Left Coast Writers®

Book Passage hosts the monthly meetings of Left Coast Writers® at our Corte Madera store. This Literary Salon is led by author/teacher Linda Watanabe McFerrin. The monthly meetings provide an evening of literary connections, support, counsel, provocative readings, writing tips, literary chat, unabashed networking, and great fun. Each meeting also features a presentation by one of several Bay Area literary figures. The fee includes membership in Left Coast Writers®, a group of new and experienced writers. LCW has its own lively newsletter and website at www.leftcoastwriters.com/.

Members of Left Coast Writers® hold readings at our Corte Madera and San Francisco stores. The readings at our Ferry Building store and the launches at the Corte Madera store are open to the public. Corte Madera store salon meetings are for members only. Upcoming Left Coast Writers® events are listed below:

Upcoming Left Coast Writers Launch Events (Corte Madera):
These events are open to the public:

• Sat., Jan. 14, 2012, 7:00 pm
  Lindy Hough reads from Wild Horses, Wild Dreams ($22.95). Hough presents a sweeping journey through four decades of writing, following a trajectory from the early 1970s to the present. This new collection gives an overview of Hough’s intellectual world, as it probes themes of inner life reflected in artistic roots and process.
• Sat., Feb. 11, 2012, 7:00 pm
  Join us for a Pre-Valentines Day Celebration with Hot Flashes: Sexy Little Stories & Poems series editors Linda Watanabe McFerrin and Laurie McAndish King. Experience sexy short stories and poems that demonstrate how simple it is to find pleasure.

Upcoming Left Coast Writers Events at the Ferry Building:
These events are open to the public:

• Mon., Feb. 13, 2012, 6:00 pm
  Left Coast Writers® Readings on “Romance”
• Mon., Mar. 12, 2012, 6:00 pm
  Judith Horstman, author of The Scientific American Book of Love, Sex and the Brain