORE & LIVE ONLINE

Tuesday, April 9, 2024 - 6:00pm

Holly Jackson with Alexa Donne - The Reappearance of Rachel Price (Corte Madera Store & Online)

From the author of the multimillion-copy bestselling A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder series and Five Survive comes a gripping thriller following one teen’s search for the truth about her mother’s shocking disappearance—and even more shocking reappearance—during the filming of a true crime documentary. Joined in-conversation with Alexa Donne, author of The Ivies and Pretty Dead Queens.

CORTE MADERA CLASS

Wednesday, April 10, 2024 - 1:00pm

Art & Architecture of Northern Spain with Kerrin Meis

From Barcelona to Santiago de Compostela, discover the fantastic art and architecture of this diverse and captivating area.

ONLINE EVENT

Wednesday, April 10, 2024 - 1:00pm

Álvaro Enrigue with Avram Kosasky - You Dreamed of Empires (Online Event)

 You Dreamed of Empires brings Tenochtitlan to life at its height, and reimagines its destiny. The incomparably original Álvaro Enrigue sets afire the moment of conquest and turns it into a moment of revolution, a restitutive, fantastical counterattack, in a novel so electric and so unique that it feels like a dream. Join us for this free online event!

FERRY BUILDING STORE

Wednesday, April 10, 2024 - 5:30pm

Dr. Elisa Beth Haransky-Beck - Enlivening Consciousness (Ferry Building Store)

Would you like to improve your eyesight naturally using tools not often considered in the field of eye and vision care while rising to your highest potential?

Author Elisa Beth Haransky-Beck is a Doctor of Optometry and also a life coach. In Enlivening Consciousness, she simplifies her life- changing plan, creating an introduction to a new way to live.

CORTE MADERA STORE

Thursday, April 11, 2024 - 6:00pm

Hampton Sides - The Wide Wide Sea (Corte Madera Store)

From New York Times-bestselling author Hampton Sides, an epic account of the most momentous voyage of the Age of Exploration, which culminated in Captain James Cook’s death in Hawaii, and left a complex and controversial legacy still debated to this day.

PEJU Calmére Estate

Friday, April 12, 2024 - 12:00pm

Cooks with Books: Valerie Bertinelli - Indulge (PEJU Calmére Estate, Napa)

With this gorgeous cookbook, Valerie Bertinelli shares her secrets for indulging so you can start living your best, most fulfilling life too. Whether it’s splurging on fresh produce at the farmer’s market, cooking an extravagant steak dinner for one, or serving an ice cream sundae bar at a dinner party, this book is a reminder that indulging can take many shapes and forms.

FERRY BUILDING PLAZA

Saturday, April 13, 2024 - 12:00pm

Linda Shiue, MD - Spicebox Kitchen (Ferry Building Plaza)

Please join us for a special meet & greet signing event with renowned chef and physician Linda Shiue acompanying her Foodwise demo at SF Ferry Building marketplace plaza. This signing is in celebration of Spicebox Kitchen, a is a culinary wellness trip you can take in your own kitchen.

FERRY BUILDING TICKETED EVENT

Saturday, April 13, 2024 - 1:00pm

Valerie Bertinelli - Indulge (Ferry Building Ticketed Event)

 

Come join us at the Ferry Building as we celebrate beloved actress and NYT bestselling author Valerie Bertinelli with an exciting meet & greet book signing for her latest cookbook Indulge.

CORTE MADERA STORE

Saturday, April 13, 2024 - 2:00pm

Left Coast Writers® Barbara Ridley - Unswerving (Corte Madera Store)

Please join us for a reading by Barbara Ridley from her book, UNSWERVING, and a Q&A hosted by Book Passage for this event organized by the Left Coast Writers. A story of courage, resilience, and love, Unswerving challenges readers’ preconceived notions of disability, of limitations, and of the inevitability of fate.

CORTE MADERA STORE

Saturday, April 13, 2024 - 4:00pm

Jason Roberts - Every Living Thing (Corte Madera Store)

In Every Living Thing, Jason Roberts weaves a sweeping, unforgettable narrative spell, exploring the intertwined lives and legacies of Linnaeus and Buffon—as well as the groundbreaking, often fatal adventures of their acolytes—to trace an arc of insight and discovery that extends across three centuries into the present day.

 

CORTE MADERA STORE

Saturday, April 13, 2024 - 6:00pm

Emily Packer with Trey Tetreault - Film Screening - Holding Back the Tide (Corte Madera Store)

Please join us for this special film screening event brought to us by Emily Packer with Trey Tetreault in celebration of Holding Back the Tide: Reconsider the Oyster. This impressionist hybrid documentary traces the oyster through its many life cycles in New York, once the world’s oyster capital. Now their specter haunts the city through queer characters embodying ancient myth, discovering the overlooked history and biology of the bivalve that built the city.

CITY ARTS & LECTURES

Saturday, April 13, 2024 - 7:30pm

Anne Lamott with Barbara Lane - Somehow: Thoughts on Love (City Arts & Lectures)

Cherished for her ability to write eloquently, gracefully and often hilariously about complicated subjects, Anne Lamott tackles a new subject in her latest book: Somehow: Thoughts on Love. Join her for an evening with City Arts & Lectures co-sponsored by Book Passage.

CORTE MADERA CLASS

Sunday, April 14, 2024 - 10:30am

Nina Schuyler - Building a Story: Plot

Wondering how to organize the events in your narrative and build tension in a story? In this two-day workshop, students will explore a different approach to plot each session: the causation plot and braided or episodic plot structure. Explore different narrative structures in published examples, as well as your own writing with novelist Nina Schuyler.

CORTE MADERA STORE

Sunday, April 14, 2024 - 1:00pm

Cindy Rasicot with Sylvia Boorstein - This Fresh Existence (Corte Madera Store)

This compelling book tells the story of Venerable Dhammananda’s remarkable path from TV personality, author, academic, wife and mother to ordained Bhikkhuni. Cindy Rasicot writes beautifully of their relationship, and shares Bhikkhuni Dhammananda’s gentle wisdom and direct insights about how to live a more powerful and compassionate life. In conversation with Sylvia Boorstein

FERRY BUILDING

Sunday, April 14, 2024 - 2:00pm

Jonah Newman - Out of Left Field (Ferry Building Store)

 

Based on debut author-illustrator Jonah Newman’s coming-of-age experiences, Out of Left Field is a big-hearted and funny YA graphic novel about learning to be yourself.

CORTE MADERA CLASS

Sunday, April 14, 2024 - 2:00pm

Writing Picture Books with Monica Wesolowska

In this class, you will learn some of the rules for writing a picture book for publication today. You will also be encouraged to play around with those rules, unleashing your own unique creativity.

CALVARY PRESBYTERIAN SF

Monday, April 15, 2024 - 7:00pm

Amor Towles with Michael Krasny - Table for Two (Calvary Presbyterian SF)

From Amor Towles, the bestselling author of The Lincoln HighwayA Gentleman in Moscow, and Rules of Civility, [comes Table for Twoa richly detailed and sharply drawn collection of stories, including a novella featuring one of his most beloved characters. Joined in conversation with Michael Krasny. 

BOOK PASSAGE ONLINE CLASS

Tuesday, April 16, 2024 - 9:00am

Intermediate Italian Online Spring 2024 with Wendy Walsh

Join teacher Wendy Walsh for a seven-week online Italian class aimed at intermediate students. Wendy Walsh has a PhD in Italian Literature from UC Berkeley. She has been teaching Italian language and literature since 1979.

CORTE MADERA STORE

Tuesday, April 16, 2024 - 1:00pm

Matthew Strassler - Waves in an Impossible Sea (Corte Madera Store)

In Waves in an Impossible Sea, physicist Matt Strassler tells a startling tale of elementary particles, human experience, and empty space. He begins with a simple mystery of motion. When we drive at highway speeds with the windows down, the wind beats against our faces. Yet our planet hurtles through the cosmos at 150 miles per second, and we feel nothing of it. How can our voyage be so tranquil when, as Einstein discovered, matter warps space, and space deflects matter?

CORTE MADERA STORE

Tuesday, April 16, 2024 - 6:00pm

Bridget Quinn - Portrait of a Woman (Corte Madera Store)

In this engaging biography, Portrait of a WomanBridget Quinn applies her insightful interpretation of art history to Labille-Guiard’s life. She offers a fascinating new perspective on the artist’s feminism, her sexuality, and her vision of the world. Quinn expertly blends close analyses of paintings with broader context about the era and inserts delicately fictionalized interpersonal scenes that fill the gaps in the historical record. This is a compelling and inspiring look at an artist too long overlooked.

BOOK PASSAGE ONLINE CLASS

Wednesday, April 17, 2024 - 4:30pm

Jennifer Carson - Read (James Bladwin) Like a Writer

The more we bring an analytic eye to others’ work, the more possibilities open up in our own. In this course, we’ll closely read the classic novel by James Baldwin, Giovanni's Room

CONGREGATION RODEF SHOLOM + LIVE ONLINE

Wednesday, April 17, 2024 - 7:00pm

Professor Dacher Keltner - Awe (Congregation Rodef Sholom & Online)

Rodef Sholom is thrilled to host author, Professor Dacher Keltner, as a follow up to Rabbi Stacy’s Yom Kippur Sermon on Awe to continue this important conversation at a time where we all need a little bit more awe in our life.

DOMINICAN UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA

Wednesday, April 17, 2024 - 7:00pm

Michael Ondaatje - A Year of Last Things (Dominican University of California)

From one of the most influential writers of his generation, a gorgeously surprising poetry collection about memory, history, and the act of looking back. He'll be joined onstage by poet Jane Hirshfield.

BOOK PASSAGE ONLINE CLASS

Thursday, April 18, 2024 - 9:30am

Advanced Italian Online Spring 2024 with Wendy Walsh

Join teacher Wendy Walsh for a seven-week online Italian language class aimed at advanced students. Wendy Walsh has a PhD in Italian Literature from UC Berkeley. She has been teaching Italian language and literature since 1979.

MOVEMENT SAN FRANCISCO

Thursday, April 18, 2024 - 6:00pm

Will Cockrell - Everest, Inc. (Movement SF)

Presented in partnership with Movement San Francisco as we present Will Cockrell as he presents his new book on guided climbing on Mount Everest, Everest, Inc.

ESCOM COLLEGE OF MARIN
IN-PERSON + LIVE ONLINE

Friday, April 19, 2024 - 1:00pm

Rita Chang-Eppig with Hannah Michell - Deep as the Sky, Red as the Sea (ESCOM College of Marin)

Join us in celebration of Rita Chang-Eppig in conversation with Hannah Michell at College of Marin: In this event, Rita Chang-Eppig will talk about her brilliant novel, Deep as the Sky, Red as the Sea, a dazzling historical novel about a legendary Chinese pirate queen, her fight to save her fleet from the forces allied against them, and the dangerous price of power.

CORTE MADERA STORE

Saturday, April 20, 2024 - 11:00am

Simone Gorrindo with Julia Scheeres - The Wives: A Memoir (Corte Madera Store)

A captivating memoir that tells the story of one woman’s experience of joining a community of army wives after leaving her New York City job—a profoundly intimate look at marriage, friendship, and today’s America. A love story, an unforgettable coming-of-age tale, and a bracing tour of the intractable divisions that plague our country today, The Wives, by Simone Gorrindo, offers a rare and powerful gift: a hopeful stitch in the fabric of a torn America. Joined in conversation with Julia Scheeres

CORTE MADERA STORE

Saturday, April 20, 2024 - 1:00pm

Myra Sack with Cheryl Espinosa-Jones - Fifty-Seven Fridays (Corte Madera Store)

Life is unfolding as planned for Myra Sack and her husband Matt until their beautiful year-old daughter Havi is diagnosed with Tay-Sachs, a fatal neurodegenerative disease, and given only a year to live. Myra and Matt decide to celebrate Havi's short life and vow to show her as much of the world as they can, surrounded by friends and family who relocate to be in Havi's orbit. Tapping their Judaism, they transform Friday night Shabbats into birthday parties--"Shabbirthdays"--to replace the birthdays Havi will never have.

CORTE MADERA CLASS

Saturday, April 20, 2024 - 1:30pm

Less is More! Writing Micro Fiction with Britta Stromeyer Esmail

Dive into the world of flash fiction, where every word matters and every sentence packs a punch. Welcome to the universe of micro fiction, where the power of storytelling meets the art of brevity.

 

CORTE MADERA TICKETED EVENT

Saturday, April 20, 2024 - 4:00pm

Leigh Bardugo - The Familiar (Corte Madera Store)

From the #1 New York Times-bestselling author Leigh Bardugo comes a spellbinding novel set in the Spanish Golden Age.

FERRY BUILDING STORE

Sunday, April 21, 2024 - 2:00pm

Donna Levin - The Talking Stick: A Novel (Ferry Building Store)

The Talking Stick is a fast-paced dramedy set in the Bay Area, told with the characteristic humor of Donna Levin, an author whom Kirkus called “A witty, modern voice” and the Los Angeles Times deemed “a novelist to keep high on your reading list.” Donna Levin will be joined in conversation with radio journalist (KCBS/KQED) Peter Finch.

DOMINICAN UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA

Tuesday, April 23, 2024 - 7:00pm

Amy Tan with Keith Hansen - The Backyard Bird Chronicles (Dominican University of California & Online)

We are thrilled to welcome local author, legendary novelist, and great friend of the store, Amy Tan to Dominican University of California, for an evening celebrating the release of her latest book, a unique and mesmerizing reflection on birding, life and the natural world loving illustrated by the author herself. She'll be joined onstage by fellow birder, illustrator and author Keith Hansen.

CORTE MADERA TICKETED EVENT

Thursday, April 25, 2024 - 6:00pm

Carissa Stanton with Olivia Noceda - Seriously, So Good (Corte Madera Store & Online)

Carissa Stanton of the popular blog and social media accounts, Brocc Your Body, believes that all food has a place in a healthy diet, and that balance is the key to everything in life. Seriously, So Good reflects her philosophy of feeling good about what she’s cooking and eating by making smart choices without depriving herself of carbs or a splash of cream here and there. Joined in conversation with Olivia Noceda.

FERRY BUILDING STORE

Friday, April 26, 2024 - 5:30pm

Dr. Neal Barnard - The Power Foods Diet (Ferry Building Store)

Dr. Neal Barnard’s new diet and plan offers [in The Power Foods Diet] an evidence-based, food-as-medicine protocol for kickstarting weight loss and keeping it off. These breakthroughs make weight loss incredibly easy, without calorie counting or deprivation. This diet encourages people to eat, not to stop eating.

CORTE MADERA STORE

Saturday, April 27, 2024 - 11:00am

Susannah Breslin - Data Baby : My Life in a Psychological Experiment (Corte Madera Store)

Lab Girl meets Brain on Fire in, Data Baby, by Susannah Breslin, [a] provocative and poignant memoir delving into a woman's formative experiences as a veritable "lab rat" in a lifelong psychological study, and her pursuit to reclaim autonomy and her identity as a adult.

BOOK PASSAGE ONLINE CLASS

Saturday, April 27, 2024 - 1:00pm

Writing Historical Fiction

Historical fiction is one of the most popular genres in the book world, and it's really fun to write, too! In this informative and interactive masterclass, best-selling historical novelists Siobhan Curham and Linda Joy Myers will guide you through the key elements of writing gripping historical fiction.

FERRY BUILDING

Saturday, April 27, 2024 - 3:00pm

Gina Moffa - Moving On Doesn't Mean Letting Go (Ferry Building Event)

 After nearly two decades of clinical experience and her own journey after losing her mother to cancer, Gina Moffa, LCSW offers knows all too well how disorienting, painful, and lonely grief can be. In Moving on Doesn’t Mean Letting Go, she offers a heartfelt, practical map through loss—one that can shift the pain of your grief even when things feel unpredictable and overwhelming.

CORTE MADERA CLASS

Sunday, April 28, 2024 - 12:00pm

Jewelry Making Workshop with Silverwork Studios

Learn to create and solder a stunning sterling silver ring from dozens of designs and gemstones. No prior experience necessaryYou will leave with a new piece of jewelry and a customized, leather bookmark, a special offering for Book Passage book lovers!

 

CORTE MADERA STORE

Sunday, April 28, 2024 - 1:00pm

Jeffrey Meyers - James Salter: Pilot, Screenwriter, Novelist (Corte Madera Store)

For Jeffrey Meyers, Salter's lyrical evocation of people and places, of luxurious decadence and the danger of death, are unsurpassed in contemporary literature. This book [James Salter: Pilot, Screenwriter, Novelist] appears just before the centenary of Salter's birth.

CORTE MADERA STORE

Sunday, April 28, 2024 - 4:00pm

Brian Copeland with Michael Krasny - Outraged (Corte Madera Store)

Join us in celebration of Brian Copeland's debut crime thriller Outraged. Brian will be joined in conversation with the Bay Area's own Michael KrasnyA TV investigative reporter and his sister, a San Francisco PD homicide detective, look into the slayings of Bay Area cops who have shot unarmed African Americans yet faced no repercussions in this debut crime thriller.

CORTE MADERA STORE

Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 6:00pm

Rachel Khong with Christie George - Real Americans (Corte Madera Store)

Exuberant and explosive, Real Americans, by Rachel Khong, is a social novel par excellence that asks: Are we destined, or made? And if we are made, who gets to do the making? Can our genetic past be overcome? Joined in-conversation with Christie George

CORTE MADERA CLASS

Saturday, May 4, 2024 - 1:30pm

Time to Write! A Prompt Writing Workshop with Britta Stromeyer Esmail

Let's make time to write together! Instructor Britta Stromeyer Esmail leads you in a series of rapid fire writing prompts to connect you to your creative mind and get the words flowing.

 

FERRY BUILDING STORE

Saturday, May 4, 2024 - 3:00pm

Karen Eber with Will Csaklos - The Perfect Story (Ferry Building Store)

Through interview vignettes, The Perfect Story also shares approaches from different storytellers, including the Sundance Institute cofounder, an executive producer of The Moth, the former creative director at Pixar, the TED Radio Hour podcast host, and many more. Karen Eber is an international consultant, keynote and TED speaker.

CORTE MADERA STORE

Sunday, May 5, 2024 - 1:00pm

She Writes Press Panel Event (Corte Madera Store)

Join us in celebrating She Writes Press authors Jude Berman [The Die: A Novel], Lally Pia [The Fortune Teller's Prophecy: A Memoir of an Unlikely Doctor], and Meredith Walters [This Animal Body: A Novel] as they celebrate the theme: A Cockroach, a Hacker, and a Refugee: Three Writers on Writing the Change You Want to See.

FERRY BUILDING

Tuesday, May 7, 2024 - 5:30pm

Taleen Voskuni with Jessica Joyce - Lavash at First Sight (Ferry Building Store)

 

Sparks fly between two women pitted against each other in this delectable new romantic comedy, Lavash at First Sight by Taleen Voskuni, author of Sorry, Bro. Joined in conversation with Jessica Joyce.

BOOK PASSAGE ONLINE CLASS

Tuesday, May 7, 2024 - 5:30pm

Write About Your Life in a Comic Strip with Jenny Jedeikin

Discover your authentically funny voice in this engaging workshop, where you will be led through a series of writing exercises to create a personal comic strip, using words and pictures from your everyday life. Former Rolling Stone journalist, humor writer, and comic strip artist Jenny Jedeikin will teach students how to produce their own personal narrative graphic stories in this virtual four-session class

FERRY BUILDING STORE

Thursday, May 9, 2024 - 5:30pm

Juli Min with Vanessa Hua - Shanghailanders (Ferry Building Store)

Shanghailanders, by Juli Min -- A dazzling and ambitious debut novel that follows a cosmopolitan Shanghai household backward in time--beginning in 2040 and moving through our present and the recent past--exploring their secrets, their losses, and the ways a family makes and remakes itself across the years. In conversation with Vanessa Hua

BOOK PASSAGE ONLINE CLASS

Saturday, May 11, 2024 - 1:00pm

Anne Lamott - Ticket to Write: The Whys, Wherefores and How-To’s

This is Annie’s three-hour workshop on everything she knows about writing, with an emphasis on why writing and truth-telling is so vital to each person, the community, and the world.

CORTE MADERA STORE

Saturday, May 11, 2024 - 1:00pm

Richard H. Lawrence Jr. - Carbon Done Correctly (Corte Madera Store)

In Carbon Done Correctly by Richard H. Lawrence, Jr., you will be inspired by the stories of the work that people are doing to combat climate change, and you will see how the VCM provides an essential tool in helping them, and other people in the future, continue and improve that work for the benefit of our planet. 

CORTE MADERA STORE

Saturday, May 11, 2024 - 2:00pm

Left Coast Writers® Bonnie Portnoy - The Man Beneath the Paint (Corte Madera Store)

Please join us for a reading by Bonnie Portnoy from her book, THE MAN BENEATH THE PAINT, and a Q&A hosted by Book Passage for this event organized by the Left Coast Writers.

CORTE MADERA TICKETED EVENT

Thursday, May 16, 2024 - 6:00pm

Ruth Reichl - The Paris Novel (Corte Madera Store)

Bestselling author Ruth Reichl takes readers on an adventure of food, art, and fashion in 1980s Paris in this dazzling, heartfelt novel.

LEFT BANK BRASSERIE LARKSPUR

Friday, May 17, 2024 - 12:30pm

Cooks with Books: Ruth Reichl - The Paris Novel (Left Bank Brasserie Larkspur)

We are overjoyed to welcome legendary writer and food critic Ruth Reichl for a joyous Cooks with Books lunch celebrating her new novel, a wild adventure of all the good things in life in 1980s Paris.

ESCOM COLLEGE OF MARIN
IN-PERSON + LIVE ONLINE

Friday, May 17, 2024 - 1:00pm

Brian Copeland - Outraged (ESCOM College of Marin)

Join us in celebration of this author event at College of Marin. In this event, Brian Copeland will talk about, Outraged...a TV investigative reporter and his sister, a San Francisco PD homicide detective, look into the slayings of Bay Area cops who have shot unarmed African Americans yet faced no repercussions in this debut crime thriller.

CORTE MADERA STORE

Saturday, May 18, 2024 - 3:00pm

Sue DeVinny Art Reception (Corte Madera Store)

ART RECEPTION: Sue DeVinnny – Sue has developed her own style with watercolors as well as pastels, and she brings bold and bright colors to her favorite subjects – flowers, gardens, sunsets, beloved pets, and more. 

CORTE MADERA STORE

Sunday, May 19, 2024 - 1:00pm

Marcia Naomi Berger - The Bipolar Therapist (Corte Madera Store)

The Bipolar Therapist is the only memoir that shows a complete recovery from bipolar disorder and describes how the author’s times as a psychiatric inpatient influenced her work positively as a psychotherapist serving psychiatric and alcoholic inpatients. Marcia Naomi Berger’s story hinges upon resilience, perseverance, drive, and courage.

CORTE MADERA STORE

Sunday, May 19, 2024 - 4:00pm

Joshua Douglas - The Court v. The Voters (Corte Madera Store)

In The Court v. The Voterslaw professor Joshua Douglas takes us behind the scenes of significant cases in voting rights—some surprising and unknown, some familiar—to investigate the historic crossroads that have irrevocably changed our elections and the nation. In crisp and accessible prose, Douglas tells the story of each case, sheds light on the intractable election problems we face as a result, and highlights the unique role the highest court has played in producing a broken electoral system.

CALVARY PRESBYTERIAN SF

Monday, May 20, 2024 - 7:00pm

Nicholas D. Kristof - Chasing Hope (Calvary Presbyterian SF)

From New York Times columnist, Pulitzer Prize winner, and best-selling author Nicholas D. Kristof, an intimate and gripping memoir about a life in journalism. This is a candid memoir of vulnerability and courage, humility and purpose, mistakes and learning—a singular tale of the trials, tribulations, and hope to be found in a life dedicated to the pursuit of truth.

FERRY BUILDING STORE

Thursday, May 23, 2024 - 5:30pm

Jessica Shattuck - Last House: A Novel (Ferry Building Store)

Spanning multiple generations and nearly eighty years, Last House, by Jessica Shattuck, tells the story of one American family during an age of grand ideals and even greater downfalls. Set against the backdrop of our nation’s history, this is an emotional tour de force that digs deeply into questions of inheritance and what we owe each other—and captures to stunning effect the gravity of time, the double edge of progress, and the hubris of empire.

CORTE MADERA STORE

Friday, May 24, 2024 - 6:00pm

Craig Foster - Amphibious Soul: Finding the Wild in a Tame World (Corte Madera Store & Online)

How can we reclaim the soul-deepening wildness that grounds us and energizes us when so much of the modern world seems designed to tame us?

In [Amphibious Soula] thrilling memoir of a life spent exploring the most incredible places on Earth—from the Great African Seaforest to the crocodile lairs of the Okavango Delta—Craig Foster reveals how we can attend to the earthly beauty around us and deepen our love for all living things, whether we make our homes in the country, the city, or anywhere in between.

CORTE MADERA STORE

Saturday, May 25, 2024 - 1:00pm

Hailey Magee - Stop People Pleasing (Corte Madera Store)

Combining social science, psychology, and hands-on coaching exercises, Stop People Pleasing teaches you how to connect with your own feelings, needs, and dreams; courageously advocate for yourself in your relationships with friends, family, and colleagues; soothe yourself through the growing pains of healing; and dive headfirst into pleasure and play. With fresh insight, heartfelt empathy, and a keen personal understanding of the pitfalls of people-pleasing, Hailey Magee helps you say what you need and get what you deserve.

FERRY BUILDING

Sunday, May 26, 2024 - 2:00pm

Stacie Grey - She Left: A Novel (Ferry Building Event)

 

Twenty years ago, she survived. This time she may not be so lucky.

On the night that changed everything, Amy Brewer walked out of a house party, trudging angrily away from the friends who made her feel like she didn't belong. Within the next hour, all five of those friends would be dead.

CORTE MADERA STORE & ONLINE TICKETED EVENT

Thursday, May 30, 2024 - 6:00pm

Erik Larson - The Demon of Unrest (Corte Madera Store & Online)

Master storyteller Erik Larson offers a gripping account of the chaotic months between Lincoln’s election and the Confederacy’s shelling of Sumter—a period marked by tragic errors and miscommunications, enflamed egos and craven ambitions, personal tragedies and betrayals. Lincoln himself wrote that the trials of these five months were “so great that, could I have anticipated them, I would not have believed it possible to survive them.”

CORTE MADERA & ONLINE TICKETED EVENT

Saturday, June 1, 2024 - 4:00pm

Drew Binsky - Just Go (Corte Madera Store & Online)

As one of the few people who traveled the globe in 2020, Drew Binsky witnessed and recorded the pandemic response in countries everywhere—and realized how crucial it is for the world to reconnect. In Just Go, filled with photos, stories, and tips Drew has never before shared, you’ll find the toolkit and the inspiration to do just that: get out there and go wherever you want!

CORTE MADERA STORE

Saturday, June 1, 2024 - 6:00pm

Craig Johnson - First Frost: A Longmire Mystery (Corte Madera Store)

Please join us in welcoming author of the Longmire mysteries, the basis for the hit Netflix series Longmire, Craig Johnson. Craig's highly anticipated new novel is First Frost.

FERRY BUILDING STORE

Sunday, June 2, 2024 - 1:00pm

Rowena Scherer - A Taste of the World (Ferry Building Store)

From Rowena Scherer, founder of Eat2Explore, A Taste of the World is a carefully curated collection of recipes celebrating global cuisine and designed to be made by families with kids of all ages. Each recipe is a full meal and includes step-by-step instructions so parents can safely have their kids join in the fun while learning about other cultures through their traditional foods.

 

CORTE MADERA STORE

Sunday, June 2, 2024 - 2:00pm

Eric H. Cline - After 1177 B.C.: The Survival of Civilizations (Corte Madera Store)

Filled with lessons for today's world about why some societies survive massive shocks while others do not, After 1177 B.C. reveals why this period, far from being the First Dark Age, was a new age with new inventions and new opportunities. Eric H. Cline is professor of classics and anthropology at George Washington University.

CORTE MADERA STORE

Sunday, June 2, 2024 - 4:00pm

Jack Turban, MD - Free to Be: Understanding Kids & Gender Identity (Corte Madera Store)

Free to Be is an authoritative deep dive by internationally renowned child and adolescent psychiatrist Dr. Jack Turban into the science, medicine, and politics of gender identity. You will be immersed in the lives of three trans and gender diverse youth—Meredith, Kyle, and Sam—as they navigate their gender identities, make decisions around gender-affirming medical and psychological care, and confront an overwhelming political and social terrain.

CORTE MADERA STORE

Wednesday, June 5, 2024 - 6:00pm

Jacqueline Winspear - The Comfort of Ghosts (Maisie Dobbs Series Finale) (Corte Madera Store)

The award-winning Maisie Dobbs series has garnered hundreds of thousands of followers, readers drawn to a woman who is of her time, yet familiar in ours—and who inspires with her resilience and capacity for endurance. In The Comfort of Ghosts by Jacqueline Winspear – This final assignment of her own choosing not only opens a new future for Maisie and her family, but serves as a  fascinating portrayal of the challenges facing the people of Britain at the close of the Second World War.

CORTE MADERA STORE

Saturday, June 8, 2024 - 2:00pm

Left Coast Writers® Todd Crawshaw - Goddess: Son of Medusa (Corte Madera Store)

Please join us for a reading by TODD CRAWSHAW from his book, GODDESS: SON OF MEDUSA, and a Q&A hosted by Book Passage for this event organized by the Left Coast Writers.

CORTE MADERA STORE

Saturday, June 8, 2024 - 4:00pm

Tessa Fontaine - The Red Grove (Corte Madera Store)

The debut novel by the acclaimed author of The Electric Woman, Tessa Fontaine's The Red Grove is an exploration of the legacies of violence, the price of safety, and the choices we make to protect what we love.

CORTE MADERA STORE

Sunday, June 9, 2024 - 2:00pm

Katerina Jeng - Gospel of a Whole Sun (Ferry Building Store)

Gospel of a Whole Sun, by Katerina Jeng, is a moving collection of poetry chronicling one woman’s journey of self-discovery over the course of three pivotal years. It documents the aftermath of a traumatic breakup, navigating anti-Asian violence during a global pandemic, coming out, and, ultimately, falling in love with life again.

CORTE MADERA STORE & ONLINE

Saturday, June 22, 2024 - 4:00pm

Walter Mosley - Farewell, Amethystine (Corte Madera Store & Online)

Farewell, Amethystine by Walter Mosley – Easy Rawlins’ latest client sends him down a warren of memory and nostalgia, blinding him to reason and risk, from “master of the genre,” (Washington Post) Walter Mosley.

FERRY BUILDING STORE

Tuesday, June 25, 2024 - 5:30pm

Guzman with Conrad Amenta - Family Values: Kurt, Courtney & Frances Bean (Ferry Building Store)

Family Values is a photography book presenting approximately 90 images featuring Kurt, Courtney, and their baby Frances, one morning in their modest Hollywood home selected from a photoshoot that Guzman did for Spin magazine in 1992. Only five photographs from the shoot were published in the magazine at the time, including the cover.

CORTE MADERA STORE

Tuesday, June 25, 2024 - 6:00pm

Maggie Mertens - Better Faster Farther (Corte Madera Store)

For readers of Good and MadBorn to Run, and Fly GirlsBetter Faster Farther, by Maggie Mertens, takes us inside the lives and the victories of the women who have redefined society’s image of strength and power.

CORTE MADERA & ONLINE TICKETED EVENT

Wednesday, June 26, 2024 - 6:00pm

Joyce Maynard - How the Light Gets In (Corte Madera Store & Online Ticketed)

From New York Times bestselling author Joyce Maynard comes the eagerly anticipated follow-up to her beloved novel Count the Ways—a complex story of three generations of a family and its remarkable, resilient, indomitable matriarch, Eleanor.

CORTE MADERA STORE

Wednesday, July 10, 2024 - 6:00pm

Joseph Kanon - Shanghai (Corte Madera Store)

In this dazzling thriller, New York Times bestselling author Joseph Kanon gives us his richest setting yet: pre-World War II Shanghai, where glamour and squalor exist side by side and murder is just a cost of doing business.

CORTE MADERA STORE

Saturday, July 13, 2024 - 11:00am

Nina Schuyler with Laura Cogan - In This Ravishing World (Corte Madera Store)

In this Ravishing World, by Nina Schuyler, is a sweeping, impassioned short story collection, ringing out with joy, despair, and hope for the natural world. Nine connected stories unfold, bringing together an unforgettable cast of dreamers, escapists, activists, and artists, creating a kaleidoscopic view of the climate crisis.

CORTE MADERA STORE

Sunday, July 14, 2024 - 1:00pm

Elizabeth Stix with Tom Barbash - Things I Want Back From You (Corte Madera Store)

In Things I Want Back From You, Elizabeth Stix's hilarious and poignant debut of 20 linked stories, hopelessly flawed characters flail against their own insecurities, seeking one true moment of connection, and if they're lucky, winning that rarest of gifts--a second chance. Joined in-conversation with Tom Barbash, author of The Dakota Winters.

CALVARY PRESBYTERIAN SF

Friday, July 19, 2024 - 6:00pm

The Minimalists' Everything Tour 2024 - Everything That Remains & Love People, Use Things (Calvary Presbyterian SF)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Join The Minimalists to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Everything That Remains, the bestselling book that started a movement and led to their first Netflix film, Minimalism.

CORTE MADERA STORE

Saturday, July 27, 2024 - 4:00pm

Vicki Larson - LATitude (Corte Madera Store)

After years of conducting extensive research and interviews, longtime award-winning journalist and author Vicki Larson has some answers. LATitude: How You Can Make a Live Apart Together Relationship Work is the definitive guide to creating a successful live apart together relationship.

CORTE MADERA STORE

Saturday, September 14, 2024 - 11:00am

Janna Barkin - A Grand Love (Corte Madera Store)

With up-to-date research on gender identity, letters and stories from grandparents on the same journey, resources for transgender youth and their families, and a selection of online and local support groups - [A Grand Love by Janna Barkin] provides uplifting, educational guidance on how to support your grandchild - and yourself!"--

ONLINE EVENT

Sunday, September 29, 2024 - 1:00pm

Mark Nepo with Brooke Warner - You Don't Have to Do It Alone (Online Event)

 Join #1 New York Times bestselling author Mark Nepo for a inspiriting conversation with Brooke Warner on his new bookFalling Down and Getting Up: Discovering Your Inner Resilience and Strength.

CORTE MADERA STORE

Saturday, November 2, 2024 - 11:00am

Special Event for Kids: Kimberley Lovato - Pisa Loves Bella (Corte Madera Store)

Special Event for Kids!

Told in fun-to-read rhyme and splashed with vibrant illustrations and Italian words, Pisa Loves Bella is a heartfelt story that celebrates travel as well as the importance of being kind to others and yourself.