Left Coast Writers® Book Launches at Book Passage in Corte Madera

Filled with a luminous cast of characters, and told with searing honesty and ironic wit, Beamish Boy is a redemptive story of survival and letting go, as we follow Albert from one zany adventure and near-death experience to the next. He is run over by his best friend after blacking out in a driveway, contracts malaria in east Africa, and joins a psychedelic “therapy” cult, until he miraculously finds himself, through photography, poetry, and a hilarious awakening at a meditation retreat center, realizing finally, what it means to be fully alive and to truly love.

Beamish Boy charts a compelling spiritual journey, from violence and self-annihilation to creativity and self-realization. Not your typical addiction memoir, Beamish Boy reads more like a witty and poetic novel, offering a profound window into the human condition, complete with its tragedies and ecstasies—illuminating one man’s quest for lasting wisdom.

Albert Flynn DeSilver is an internationally published poet, author, artist, teacher, speaker, and writing coach. He served as the first Poet Laureate of Marin County, California from 2008-2010. Albert is the author of several books of poetry including "Letters to Early Street," and "Walking Tooth & Cloud," and his work has appeared in dozens of literary journals and anthologies worldwide. He presents at literary conferences nationally, directs a homecare agency, and teaches in the Teen and Family program at Spirit Rock Meditation Center near his home in Woodacre, California.

Left Coast Writers® Book Launches at Book Passage in Corte Madera

Jerry Parrick, author of Beyond Animal, Ego and Time

Winner of 2012 Book Awards:

Nautilus Book Award in Science/Cosmology, Independent Publisher Book Award (“IPPY”) in Classical Studies/Philosophy and an Eric Hoffer Book Award

In Beyond Animal, Ego and Time Jerry Parrick takes you on a journey of personal discovery.  Believing human belief systems must mirror the knowledge of their time, he challenges readers to re-examine what we think we know in the 21st century. Together you see truths emerge that identify what is most important to the future; a re-definition of human purpose, how best to cope with life's challenges, and what some call a scientific justification for a belief in reincarnation.

Jerry Parrick has at various times been a CEO and corporate executive, high tech entrepreneur, Stanford Sloan Fellow, inventor, and husband and father.  He also is the editor of the www.iamaguardian.com  blog focusing on world issues such as climate change, ozone depletion, nuclear weapons and synthetic biology. 

Book Passage welcomes the public to this Local Author Event, featuring a published member of our Left Coast Writers® Literary Salon!

You can find out more about membership in Left Coast Writers® at Book Passage here. LCW has its own lively newsletter and website at www.leftcoastwriters.com/.

Left Coast Writers® Literary Salon at Book Passage in Corte Madera

Nancy Bruning, MPH, Author of Nancercize: 101 Things to Do on a Park Bench, advises on Health and Fitness for Writers

Book Passage hosts the monthly meetings of Left Coast Writers® at our Corte Madera store. This Literary Salon is led by author/teacherLinda 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 atwww.leftcoastwriters.com/.

Left Coast Writers® Literary Salon at Book Passage in Corte Madera

Claudia Sternbach, Editor in Chief of Memoir Journal

Book Passage hosts the monthly meetings of Left Coast Writers® at our Corte Madera store. This Literary Salon is led by author/teacherLinda 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 atwww.leftcoastwriters.com/.

Please join four celebrated authors who are members of a longstanding local writers group, North 24th Writers. Allison Hoover Bartlett is the author of The Man Who Loved Books Too Much ($15.00). Katharine Ellison is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and the author, most recently, of Buzz: A Year of Paying Attention ($24.99) as well as three other books, Susan Freinkel is the author of Plastic: A Toxic Love Story ($27.00) and American Chestnut: The Life, Death, and Rebirth of a Perfect Tree ($22.95) and Julia Flynn Siler is the author of the bestsellers, The House of Mondavi ($16.00) and Lost Kindom: Hawaii's Last Queen, the Sugar Kings, and America's First Imperial Adventure ($30.00).

North 24th Writers is a group of ten Bay Area women who have been meeting twice a month for over a decade. Collectively, the group has published ten nonfiction books as well as hundreds of articles and essays in major magazines, newspapers, literary journals and online publications.They'll discuss 1) how to form a writing group, 2) formats that work (and don't), 3) challenges, and 4) the surprising side-benefits of creating your own work group. For more information on North 24th Writers, please visit: http://north24thwriters.com/.

"From Blog To Book"
How do you create and write a blog that will capture the attention of book agents and publishers? Susan Sachs Lipman takes you through the steps, from concept and proposal through published book.

Susan Sachs Lipman is the author of Fed Up with Frenzy: Slow Parenting in a Fast-Moving World, which grew out of her award-winning blog, Slow Family Online. She writes for the Christian Science Monitor's Modern Parenthood blog, and is the Social Media Director for the international Children & Nature Network.

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 a holiday. 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Meeting may feature a guest speaker, a workshop or a panel discussion along with networking, encouragement and writing news. All are welcome. www.cwcmarinwriters.com.

Brooke Warner is founder of Warner Coaching Inc., publisher of She Writes Press, and author of What's Your Book? A Step-by-Step Guide to Get You from Inspiration to Published Author. In her thirteen years in the publishing industry, Brooke shepherded over 500 books through the publication process. Her expertise is in traditional and new publishing, and she is an equal advocate for big presses, small presses, and self-publishing.

Brooke will share her knowledge and vast experience on how writers can more efficiently organize their time to write. She will speak to the importance of building a solid outline for participant's writing projects. With a solid outline,  she will guide participants to create and rely on structure as a foundation for improved writing.

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 a holiday. 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Meeting may feature a guest speaker, a workshop or a panel discussion along with networking, encouragement and writing news. All are welcome. www.cwcmarinwriters.com.