Writing Salons
Join a Book Passage writing salon and improve both your writing and exposure as an author in a nurturing and supportive environment. Receive feedback, network, make lots of friends, and have lots of fun!
Book Passage hosts the monthly meetings of Left Coast Writers® at our Corte Madera store. This Literary Salon is led by author and workshop 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. Read more
Book Passage and Lissa Rovetch are thrilled to host the Kid Lit Salon for both established and beginning children’s book writers and illustrators. Crawl out of your cave and come socialize with like-minded, creative types in your field. Our evenings include a wildly diverse array of speakers (primarily in panel format), member updates, event, conference, retreat and grant info, ever-evolving web essentials, cool insider tips and much more. Read more
Andrea Alban has just introduced Mastering Children's Writing for writers of children’s and YA literature. Craft topics include style and voice, point of view, characterization, fictional time and place, plot and story arc, and the art of revision. Read more
The California Writers Club is a 501(c) 3 nonprofit education corporation, with fourteen branches in the state. The organization is dedicated to educating writers of all levels of expertise in the craft of writing and in the marketing of their work. This is achieved through regular meetings, workshops, contests, seminars and conferences at the state level and at each of the fourteen branches. Writers of all disciplines are welcome to join. Read more
