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• Order a Signed Copy of Deborah Harekness Shadow of Night

  

  We love Deborah Harkness. She gave a reading from her first book, A Season Witches, at our store last summer. Fans lined up both in store and in cyberspace to... Read more

  Posted on 20 June 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Maria Semple's Where'd You Go, Bernadette

  One of the books we're looking forward to is Maria Semple's Where'd You Go, Bernadette (Little, Brown and Company). It is a July release. Read more

  Posted on 19 June 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Cool Pic of the Day: the Newest Member of the Book Passage Family

  

  A BIG welcome to the newest member of the Book Passage family, a little baby purple finch nesting in the green canvas awning outside the store (which overhangs... Read more

  Posted on 15 June 2012 BOOKS

• Christian Kiefer's Rocket Man

  Christian Kiefer will be reading from his debut novel, The Infinite Tides (Bloomsbury USA) at Book Passage on July 7 at 4 pm. We are excited about this new... Read more

  Posted on 13 June 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Terry Tempest Williams Event at Book Passage on June 18

  

  Terry Tempest Williams, the beloved author of Refuge, returns to Book Passage with a new work, When Women Were Birds: Fifty-four Variations on Voice (Sarah... Read more

  Posted on 12 June 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Book Passage Wins Local Readers' Honor

  

  Book Passage was just named the 2012 Reader Choice Award winner by the Larkspur-CorteMadera Patch. Book Passage narrowly beat out the Corte Madera Library as th... Read more

  Posted on 11 June 2012 BOOKS

• The Week Ahead at Book Passage

  

  Among Bay Area bookstores, Book Passage in Corte Madera has one of the most active schedules going of author events, readings, classes and other literary... Read more

  Posted on 09 June 2012 BOOKS

• A "Serious" & "Trashy" Summer Reading List

  

  By Dick JordanSummer arrives and one is supposed to sit on the beach, lounge around the pool, or laze in a hammock and read “trashy” literature, putting aside... Read more

  Posted on 08 June 2012 BOOKS

• Oh Canada, by Richard Ford (signed Copies Available)

  

  Click here to read the entire review.Richard Ford gave one of the great events ever at Book Passage on Saturday, June 2 when he read from and talked about his... Read more

  Posted on 08 June 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Laura Moriarty Talks About The Chaperone

  

  Today marks the publication of Laura Moriarty's The Chaperone (Riverhead). Copies have just arrived, and are now on display at Book Passage! Read more

  Posted on 05 June 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• California Book Awards

  

  Congratulations to the winners of the 81st annual California Book Award. The winners were just announced, and will be recognized at an awards ceremony at The... Read more

  Posted on 31 May 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• A Traveller’s Wine Guide to California

  

  By Dick JordanWith this opening sentence in the introduction to A Traveller’s Wine Guide to California, Robert Holmes starts his readers off on a journey throug... Read more

  Posted on 22 May 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• An Interview with Isabel Allende by Lucy Hannau

  

  By Lucy Hannau for Lost in FictionLucy Hannau: Which of your characters do you feel more connected to? Why?Isabel AllendeIsabel Allende: I heard once that the... Read more

  Posted on 20 May 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Study Children's Writing & Illustrating with Gennifer Choldenko, Brian...

  

  Book Passage Bookstore proudly announces the 6th annual Book Passage Children's Writers and Illustrators Conference. Both writers and illustrators of children's... Read more

  Posted on 20 May 2012 BOOKS

• Don Winslow - 2012 Book Passage Mystery Writers Conference Keynote Speaker

  

  Don Winslow - 2012 Book PassageMystery Writers Conference Keynote SpeakerBook Passage is thrilled to announce Don Winslow will be the keynote speaker at the 201... Read more

  Posted on 13 May 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Laurie McAndish King Takes a Look at Elizabeth Gilbert’s "At Home on the Range"

  

  by Laurie McAndish King Elizabeth Gilbert’s Eat Pray, Love was at the top of my reading list when I planned a trip to Bali last year. Read more

  Posted on 11 May 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Happy Birthday Peter Carey

  

  Peter CareyHappy birthday Peter Carey! The two-time Booker Prize winning Australian novelist was born on this day in 1943. We here at Book Passage are looking... Read more

  Posted on 07 May 2012 BOOKS

• Cool Pic of the Day: A Winsome Winterson

  

  Pictured above is Jeanette Winterson, relaxing with feet up, in the events office at Book Passage prior to her recent event at the store. Read more

  Posted on 04 May 2012 BOOKS

• Cool Pic of the Day: Three Printz Honorees

  

  On April 23, a trio of YA (young adult) authors embarked on a group tour to bookstores, libraries, and schools, which was somewhat unusual for two reasons:... Read more

  Posted on 03 May 2012 BOOKS

• Cool Pic of the Day: Julia Alvarez and Vendela Vida

  

  Cool pic of the day: teacher-student, fellow writers and old friends Julia Alvarez and Vendela Vida got together for tea at Book Passage in Marin following... Read more

  Posted on 02 May 2012 SELF EXPRESSION