51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera and 1 Ferry Bldg., San Francisco • Mar. - Apr. 2014, No. 2 415-927-0960 (Marin) • 415-835-1020 (San Francisco) • 800-999-7909 (orders) • www.bookpassage.com

Featuring:

Book Passage Events at

Dominican University

• Cookies with Cokie

Bring the kids for cookies & milk with NPR journalist Cokie Roberts on March 3. One of a great group of kids’ events (pgs 2 & 16).

• Meet President Carter

Former President Jimmy Carter’s new book focuses on abuses against women around the world. In our Marin store on March 29 (pg. 5).

• Publishing Workshop

A day-long workshop on March 8 about co-publishing, self-publishing, and the crucial things you need to know to publish, distribute, and promote your book. (pg. 9)

• Dining From Santa Rosa to Cavallo Point

We’re hosting Frances Mayes & Ruth Reichl at Santa Rosa’s Spinster Sisters and Joyce Goldstein & Steven Raichlen at Cavallo Point Cooking School (pg. 15).

March April 2014 Cokie Roberts Mar. 3, 4:30 pm

Simon Schama Mar. 18, 7:00 pm

Arianna Huffington Mar. 28, 6:00 pm

President Jimmy Carter Mar. 29, 4:00 pm

Emma Donoghue Apr. 10, 7:00 pm

Ed Catmull & Jim Morris Apr. 17, 7:00 pm

Marin Author Events Publishing Workshop S.F. Events new Food Events Book Clubs

p. 2 p. 9 p. 12 p. 15 p. 17

Kelly Corrigan Mar. 5, 7:00 pm

Jane Goodall Apr. 4, 2:00 pm

(see pg. 5)

Literary Lunches

Francesca Marciano Dave Barry Mar. 14, 12:00 pm Apr. 15, 12:00 pm

(see pg. 3)

Alicia Silverstone Apr. 22, 1:00 pm

Elaine’s Picks p. 18 Children’s Writers & Illustrators Conference p. 20 Mystery Writers Conference p. 22

Barbara Ehrenreich Frances Mayes Apr. 23, 7:00 pm Apr. 22, 7:00 pm

Travel Writers & Photographers Conference p. 24 Book Passage Classes p. 26 B.P. Marketplace p. 19, 21, 23, 25 Cooks with Books p. 15 & Back



Book Passage • March - April 2014

Author Events in

Marin

Catherine Ann Jones

Sat., Mar. 1, 1:00 pm

Expressing and listening to one’s own life story is an ancient mode of healing. Heal Your Self with Writing ($16.95) provides readers with the hands-on healing tools for dealing with grief and trauma in today’s world. Catherine Ann Jones holds a graduate degree in Depth Psychology and Archetypal Mythology from Pacifica Graduate Institute.

Michael Elias

Sat., Mar. 1, 4:00 pm

In The Last Conquistador ($16.99), an archaeology professor makes two discoveries on a Andes mountaintop: the five-hundredyear-old mummy of an Inca girl, and in another grave, the corpse of a recently kidnapped boy wearing the same costume. Michael Elias is a writer, director, and novelist. His screen credits include The Jerk and The Frisco Kid.

Lynne & Harry Schwartz Sat., Mar. 1, 7:00 pm In 1963, three young entrepreneurs persuaded some of the most original writers of the era to read selections from their work, including James Baldwin, John Updike, Philip Roth, William Styron, and Bernard Malamud. Now Lynne & Harry Schwartz are re-releasing the CD Calliope Author Readings ($15.95) for a new generation of readers.

Jenifer Ringer

Sun., Mar. 2, 1:00 pm

With a charming, self-effacing voice, Jenifer Ringer covers the highs and lows of the competitive world of ballet. From the heartpounding moments of waiting in the wings to appearing on Oprah to discuss body image issues among dancers, Dancing Through It: My Journey in the Ballet ($27.95) is a moving and revelatory memoir.

Cokie Roberts

Mon., Mar. 3, 4:30 pm

Special for Families Fans of Cokie Roberts will love this stunning nonfiction picture book which highlights the female patriots of the American Revolution. Beautifully illustrated by Caldecott Honor-winning artist Diane Goode, Founding Mothers: Remembering the Ladies ($17.99) reveals the incredible accomplishments of the women who orchestrated the American Revolution behind the scenes.

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Helene Wecker

Mon., Mar. 3, 7:00 pm

The Golem and the Jinni ($15.99) by Helene Wecker is a fresh combination of vivid historical novel and magical fable. It tells the story of two supernatural creatures— a Golem woman of clay and a male Jinni who is accidentally released from his copper flask. The two of them arrive separately in New York in 1899.

Mary Anne Radmacher & Liz Kalloch Wed., Mar. 5, 7:00 pm

She: A Celebration of Greatness in Every Woman ($18.95) by Mary Anne Radmacher and Liz Kalloch, is a book of qualities illustrating the greatness of women. From “everywomen” to exemplars such as Hillary Clinton, these many women represent the best in the human spirit.

Ellen Bass & Roger Housden Thurs., Mar. 6, 7:00 pm

What is faith? This question is explored by Roger Housden in his new book, Keeping the Faith Without a Religion ($21.95). From the start of Like a Beggar ($16.00), Ellen Bass brings a deft touch, as she continues her ongoing interrogations of the crucial moral issues of our times.

Robert Moss

Fri., Mar. 7, 7:00 pm

Have you ever had a dream that seemed to predict the future or revise the past? These dreams are buried treasures that could be excavated and explored. In The Boy Who Died and Came Back: Adventures of a Dream Archaeologist in the Multiverse ($15.95), dream expert and shamanic teacher Robert Moss gives readers tools for mining their subconscious.

Mohsin Hamid

Sat., Mar. 8, 4:00 pm

How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia ($16.00) is a wonderful, novelistic tale of a man’s journey from impoverished rural boy to corporate tycoon, stealing its shape from the business self-help books devoured by ambitious youths all over “rising Asia.” Moshin Hamid is the author of Moth Smoke and The Reluctant Fundamentalist.

Roy Mash

Sat., Mar. 8, 7:00 pm

Buyer’s Remorse ($18.00) is a celebration of the small, overlooked, and underrated. These poems caper around the themes of the body, mathematics and rationality, adolescence and middle-age, love and fear and death. Roy Mash is a long time board member of Marin Poetry Center. In a previous life he held degrees in English, Philosophy, and Computer Science.

Book Passage • March - April 2014

Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson Sun., Mar. 9, 1:00 pm In conversation with Daniel Ellsburg Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson has delved deeply into the unexplored territory of animal emotions. In his new book he tackles the wildest creature of all—humans. Beasts: What Animals Can Teach Us About the Origins of Good and Evil ($26.00) examines the relationship between humans, animals, and our perception of violence.

Richard Blair & Kathleen Goodwin Sun., Mar. 9, 4:00 pm

Reyes of Light ($45.00) by Kathleen Goodwin and Richard Blair captures the Point Reyes Lighthouse both as it exists today and in the past. Blair’s photographs and archival prints paint a compelling history. Goodwin and Blair have been creating artisan books in their Inverness studio since 1999.

Carole Lévy

Sun., Mar. 9, 7:00 pm

llustrated with whimsical, full-color cartoons The Bumpy Road to Collaboration: How to Break Free from your Ego’s Hot Buttons ($30.00) describes how our egos’ hot buttons get in the way of effective relationships. Carole Lévy talks about how we can break free. She is a senior executive coach and facilitator at Learning as Leadership.

Rene Denfeld

Mon., Mar. 10, 7:00 pm

Blending the magical with the realities of justice, The Enchanted ($25.99) is a novel that reminds us how humanity connects us all. Rene Denfeld is an internationally bestselling author, journalist, mitigation specialist, and fact investigator in death penalty cases. She shows how beauty and love can exist in the most nightmarish circumstances.

Rabih Alameddine

Tues., Mar. 11, 7:00 pm

One of the Middle East’s most celebrated voices, Rabih Alameddine, delivers an enchanting story of a book-loving, obsessive seventy-two-year-old. In a love letter to literature and its power to define who we are, Alameddine gives us a nuanced rendering of one woman’s life in the Middle East with An Unnecessary Woman ($25.00).

Adrianne Harun

Wed., Mar. 12, 7:00 pm

In conversation with Tom Barbash In this lush debut novel, Adrianne Harun weaves together folklore, mythology, and magical realism to create a compelling and unsettling portrait of life in a dead-end town. A Man Came Out of a Door in the Mountain ($16.00) is atmospheric and evocative of both a place and the people who live there.



Book Passage welcomes

President Jimmy Carter

Sat., Mar. 29, 4:00 pm • Corte Madera Ticket: $30.50 (includes signed book) Join us for this very special book-signing with former President of the United States Jimmy Carter. President Carter’s new book is A Call to Action: Women, Religion, Violence, and Power. He describes his personal observations of the conditions and hardships of women around the world. This is an informed and passionate charge about human rights abuses against half the world’s population.

Literary Luncheons Book Passage hosts literary luncheons with celebrated authors at our Marin store. These events are catered by the outstanding Insalata’s Restaurant of San Anselmo. The price includes lunch and an autographed book. Call (415) 927-0960 ext. 1 to reserve tickets

Dave Barry

Fri., Mar. 14 • 12:00 pm • $55 Please note date change! Let’s face it: families not only enrich our lives every day, they drive us completely around the bend. In You Can Date Boys When You’re Forty: Dave Barry on Parenting and Other Topics He Knows Very Little About, Barry tackles everything from bat mitzvah parties to funeral instructions with his trademark wit and wisdom.

Francesca Marciano

Tues., Apr. 15 • 12:00 pm • $55 The Other Language is the most evocative and immediate work yet from Francesca Marciano, a writer adored by readers for her global sensibility, humor, and narrative flair. Taking us to Venice, a sun-drenched Greek village, and a classical dance community in India, these stories sparkle with insight and surprising twists.

Ying Compestine

Fri., May 2 • 12:00 pm • $45 In Cooking with an Asian Accent: Eastern Wisdom in a Western Kitchen ($29.99), award-winning author Ying Compestine reveals how to make delicious home-cooked meals that nourish the senses and the soul using accessible ingredients, simple preparations, and thrilling flavors. This accessible, engaging book is ideal for anyone who aspires to home cooking that is simple, delicious, and revitalizing.

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Book Passage • March - April 2014

Author Events in

Marin

George Daughan

Thurs., Mar. 13, 7:00 pm

After the outbreak of the War of 1812, Captain David Porter set out on an epic seventeenmonth cruise to the South Seas. In The Shining Sea: David Porter and the Epic Voyage of the U.S.S. Essex During the War of 1812 ($29.99), award-winning historian George C. Daughan tells the full story of Porter’s thrilling, action-packed voyage.

Shahan Mufti

Fri., Mar. 14, 7:00 pm

Shahan Mufti’s family history, which he can trace back fourteen hundred years to the inner circle of the prophet Muhammad, offers an enlightened perspective on the history of Pakistan. More than a personal history, The Faithful Scribe: A Story of Islam, Pakistan, Family & War ($26.95) captures the larger story of the world’s first Islamic democracy.

Helen Oyeyemi

Sat., Mar. 15, 1:00 pm

Boy, Snow, Bird ($27.95) by Helen Oyeyemi begins in the winter of 1953. Boy Novak arrives by chance in a small town in Massachusetts, looking, she believes, for beauty—the opposite of the life she’s left behind in New York. This powerfully moving new work is an astonishing and enchanting story. Oyeyemi is the author of five novels.

Tremors: New Fiction by Iranian Writers Sat., Mar. 15, 4:00 pm

Tremors: New Fiction by Iranian American Writers ($24.95) is a groundbreaking anthology that brings together twenty-seven authors who offer new perspectives on the Iranian-American story. Contributors Anita Amirrezvani, Persis Karim, and Jasmin Darznik will be present to celebrate the release of this collection.

Edward Slingerland

Sat., Mar. 15, 7:00 pm

Trying Not to Try: The Art and Science of Spontaneity ($26.00) is an original exploration of the power of spontaneity. Cognitive scientists are only now beginning to understand why this ancient Chinese virtue is essential to our well-being. Edward Slingerland’s previous books include What Science Offers the Humanities.

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Chris Pavone

Sun., Mar. 16, 4:00 pm

As Isabel and Hayden each try to outwit the other, a nameless author watches from afar. In this tangled web, no one knows who holds all the cards and the stakes couldn’t be higher: Chris Pavone (The Expats) has once again written a masterful espionage thriller. The Accident ($26.00) is gripping, sophisticated, and hard to put down.

Lisa Osina

Sun., Mar. 16, 7:00 pm

A Wolf Song: A Story of Forgiveness Through Gratitude ($15.99) is a healing story about a dual-life journey of tragedy, gratitude and forgiveness. Each chapter contains a verse which reveals the lessons of that chapter. Lisa Osina is an ordained minister and graduate of Lynn Andrews Center for Sacred Art and Training.

Phil Klay

Mon., Mar. 17, 7:00 pm

In Redeployment ($26.95), former marine captain and Iraq veteran Phil Klay delivers a brilliant and hard-hitting collection of stories focusing on the complexities of life for soldiers on the front lines and after. The stories traverse nations and continents, as Klay sets in relief the two worlds a soldier inhabits: one of extremes and one of loss.

Simon Schama

Tues., Mar. 18, 7:00 pm

Co-Sponsored by Marin JCC In The Story of the Jews ($39.99), Simon Schama details the story of the Jewish experience, tracing it across three millennia, from their beginnings as an ancient tribal people to the opening of the New World in 1492 to the modern day. Schama’s awardwinning books include The American Future and Rough Crossings.

Cara Black & Libby Fischer Hellmann Wed., Mar. 19, 7:00 pm

In Cara Black’s latest novel, Murder in Pigalle ($27.95), disaster strikes close to home for Private Investigator Aimée Leduc. Libby Fischer Hellmann’s most recent release is Havana Lost ($16.99), a stand-alone thriller set largely in Cuba.

Susan Katz Miller

Thurs., Mar. 20, 7:00 pm

Susan Katz Miller, who grew up with a Jewish father and Christian mother, was raised Jewish. Now in an interfaith marriage herself, she is one of the growing number of Americans who are raising children with both faiths. In Being Both: Embracing Two Religions in One Interfaith Family ($25.95), Miller chronicles this grassroots movement.

Book Passage • March - April 2014

Chris Columbus

Fri., Mar. 21, 10:00 am

Special for Kids House of Secrets: Battle of the Beasts ($17.99), is Chris Columbus’s sequel to the N.Y. Times bestselling series— hailed by J. K. Rowling as “a breakneck, jam-packed roller coaster of an adventure.” Hollywood director Columbus (Harry Potter & the Sorcerer’s Stone) has come up more explosive twists and turns.

Phil Bildner

Fri., Mar. 21, 7:00 pm

Peter Stark

Fri., Mar. 21, 7:00 pm

Special for Kids Phil Bildner presents The Soccer Fence: A Story of Friendship, Hope, and Apartheid in South Africa ($16.99). He is joined by illustrator LeYuen Pham and author/ editor Kevin Lewis. The three of them will discuss children’s books from the respective positions of author, illustrator, and editor, as well as sharing some truly wonderful books. In 1810, John Jacob Astor sent out two advance parties to settle the wild, unclaimed western coast of North America. Astoria: John Jacob Astor and Thomas Jefferson’s Lost Pacific Empire ($27.99), is a tale of high adventure and incredible hardship. Peter Stark is the author of The Last Empty Spaces, Last Breath, and At the Mercy of the River.

David Richo

Sat., Mar. 22, 1:00 pm

In his new work How to Be an Adult in Love: Letting Love in Safely and Showing It Recklessly ($15.95), David Richo provides the tools here for learning how to love in evolved adult ways—beginning with getting past the barriers that keep us from loving ourselves, then showing how we can learn to open up to others.

Ted Chu

Sat., Mar. 22, 4:00 pm

In the wide-ranging work, Human Purpose and Transhuman Potential: A Cosmic Vision of Our Future Evolution ($26.95), Ted Chu reexamines the question of human purpose in light of the extraordinary developments of science and technology. Chu is the former chief economist for General Motors and a current professor at NYU.

Jenny Bowen

Sat., Mar. 22, 7:00 pm

Jenny Bowen set out to transform Chinese orphanages and the lives of the neglected girls who live in them. Wish You Happy Forever: What China’s Orphans Taught Me About Moving Mountains ($25.99) recounts her efforts to change their lives from a state of quiet despair to one of hope. Bowen is the director of Half the Sky Foundation.



Book Passage & Dominican University Author Series • 10th Anniversary

Book Passage is pleased to work with the Institute of Leadership Studies at Dominican University of California in San Rafael to present these outstanding events sponsored by Private Ocean.

Kelly Corrigan

Wed., Mar. 5, 7:00 pm

Ticket price of $32 includes a signed book In her new memoir, Glitter and Glue, Kelly Corrigan, author of The Middle Place and Lift, writes about the difference between travel and life experience, stepping out and stepping up, fathers and mothers. In this amusing yet profound book, she illuminates how relationships change, as she discovers who matters to her and why.

Jane Goodall

Fri., April 4, 2:00 pm In conversation with Gail Hudson

Ticket price of $35 includes a signed book Before her work with chimpanzees, Jane Goodall’s passion for the natural world began with the plants in her backyard. In Seeds of Hope she introduces us to botanists around the world and places like the Millennium Seed Bank, where hope for the future of plants still flourishes. She reveals the secret world of plants and their potential for healing our bodies as well as the planet.

Novella Carpenter With Michael Krasny

Wed., Apr. 30, 7:00 pm

Free and open to the public This is the culminating event of the 2014 One Book One Marin celebration. KQED Forum host, Michael Krasny joins Novella Carpenter, author of Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer. They discuss how, after moving to a ramshackle Oakland house, she turned the garbage-strewed abandoned lot next door into a thriving inner city farm.

Elizabeth Warren

Sat., May 10, 7:00 pm

Ticket price of $35 includes a signed book This is a special advance notice for an exciting event! Senator Elizabeth Warren will be speaking about her eagerly awaited book, A Fighting Chance! Senator Warren has distinguished herself—first as a consumer advocate and, now, as a U.S. Senator—as someone who will speak out against economic injustice and be a voice for the middle-class. She has proposed common-sense solutions for economic problems and has shown herself to be unafraid to stand up to those in power. Please join us for this special event.



Book Passage • March - April 2014

Author Events in

Marin

Charles Durrett

Sun., Mar. 23, 1:00 pm

The Senior Cohousing Handbook: A Community Approach to Independent Living ($34.95) is a comprehensive guide to joining or creating a cohousing project, written by the U.S. leader in the field, Charles Durrett. He touches on all the psychological and logistical aspects of senior cohousing and addresses common concerns, fears, and misunderstandings.

Bill Amatneek

Sun., Mar. 23, 4:00 pm

Acoustic Stories: Pickin’ for the Prez and Other Unamplified Tales comprises 33 stories from Bill Amatneek’s life as a string bassist playing with some of the greats of acoustic music. His writes about concertizing with Peter, Paul & Mary, jamming with the Grateful Dead’s Jerry Garcia, and playing a life­ endangering cocktail gig for a U.S. president.

Rivvy Neshama

Sun., Mar. 23, 7:00 pm

When Rivvy Neshama was twenty-two, her mother gave her a book of handwritten recipes that taught her how to make a good roast - but not much else. And no one gave her the recipe to make a good marriage or a good life. Now, like a handwritten recipe book, Recipes for a Sacred Life ($16.95) is passing on the most meaningful and inspiring stories from the author’s life.

Josie Iselin

Mon., Mar. 24, 7:00 pm

In her captivating new book, An Ocean Garden: The Secret Life of Seaweed ($17.95), artist Josie Iselin returns to the seashore to reveal the unexpected beauty of seaweed. Iselin’s vibrant portraits of ocean flora reveal the exquisite color and extraordinary forms of more than 200 specimens gathered from tidal pools along the California and Maine coasts.

Harlan Coben

Tues., Mar. 25, 7:00 pm

Special webcast event! Join us for a broadcast event featuring Harlan Coben, as he talks about his new novel, Missing You ($27.95), to select independent bookstores across the United States. Coben is the bestselling author of more than twenty previous novels. Please note: Harlan Coben will not be appearing in person.

“You are lucky to be one of those people who wishes to build sand castles with words, who is willing to create a place where your imagination can wander.” See page 29 for a class with Anne Lamott

Teju Cole

Thurs., Mar. 27, 7:00 pm

In spare, precise prose that sees humanity everywhere, Every Day Is for the Thief ($23.00) is a wholly original work of fiction. This work, which was originally published in Nigeria in 2007, is interwoven with original photos by the author. Teju Cole’s first novel, Open City, won the PEN/Hemingway Award and numerous other accolades.

Katherine Longshore

Fri., Mar. 28, 6:00 pm

Special for Teens Manor of Secrets ($17.99) is set in 19th-century England and follows two young women with vastly different lives. When their paths intertwine, the two girls find themselves enmeshed in secrets that will change their lives. Katherine Longshore is the author of Gilt, Tarnish, and Brazen, a series of novels set in the court of Henry VIII.

Arianna Huffington Fri., Mar. 28, 6:00 pm Tickets: $10.00 (price can be applied to signed book) • In conversation with Elaine Petrocelli Thrive ($26.00) is a call to arms to redefine how we measure success in our work lives and personal lives. Beyond money and power is the Third Metric: the importance of well-being, wisdom and fulfillment. Arianna Huffington is the co-founder, president and editor-in-chief of The Huffington Post Media Group.

Carl Hoffman

Fri., Mar. 28, 7:00 pm

Wolf Ridge Press

Sat., Mar. 29, 1:00 pm

In conversation with Don George To celebrate of the release of Savage Harvest: A Tale of Cannibals, Colonialism, and Michael Rockefeller’s Tragic Quest for Primitive Art ($26.99) by Carl Hoffman, join the author and travel writer maestro Don George for a reading and signing preceded by a reception. Evening sponsored by GeoEx.

Join Wolf Ridge Press as they celebrate the release of their anthology, Poems for the Time Capsule. Poets Elizabeth Percer (An Uncommon Education), a three-time Pushcart Prize nominee, Harvey Ellis (Sleep Not Sleep), Nils Peterson, and Jon Sedaghatfar will read selections of their work along with Wolf Ridge publisher Joan Baranow.

Teresa Grant

Sat., Mar. 29, 4:00 pm

In The Berkeley Square Affair ($15.00), the peace of Malcolm and Suzanne Rannoch’s house is shattered when their friend arrives rain-drenched and bloody. He was robbed of a package he was bringing to them: a manuscript that may be a lost version of Hamlet. Teresa Grant studied at Stanford and received the Firestone Award for Excellence in Research.

Book Passage • March - April 2014

Matt Kepnes

Sun., Mar. 30, 1:00 pm

For over five years, Matt Kepnes (aka Nomadic Matt) has been showing readers of his enormously popular travel blog that traveling doesn’t have to be expensive. How to Travel the World on $50 a Day: Travel Cheaper, Longer, Smarter ($15.00) reveals his tips, tricks, and secrets to comfortable budget travel without giving up creature comforts.

Betsy Chasse

Sun., Mar. 30, 4:00 pm

Austin Kleon

Mon., Mar. 31, 7:00 pm

Ben Tarnoff

Thurs., Apr. 3, 7:00 pm

In this candid look at the often ridiculous search for “what it all means,” Tipping Sacred Cows: The Uplifting Story of Spilt Milk and Finding Your Own Spiritual Path in a Hectic World ($15.00) brings spirituality out of the intellect and into real life. Betsy Chasse is best known as the co-creator of What the Bleep Do We Know!?. In his N.Y. Times bestseller, Steal Like an Artist, Austin Kleon showed readers how to unlock their creativity by “stealing” from the community of other movers and shakers. Show Your Work!: 10 Ways to Share Your Creativity and Get Discovered ($11.95) is about why generosity trumps genius and why you should let others steal from you.

In the 1860s Mark Twain, Bret Harte, and other San Francisco authors strongly influenced American writing. Ben Tarnoff brings this to light in The Bohemians: Mark Twain and the San Francisco Writers Who Reinvented American Literature ($27.95). Tarnoff is the author of Counterfeiter’s Paradise. He has written for the N.Y. Times and S.F. Chronicle.

Dr. Ephraim Engleman

William C. Gordon

Literary Luncheons Book Passage hosts literary luncheons with celebrated authors at our Marin store. These events are catered by the outstanding Insalata’s Restaurant of San Anselmo. The price includes lunch and an autographed book. Call (415) 927-0960 ext. 1 to reserve tickets

Julia Glass

Thurs., May 8 • 12:00 pm • $55 And the Dark Sacred Night is a richly detailed novel about the quest for an unknown father. Julia Glass brings new characters together with familiar figures from her first two novels, immersing readers in a panorama that stretches from suburban New Jersey to rural Vermont and ultimately to the tip of Cape Cod.

Ruth Reichl

Tues., May 20 • 12:00 pm • $55 In her work as N.Y. Times food critic, editor of Gourmet, and as a memoirist, Ruth Reichl has long illuminated the theme of how food defines us. This vision has never been more clear than in Delicious, her dazzling fiction debut about sisters, family ties, and a young woman who must finally let go of guilt and grief to embrace her own true gifts.

Lisa See

Wed., June 11 • 12:00 pm • $55 In 1938, three very different girls find themselves competing for showgirl roles at the exclusive “Oriental” nightclub Forbidden City. Set in the “Chop Suey Circuit” of San Francisco right before World War II, China Dolls is the latest work from Lisa See, beloved bestselling author of Snowflower and the Secret Fan and Shanghai Girls.

Sat., Apr. 5, 1:00 pm Barry Kraft

In My Century ($19.95), Dr. Ephraim Engleman, age 102, takes a look back at his very long life, one in which music and medicine were intertwined at every step. He didn’t become the celebrated violinist his mother wanted, but he became instead America’s preeminent rheumatologist and someone in whose honor two Stradivari violins are named.

Fri., Mar. 28, 7:00 pm

Co-Sponsored by Marin Shakespeare Co. Put dullards and miscreants in their place with the help of Barry Kraft’s Shakespeare Insult Generator: Mix and Match More than 150,000 Insults in the Bard’s Own Words (12.95). This entertaining insult generator and flip book collects hundreds of words from Shakespeare’s most pointed barbs.

Sat., Apr. 5, 7:00 pm Nikki McClure

Fifth in a series of noir mysteries featuring newspaper reporter Samuel Hamilton, The Halls of Power ($14.95) explores corruption at the top of the money chain in San Francisco in the early 1960s. A San Francisco trial lawyer, William C. Gordon is the author of five noir mysteries that have appeared in 10 languages. He lives in Marin County with his wife, Isabel Allende.



Tues., Apr. 8, 6:30 pm

Gather. Navigate. Welcome. Fortify. Surrender. Save. Listen. Make Mistakes. These are some of the messages renowned artist Nikki McClure affirms in Collect Raindrops ($24.95), a gorgeous monograph of her paper cuts. Organized by season, these delicate pieces exude an optimism that revolves around community, sustenance, and parenting.



Book Passage • March - April 2014

Author Events in

Marin

Mary Roach

Tues., Apr. 8, 7:00 pm

“America’s funniest science writer” (Washington Post) takes us down the hatch on an unforgettable tour. Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal ($15.95) is classic Mary Roach terrain: the questions inspired by our insides are as taboo, in their way, as the cadavers in Stiff and every bit as surreal as the universe of zero gravity explored in Packing for Mars.

Ann Brashares

Thurs., Apr. 10, 6:00 pm

Special for Teens From Ann Brashares, the N.Y. Times bestselling author of The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, comes The Here and Now ($18.99). This is a thriller about a girl from the future who might be able to save the world… if she can let go of the one thing she’s found to hold on to. Brashares’ other titles include The Last Summer (of You & Me)

Emma Donoghue

Thurs., Apr. 10, 7:00 pm

Emma Donoghue’s explosive new novel is based on an unsolved murder in 1876 San Francisco. In thrilling, cinematic style, Frog Music ($27.00), digs up a long-forgotten, never-solved crime. Donoghue’s lyrical tale of love and bloodshed among lowlifes captures the pulse of a boomtown like no other. Donoghue’s highly-acclaimed novels include Room and Slammerkin.

Kate Ascher

Fri., Apr. 11, 7:00 pm

Exploring how the world moves is the task of The Way to Go: Moving By Sea, Land, and Air ($35.00). Lusciously illustrated and meticulously researched, it reveals the highly complex technologies that underpin global transportation. Kate Ascher serves on the faculty of Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation.

Joe Cross

Sat., Apr. 12, 1:00 pm

When Joe Cross looked in the mirror and didn’t like what he saw, he decided to consume nothing but fresh fruit and vegetable juice for 60 days. By the end of his reboot, he’d lost 89 lbs. The Reboot with Joe Juice Diet: Lose Weight, Get Healthy and Feel Amazing ($16.95) offers readers everything they need to know to do what Joe did.

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Jed Diamond

Sat., Apr. 12, 4:00 pm

Depression, chronic pain, and irritability are just some of the toxic effects of stress. Stress Relief for Men: How to Use the Revolutionary Tools of Energy Healing to Live Well ($19.95) introduces energy healing techniques based on ancient wisdom and new science that are designed to neutralize stress. Jed Diamond, PhD, is the founder and director of MenAlive.

William Goodson

Sat., Apr. 12, 7:00 pm

The Blue-Eyed Girl ($15.95) is a novel about a criminal act of sexual abuse and its effects on the assailant, the victim, and others. It tells how one woman was able to break free of doubt and guilt. William Goodson has dedicated his career to improving the care of women with breast cancer. He is a surgeon and graduate of Harvard Medical School.

Andrew Frankl

Sun., Apr. 13, 4:00 pm

Frankly Frankl: Life, Love, Luck & Automobiles ($44.95), is a fascinating book, celebrating Andrew Frankl’s 50 year career in all manner of automotive-related media. The Hungarian-born journalist, publisher, broadcaster, and TV commentator is Grand Prix editor and feature writer of Forza, a Ferrari magazine published in Novato.

Susan Minot

Sun., Apr. 13, 7:00 pm

In Thirty Girls ($26.95), Susan Minot writes with an emotional intensity, as she creates a stunning evocation of Africa’s beauty and its horror. This is her most ambitious novel yet. Minot is the author of Rapture, Lust, & Other Stories and Folly. Her novel Evening was a worldwide bestseller and became a major motion picture.

Heather Brittain Bergstrom Mon., Apr. 14, 7:00 pm

Graceful and intimate, Steal the North ($27.95) is Heather Brittain Bergstrom’s remarkable debut novel—a beautiful portrait of modern identity, faith, family, and love. Bergstrom’s fiction has received awards from the Atlantic Monthly, Chicago Tribune, and Narrative Magazine.

Book Passage Sidewalk Sale Sunday, March 30th • 1:00pm

Corte Madera store Join us on Sunday, March 30th, for our End of Winter sidewalk sale! Get great bargins on travel accessories, bags, books and more. The sale begins at 1:00 pm, so be sure to come early for the best selection!



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Publishing Workshop Saturday, March 8 • 9:00-5:00 pm

$195 • ($95 for Path to Publishing participants) • Lunch & post-conference reception included

Before Publication, Ask Yourself

Seven Key Questions

1. Is my manuscript ready? 2. What’s my book going to look like? 3. Who are the readers for my book? 4. Do I want to try for a traditional publisher? 5. How can I control the costs of publication? 6. How and where will my book be sold? 7. How will my book reach the attention of readers? Join us for a jam-packed day of panels with agents, marketing and publicity experts, small publishers, book designers, and experienced authors to learn about today’s publishing opportunities. We’ll also be explaining our new Path to Publishing program, introducing our Mentors Program, and several of the mentors will be there to meet informally with the attendees. All of this is designed to guide writers through their publishing options.

Topics include:

• An introduction to the mentors program • Traditional publishing and how it works • Alternative publishing and co-publishing • The pitfalls of on-line publishing • How an editor can help with your manuscript • The important role of the book designer • E-book, print book, or both • The role of local printers • Print-on-demand through Ingram Spark program • The crucial role of distribution • Developing a promotion program for your book • Answering the “Seven Key Questions”

Workshop Leaders

Linda Watanabe McFerrin Poet, travel writer, novelist, teacher, and founder of Left Coast Writers Molly Giles Noted short story writer, novelist, and editor. Andrea Alban Young adult novelist, editor, and writing coach. Phil Cousineau Writer, teacher, editor, independent scholar, documentary filmmaker. Andy Ross Literary agent. Kimberly Cameron Literary agent. Mark Burstein Freelance editor with Mark My Words. Pamela Feinsilber Freelance book editor, writer, and writing coach. Brooke Warner Publisher, She Writes Press. Mary Moore Managing Editor for Reputation Press Joel Friedlander Book designer and proprietor of Marin Bookworks. Jim Shubin Owner of Shubin Design and the Book Alchemist. Kaye McKinzie Quatrain Public Relations, book publicity. Alice Acheson Marketing and publishing consultant. Lisa Abellera Creative Director for Reputation Press. Margery Buchanan Senior Publisher Account Manager at Ingram Publisher Service.

Phil Cousineau

Molly Giles

Alice Acheson

Linda Watanabe McFerrin

California Bookstore Day

Beyond the Garden Gate

13 exclusive books & art pieces. 1 day only. Join the party. On May 3, Book Passage will join with over 90 other independent bookstores in California to celebrate the inaugral California Bookstore Day. A limited number of thirteen special items (including contributions from authors Neil Gaiman, Dave Eggers, Armistead Maupin, Michael Pollan, and Lisa Brown) will be for sale at both of our stores. We also have some fun surprises in store, so save the date and be sure to visit us on May 3!

Sat., May 10 • 9:00 am-3:00 pm $40 in advance online, $50 at the door • Boxed lunch available Visit four secret gardens in Ross, each with abundant ideas for garden enthusiasts. Beyond the Garden Gate is an annual fundraiser for the Fine Arts programs at Ross School, a public K-8 school.

Sat., May 3 • All Day!

Ross School GardenTour

See www.rossgardentour.org for more information.

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Author Events in

Marin

Ian Morris

Tues., Apr. 15, 7:00 pm

In War! What Is It Good For?: Conflict and the Progress of Civilization from Primates to Robots ($30.00), historian and archaeologist Ian Morris tells the gruesome, gripping story of fifteen thousand years of war, going beyond the battles and brutality to reveal what war has really done to and for the world. Morris is a Professor in History at Stanford University.

Joel Selvin

Wed., Apr. 16, 7:00 pm

Here Comes the Night: The Dark Soul of Bert Berns and the Dirty Business of Rhythm and Blues ($25.00) is the definitive account of the golden age of rhythm and blues in the early 1960s. It chronicles the ultimately tragic story of songwriter/record producer Bert Berns. Joel Selvin is a music critic. He is well known for his weekly column in the S.F. Chronicle.

Ed Catmull & Jim Morris Thurs., Apr. 17, 7:00 pm

Tickets: $31.00 (includes signed book) Co-Sponsored by California Film Institute For nearly twenty years, Pixar has dominated the world of animation. Ed Catmull co-founded the company in 1986. In Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration, Catmull reveals the ideals that have made the studio so widely admired and profitable. Jim Morris is General Manager and Executive VP of Production at Pixar, where he oversees all of the studio’s productions and operations.

Kelly Carter

Sat., Apr. 19, 1:00 pm

The Dog Lover’s Guide to Travel: Best Destinations, Hotels, Events, and Advice to Please Your Pet—And You ($22.95) answers common questions for pet owners planning a vacation with a pet. Author Kelly Carter shares her knowledge of what to expect at hotels, airports, the beach, and more. She is the founder of TheJetSetPets.com.

Judith Orloff

Mon., Apr. 21, 7:00 pm

The art of letting go, Dr. Judith Orloff explains, is the secret key to manifesting power and success in all areas of life, including work, relationships, sexuality, health, and healing. The Ecstasy of Surrender: 12 Surprising Ways Letting Go Can Empower Your Life ($26.00) provides a practical and accessible map for anyone who longs to be happier.

Andrew Knapp

Mon., Apr. 21, 7:00 pm

Find Momo: Hide and Seek with an Adventurous Border Collie ($14.95), is more than a photo book: it’s a game, and it’s up to you to find out where the playful pup is hiding. Fans of photographer Andrew Knapp’s popular blog and Instagram feed will love the whimsical pictures of Momo in his element as well as all-new adventures.

Alicia Silverstone

Tues., Apr. 22, 1:00 pm

In The Kind Mama: A Simple Guide to Supercharged Fertility, a Radiant Pregnancy, a Sweeter Birth, and a Healthier, More Beautiful Beginning ($23.99), actress and activist Alicia Silverstone has created a comprehensive and practical guide empowering women to take charge of their fertility, pregnancy, and first 6 months with baby.

Poets in the Schools

Tues., Apr. 22, 6:30 pm

Barbara Ehrenreich

Tues., Apr. 22, 7:00 pm

Terri Glass, Marin Coordinator for California Poets in the Schools, will host another installment of lively readings celebrating select student poets from all over Marin county. Teachers will be on hand to introduce their students. Don’t miss this chance to let these talented youth surprise you and feed your heart.

Tickets: $10.00 (price can be applied to signed book) • In conversation with Michael Krasny Part memoir, part philosophical and spiritual inquiry, Living With a Wild God: A Nonbeliever’s Search for the Truth About Everything ($26.00) brings an older woman’s wry and erudite perspective to a young girl’s uninhibited musings on the questions that torment us all. Barbara Ehrenreich is the author of Nickel and Dimed and Bait and Switch.

Frances Mayes

Wed., Apr. 23, 7:00 pm

Michelle Gable

Thurs., Apr. 24, 7:00 pm

In Under Magnolia: A Southern Memoir ($26.00), Frances Mayes, author of three beloved books about her life in Italy, including Under the Tuscan Sun, revisits the turning points that defined her early years in Georgia. With her signature style and grace, Mayes explores the power of landscape, the idea of home, and the lasting force of a chaotic and loving family. A Paris Apartment ($25.99), the debut novel from Michelle Gable, begins with April Vogt’s boss telling her about the discoveries in a cramped, decrepit apartment in the ninth arrondissement. The Sotheby’s continental furniture specialist does not hear the words dust or rats or shuttered for seventy years. She hears Paris. She hears escape.

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Arif Gamal

Sat., Apr. 26, 4:00 pm

A mosaic of interrelated stories exploding with personality, myth, and geohistorical weight, Morning in Serra Mattu: A Nubian Ode ($23.00) is a profound, joyful meditation on life in modern Sudan. Dave Eggers calls Arif Gamal’s collection “one of the greatest works of literature to emerge from Sudan.” Gamal was born in Sudan in 1949.

Dave Mitchell

Sun., Apr. 27, 4:00 pm

Jenn Crowell

Mon., Apr. 28, 7:00 pm

With commentary by editor and publisher emeritus Dave Mitchell, The Light on The Coast ($24.95) encapsulates a weekly newspaper’s first 65 years of unpredictable reporting from the small towns along the Marin County, California, coast. Mitchell is editor & publisher emeritus of The Point Reyes Light. In 1979, The Light won a Pulitzer Prize. Etched on Me ($15.00), tells the story of sixteen-year-old Lesley Holloway, who appears to be just another new student at a posh all-girls’ prep school in England. Unknown to them she recently ran away from home, where her father had been sexually abusing her. Jenn Crowell is the acclaimed author of Necessary Madness and Letting the Body Lead.

Steven Pressman

Tues., Apr. 29, 7:00 pm

Steven Pressman tells the astonishing true story of how one American couple transported fifty Jewish children from Nazi-occupied Austria to America in 1939. 50 Children: One Ordinary American Couple’s Extraordinary Rescue Mission Into the Heart of Nazi Germany ($26.99) is based on the acclaimed HBO documentary,

An Evening of Poetry

Wed., Apr. 30, 7:00 pm

Stagnant Water & Other Poems ($18.99) is a new translation by poet Robert Hammond Parsett of Wen Yiduo’s landmark second collection. The poems in Raphael Block’s Spangling Darkness ($18.00) illuminate his love for life and engagement with the natural world. Neal Grace will read from his newest work, Sacred Life: Mystical Verses ($15.00).

Bob Mankoff

Thurs., May 1, 7:00 pm

People tell Bob Mankoff that as the cartoon editor of The New Yorker he has the best job in the world. In How About Never—Is Never Good for You? ($32.50), he allows us into The New Yorker’s hallowed halls to show us the soup-to-nuts process of cartoon creation. Mankoff is the author of the book The Naked Cartoonist: A New Way to Enhance Your Creativity.

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Left Coast Writers®

Led by Linda Watanabe McFerrin

1st Monday each month • 7:00-9:00 pm • $140 per year Left Coast Writers provides literary connections, support, readings, writing tips, literary chat, unabashed networking, and great fun. LCW hosts a variety of activities to launch the books of members and explore publishing alternatives. See www. bookpassage.com/left-coast-writers. Upcoming Salon Meetings (Marin store): Mon., Mar. 3 Brenda Knight, Publisher of Viva Editions Mon. Apr. 7 Mark Shaw, Author of The Poison Patriarch

California Writers Club A Professional Writing Club

4th Sunday/ monthly • 2:00-4:00 pm $5 for members; $10 for non-members The Marin branch of the California Writers Club celebrates 14 years with Book Passage. Meetings are open to the public. See www. cwcmarinwriters.com for information. Upcoming Meetings: Sun., Mar. 23 Modern Book Publishing with Robert G. Pimm, Esq. Sun., Apr. 13 Set Your Characters Free with Mary-Rose Hayes

Speak to Me Lecture Series Power of She

Tues., Mar. 11, 6:30 pm Mill Valley Community Center • $69 Women are leading the way in building selfsustaining communities worldwide. Muadi Mukenge, Pamela Hawley, and Paola Gianturco are on the front line, and will share their inspiring stories of courage, determination and the world-changing progress being made by ordinary and extraordinary women.

Sonja Lyubomirsky

Tues., Apr. 29, 6:30 pm Mill Valley Community Center • $69 Sonja Lyubomirsky is a Professor of Psychology at UC Riverside, leading expert in the science of happiness, and author of The Myths of Happiness and The How of Happiness. She will present the latest science and share results of her extensive research on how we can create happier and more fulfilling lives for ourselves, our families, and our communities. For more information, visit www.speaktomeevents.com

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Author Events in San Francisco The Ferry Building (415) 835-1020

Elizabeth Earley

Tues., Mar. 4, 6:00 pm

Anne’s sister, a bright and lovely teenager, sustains a traumatic brain injury after a nearfatal car accident. A Map of Everything ($16.95) intimately explores the fragile nature of family dynamics, revealing what is salvaged, what is lost, and what is gained after a tragedy hits home. Elizabeth Earley holds an MFA in Fiction from Antioch University Los Angeles.

Carol Cassella

Wed., Mar. 5, 6:00 pm

Filled with intricate medical detail and set in the breathtaking Pacific Northwest, Gemini ($25.99) is a riveting and heartbreaking novel of moral complexity and emotional depth. Carol Casella, MD, is a practicing anesthesiologist, novelist, and public speaker. She is the bestselling author of the novels Oxygen and Healer.

Peggy Wolff, Elizabeth Berg & Phyllis Florin Thurs., Mar. 6, 6:00 pm

What’s your favorite food memory? Reminisce with editor Peggy Wolff and two of the 30 contributors to this collection of nostalgic essays. From the heartwarming to the downright weird, Fried Walleye and Cherry Pie: Midwestern Writers on Food ($19.95) is filled with regional pride.

Dayo Olopade

Fri., Mar. 7, 6:00 pm

For years Dayo Olopade struggled to reconcile the American media’s image of Africa as warring, impoverished, and pitiful with the Africa she’s known since childhood: resilient, joyful, and innovative. The Bright Continent: Breaking Rules and Making Change in Modern Africa ($26.00) offers a fresh portrait of Africans thriving in the face of adversity.

Grotto Readings at the Ferry Building Two Fridays: Mar. 28 & Apr. 4, 6:00 pm

Joins us for a fast-paced and irreverent evening, showcasing new work from the students of the San Francisco Writer’s Grotto writing classes. Both fiction and nonfiction writers will read their work — but only for 3 minutes each! Their instructors (Grotto authors) will enforce the time limit.

Kelly Parsons

Tues., Mar. 11, 6:00 pm

This chilling and compelling thriller takes you into the hospital and shows how the politics and the hierarchies among doctors can affect life and death decisions. Doing Harm ($25.99) is the debut novel by Kelly Parsons, a boardcertified urologist. Ridley Pearson says “you find yourself second guessing the characters as if they’re sitting next to you ... brilliant.”

Sharon Kay Penman

Wed., Mar. 12, 6:00 pm

Galadrielle Allman

Wed., Mar. 19, 6:00 pm

A King’s Ransom ($35.00) is the longanticipated sequel to the national bestseller Lionheart. It is a vivid and heart-wrenching story of the last event-filled years in the life of Richard, Coeur de Lion. The courage, compassion, and intelligence of this warrior king was to become the stuff of legend. Sharon Kay Penman is the author of nine historical novels.

Galadrielle Allman was raised in the shadow of the loss and fame of her father. Please Be with Me: A Song for My Father, Duane Allman ($28.00), is at once a rapturous and intimate account of one of the greatest guitar prodigies of all time and a tender inquiry of a daughter searching for her father in the memories of others.

Christopher Boswell

Thurs., Mar. 20, 6:00 pm

Verdure: Vegetable Recipes from the Kitchen of the American Academy in Rome, Rome Sustainable Food Project ($22.00) is the RSFP’s fourth cookbook (following Biscotti, Zuppe, and Pasta). It is perhaps the ideal collaboration among the kitchen and the Academy garden, authored by executive chef and Chez Panisse alum Christopher Boswell.

Nicole Mones

Tues., Mar. 25, 6:00 pm

Night in Shanghai ($25.00) begins in 1936, when classical pianist Thomas Greene is recruited to Shanghai to lead a jazz orchestra of fellow AfricanAmerican expats. In this impressively researched novel, Nicole Mones not only tells the forgotten story of black musicians in the Chinese Jazz age, but also weaves in a stunning true tale of Holocaust heroism little known in the West.

Janet Hubbard

Wed., Mar. 26, 6:00 pm

In Bordeaux: The Bitter Finish ($14.95), the latest installment in Janet Hubbard’s Vengence in the Vineyard series, NYPD detective Max Maguire returns to France as a bodyguard for a famous American wine critic. But she’s not just escorting the critic—she’s also keeping an eye on a very expensive bottle of wine whose authenticity is in dispute.

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Annabelle Gurwitch

Thurs., Mar. 27, 6:00 pm Betty Medsger

From the coauthor (with her husband) of You Say Tomato, I Say Shut Up, actress and funny-woman Annabelle Gurwitch now chronicles the indignities faced by femmes d’un certain age. Scorchingly honest, surreally and riotously funny, Gurwitch’s I See You Made an Effort ($25.95) is the ultimate coming-of-middle-age story and a must-read for women of all ages. Reading glasses not included.

Sara Davidson

Ed Attanasio

Tues., Apr. 8, 6:00 pm

Containing 50 fictional legendary baseball players and their amusing biographies, Bushers: Ballplayers Drawn From Left Field ($17.99) takes a whimsical look at baseball during the Deadball Era, when free agency, luxury boxes, and enormous salaries were non-existent. Ed Attanasio started sketching as a form of rehab after he had a mini-stroke.

Michelle Theall

Wed., Apr. 9, 6:00 pm

Michelle Theall writes with wit and honesty about her life, weaving her past and her present into a touching commentary on all the love, pain, and redemption that families inspire. Teaching the Cat to Sit ($24.99) allows us to reflect on our sense of humanity, our connection to religion, and our struggles to accept ourselves—and each other.

Colman Andrews

Thurs., Apr. 10, 6:00 pm

From food writer, James Beard award-winning cookbook author, and co-founder of Saveur magazine Colman Andrews comes My Usual Table: A Life in Restaurants ($25.99), a vivid memoir of a life lived in food. From his Hollywood childhood through his ever-evolving career as a food writer and magazine editor, Andrews has seen the world mostly from the dining room.

Left Coast Writers® Literary Round-up Mon., Apr. 14, 6:00 pm

Humor. Drama. Love. Mystery. Left Coast Writers will read selections from some of our favorite works in a variety of genres and forms. The Left Coast Writers meet monthly at Book Passage for lively evenings with an amazing roster of guest speakers. You can read more about LCW on pg. 11.

Tues., Apr. 15, 6:00 pm

The Burglary ($29.95) is the never-beforetold full story of the history-changing breakin at the FBI office in Media, Pennsylvania that made clear the shocking truth that J. Edgar Hoover was operating, in violation of the U.S. Constitution, his own shadow Bureau of Investigation. Betty Medsger is the author of Framed and Women at Work.

Thurs., Apr. 3, 6:00 pm Gabrielle Zevin

In the tradition of The Last Lecture, bestselling author Sara Davidson met with iconic rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi for two years to discuss the spiritual work people must undergo during the “December” or latter years of their lives. The result is The December Project: An Extraordinary Rabbi and a Skeptical Seeker Take Aim at Our Greatest Mystery ($25.99).

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Wed., Apr. 16, 12:30 pm

A.J. Fikry’s life is not at all what he expected it to be: his wife is dead, his bookstore has its worst sales to date, and then his rare collection of Poe poems has been stolen. As surprising as it is moving, The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry ($24.95) by Gabrielle Zevin is a tale of transformation and second chances, an irresistible affirmation of why we read and why we love.

Steven Saylor

Wed., Apr. 16, 6:00 pm

Bestselling author Steven Saylor returns, chronicling the early years of his detective, Gordianus, before he assumed the title of The Finder. Raiders of the Nile ($26.99) is the latest in his much-loved series of mysteries set in the late Roman Republic. Saylor’s other novels include The Triumph of Caesar, Empire, and Roma.

Ferry Building News Children’s Storytime

Wed. Mornings • 10:30 -11:30am • Free With just a hint of chill in the air, let’s get ready for Spring with stories about bears, birds and bunnies coming out from their winter naps! Young listeners and their grownups are welcome to join Virginia for stories, games, and songs.

Ferry Building Book Club

Lively, literate book discussions—free! Everyone welcome. Wed., Mar. 12 • 12:00 pm

On Canaan’s Side Sebastian Barry

March is the ideal month to read the lyrical prose of Irish author Sebastian Barry, who introduces the wondrous Lilly Bere, forced to flee her home during “the Troubles” and reflecting on her life in America. Her first-person account spans seven decades in this novel that is as American as it is Irish. Wed., Apr. 9 • 12:00 pm

Old Filth Jane Gardam

Described as “economical,” “mordantly funny,” and “ascerbic,” Jane Gardam’s fifteenth novel follows Britain’s history through the 20th century as Sir Edward Feathers, retired barrister, reveals why he is known as “Filth” (Failed in London, Try Hong Kong).

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Author Events in San Francisco The Ferry Building (415) 835-1020

Murray Carpenter

Thurs., Apr. 17, 6:00 pm

The most popular drug in America is a white powder. No, not that powder. Drawing on the latest research, Caffeinated: How Our Daily Habit Helps, Hurts, and Hooks Us ($25.95) brings us the inside perspective at the additive that Salt Sugar Fat overlooked. Murray Carpenter has reported for the New York Times, National Geographic, and Wired.

Angie Chuang

Tues., Apr. 22, 6:00 pm

Angie Chuang took on an assignment to “find the human face of the country we’re about to bomb” weeks after the 2001 terrorist attacks. The Four Words for Home comes from the idea that in the Pashto language in Afghanistan, “home” is not a single word, but four. Angie Chuang is a writer and educator based in Washington, D.C.

Justin Go

Wed., Apr. 23, 6:00 pm

Elaine Lui

Sat., Apr. 26, 12:30 pm

In this mesmerizing debut novel by Justin Go, a young American discovers he may be heir to the unclaimed estate of an English WWI officer. The Steady Running of the Hour ($26.00) is a breathless race from London archives to the Eastfjords of Iceland, as the story of a forbidden affair set against the tumult of WWI and the British expeditions to Mt. Everest is revealed. Listen to the Squawking Chicken ($24.95) lays bare the playbook of unusual advice, warnings, and unwavering love that has guided Elaine Lui throughout her life. Using the nine principles that her mother used to raise her, Elaine tells us the story of the Squawking Chicken’s life. Lui is the voice behind the wildly popular and successful blog LaineyGossip.com.

Douglas Watson

Wed., Apr. 30, 6:00 pm

A Moody Fellow Finds Love and Then Dies ($16.00) is the wry, hilarious debut novel from Douglas Watson. Levi Grossman calls it “a wise, funny, and strangely sad fable of love, art, and life.” Watson is the author of a book of short stories, The Era of Not Quite, winner of the inaugural BOA Editions Short Fiction Prize

Kristin Ohlson

Co-Sponsored with CUESA

Wed., Apr. 9, 6:00 pm • Port Commission Hearing Room in the Ferry Building In The Soil Will Save Us ($23.99), journalist and bestselling author Kristin Ohlson makes an elegantly argued, passionate case for “our great green hope”—a way in which we can not only heal the land but also turn atmospheric carbon into beneficial soil carbon—and potentially reverse global warming.

Favorites from the Ferry Building Glitter and Glue Kelly Corrigan ($26.00)

While the title of Bay Area author Kelly Corrigan’s latest memoir honors her parents (Dad was the glitter, Mom the glue) readers might apply it as the formula for a happy family: it takes both. Secure in her parents’ love, Corrigan trekked around the globe and back home, and she shares her journey in this thoughtful, loving, and often hilarious reflection of her life, from daughter-hood to motherhood.

Unremarried Widow Artis Henderson ($25.00)

Married just four months when her husband died in Iraq, Artis Henderson is, in military parlance, an unremarried widow. Her heartbreaking memoir opens with their joyful romance, and readers hope this is actually a novel, even knowing that tragedy looms. Artis’s relationship with her mother, also a young widow, and the other Army wives she discovers are her solace and propel this sensitively written, inspirational story of a deep love, a young woman’s strength, and the tragedies of war.

Gemini Carol Cassella ($25.99)

When a “Jane Doe” patient is airlifted to her Seattle ICU, Dr. Charlotte Reese doesn’t suspect that the critically wounded young woman will dramatically impact her own life. A love story, a mystery, and an accessible tale of modern medicine, Carol Cassella’s third novel (after Oxygen and Healer) is a tender yet complex, brilliantly told story.

The Plover Brian Doyle ($24.99)

Adventure on the high seas from cunning wordsmith Brian Doyle (Mink River). Seeking utter solitude, our hero sets out to go “west and west,” with no real destination in mind. The story really gets underway when the unplanned arrival of a friend and his otherworldly daughter alter both the ship’s course and its captain’s life. Uproarious and subtly poignant.

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Dining with Writers

Intimate Meals with Famed Authors at Spinster Sisters Restaurant in Santa Rosa $95 person • includes the book, meal, wine, tax, tip & dessert 401 South A Street, Santa Rosa CA 95401 Call Book Passage at 415-927-0960 to reserve

Frances Mayes Under Magnolia: A Southern Memoir

Thurs., April 24 • 6:00 pm • Spinster Sisters Restaurant Frances Mayes has created a lyrical and evocative memoir about coming of age in the Deep South and about the region’s powerful influence on her life. The author of Under the Tuscan Sun revisits the turning points that defined her early years in Fitzgerald, Georgia. With her signature style and grace, Mayes explores the power of landscape, the idea of home, and the lasting force of a chaotic and loving family.

Ruth Reichl Delicious

Wed., May 21 • 12:00 pm • Spinster Sisters Restaurant Ruth Reichl, the former editor of Gourmet magazine and best-selling author of culinary memoirs Tender at the Bone and Comfort Me with Apples makes her fiction debut with a story set at an iconic food magazine in New York called “Delicious.” The Library Journal says Reichl’s novel is “drenched in food lore and love.”

Signed First-Editions Book Club The 2013 Pulitzer Prize for fiction was awarded to Adam Johnson for The Orphan Master’s Son. This was a big day for Johnson but also a nice surprise for the members of the Book Passage Signed First Editions Club. Johnson’s book was the club’s selection in February 2012, so all of the club members now have signed first editions of this Pulitzer Prize winner. Members of the Signed First Editions Club receive a signed first printing each month of a new work of fiction by an author of exceptional promise. Many have won literary acclaim, such as Paul Harding’s novel Tinkers (Pulitzer Prize) or Jaimy Gordon’s Lord of Misrule (National Book Award). Many have also increased substantially in value. We can’t guarantee that the books will always go up in value, but we can promise some wonderful reading. To see our selections, go to bookpassage.com/first-editions-book-club. To sign up, use the online form at bookpassage. com/first-editions-club-registration or call Mary Benham at (415) 927-0960 ext. 227. You can also email [email protected].

Books & Bites

Book Passage Cooking Classes Cavallo Point Cooking School

601 Murray Circle, Sausalito • Price includes a copy of the book Call Book Passage at 415-927-0960 ext. 1 to reserve

Joyce Goldstein

Steven Raichlen

30 Years That Changed Our Culinary Consciousness

The Essential Cookbook for Guys

Inside the California Food Revolution:

Thurs. April 3 • 6:30-9:30 pm • Cavallo Point • $125 This is an interactive cooking class with a menu inspired by Goldstein’s new book. Many of the fresh and organic ingredients we buy at markets today weren’t available a few decades ago. Joyce Goldstein tells how this revolution came about and how the cuisine of California has changed. There will be a collaborative prepping of the recipes and an interactive sampling of dishes. Goldstein was chef/owner of S.F.’s Square One and was named James Beard Best Chef in California. Seating is limited

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Man Made Meals:

Thurs. June 26 • 6:30-9:30 pm • Cavallo Point • $125 The guru of barbeque is back in town. Steven Raichlen will be on hand to do a cooking demo and share some of his newest culinary techniques. Man Made Meals has over 300 step-by-step recipes for breakfast, lunch, dinner and dessert, so this is one cookbook you won’t want to miss—whether you’re a man or a woman! Participants in this interactive class will dine on some of the recipes from the cookbook. Seating is limited

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Kids & Teens

Cokie Roberts

Phil Bildner

MB14 Books for Young Adults

Chris Columbus

MB14 (“Must Be 14”) is a group of young adults who are avid readers! Besides having fun and hanging out with like-minded peers, they are an integral part of the Book Passage young adult presence. They maintain their own blog and social media. Check out their blog at mustbe14.wordpress.com. MB14 meets on the fourth Friday of the month at 6:00 p.m. at Book Passage. New members are welcome! “I love reading, so I felt right at home with the MB14 book club. Everyone has great books to recommend, but you’re not assigned a particular book to read; it’s more of a “check in to see what you’re reading.” Plus, we have doughnuts!” —Aru K.

Katherine Longshore

Ann Brashares

Events for Kids & Teens

Vivienne Harr

Cokie Roberts Mon., Mar. 3, 4:30 pm

Bring the kids for cookies & milk with NPR journalist Cokie Roberts as she shares her picture book, Founding Mothers. See page 2

Chris Columbus Fri., March 21, 10:00 am

Hollywood director Chris Columbus presents the thrilling sequel to his novel The House of Secrets, The Battle of the Beasts. See page 5

Phil Bildner Fri., March 21, 6:00 pm

“MB14 has provided me with an incredible opportunity—to not only read and share books, but to even meet the authors of some of the best young adult works. These incredible mentors have inspired me in my own writing. Furthermore, the members of MB14 are more than just voracious readers—they truly savor and think intellectually about each novel they read, as is reflected in their reviews and discussions of what they have read during meetings. What is most powerful is our ability to share these novels with the world through the MB14 blog, when for the first time, the laughs, tears, and heartbreak that we experienced with our favorite novels (The Fault in Our Stars, anyone?) can be shared with people anywhere in the world.” —Danielle C.

INK Books for Not-Quite-Young-Adults

INK is a book group for “tweens,” ages Phil Bildner presents The Soccer Fence: A Story of Friendship, 10-13. INK meets at 6 p.m. on the third Hope, and Apartheid in South Africa. He is joined by children’s Friday of the month at Book Passage. This is a lively group of kids who love authors LeYuen Pham and Kevin Lewis. See page 5 books (and a few who didn’t know how Katherine Longshore Fri., March 28, 6:00 pm wonderful books were until they came to a Manor of Secrets is set in 19th century England and follows two meeting!) One of the perks of membership young women with vastly different lives. Think Downton Abbey for is being able to read books before they arteens! See page 6 rive at the store and recommend books to other kids. New members are welcome! Ann Brashares Thurs., April 10, 6:00 pm The author of The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants presents her “I think INK is great because I have been able to share the books I love with people who are excited about them. I also get to hear newest teen novel The Here and Now. See page 8. about books that I should be reading and share the excitement Vivienne Harr Sat., May 3, 1:00 pm about books that I feel when reading a good book.” Harr shares her story and her mission in Make a Stand: When —Olivia M. Life Gives You Lemons, Change the World! 10-year-old (and Fairfax resident) Vivienne Harr decided child slavery had to be For more information on MB14 or INK, stopped. She started a lemonade stand and has already raised over contact Esme Rabin: [email protected] $200,000. Her delightful picture book tells how she is doing it.

Storytime with Christopher Smith

Sundays 11:00 am • Marin store • Free Singer-songwriter Christopher Smith has been writing and performing music for over 20 years. Smith writes well-crafted story songs that aim for the heart. Children (and adults) of all ages love him!

Storytime in the Ferry Building with Virginia Mulholland

Wednesdays: 10:30-11:30 am • Free Bring your young listeners for Storytime with Virginia! Every Wednesday, our Ferry Building Children’s Buyer Virginia Mulholland reads stories, sings songs, and leads activities to delight the youngest book lovers and their grown-ups.

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We asked Luisa Smith, our Head Buyer, for a few selections from our new books. Here are her choices:

Shotgun Lovesongs Nicholas Butler $25.99

This is both a love letter to the Midwestern town and a meditation on the meaning of home. Five close friends, who are living very different lives, voice different chapters of this beautiful novel. Henry and Beth appear to have a perfect marriage, Kip has an abundance of confidence, Ronny is loved for his big heart, and Lee is admired for his remarkable talent. The reader is drawn into a story where relationships get tested, frailties are revealed, and people find their way home again.

Weight of Blood Laura McHugh $26.00

Two crimes, years apart, reveal the darkness that has been festering in the small town of Henbane, Missouri. Lucy is an outsider in her own community, tainted by the unearthly beauty and mysterious disappearance of her mother. When Lucy starts to investigate the murder of her friend Cheri she finds there are old secrets and complicated stories shared among the inhabitants of Henbane. The Weight of Blood is an impressive debut.

Clever Girl Tessa Hadley $25.99

Tessa Hadley examines the beauty and complexities of an ordinary life. A comfortable English housewife, Stella, looks back on her upbringing with her single mom in Bristol. The stories that make up the path of her life come alive for the reader. We see life as complex, beautiful, sensuous, and hard in these vignettes, creating an amazing picture of modern British life.

Book Clubs

To register your club, sign up for a club, or to send us your list of favorite books, contact Kate Larson, book club coordinator, at [email protected].

Register Your Book Club

Register your book club, and members will receive a 10% discount on all club selections. Book clubs also have the opportunity to attend some special events and are invited to participate in our annual surveys. You can reigster your club in person or by email or by going to bookpassage.com/register-your-book-club.

Top Ten Book Club Picks

The results are in! Here are the Top Ten Book Club picks from last year taken from a survey of Book Passage registered book clubs: 1. The Light Between the Oceans by M. L. Stedman 2. And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini 3. Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter 4. The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes 5. The Orphan Master’s Son by Adam Johnson 6. Caleb’s Crossing by Geraldine Brooks 7. Rules of Civility by Amor Towles 8. State of Wonder by Ann Patchett 9. Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed 10. Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline

The Accident Chris Pavone $26.00

Chris Pavone is the master of the plot twist, ratcheting up the suspense. A writer has crafted a manuscript with an eye to exploding carefully constructed lies and changing the lives of some powerful people. As the book is on track to be published, a collection of intriguing characters all over the globe jump into action. The Accident keeps the surprises coming up to the last page.

Murder in Pigalle Cara Black $27.95

Visiting the rarely seen parts of Paris in Cara Black’s mystery series is always a wonderful treat. And in P.I. Aimee Leduc, the reader has a charming and unique tour guide to the underside of that city. Aimee is now pregnant and feeling the need to pull back from her often crazy career. However, when the daughter of a café owner disappears she finds she cannot turn away. With Murder in Pigalle, Cara Black, once again delivers a richly descriptive view of Paris along with a well-crafted mystery.

New in Paperback March 2014

Oleander Girl by Chitra Divakaruni - $15.00 We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler - $16.00 The Interestings by Meg Wolitzer - $17.00 Blood & Beauty: The Borgias by Sarah Dunant - $16.00 Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald by Therese Anne Fowler $15.99 Cartwheel by Jennifer Dubois - $15.00

New in Paperback April 2014

Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn - $15.00 Behind the Beautiful Forevers by Katherine Boo - $16.00 The Light in the Ruins by Chris Bohjalian - $15.95 The White Princess by Philippa Gregory - $16.00 Paris by Edward Rutherford - $18.00

18 Book Passage • March - April 2014 Elaine’s Picks Frog Music Emma Donoghue $27.00

Welcome to San Francisco in the late 19th century. Prepare to submit to a riveting, rowdy, thrilling novel that is both heartbreaking and erotic. Blanche is a French beauty, skilled in the art of burlesque and the pleasures of the flesh, but she is also a mother who fights for her strange yet irresistible child. Donoghue weaves an emotional story rich with the inventions of the time. She leaves us stunned by unforgettable imagery and the collision of luck and circumstance. Some signed first editions.

The Other Language Francesca Marciano $24.95

Get ready to be enthralled by nine amazing stories. Francesca Marciano lives in Rome but she writes about Italians worldwide— from Venice during the film festival, to India where a couple sees how fragile marriage can be, to East Africa where a woman finds her old boyfriend has changed, to New York where a woman flees all things Italian only to end up writing a book about Italian ways, and even to Southern Italy where a Northern Italian feels completely out of place. The stories are political, funny, worldly, and sometimes heartbreaking. Some signed first editions.

Under Magnolia: A Southern Memoir Frances Mayes $26.00

It’s hard not to envy Frances Mayes for her lyrical books about life in Tuscany, her stunning novel, her olive trees, her poetry, her food, her family, and her friends on two continents. But in Under Magnolia we meet Frances as a girl in a southern family with two incredibly clueless parents. With her clear eye for details and her gentle sense of the ridiculous, Mayes introduces us to the lost little girl who has a smart mouth and a love of nature but who has every reason to be a troubled kid. Just as she brought us right into the picture in Under the Tuscan Sun, here we feel the southern heat while we smell the flowers and the rot. Although the characters are wilder than anyone you are likely to meet in a novel, Mayes’s portrait is so nuanced that we come away caring about them as we gain new appreciation for this outstanding author. Some signed first editions.

You Can Date Boys When You’re Forty Dave Barry $26.96

These new essays deal with much more than the joys and challenges for a 65-yearold guy trying to parent a teenage daughter. Barry is hilarious as he takes on watching Viagra TV commercials with kids, cremation, trying to get wi-fi in the Israeli desert, and what is required to be a “real” man. He even tells you how to get rid of boys who like your daughter. As Barry says, following his advice could get you arrested. Even if you don’t think Justin Bieber looks like the Geico Gecko, or have never wondered why Fifty Shades of Grey is such a hit, you are going to want this treasure. Some signed first editions.

Thirty Girls Susan Minot $26.95

Esther is a student at a convent school in Uganda, when the Lord’s Resistance Army swoops in and takes 139 girls. Sister Giulia can’t let this happen. She follows the kidnappers and manages to get 109 released. Esther is among the 30 kept by the psychotic rebels. Jane, on the other hand, is an American writer who is traveling to Uganda to interview girls who have escaped. What Esther has seen and been forced to do is horrific, and she is going to move right into your heart. Minot writes this novel, based on an abduction that took place in 1996, with a light touch and profound insight. Some signed first editions.

Steal the North $27.95 Heather Brittain Bergstrom

Emmy is a teenager living in Sacramento with her self-sufficient single mother when she first meets her fundamentalist aunt and uncle. Convincing Emmy’s mother that they need to have Emmy with them, they take her to live with them. She does love her aunt and uncle, but her aunt’s mistaken belief that Emmy is a Christian and a virgin makes her very uncomfortable. As she comes to appreciate the stark beauty of Eastern Washington, she becomes close to the Native American boy who lives next door. Their romance does not sit well with the locals.This outstanding first novel unfolds with tenderness and beauty as we see how one generation fears that the next will revisit their own complex past. Some signed first editions.

Every Day Is for the Thief Teju Cole $23.00

A Nigerian who has been living abroad comes back to Lagos where he finds unexpected sights and sounds. The muezzin’s call to prayer joins the music of John Coltrane. A woman is reading Michael Ondaatje. Our protagonist feels oddly at home and yet absolutely foreign, as he finds the city chaotic, exciting, and frightening. Cole, who was born in the US and raised in Nigeria, includes his own photographs, giving this arresting novel immediacy and sense of reality. Some signed first editions.

The Story of the Jews Simon Schama $39.99

In 475 B.C., a father wrote a letter to his son, a Jewish soldier. When the papyrus was found two and a half millennia later, scholars learned that contrary to what they had believed, there was a thriving Jewish community in Egypt at that time. Each chapter begins with a tangible piece of history—a mosaic, a shard, a medieval child’s doodle in a Hebrew workbook—and Schama uses each of these artifacts to unveil the history of a people who were in Paris, India, Rome, Syria, and all the then known world. He ends this first of two volumes with the expulsion of the Jews from Portugal in 1492. Schama has the uncanny ability to take a mountain of information and make it fascinating and well as historically grounded. Some signed first editions.

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Living with a Wild God:

A Non-Believer’s Search for the Truth about Everything

Barbara Ehrenreich $28.00

During her tumultuous adolescence, Ehrenreich kept a journal. Discovering it as a middle-aged woman, she found that many of the questions about life, death and our place in the universe that bothered her then are on her mind now. She became a scientific journalist and an atheist, yet she still wonders about the inexplicable. With this philosophical yet rational memoir, Ehrenreich considers huge questions. But just as she did in her groundbreaking Nickel and Dimed, she writes a thoroughly enjoyable book that makes us think about ideas often shoved aside. Some signed first editions

The Bohemians:

Mark Twain & the San Francisco Writers Who Reinvented American Literature Ben Tarnoff $27.95 Mark Twain arrived in San Francisco in 1863, dodging the draft and searching for adventure. He fell in with Bret Harte, who was at the top of his game, Charles Warren Stoddard, a struggling poet, and Ina Coolbrith, a poet and the protector of the group. The transcontinental railroad was soon completed and the Civil War was bringing huge profits to San Francisco. Immigrants from five continents were contributing new energy and ideas. We join Twain in San Francisco and later, when his stage presentations make him an international sensation. Some signed first editions

Seeds of Hope:

Wisdom and Wonder from the World of Plants

Jane Goodall $30.00

Jane Goodall became enchanted with plants in her childhood English garden, where she climbed the beech tree and made elderberry wine with her grandmother. Today, she continues to love that garden. She takes us to her home away from home, the Gombe Forest in Tanzania, where she and the chimpanzees are enchanted by the fig and plum trees. With her intimate writing style and her passion for nature, Jane Goodall brings news of conservation successes such as the Millennium Seed Project while summoning us to meet the challenges ahead. Some signed first editions

Thrive Arianna Huffington $26.00

In her candid and carefully researched book, Arianna Huffington doesn’t hesitate to talk about her own experience with racing through life and working harder and harder until she collapsed. She points out that at memorial services we tend to talk about the humor, the love, the generosity and kindness of people rather than their wealth or power. She redefines what it means to be successful as a wise, compassionate person with a sense of wonder and a capacity for passion and giving. Citing cutting edge research, she talks of the ways to find peace of mind and well-being instead of falling into the pressures that lead to a chaotic life. Some signed first editions

Black-Eyed Blond:

A Phillip Marlow Novel

Benjamin Black $27.00

Is there anything John Banville can’t do? Writing under his own name, he has won the Booker Prize and the Franz Kafka Prize. Then writing as Benjamin Black he has created a series of delightful, highly praised mysteries. Now he has reincarnated himself once again as Raymond Chandler’s famed private eye, Phillip Marlowe. What a treat! Marlowe is the quintessential wisecracking, hard-drinking, tough-guy sleuth with an exterior that hides a bit of a moral and sentimental streak. The setting is a few years later than in the orignal stories. But it’s still the seamy side of L.A., Marlowe still has a bottle of booze in the drawer of his desk, and once again a femme fatale walks into his office.

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Cruise Like a Travel Writer

A Mediterranean Workshop with Don George

September 5 - 12, 2014 Voyage from Venice to Athens aboard Cunard’s Queen Elizabeth with legendary travel writer and editor Don George, the former Travel Editor of the San Francisco Examiner & Chronicle. This 7-day cruise workshop for emerging travel writers visits Croatia, Crete, Rhodes and Ephesus. It will feature lectures, onshore writing exercises, and close critique sessions led by Don, plus a walk exploring Korcula through a travel writer’s eyes and hosted cocktail party. Don is the author of the bestselling Lonely Planet Guide to Travel Writing, co-founder & chairman of the Book Passage Travel Writers & Photographers Conference, and editor at large for National Geographic Traveler. Workshop cost is $295 plus cruise fare. Sign up now for best stateroom choice. For additional info, contact: Andi Cercos, Dimensions in Travel 415-883-3245 [email protected]

20 Book Passage • March - April 2014 Children’s Writers and Illustrators Conference 8th Annual • June 12-15, 2014 • Corte Madera Hone the Skills and Make the Connections to Write, Illustrate, and Publish Books for Children & Young Adults This unique and exciting conference covers all aspects of creating books for children and young adults, from developing ideas to honing your skills to finding a publisher. Conference participants will spend four event-filled days writing, illustrating, workshopping, networking, and perfecting their craft. Our celebrated faculty of awardwinning authors, illustrators, agents, and editors will offer inspiration and guidance in a collegial and intimate setting. Participants will work closely with other writers and illustrators in a particular area of emphasis, such as writing for picture books, early readers, young adult books, or illustration; and have the opportunity to get

feedback from experts in a workshop setting. Expert panels feature topics of common interest, such as finding an agent, how to work with your editor, marketing and promotion, and more. There will be many opportunities for faculty and participants to talk, laugh, and exchange ideas in workshops, lunches, and at evening events. For an additional fee, optional 30-minute private consultations can be scheduled with members of our expert faculty during the conference. Take this time to discuss a concept or proposal, or to have a faculty member review and provide feedback on work you have submitted.

Stay Tuned for Conference News!

We will be announcing additional conference faculty and the conference schedule very soon on our website at bookpassage.com/conferences. In the meantime, we hope you take a look at the conference webpages and see the list of faculty, the schedule of classes, the photos and videos, and the student success stories from the past several years. That will give you a good idea of what this year’s conference will be like.

Conference Faculty (with more to come!) Jon Agee

T.A. Barron

Pooja Menon

N.Y. Times bestselling author of books for both children and teens, including The Lost Years, The Heartlight Saga, Atlantis Rising, Tree Girl, The Hero’s Trail, and many picture books.

Literary agent with Kimberley Cameron & Associates. She represents both fiction and non-fiction for Adult and Young Adult markets.

Andrea Alban

Gennifer Choldenko

Bethanie Murguia

Author and illustrator of Zoe Gets Ready, Buglette, The Messy Sleeper, Snippet the Early Riser, and coming soon, I Feel Five! She received an MFA in Illustration from the School of Visual Arts in New York.

Mac Barnett

Summer Dawn Laurie

Creator of many acclaimed children’s books, including Terrific, Little Santa, Mr. Putney’s Quacking Dog, and My Rhinoceros, as well as a series of wordplay and palindromes, including Go Hang a Salami! I’m a Lasagna Hog! Author of nine books, including the The Happiness Tree and the YA novel Anya’s War. Andrea Alban edits manuscripts and coaches writers in how to prepare submissions to editors and agents. Author of many acclaimed books, including Billy Twitters and His Blue Whale Problem, President Taft is Stuck in the Bath, Count the Monkeys, and the Caldecott Honor-winning Extra Yarn.

Winner of several honors for her work. Notes from a Liar and Her Dog was a California Book Award winner. Her book Al Capone Does My Shirts was named a Newbery Honor Book.

Independent children’s book editor with experience at Tricycle Press and Chronicle Books. She’s edited more than 50 published books, from board books to picture books to middle-grade novels to nonfiction.

Amy Novesky

Independent children’s book editor, children’s author, creative director, and co-founder of Ever After Studio, a children’s book production company. Her works include Me, Frida, Elephant Prince, and Georgia in Hawaii.

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Conference Information

When: June 12-15, 2014 Where: Book Passage • 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera, CA (off Highway 101, just across the Golden Gate Bridge from San Francisco) Register online: www.bookpassage.com/childrens-writers-illustrators-conference Contact: Kathryn Petrocelli at [email protected] or at (415) 9270960, ext. 239 Cost: $475 Private consultations available for an additional fee of $95

Conference Format

Conference begins late Thursday afternoon and ends late Sunday afternoon. The conference fee includes the opening night dinner and all lunches. Mornings: Classes in an area of interest (such as writing for picture books, middle readers, young adults, or illustration) with a single teacher or team of teachers Lunches: Faculty and conferees have lunch together in an informal setting Afternoons: Panel discussions and workshops open to all attendees Evenings: Presentations by faculty members and follow-up discussions

College Credit Available at Dominican University Participants in the Book Passage Children’s Writers & Illustrators Conference are eligible to receive class credit at Dominican University of California. For details, see bookpassage.com/dominican-credit.

Kathryn Otoshi

Conference Stories

Lissa Rovetch

“The Children’s Writers & Illustrators Conference was an intimate and educational experience that allowed me to talk one on one with successful illustrators, authors, editors, art directors, and agents in the children’s literature profession. From my attendance, I was able to gain a foundation of how good picture books are made and this information helped me become a published illustrator. Charlotte Cheng, illustrator of A Moment in Time

Tamra Tuller

“You were very helpful and encouraging to me both during and after the 2009 Children’s Writers & Illustrators Conference. I connected with a wonderful illustrator—Ji Young Lee—who also attended the conference, and we published a picture book of one of my stories, Marcie’s Daffodil.” Autumn Stanley Author of Marcie’s Daffodil

Conference Chair Award-winning writer and illustrator, whose books have won the E.B. White Read Aloud Honor, the Nautilus Gold Award, and the Mom’s Choice Award. Her books include Zero, One, Maneki Meko, Simon and the Sock Monster, What Emily Saw, and Marcello the Movie Mouse. Writing and creativity coach at Pixar Studios and Funthink. She has written and/or illustrated over 20 children’s books including: Ook the Book, Hot Dog and Bob, and There Was a Man Who Loved a Rat. Children’s book editor at Chronicle Books. She began her publishing career in the Scholastic Book Clubs. She then moved on to Scholastic’s trade division at Blue Sky Press, before going to work at Philomel Books, an imprint of the Penguin Young Readers Group.

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Mystery Writers Conference 21st Annual • July 24-27, 2014 • Corte Madera This conference arms you with all the knowledge and inspiration you need to get your mystery published. Authors offer classes on setting, dialogue, suspense, and point of view. Publishers, agents and editors talk about what you need to do to get your book published. Panels of detectives and forensic experts provide invaluable information that allows writers to put realism into their work. This conference has a proven record for launch-

ing successful mystery writing careers. The conference is open to new and aspiring writers as well as those who are more established. For an additional fee, optional 30-minute private consultations can be scheduled with members of our faculty during the conference. Take this time to discuss a concept or proposal, or to have a faculty member review and provide feedback on work you have submitted.

Isabel Allende

William C. Gordon

Stay Tuned for Conference News!

We hope you will take a look at the conference webpages and see the list of faculty, the schedule of classes, the photos and videos, and the student success stories from the past several years. That will give you a good idea of what this year’s conference will be like. Get all the latest conference news on Twitter! Follow @BookPassage

Conference Faculty (with more to come!) The author of many bestselling novels, including the House of the Spirits, Maya’s Notebook, and Daughter of Fortune. Her latest novel is the acclaimed thriller Ripper.

Cara Black Conference alum. Creator of the the Aimée Leduc mysteries set in Paris and recipient of the Medaille de la Ville de Paris. Her new book is Murder in Pigalle.

Kimberley Cameron Literary agent and President of Kimberley Cameron and Associates. She represents both fiction and nonfiction writers.

David Corbett A skilled private investigator who is also a highly talented writer of crime fiction. His novels include Do They Know I’m Running? and The Devil’s Redhead. He is the author of The Art of Character.

George Fong Director of Security with ESPN and former Supervising Agent for the FBI. “You are lucky to be one of those people who wishes to build sand castles with words, who is willing to create a place where your imagination can wander.” See page 29 for a class with Anne Lamott

Attorney and author of several mysteries set in San Francisco, including The Chinese Jars, Fractured Lives, and The Halks of Power

Laurie King Best-selling author of the Mary Russell series and other acclaimed books. Her novels include Touchstone, The Game, and her latest, The Bones of Paris.

Elizabeth Kracht An agent with Kimberley Cameron & Associates. Former acquisitions editor and freelance publicist.

John Lescroart Acclaimed author of twenty mystery novels, including The Ophelia Cut, The Betrayal, The Suspect, The Second Chair, The First Law, The Oath, The Hearing, and The Keeper (May, 2014).

Chelsea Lindman Literary agent at Sanford J. Greenburger Associates, and former Director of Foreign Rights for the Nicholas Ellison Agency.

DP Lyle Physician and the author of Howdunit Forensics, a definitive reference guide for writers. He is also the author of Forensics and Fiction.

Tim Maleeny Author of the acclaimed Cape Weathers series, including Stealing The Dragon, Beating The Babushka, Greasing The Piñata, and Jump.

Otto Penzler Proprietor of The Mysterious Bookshop in New York City, founder of The Mysterious Press, and editor of over 50 crime fiction anthologies.

William Petrocelli

Attorney, essayist, author, and co-owner of Book Passage. His new novel is The Circle of Thirteen.

Anne Perry Acclaimed author of historical detective novels in the Thomas Pitt and William Monk series. She also writes YA novels and short stories, including the winner of the 2001 Edgar Award. Her new novel is Death on Blackheath.

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Mystery Writers Conference Information

When: July 24-27, 2014 Where: Book Passage • 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera, CA (off Highway 101, just across the Golden Gate Bridge from San Francisco) Register online: www.bookpassage.com/mystery-writers-conference Contact: Kathryn Petrocelli at [email protected] or at (415) 9270960, ext. 239 Cost: $540 Private consultations available for an additional fee of $95

Conference Format

Conference begins late Thursday afternoon and ends late Sunday afternoon. The conference fee includes the opening night dinner and all lunches. Mornings: Writing sessions on key elements (such as character development, dialogue, plot, and setting) with a single teacher or team of teachers Lunches: Faculty and conferees have lunch together in an informal setting Afternoons: Panel discussions and classes open to all attendees Evenings: Presentations by faculty members and follow-up discussions

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Exclusive Writing Retreat! Please join us for an exclusive Writing Retreat Weekend in the Santa Cruz Mountains with award-winning author

Pam Houston

College Credit Available at Dominican University Participants in the Book Passage Mystery Writers Conference are eligible to receive class credit at Dominican University of California. For details, see bookpassage. com/dominican-credit.

Valerie Plame Former CIA Operations Officer whose disclosure created a political scandal. She is the author of Fair Game, which chronicled her career. Her new novel is Blowback.

Amy Rennert Literary agent and owner of the Amy Rennert Agency. Veteran of more than 20 years in the publishing business and former editor of two national magazines.

Kirk Russell Author of three Inspector Ben Raveneau novels: Counterfeit Road, One Through the Heart, and A Killing in China Basin. He is also the author of five John Marquez eco-thrillers novels, including Deadgame and Redback.

Tom Rob Smith The novels in Smith’s Child 44 trilogy were N.Y. Times bestsellers and international publishing sensations. He is the author of the upcoming thriller The Farm.

Sheldon Siegel

Conference Co-Chair His courtroom mysteries include Special Circumstances, Incriminating Evidence, Criminal Intent, and Judgment Day. His newest book is The Terrorist Next Door. Conference Alum.

Jackie Winspear

Conference Co-Chair Author of award-winning Maisie Dobbs series, including A Lesson in Secrets, An Incomplete Revenge, and the forthcoming The Care and Management of Lies.

June 13-15 Mount Madonna Center Pam Houston’s most recent book is Contents May Have Shifted. She is also the author of two collections of linked short stories, Cowboys Are My Weakness and Waltzing the Cat, the novel, Sight Hound, and a collection of essays, A Little More About Me, all published by W.W. Norton. Her stories have been selected for volumes of Best American Short Stories, the O. Henry Awards, the 2013 Pushcart Prize, and Best American Short Stories of the Century. She is the winner of the Western States Book Award, the WILLA award for contemporary fiction, the Evil Companions Literary Award and multiple teaching awards.

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24 Book Passage • March - April 2014 Travel Writers and Photographers Conference 23rd Annual • August 14-17, 2014 • Corte Madera Now in its 22nd year, this four-day conference offers an array of writing and photography workshops in the morning, a full afternoon of panels and discussions, and evening faculty presentations. The faculty includes top travel publishers, magazine editors, photographers, travel essayists, and guidebook writers. The conference typically includes such travel writing luminaries as Susan Orlean, Phil Cousineau, Tim Cahill, Pico Iyer, Georgia Hesse, Don George, and many more. There are hours of informal interaction between faculty and participants during lunch and in discussions that often last late into the evening. Open to new, established, and aspiring writers, the conference takes place in beautiful Marin County, just across the Golden Gate Bridge from San Francisco and adjacent to Northern California’s wine country. For an additional fee, optional 30-minute private consultations can be scheduled with members of our expert faculty during the conference. Take this time to discuss a concept or proposal, or to have a faculty member review and provide feedback on work you have submitted. Pre-conference field trips around the Bay Area with select faculty are also available.

Some recent success stories: •Alumna Laurie McAndish King’s article “When a Body Reading in Indonesia Just Isn’t Enough” in the S.F. Chronicle. •Alumna Diane Susan Petty is the author of Frommer’s Easyguide to San Francisco 2014. •Alumna Kristin Zibell’s article “Color Within the Lines” was published in the Bay Area Travel Writer’s Anthology, and “Letting Go on the Ganges” won a SOLAS award from Traveler’s Tales. •Alumna Janis Cooke Newman’s piece “In Sicily, a Step Back in Time” was published in the N.Y. Times. •Alumna April Orcutt had pieces published in the Philadelphia Inquirer, S.F. Chronicle, and Travel+Leisure Online.

The Premier Conference in the World for Travel Writers and Photographers

Stay Tuned for Conference News!

We will be announcing additional conference faculty and the conference schedule shortly on our website at bookpassage.com/conferences. In the meantime, we hope you take a look at the conference webpages and see the list of faculty, the schedule of classes, the photos and videos, and the student success stories from the past several years. That will give you a good idea of what this year’s conference will be like.

Conference Chair

Donald George

Don George’s career in travel writing has encompassed every aspect of the business. He edited the S.F. Chronicle travel section, was an editor for Lonely Planet Publications, is a contributing editor for National Geographic, and has written and edited several books of his own. Best of all, he is a warm and engaging teacher who has helped launch many travel writing careers. It’s a pleasure to have him as chair of the conference.

Conference Information

When: August 14-17, 2014 Where: Book Passage • 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera, CA (off Highway 101, just across the Golden Gate Bridge from San Francisco) Register online: www.bookpassage.com/travel-writers-photographers-conference Contact: Kathryn Petrocelli at [email protected] or at (415) 9270960, ext. 239 Cost: $635 Private consultations available for an additional fee of $95

Conference Format

Conference begins late Thursday afternoon and ends late Sunday afternoon. The conference fee includes the opening night dinner and all lunches. Mornings: Classes in an area of interest (such as memoir, personal narrative, travel photos, or travel essays) with a single teacher or team of teachers Lunches: Faculty and conferees have lunch together in an informal setting Afternoons: Panel discussions and classes open to all attendees Evenings: Presentations by faculty members and follow-up discussions

College Credit Available at Dominican University Participants in the Book Passage Travel Writers & Photographers Conference are eligible to receive class credit at Dominican University of California. For details, see bookpassage.com/dominican-credit.

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Conference Faculty (with more to come!) Jim Benning

Georgia Hesse

Travel writer and editor. Benning is cofounder and coeditor of the online travel magazine World Hum, and the Editor-in-Chief of SKYE on AOL.

Founding travel editor of the San Francisco Examiner, a position she held on the San Francisco Chronicle for 20 years.

Tim Cahill

Andrea Johnson Award-winning photographer whose work has appeared in Wine Spectator, Food and Wine, Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, and the San Francisco Chronicle.

Author of many travel books, including A Wolverine Is Eating My Leg, Jaguars Ripped My Flesh, and Pass the Butterworms. He is an editor at large for Outside magazine.

Andrew Evans

National Geographic’s digital nomad—always traveling and always wired. He shares his adventures as he explores great destinations on Twitter @WheresAndrew.

Jeff Greenwald Photojournalist, author and stage performer whose six books include the best-selling Shopping for Buddhas and The Size of the World.

Larry Habegger Travel writer, editor, journalist, and teacher who has been covering the world since his international travels began in the 1970s.

Spud Hilton

Travel Editor of the San Francisco Chronicle. He is a 25-year journalist and a late-blooming traveler who, in 11 years with the Travel Section has written about, reported on and been hopelessly lost on six continents.

Pam Mandel Freelance writer and photographer. She’s written travel stories for Conde Nast Traveler online, Afar, World Hum, Gadling, and Perceptive Travel and contributed to two guidebooks.

Andrew McCarthy Writer, actor, and director. He is an editorat-large with National Geographic Traveler and has written for the New York Times, The Atlantic, and the Wall Street Journal.

Michael Shapiro Writer, photographer and interviewer, Shapiro has written features for National Geographic Traveler, American Way, Islands, The Sun and the Washington Post.

Lavinia Spalding Editor of the 2011-2013 editions of The Best Women’s Travel Writing, and author of Writing Away: A Creative Guide to Awakening the JournalWriting Traveler and With a Measure of Grace.

B. P. Marketplace

Paris Marais Bastille Apartment

Enchanting one-bedroom apartment on quiet cobblestone passage between Marais and Bastille. Renovated, top floor with skylights, large kitchen, Wi-Fi. Three Metro lines outside front gate. Open-air market, bakeries, cafes, Bastille Opera, marina, buses, taxi. Fantastic location! Sleeps 2–4. Bay Area owner. www.parisbastilleapt.com Tel: (415) 282.3648 Email: [email protected] B. P. Marketplace

Beautiful Paris Apartment in Montmartre

Enjoy a real Parisian experience in this lively, artistic neighborhood. 2 bdrm, 1 bath (sleeps up to 5), 750 sq. feet apt in 1929 building, 15 min. from Sacre-Coeur and famous flea market. Very quiet residential street, close to shops, restaurants, public transportation. 6th floor w/elevator, antiques, artworks, French door/windows, washing machine, cable TV, WiFi Internet + free unlimited phone calls to USA. TLC from French owner. For photos & details, call (415) 383-6925 or email [email protected] B. P. Marketplace

Abalone Cove on the Russian River The Perfect Place for a Writers’ Retreat! Enjoy 4 bedrooms, 3 baths, river access and kayaks, hiking nearby, a fully stocked kitchen. Shop and eat local in the charming town of Duncans Mills. Everything you need to get your creative juices flowing! Mention Book Passage for 20% off our weekly rate of $1500 (good Jan-May, excluding holidays). Photos and online booking at http://www.vrbo.com/144319

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Writing & Art Classes

Art History with Kerrin Meis

Kerrin Meis taught art history at SFSU for ten years and now lectures for the College of Marin and Dominican University and leads study tours in Europe. Her Book Passage classes have been big favorites for years.

Barbara Abercrombie Writing Life into Story

Sat., Mar. 1 • 9:30-12:30 pm • $40 This workshop offers what every writer needs—inspiration and encouragement. Exercises will help you dig deeper into your material. Taught by veteran writer and UCLA ExRomanticism tension teacher Barbara Abercrombie, whose Four Fridays: Mar. 7-28 • 10:00-12:00 pm • book A Year of Writing Dangerously was chosen as one of the $120 As the Age of Enlightenment immolated itself in the flames of the “Best Books for Writers” by Poets & Writers magazine. American and French revolutions, Romanticism emerged as the cult of the individual – of sensibility over reason. Abandoning heroic and Eli Brown Criticism: A Generous Exchange rhetorical themes, painters and sculptors escaped reality, reveling in Sat., Mar. 22 & Sun., Mar. 23 • 1:00-4:00 pm • $100 the infinite, in distant, exotic lands, in dreams and fantasies and the In this class you learn how to give and receive dark terror of the psyche. We study painters and sculptors in France, criticism. The class explores terms such as England, America, and Germany, including Goya in Spain. stiff, melodramatic, or cliché, turning a criti-

Intimate Impressionism

cal eye on classic works to show that even the greats had room for improvement. Participants Paintings from the National Gallery of Art learn strategies for offering criticism gently Four Fridays: Apr. 4-25 • 10:00-12:00 pm • $120 We offer a preview and analysis of the seventy Impressionist and and for receiving it with grace,. Eli Brown is Post-Impressionist paintings on loan to the Legion of Honor begin- the author of Cinnamon & Gunpowder. ning March 29, celebrating the personal places of Monet, Renoir, Pissarro, Sisley, and Cezanne, as well as the interiority of the Nabi Amy Novesky painters Edouard Vuillard and Pierre Bonnard. Learn the stories beOn-the-Spot hind these masterpieces.

Annenberg Collection

Fri., May 2 • 10:00-12:30 pm • $35 Since their acquisitions in the 1950s, Walter and Lee Annenberg have purchased only the finest examples of works from Boudin to Picasso, bequeathing the entire collection to the Metropolitan Museum. Our virtual tour will study in depth a great many of these masterpieces, addressing issues of content, moments of inspiration in the artist’s life, and particular qualities provided by locale and provenance. Our cast includes Degas, Manet, Monet, Renoir, Cezanne, Seurat, Gauguin, Van Gogh, Toulouse-Lautrec, and Vuillard, concluding with Picasso’s “At the Lapin Agile”. Join Kerrin Meis in this imaginary visit to 82nd and Fifth!

Nina Schuyler

Nina Schuyler is the author of the novels The Translator and The Painting and many short stories. She teaches creative writing in the graduate program at USF.

Story Structure

Mastering the Most Important Moments in Your Story

Sat., Mar. 29 • 10:00-4:00 pm • $105 Whether it’s a short story or a novel, every story has certain storytelling forces that create dramatic tension and grab the reader. In this class, we’ll explore those forces, discussing the concept of a premise, the relationship between character and plot, and ways to create conflict on every page. For novelists, we’ll look at first plot points and what happens in the middle of the book. In-class writing will help you create the pivotal moments in your story and the transitions between those moments.

Children’s WritingWorkshop

• Sat., Mar. 15 • 10:00-2:00 pm • $60 • Sat., Apr. 26 • 10:00-2:00 pm • $60 • Sat., May 10 • 10:00-2:00 pm • $60 48-hour advance registration • Limit of six You’ve written a story and you can’t wait to hear what others think. Or you’re stuck and need help. Bring your story to this on-the-spot workshop, and we’ll critique it. Amy Novesky is a children’s book editor, author, and workshop leader.

Alice Acheson

As a marketing and publishing consultant with decades of experience, Alice Acheson works with authors, illustrators, and photographers. She has edited books and negotiated contracts. Her publicity work has produced many New York Times bestsellers.

Your Book—What’s Next?

Sat., Mar. 1 • 10:00-5:00 pm • $150 You’ve chosen the publishing method, now learn how to market your book and allot time, energy, and money to publishing demands without neglecting your writing. In class, we’ll create a realistic timeline, marketing plan, and sell sheet. Pre-class assignment.

Write a Book Proposal That Sells

Sun., Mar. 2 • 10:00-1:00 pm • $60 Your manuscript may be a winner, but rejection letters will accumulate without a solid book proposal. Alice Acheson will discuss how to convince an agent or editor to read your proposal, what should be in the cover letter versus the synopsis, and much more!

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Leslie Keenan

Leslie Keenan is an experied writing instructor. One published student says, “If it weren’t for Leslie Keenan’s courses at Book Passage, I would never have written a word of fiction.”

Ongoing Writers

Eight Thursdays: Mar. 13- May 8 (no class on 4/3) • 6:30-8:30 pm • $320 • Restricted registration – call for information.

Master Writers

Eight Tuesdays: Mar. 11- May 6 (no class 4/1) • 6:30-8:30 pm • $320 Restricted registration – call for information.

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Roger Housden Discovering Provence Through Its Artists and Landscapes

Four Weds., Mar. 5-26 • 3:00-4:30 pm • $100 Provence is a land that captures the imagination through the work of the great artists of the late 19th century. This class explores how painters like Cezanne, Van Gogh, Renoir, Signac, Matisse, Bonnard, and Gauguin drew inspiration from the landscape of Provence and helped shape our images of it. We look also at the images we carry in our own minds of this region. Roger Housden is the author of Saved by Beauty and Ten Poems to Say Goodbye.

Is There a Book in You?

Linda Watanabe McFerrin Four Fridays: Apr. 11-May 2 • 10:00-12:00 pm • $160 Have you always wanted to write but weren’t sure where to be- Linda Watanabe McFerrin is the founder of gin? Do you think you don’t have the time or the discipline? Les- Left Coast Writers®. Her latest novel, Dead lie Keenan has 28 years experience in helping people uncover Love, was a Bram Stoker Award finalist. Class Credit: Participants in these classes and release their ideas. She has worked on nearly 100 published may receive credit at Dominican Univerbooks and knows what it takes to get a book from the first glimsity: bookpassage.com/dominican-credit mer of an idea into its published form. You Can Complete That Book

Making a Scene

Sat., Mar. 22 • 10:00-4:00 • $105 In this one-day workshop, you’ll learn to balance setting, character, and dialogue to create stellar scenes. Some of the exercises have given birth to award-winning work by past participants. Bring your laptop and/or paper and pen and discover how a good writer takes center stage on the page and holds it.

Six Fridays.: May 9-June 20 (no class June 13) • 10:00-12:00 pm • $240 Have you started a book but haven’t been able to finish it? Leslie Keenan knows the reasons most writers get stuck and can help them get back in the flow again. Students will leave with a strategy for completing their book. Also covered is advice on the best Location, Location, Location way to get a book published, with suggestions for agents, editors, Sat., Apr. 26 • 10:00-4:00 • $105 publishers, and printers. All the world is a stage, and so is the narrative that frames your characters. Whether it’s poetry, fiction, or creative non-fiction, a Jon Carroll Creative Nonfiction Essay well-conveyed sense of place is key. Jump on a magic carpet to Sat., Mar. 29 • 10:00-3:00 pm • $85 other places and times in this one-day workshop. Class Credit: Participants in this class may receive credit at Dominican University: Erotica: Writing Sexy Stuff bookpassage.com/dominican-credit Sat., May 31 • 10:00-4:00 • $105 S.F. Chronicle columnist Jon Carroll shares If you have trouble steaming up the page, this is the workshop for his wit, wisdom, and essay-writing talents. you. Spend a day learning the techniques for adding spicy, senLearn this skill from one of the best. One sual, and sometimes funny sizzle to your work. The class is full student said, “Carroll is witty, patient, knowlof quick free-writes and entertaining exercises that will have you edgeable, inspiring. He anticipates people’s concerns in their moving from comfort to erogenous zones in no time. questions and problems they can’t express.”

Cynthia Pepper From Short Story to Short Film

Sat., Mar. 15 • 1:00-4:00 pm • $60 Cynthia Pepper’s short films have won Emmy Awards and are distributed worldwide. She has worked on over 90 films with budgets of every size. This class reviews all the elements of translating a short personal story into a film. Topics include creating a simple treatment or script, drawing shooting boards, casting, location scouting, simple directing techniques, producing, editing, and scoring a short film. Students are encouraged to send a threesentence synopsis prior to the class (instructions available upon registration). Advance registration required.

Information & Sign-ups for Classes Further information: For more information about these classes & teachers visit bookpassage.com/classes-workshops. Sign-ups: Call (415) 927-0960, ext. 1. You can sign up online at bookpassage.com/classes-workshops. 10% off coupon: Register one week before class to receive a 10% off coupon on select merchandise with your registration.

Class Credit at Dominican University Participants in certain classes are eligible to receive class credit at Dominican University of California. Classes participating in this program are noted in the individual class listings. For details, see bookpassage.com/dominican-credit

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Writing & Art Classes

Andy Ross Query Letter Writing Workshop Sat., Apr. 5 • 10:30-12:00 pm • $65 Agents get lots of query letters, so yours needs to grab their attention quickly. Please prepare a draft query for your book project that we can discuss in class. Andy Ross will provide notes and edits for all of the queries that he receives. Ross is a literary agent and former owner of Cody’s Books in Berkeley. Queries must be submitted before class.

Toni Piccinini Motherhood on the Page

Sat., Apr. 5 • 1:00-4:00 pm • $60 Motherhood is messy, funny, sad, and layered with reflection. A mother’s story—from Plath to Bombeck—demands to be told. With an eye to craft, we examine mom blogs, essays on motherhood, and “mom” in fiction. Consider the class a threshold for the woman who doesn’t know where to start, but knows that she wants to. There will be writing exercises, prompts, and sharing. Toni Piccinini is the author of The Goodbye Year, a mash-up of letting go and stepping forward.

Laura Deutsch Passing on the Pearls

Personal Essay and Memoir

Four Thursdays • April 3-May 1 (No class April 17) • 3:00-5:00 pm • $160 Using your life as the source for personal essays, stories, and memoir, you’ll learn techniques to access and shape your material, approach it from new angles, and find the pearls. Includes instruction, in-class writing and feedback. Deutsch’s book Writing from the Senses will be published in May. Her work has appeared in the L.A. Times, MORE magazine, Eating Well, and Best Women’s Travel Writing. She has taught writing at UC Berkeley. “Laura was terrific — organized and original, a generous and talented teacher. This is one of the best classes I’ve taken,” says one student.

Anne Hill Good Bones

Start Your Author Platform Off Right

Sun., Apr. 6 • 10:00-1:00 pm • $55 Every author needs a platform to attract publishers, find an audience, and sell books. In this workshop you will learn the essentials of a bare bones platform that will grow as your writing grows. Discover which social media tactics are essential and which are not, so you can write more and worry less. Anne Hill is an author and educator who has helped CEOs, entrepreneurs, and authors with online marketing since 1994. She is co-leader of the Bay Area Blogger Society, hosts “Author Platforms Decoded” on YouTube, writes for the Huffington Post, and teaches and speaks widely.

David Corbett

Trust Your Story

Sat. Apr. 12 • 10:00-4:00 pm • $150 Advice so simple it can’t possibly be right: just tell the story. In fact, the vast majority of writing problems—what’s essential and what isn’t, how to balance inner life against action and dialogue, how to create variety and contrast among the characters, how to use setting to enhance the narrative—can be solved by referring to the context of the story. David Corbett, author of The Art of Character, leads students in a one-day workshop, reviewing 10-page manuscript submissions from each student in detail to reveal how story guides the revision process. (Manuscripts must be submitted by Mar. 31.)

Steve Rabinowitsh

Why We Love Paris

Two Wednesdays, Apr. 23 & 30 • 6:00-8:00 pm • $120 (or $70 for one class) Steve Rabinowitsh has lived in Paris and led walking tours through the city. He has a Master’s Degree in Urban and Regional Planning and teaches at Santa Rosa Junior College. Class 1: Paris Architecture & Development Focuses on the development of Paris from Roman times to the present. The class explores the architectural history of Paris and its most important buildings. Class 2: Virtual Walks in Paris The class takes virtual walks of the neighborhoods of Paris, touring the Marais, the Left Bank, and other lesser-known areas.

Brenda Knight Art of the Book Deal Insider’s Secrets

Sat., Apr. 26, 2:30-5:30 pm, $60 Want to get published? Publisher Brenda Knight will teach you how to sell your book idea, to whom you are really selling, the importance of “comp titles,” crafting the perfect proposal, and trend tracking. Brenda Knight is a twenty-two year veteran of the publishing industry. Publisher of Cleis Press and Viva Editions. Knight is the author of Women of the Beat Generation, which won an American Book Award,.

Terri Glass

Gepetto’s Workshop

For the Essayist, Memoirist, or Poet

Sat., May 3 • 10:00-1:00 pm • $45 Like the toymaker, we enter the workshop of our imaginations to carve out something that will come to life. We will tinker with our imaginations and play with many forms—perhaps elongating your lines into prose, shortening your piece into poetry, or playing with sound in metric verse. Terri Glass has been actively teaching creative writing to both children and adults in the Bay Area for over 20 years. She served as Program Director for California Poets in the Schools.

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Andrew Mellen

Unstuff Your Life

Sat., May 3 • 10:00-1:00 pm • $30 Whether you’re looking for a system to deal with paper, the mail, lost keys, or stacks and piles of “stuff,” or are finally ready to break free from clutter for good, you’ll find answers in this interactive, entertaining workshop. You’ll learn practical ways to stay organized and have time for the things that really matter. 10% discount on the book Unstuff Your Life!

John Hart

Reading the Poets

Six Wednesdays: May 7-June 11 • 7:00-9:00 pm • $150 “To have great poets,” Walt Whitman said, “there must be great audiences, too.” What makes a poem worth reading? This group looks at famous poets from several centuries and from several literatures. Widely published local poet and author John Hart co-edits the venerable all-poetry journal Blue Unicorn, now in its 36th year.

Molly Giles

Short Story Repair

Sat., May 10 • 10:00-4:00 pm • $120 Class Credit: Participants in these classes may receive credit at Dominican University: bookpassage.com/dominican-credit This is your chance to fix short stories that are “almost there”—the little heartbreakers that are still not exactly right. Often it just takes a slight adjustment, but sometimes it takes a sharp kick—this class offers both. Molly Giles is a novelist and short story writer. She teaches at the University of Arkansas and is an editor for Penguin Putnam. Giles has worked with Amy Tan and many other successful writers.

Alison Berka Begin Your Next Step: Resumes

Sat. May 17 • 9:30-12:00 • $40 Would you like to reenter the workforce, but you’re not sure how to jazz up that rusty resume? This workshop is for women ready to re-launch their careers after staying out of the workforce for a while. Whether you want a job while the kids are in school or you are already an empty nester, you’ll need to reassess your skills and experience (both work and volunteer). Learn how to present yourself in a positive and marketable format. Alie Berka has an MBA in marketing and has successfully built a second career in development and communications. © 2014 Book Passage, Inc. President Elaine Petrocelli Vice President & Editor William Petrocelli General Manager Calvin Crosby Events Director Karen West Classes Director Leslie Berkler Conference Director Kathryn Petrocelli Head Buyer Luisa Smith Newsletter & Web Editor: Zack Ruskin

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Anne Lamott On Writing

Sat., June 7, 1:00-4:00 pm, $150 Join Anne Lamott, the bestselling author of Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life, for an afternoon that includes an onstage interview, a lecture, and a Q&A session. Anne Lamott offers advice on the writing process, while also touching upon the experiences of the writer and the writing life. Writers working at all levels are encouraged to learn from one of the great writers of our time. Anne Lamott taught the first Book Passage writing class almost two decades ago. It’s a joy to welcome her back.

Yvonne Horn

The Traveling Gardener

Sat., May 10 • 2:30-3:30 pm • $25 Yvonne Horn shares a PowerPoint presentation of eight gardens with tales to tell, gardens that express the passion of their creator. Among them are the poison garden at England’s Alnwick Castle; “Cougar Annie’s” garden in the wilderness of Vancouver Island; and Kokadera, Kyoto’s garden run amok in moss. Horn is an award-winning travel writer

Virginia Simpson-Magruder Art Journaling Your Travels

Sat., May 17 • 1:00-5:00 pm • $75 & Sun., May 18 •1:00-4:00pm • $60 Make your travel experiences memorable by keeping an art journal. On Day 1, you learn how to transform a blank journal into a creative expression of your journeys.. Day 2 will be studio time. If you have previously taken the “Art Journal Your Travels” workshop, you can attend this session in lieu of Day 1. Virginia Simpson-Magruder of Kentucky Girl Designs, is an altered book and jewelry artist.. She can be found at her art studio at the Novato Arts Center and at www.kentuckygirldesigns.com.

Cara Black

We’ll Always Have Paris

Constructing an International Setting

Sat., May 31 • 10:00-4:00 pm • $105 Paris can be an exacting muse. Are you looking to perfect the subtle touches necessary to evoke the City of Light, or are you keeping your characters closer to home? We will explore techniques that bring the setting alive as a character in your work, incorporating history, social mores, and local culture and cuisine. We will develop tools for researching, enhancing and weaving in sensory details to bring your reader to a specific place and time. Cara Black is the author of fourteen books in the NY Times bestselling Aimée Leduc series. She is a member of the Marais Historic Society and received the Médaille de la Ville de Paris for contribution to French culture last year.

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Language Classes Italian Language Classes Wendy Walsh

Wendy Walsh has a Ph.D. in Italian Literature from UCB. She has been teaching Italian language, literature, and cooking since 1979. Join Wendy after class in the café for informal Italian conversation.

3rd Year Italian

Silvia Iannelli

Silvia Iannelli was born and raised in Rome. She creates a fun and welcoming environment for her students, motivating them through activities and exercises. Her personal quote is: “La traduzione della parola e’ nel cuore ~ The translation of a word is in the heart.”

Beginning Italian (continuing)

Eight Thursdays: March 27-May 15 • 6:00-8:00 pm• $250 Six Mondays: Mar. 3-Apr. 7 • 12:40-2:20 pm • $190 Students continue work in Ultimate Italian. Emphasis is on con- Basic Italian grammar and vocabulary versation and review. Intermediate Italian •3rd Year Italian Review – taught by Gaia Toscano Eight Wednesdays: Mar. 26-May 14 • 10:00-12:00 pm • $250 Seven Mon., Apr. 21-June 9 (no 5/26), 12:40-2:25 pm, $220

4th Year Italian

Intermediate Italian

Eight Fridays: Mar. 28-May 16 • 12:30-2:30 pm • $250 Six Tuesdays: Mar. 4-Apr. 8 • 8:30-10:15 am • $190 Students will finish Ultimate Italian. Emphasis is on conversa- Intermediate/Advanced Italian Six Wednesdays: Mar. 26-April 30 • 3:30-5:30 pm • $190 tion, and review of various difficult grammatical structures. Reading & Conversation •4th Year Italian Review – taught by Kathy Freschi Seven Tues., Apr. 22-June 3, 8:30-10:15 am, $220

Advanced Italian

Six Thursdays: Mar. 6-Apr. 10 • 9:00-11:00 am • $190 •Advanced Italian Review – taught by Silvia Iannelli SevenThurs., Apr. 24-June 5, 9:00-11:00 am, $220

Gisella Petrone

Gisella Petrone has a Master’s degree from the University of Calabria. She has taught English, Italian, Latin, Roman History, and Italian cooking.

Beginning Italian

Eight Tuesdays: Mar. 4-Apr. 22 • 8:30-10:15 am • $250 Seven Tuesdays: Apr. 29-June 10 • 8:30-10:15 am • $220 Speaking and listening with an emphasis on grammar and usage.

Lower Intermediate Italian

Eight Tuesdays: Mar. 4-Apr. 22 • 10:30-12:15 pm • $250 Seven Tuesdays: Apr. 29-June 10 • 10:30-12:15 pm • $220 Improving listening comprehension and speaking ability.

Intermediate Italian

Kate Rider

Kate studied Italian at Stanford University, Middlebury College, and in Florence. She earned a master’s degree in Italian Literature at San Francisco State University, and completed a course in Italian pedagogy in Genoa. She currently teaches Italian at Dominican University of California

Beginning Italian (continuing)

Tuesdays • 6:00-8:00 pm • Call for dates and more info

Spanish Language Classes Graciela Pera

Graciela Pera was born in Buenos Aires. She is a graduate of the University of Buenos Aires and has been teaching Spanish for over 35 years.

Beginning Spanish

Eight Wednesdays: Mar. 5-Apr. 30 (no class Apr. 23) • 9:00-11:00 am • $250 Five Wednesdays: May 7-June 4 • 9:00-11:00 am • $160 A basic introduction for students who have just begun to study Spanish.

Eight Wednesdays: Mar. 5-Apr. 23 • 1:15-3:00 pm • $250 Seven Wednesdays: Apr. 30-June 11 • 1:15-3:00 pm • $220 Spanish 2 Reading short novels by modern Italian writers, as well as reviewEight Mondays: Mar. 3-Apr. 28 (no class Apr. 21) • 9:00ing difficult grammar structures. 11:00 am • $250 Italian 2 Five Mondays: May 3–June 2 • 9:00-11:00 am • $160 Eight Thursdays: Mar. 6-Apr. 24 • 11:30-1:15 pm • $250 For first-year students who have had some Spanish study. Five Thursdays: May 1-June 5 (no class 5/15) Intermediate-Advanced Spanish 12:45-2:30 pm • $160 Eight Tuesdays: Mar. 4-Apr. 29 (no class Apr. 22) • 10:00Students will continue to study basic Italian grammar as well as 12:00 pm • $250 present and past tense. Textbook is Studio Italiano. Five Tuesdays: May 6-June 3 • 10:00-12:00 pm • $160 Advanced Italian Continuation of grammar and language immersion. Eight Mondays: Mar. 3-Apr. 21 • 8:30-10:15 am • $250 Five Mondays: Apr. 28-June 9 (no class 5/19 & 5/26) 8:30-10:15 am • $160

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French Language Classes Josette Charbit Schwartz

Josette Charbit Schwartz has taught French at the Lycée Français, The Branson School, and French American International in San Francisco. “Josette makes us feel comfortable with asking questions or stumbling on new words, and that openness is absolutely essential to learning,” said one student. Beginning French (2nd Session) Eight Mondays: Mar. 10-Apr. 28 • 1:00-3:00 pm • $250 Four Mondays: May 19-June 9 • 1:00-3:00 pm • $125 Everyday topics: salutations, food, and communicating in simple, correct sentences.

Beginning French (4th Session)

Eight Wednesdays: Mar. 12-Apr. 30 • 10:00-12:00 pm • $250 Four Wednesdays:May 21- June 11 • 10:00-12:00 pm • $125 Study of tenses, grammar, and review through simple dialogues.

Intermediate French

Eight Thursdays: Mar. 13-May 1 • 11:15-1:15 pm • $250 Four Thursdays: May 22-June 12 • 11:15-1:15 pm • $125 French with current events, varied texts, and dialogues.

Advanced French

Eight Mondays: Mar. 10-Apr. 28 • 10:00-12:00 pm • $250 Four Mondays: May 19-June 9 • 10:00-12:00 pm • $125 Lisez à la maison un livre, des textes d’actualité puis discutez en classe et cultivez votre français en échangeant des idées.

French Poems and Songs

Four Tuesdays: July 1-29 • 11:00-1:00 • $125 This course is based on a variety of songs and poems to develop your grammar, enhance your vocabulary, and reinforce your speaking skills. Be ready to sing in French or read a poem from Jacques Prévert. Not for beginning students.

French Review

Four Thursdays: July 3-31 • 11:00-1:00 • $125 We will review grammar and vocabulary through varied texts and contemporary literature. Not for beginning students.

German Language Classes Hamid Emami

Hamid Emami has a Master’s from the University of Hamburg, and he is fluent in German, English, French, Spanish, and Farsi. He has taught German for many years.

German Conversation

Eight Wednesdays: Mar. 5-Apr. 23 • 1:003:00 pm • $250 This class is for beginners and those who have had some exposure to German.

German for Travelers

Eight Tuesdays: Apr. 29-June 24 (no class 5/27) • 9:30-11:30 am • $250 Learn enough essential German to get around. Menus, maps, and other situational exercises will be used to practice comprehension. No previous knowledge of German is necessary.

Genevieve Blaise-Sullivan

Genevieve Blaise-Sullivan has taught French at College of Marin for over 30 years. She graduated from the Sorbonne with degrees in French, Russian, and Bulgarian.

Cours de Perfectionment

Eight Tuesdays: Mar. 25-May 13 • 10:3012:30 pm • $250 The class will discuss and debate current issues, and students will also read a popular novel in French.

French Literature & Grammar

Eight Tuesdays: Mar. 25-May 13 • 1:00-3:00 pm • $250 This class offers selections from French authors, articles from the French press, and a review of grammar.

Upper Intermediate French

Eight Thursdays: Mar. 27-May 15 • 2:00-4:00 pm • $250 The class will include a selection of French authors and a review of French tenses and pronouns.

ConversationalFrench

Four Tues./Thurs.: Aug. 5- 14 • 12:30-3:00 pm • $160

Tom Killion In the Gallery

through December 2014 Book Passage is thrilled to welcome back Tom Killion to our Gallery for a year-long exhibition of his original prints and handcrafted books. Killion was born and raised in Marin County, where the rugged scenery inspired him from an early age to create spectacular landscape prints. His work has been inspired by the landscape prints of early 19th century Japan as well as early 20th century European/American woodengraving and book illustration techniques.

Book Passage Gift Card With the Book Passage Gift Card, your friends can shop at either of our stores. They can also shop online at bookpassage. com from anywhere in the world for books, classes, and merchandise. You may purchase a gift card at either store or at bookpassage.com/book-passage-gift-card.

Cooks



with Books!

Book Passage

51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera, CA 94925 (415) 927-0960 • www.bookpassage.com

Join us for fun & food! Our award-winning Cooks with Books events are held at outstanding Bay Area restaurants. The meal is inspired by the author/chefs who discuss their cookbooks with guests throughout the dining experience. Coffee and conversation usually end about two hours later. These are happy, convivial events for any lover of fine food and wine.

Time sensitive material - Postmaster please deliver between 2/25--2/27

John Ash

Culinary Birds: The Ultimate Poultry Cookbook

Sunday, March 30 • 6:30 pm • Left Bank in Larkspur Single $115; Couple $175 (one book) John Ash co-hosts radio and television food shows and is known for his namesake restaurant John Ash and Company. In his new cookbook he offers up 170 recipes on how to prepare popular birds like chicken, turkey, quail, game hens, and pheasant. He discusses proper handling, storage, factory farming, organic poultry, and more. Ash was voted “Cooking School Teacher of the Year” by the International Association of Culinary Professionals.

Michael Ruhlman

Egg: A Culinary Exploration of the World’s Most Versatile Ingredient

Sunday, April 13 • 6:30 pm • Left Bank in Larkspur Single $120; Couple $180 (one book) James Beard Award-winning author Michael Ruhlman brings food lovers and home chefs his delightful new cookbook Egg. He explains why the egg is a “miracle of natural design” and the key to the craft of cooking. He shows how to make brioche, souffles, homemade pasta, breads, meringues, custards, quiche, cakes, and mayonnaise. Color photographs take readers step-by-step through the recipes. Ruhlman’s books include The Elements of Cooking, Charcuterie, and The French Laundry Cookbook.

Deborah Madison

Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone

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Sunday, May 4 • 12:00 pm • Left Bank in Larkspur Single $105; Couple $170 (one book) Deborah Madison’s landmark cookbook Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone has been expanded and revised in this new edition with over 150 new recipes for a whopping total of 1,400 in all. She shows basic cooking techniques and explains how to present vegetarian dishes with style. Madison is the founding chef of Greens in San Francisco and author of numerous cookbooks, including Vegetable Literacy. Madison has received the MFK Fisher Award, the IACP Julia Child Cookbook Award, and three James Beard Awards.

Cooks with Books Reservations Price includes the meal, wine, tax, tip, and a signed copy of the book. Reserve at Book Passage (415-927-0960 ext. 1) or at bookpassage.com/food-wine-events

David Lebovitz

My Paris Kitchen: Recipes and Stories

Thurs., May 8th • 6:30 pm • Left Bank, Larkspur Single $115; Couple $175 (one book) This narrative collection of 100 sweet and savory recipes reflect the cuisine of today’s Paris. David Lebovitz’s trademark writing style will have you smiling at his stories, as he describe the quirks, trials, shopping, eating, and joys of cooking food among the Parisians. He is a former pastry chef at Chez Panisse. Lebovitz moved to Paris in 2004, where he has written articles for magazines as well as several books, including a memoir entitled The Sweet Life in Paris.

Steven Raichlen

Man Made Meals: The Essential Cookbook for Guys

Saturday, June 28th • 12:00 noon • Peju Winery, Rutherford, CA • Single $125; Couple $195 (one book) Known for his flare with fire, award-winning author Steven Raichlen steps away from the grill and into the kitchen with his new cookbook, Man Made Meals. There are over 300 recipes and helpful, step-by-step photos. You’ll be introduced to breakfast, lunch, and dinner Raichlen-style. That includes Brioche French Toast, Peppercorn Crusted Roasted Tenderloin, Candied Bacon Sundaes, Lumberjack Soup, Hooker’s Spaghetti, Butter Burgers, and Hellfire Squid Stirfry. Make this event a special outing and plan to have a lot of fun while enjoying some wonderful wines and views. Peju Winery is a family owned and operated winery located in the heart of the Napa Valley.

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