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• The 2012 Notes & Words Essay Contest

  Notes Words is looking for the next great memoirist. We’re calling for short personal essays about the challenges of caring for a child (age 18 or younger),... Read more

  Posted on 24 January 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Interview with Mary Helen Stefaniak, Author of The Cailiffs of Baghdad, Georgia

  

  One of our Book Passage Signed First Editions Club members, Jaime Boler of Laurel, Mississippi, shared with us an interview she conducted with author Mary... Read more

  Posted on 22 January 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• A Bit Mad for Downton Abbey

  

  The staff and customers at Book Passage, like much of the rest of the country, have gone a bit mad for "Downton Abbey," the hit historical drama which airs... Read more

  Posted on 18 January 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, TV & VIDEO

• New Novel Depicts 1920s Coming of Age Story

  

  Charming and a little different, Caroline Preston's new novel, The Scrapbook of Frankie Pratt (Ecco / HarperCollins Publishers), is a hybrid work where the... Read more

  Posted on 30 December 2011 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Who’s Snooping Around Bookstores?

  Lots of people, it appears.by William PetrocelliBrowsing in a bookstore is one of the world’s greatest forms of entertainment. Read more

  Posted on 28 December 2011 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Book Passage Picks on the Ronn Owens Show

  Elaine Petrocelli was on the Ronn Owens Show on KGO on December 21st, where she and talk show host Ronn Owens discussed some recommended books. Here is a... Read more

  Posted on 21 December 2011 BOOKS, CULTURE

• One of the Most Popular Books at Book Passage This Holida...

  

  One of the most popular books at Book Passage this Holiday season is Susan Orlean's Rin Tin Tin: The Life and the Legend (Simon Schuster, $26.99). It is the... Read more

  Posted on 21 December 2011 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Some Recommended Film Books Published in 2011

  

  There have been a number of excellent film books published in the course of the year. A number of them have looked back to classic Hollywood, and a number of... Read more

  Posted on 12 December 2011 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Honoring the Late, Great Steve Jobs at Book Passage

  

  Book Passage bookseller Allison Page unpacks boxes of the new biography of Apple CEO Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson at Book Passage in the San Francisco Ferry... Read more

  Posted on 18 November 2011 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Interview with Spencer Tracy Biographer James Curtis

  

  From the time of his screen debut in 1930, Spencer Tracy was considered one of the finest actors in Hollywood. The sturdy, congenial everyman won back-to-back... Read more

  Posted on 15 November 2011 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Halloween at The Night Circus

  

  Okay, we've heard of the night shift. But what about the Night Circus shift? If you had the chance to stop by Book Passage Corte Madera on Halloween, then you... Read more

  Posted on 11 November 2011 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Interview with Gregory Maguire - Author of Out of Oz

  

  Gregory Maguire, the acclaimed author of Wicked, returns with the final chapter in his series of books set in a dark, politicized Land of Oz. Following where So... Read more

  Posted on 10 November 2011 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Interview with Susan Orlean - Author of Rin Tin Tin

  

  Author Susan OrleanOn Sunday, October 30th, acclaimed author Susan Orlean will visit Book Passage to share her new book, Rin Tin Tin: The Life and the Legend... Read more

  Posted on 28 October 2011 BOOKS, CULTURE

• What Are We Reading? Ashes by Ilsa Bick

  

  Ashes $17.99It could happen tomorrow . . .An electromagnetic pulse flashes across the sky, destroying every electronic device, wiping out every computerized... Read more

  Posted on 25 October 2011 BOOKS

• Lost Angel Walkabout

  

  By Dick Jordan Adventure travel writer Linda Ballou knows how to bring home a great story when she goes on a trip: Get into trouble. For her, the deeper the... Read more

  Posted on 12 October 2011 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Jeffrey Eugenides Visits Book Passage October 15

  

  Jeffrey Eugenides, the author of two beloved and truly great novels, Middlesex (winner of the 2003 Pulitzer Prize) and the now-classic The Virgin Suicides... Read more

  Posted on 11 October 2011 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Interview with Bill Bryson - Author of At Home

  

  Bill Bryson is the prolific, hilarious mind behind such cherished classics as A Walk in the Woods and A Short History of Nearly Everything. Read more

  Posted on 08 October 2011 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Interview with Adam Mansbach - Author of Go the F*ck to Sleep

  

  Adam Mansbach's spoof children's book, Go the F*ck to Sleep, has been flying off bookshelves and delighting exhausted parents since it was published this spring... Read more

  Posted on 08 October 2011 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Faculty Addition - Carl Lennertz: Mystery Writers Conference

  

  Carl LennertzWe are happy to announce the addition of Carl Lennertz, book marketing specialist, independent bookselling advocate, and author of Cursed by a Happ... Read more

  Posted on 07 October 2011 BOOKS, CULTURE

• John Huston: Courage and Art

  

  We booksellers at Book Passage — especially those who love the movies — are excited about our October 6th event with acclaimed biographer and independent schola... Read more

  Posted on 30 September 2011 BOOKS, CULTURE