Meredith Maran & Johnny Symons - A Theory of Small Earthquakes
Meredith Maran presents A Theory of Small Earthquakes ($15.95). Filmmaker Johnny Symons will show a brief clip from his award-winning film, Daddy and Papa; Meredith will read briefly from her novel, and they’ll discuss the challenges and joys of portraying non-traditional families in books and film.
- Street:
- 51 Tamal Vista Blvd
- City:
- Corte Madera ,
- Province:
- California
- Postal Code:
- 94925
- Country:
- United States
Josh Bazell - Wild Thing
Josh Bazell presents his thriller Wild Thing ($25.99). A reclusive billionaire offers Dr. Peter Brown a job accompanying a sexy but self-destructive paleontologist on the world’s worst field assignment. Brown has no real choice but to say yes, even if it means that he will be dealing with an army of murderers, mobsters, and international drug dealers.
- Street:
- 51 Tamal Vista Blvd
- City:
- Corte Madera ,
- Province:
- California
- Postal Code:
- 94925
- Country:
- United States
Richard Mason - History of a Pleasure Seeker ADDED EVENT
Richard Mason presents his novel History of a Pleasure Seeker ($25.95). Piet Barol has an instinctive appreciation for pleasure and a gift for finding it. Piet’s father is an austere administrator at Holland’s oldest university. His mother, a singing teacher, has died—but not before giving him a thorough grounding in the arts of charm. Piet applies for a job as tutor to the troubled son of Europe’s leading hotelier: a child who refuses to leave his family’s mansion on Amsterdam’s grandest canal. As the young man enters this glittering world, he learns its secrets—and soon, quietly, steadily, finds his life transformed as he in turn transforms the lives of those around him.
- Street:
- 51 Tamal Vista Blvd
- City:
- Corte Madera ,
- Province:
- California
- Postal Code:
- 94925
- Country:
- United States
Shakti Gawain - Living in the Light EVENT CANCELED
This event is canceled. We will look forward to a future event with the author.
Shakti Gawain discusses Living in the Light ($14.95). With her trademark insight and accessibility, personal growth pioneer Gawain highlights the transformative power of bringing the light of awareness to every aspect of the self—intuitive wisdom and rationality, power and vulnerability, peacemaker and warrior.
- Street:
- 51 Tamal Vista Blvd
- City:
- Corte Madera ,
- Province:
- California
- Postal Code:
- 94925
- Country:
- United States
Karen Kondazian - The Whip
in conversation with Peter Robinson
Karen Kondazian talks about her novel The Whip ($15.00). This work is inspired by the true story of Charlotte “Charley” Parkhurst (1812-1879) who lived most of her life as a man. As a young woman in Rhode Island, her husband was lynched and her baby killed. Dressed as a man, she went to California to track down the murderer. Peter Robinson is the head of the San Francisco Literary Society.
- Street:
- 51 Tamal Vista Blvd
- City:
- Corte Madera ,
- Province:
- California
- Postal Code:
- 94925
- Country:
- United States
Annie Rohrbach - Conscious Order
Annie Rohrbach discusses Conscious Order ($18.95). Veteran professional organizer, Rohrbach shows you how to use the power of your thoughts and imagination to create the order you desire. She helps you learn to trust your own instincts and make decisions more easily, as you release your clutter and create beautiful spaces.
- Street:
- 51 Tamal Vista Blvd
- City:
- Corte Madera ,
- Province:
- California
- Postal Code:
- 94925
- Country:
- United States
California Writers Club - Writing Travel Stories
Topic: “Writing Travel Stories” • Marianne Rogoff, whose travel stories, fictions, and essays appeared in numerous publications, including Best Women’s Travel Writing 2011, presents a mini-workshop on the Travel Story—a story that describes a meaningful encounter between the self and place. She teaches writing and literature at California College of the Arts. She is the author of the biography Silvie’s Life.
California Writers Club
A Professional Writing Club
4th Sunday each month • Corte Madera
2:00-4:00 pm • $5 members/$10 non-members per meeting
The Marin branch of the California Writers Club meets monthly at Book Passage, except July, August and December, on the 4th Sunday of the month (unless it’s a holiday) 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Meetings may feature a guest speaker, a workshop, or a panel discussion, along with networking and writing news. CWC, a 501c educational corporation, is the nation’s oldest professional club for writers ... “educating writers of all levels of expertise in the craft of writing and in the marketing of their work.” All are welcome. Visit www.cwcmarinwriters.com.
- Street:
- 51 Tamal Vista Blvd
- City:
- Corte Madera ,
- Province:
- California
- Postal Code:
- 94925
- Country:
- United States
Matt Abrahams - Speaking Up Without Freaking Out
Matt Abrahams presents Speaking Up Without Freaking Out ($12.95). Concerned about an upcoming interview? Anxious about being asked to provide your thoughts during a meeting? Abrahams delivers a workshop designed to provide you with several, practical techniques you can use to manage your speaking anxiety.
- Street:
- 51 Tamal Vista Blvd
- City:
- Corte Madera ,
- Province:
- California
- Postal Code:
- 94925
- Country:
- United States
Bill Broder - A Prayer for the Departed
Bill Broder presents A Prayer for the Departed ($12.99). Broder honors the elders of his family through a series of short stories and intimate vignettes. As the youngest son, he acts as witness to the lives of his parents, his uncles and his aunts—lives steeped in the rich mix of a secular America and Jewish belief and ritual.
- Street:
- 51 Tamal Vista Blvd
- City:
- Corte Madera ,
- Province:
- California
- Postal Code:
- 94925
- Country:
- United States
Donna Emerson & Zara Raab - Wild Mercy & Swimming the Eel
Join us for a joint poetry event with Donna Emerson, author of Wild Mercy and Zara Raab, author of Swimming the Eel.
- Street:
- 51 Tamal Vista Blvd
- City:
- Corte Madera ,
- Province:
- California
- Postal Code:
- 94925
- Country:
- United States
ADDED EVENT! Gregg Jones - Honor in the Dust: Theodore Roosevelt, War in the Philippines, and the Rise and Fall of America's Imperial Dream
Pulitzer finalist Gregg Jones discusses Honor in the Dust: Theodore Roosevelt, War in the Philippines, and the Rise and Fall of America's Imperial Dream (24.95). On the eve of a new century, an up-and-coming Theodore Roosevelt set out to transform the U.S. into a major world power. The Spanish-American War would forever change America's standing in global affairs, and drive the young nation into its own imperial showdown in the Philippines.
From Admiral George Dewey's legendary naval victory in Manila Bay to the Rough Riders' heroic charge up San Juan Hill, from Roosevelt's rise to the presidency to charges of U.S. military misconduct in the Philippines, Honor in the Dust captures an era brimming with American optimism and confidence as the nation expanded its influence abroad.
- Street:
- 1 Ferry Building
- City:
- San Francisco ,
- Province:
- California
- Postal Code:
- 94111
- Country:
- United States
Tim Dorsey - Pineapple Grenade
Tim Dorsey presents his crime novel Pineapple Grenade ($25.99). In the latest laugh-riot thriller from the author of Hurricane Punch, Serge Storms has finagled his way into becoming a secret agent in Miami, spying for the president of a banana republic. Will he still have time for a cocktail before Homeland Security brings him down?
- Street:
- 51 Tamal Vista Blvd
- City:
- Corte Madera ,
- Province:
- California
- Postal Code:
- 94925
- Country:
- United States
Jennifer Chiaverini - Sonoma Rose
Jennifer Chiaverini talks about Sonoma Rose ($25.95). Chiaverini’s powerful and dramatic Prohibition-era story, set in California, is the latest in her Elm Creek Quilts series. It follows the fortunes of one woman who plunges into the unknown for the safety of her children and the love of a good but flawed man. Chiaverini is the author of The Quilter’s Apprentice.
- Street:
- 51 Tamal Vista Blvd
- City:
- Corte Madera ,
- Province:
- California
- Postal Code:
- 94925
- Country:
- United States
Jeff Clements - Corporations are Not People
Jeff Clements presents Corporations are Not People ($17.95). With a foreword by Bill Moyers, this is the first practical guide for every citizen on the problem of corporate “personhood” and the tools we have to overturn it. Clements explains why the Citizens United case is the final win in a campaign for corporate domination that began in the 1970s under Richard Nixon.
- Street:
- 51 Tamal Vista Blvd
- City:
- Corte Madera ,
- Province:
- California
- Postal Code:
- 94925
- Country:
- United States
Brian Andrews and Charles Wilson - Cherokee Neurosurgeon
Brian Andrews and Charles Wilson discuss Cherokee Neurosurgeon ($19.99). Andrews presents the biography of famed neurosurgeon, Dr. Charles Wilson—one of America’s great neurosurgical pioneers. Of Cherokee heritage, Dr. Wilson was a founder of the field of neuro-oncology and one of the world’s leading practitioners of microneurosurgery for the treatment of brain tumors and intracranial aneurysms. The book also highlights UCSF and the development of its world famous neurosurgery program. Join us for a wine and cheese reception.
- Street:
- 51 Tamal Vista Blvd
- City:
- Corte Madera ,
- Province:
- California
- Postal Code:
- 94925
- Country:
- United States
Irvin Yalom - The Spinoza Problem
Irvin Yalom talks about his novel The Spinoza Problem ($25.99). Psychotherapist Yalom interweaves the philosophical life of Benedict Spinoza with the story of the obsessive Nazi “philosopher” Alfred Rosenberg. Yalom explores the thin psychological line that separates the great intellect from the debased poseur, the righteous atheist from the godless murderer.- Street:
- 51 Tamal Vista Blvd
- City:
- Corte Madera ,
- Province:
- California
- Postal Code:
- 94925
- Country:
- United States
Joshua Foer - Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything
Joshua Foer discusses Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything ($16.00). Foer recounts his quest to improve his memory under the tutelage of “mental athletes.” He draws on cutting-edge research, a cultural history of remembering, and tricks of the mentalist’s trade to transform our understanding of human memory.
- Street:
- 51 Tamal Vista Blvd
- City:
- Corte Madera ,
- Province:
- California
- Postal Code:
- 94925
- Country:
- United States
Matt Ruff - The Mirage
Matt Ruff talks about The Mirage ($25.99). From the author of Set This House in Order and Bad Monkeys comes a mind-bending thriller, in which an alternate history of 9/11 uncovers harrowing truths about America and the Middle East. Ruff is also the author of the cult classics Fool on the Hill and Sewer, Gas & Electric: The Public Works Trilogy.
- Street:
- 51 Tamal Vista Blvd
- City:
- Corte Madera ,
- Province:
- California
- Postal Code:
- 94925
- Country:
- United States
Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen - Extra Yarn
- Street:
- 51 Tamal Vista Blvd
- City:
- Corte Madera ,
- Province:
- California
- Postal Code:
- 94925
- Country:
- United States
Jack Kornfield - Bringing Home the Dharma
Jack Kornfield presents Bringing Home the Dharma ($24.95). Kornfield offers observations about the rise of mindfulness in the West and shares his insights on finding freedom. Topics range from cultivating loving- kindness to overcoming the obstacles to awakening, spirituality and sexuality. Priority seating with book purchase.
- Street:
- 51 Tamal Vista Blvd
- City:
- Corte Madera ,
- Province:
- California
- Postal Code:
- 94925
- Country:
- United States
