Join teacher Wendy Walsh for a new series of Italian language classes aimed at low intermediate students. Wendy Walsh has a PhD in Italian Literature from UC Berkeley. She has been teaching Italian language and literature since 1979.

Join teacher Wendy Walsh for a new series of Italian language classes 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.

On our endless search for great art in unexpected places, we can find some in our own backyard and others in cities better known for more famed attractions. Come explore the overlooked gems of this country's museums with the inimitable Kerrin Meis.

LEARN TO CREATE YOUR OWN SELFIE COMIC is designed to teach writers and creatives of all levels how to tell their stories using photographs, dialogue, interior voice, and narration to complete a comic strip. 

Open to writers of all levels, Book Passage's WRITERS WORKSHOP provides writers with an opportunity to read an excerpt from their current writing project and get immediate feedback from fellow writers. The workshop is moderated by experienced author, journalist, and teacher John J. Geoghegan. He ensures that everyone gets a chance to participate, and that comments are both constructive and reasonable. So come spend Sunday mornings with a community of writers and get feedback and inspiration while sipping coffee and enjoying a delicious pastry from our cafe.

Join us for a workshop with Anne Lamott. Whether it’s your first or you’ve never missed one, you will walk away with new information and inspiration.

Patterned on a graduate school creative writing workshop, this class will guide participants through conceiving, pitching, and writing an original travel piece of up to 2,500 words. We'll begin by closely reading, discussing, and critiquing examples of excellent travel writing before participants will move on to crafting their own stories. Each piece will be closely read and discussed in class.

New York Times bestselling author Hallie Ephron, leads a standalone course in building a compelling main character that will ignite reader's imaginations from their first appearance, and leave them thinking about them long after the last page.