Free Author Talk: Laura Marie Meyers + Jessica Joyce (Corte Madera) Join us at Book Passage for an author event highlighting Laura Marie Meyers and her irresistible and charming debut novel, The MASH Up.  It’s all fun and games until someone falls in love. Laura will be joined in conversation by bestselling author Jessica Joyce.

Meet the Author: Wayne Feinstein’s “Turning” Book Launch (Corte Madera) Join us at Book Passage for an author event highlighting Wayne Feinstein and his debut novel, Turning. “Can a man grow a soul? This question, so emphatic in our cultural moment, animates Wayne Feinstein’s insightful novel, Turning. The journey he maps so vividly is arduous and, in the end, brings ...

Free Book Talk: Secrets + Redemption in 1883 Texas (Corte Madera) Please join us for readings by Roccie Hill from her book, The Wounds of My Father, with a Q&A hosted by Book Passage for this event organized by the Left Coast Writers. 1883, San Antonio—where the dying frontier collides with industrial ambition…  For fans of sweeping historical dramas and morally ...

Free Book Talk: The Wisdom of the Odyssey w/ Phil Cousineau (Corte Madera) Phil Cousineau’s compelling new work, The Wisdom of the Odyssey: Twenty-Four Life Lessons from Homer’s Epic, is an accessible companion to Homer’s Odyssey that illuminates its timeless lessons on change, resilience, and the search for home, written by acclaimed mythographer and cultural historian Phil Cousineau. By illuminating how Odysseus learns, adapts, ...

Free Author Talk: Kate Washington’s “Midstream” Memoir (Corte Madera) A memoir of jumping feet first into a new life, reclaiming long-forgotten joys, and discovering a renewed sense of self after divorce. Midstream by Kate Washington makes the case for embracing joy and pleasure as a necessary act of resistance, both for individuals and for the culture at large.

Free Author Talk: John Adler’s “Second Chance” Book Launch (Corte Madera) Join us at Book Passage for an author event celebrating John Adler and his debut book, Second Chance: A Novel. Second Chance is a gripping, heartfelt journey of discovery, resilience, and redemption-a story that reminds us that even in the wake of tragedy, life offers the chance to rebuild, love, ...

Free Mac Barnett Talk: The Power of Storytelling for Kids (Corte Madera) Make Believe is bestselling children’s author Mac Barnett’s rallying cry for art and imagination, and a celebration of the power of storytelling in all our lives. It’s an incisive, intimate, and timely invitation to approach children’s literature not only as an art form worthy of deep study and ...

Free Writing Workshop w/ Mystery Author Elizabeth George (Corte Madera) Plotting a story is important, but there’s more to writing a mystery or crime novel than what is happening in the story. To whom things are happening is equally important, if not more so. Learn techniques for how to make all your characters complex and compelling in this special ...