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• We Read Banned Books!

  

  Celebrating Banned Books Week 2011Banned Books Week - Celebrating the Freedom to Read is observed during the last week of September each year. Observed since... Read more

  Posted on 27 September 2011 BOOKS

• Jane Fonda Shares Her Gospel in "Prime Time"

  

  by Anita Jones from the blog The Women's EyeThis lil’ light of mine, I’m gon’ let it shine….everywhere I go…let it shine, let it shine, let it shine.”Jane... Read more

  Posted on 16 September 2011 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Living Abroad In Costa Rica

  

  By Dick Jordan Some days, particularly when the mainstream media is flooded with reports on the machinations and misstatements of potential U.S. Read more

  Posted on 16 September 2011 BOOKS, CULTURE, EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Interview with Erin Morgenstern, Author of The Night Circus

  

  Erin Morgenstern's debut novel, The Night Circus, is just out. It promises to be one of the big books of the Fall - we're excited, and so is just about... Read more

  Posted on 15 September 2011 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Exclusive Interview with Khaled Hosseini, Author of The Kite Runner

  

  Khaled Hosseini Khaled Hosseini's bestselling novel, The Kite Runner, revealed the beauty and agony of a tormented Afghanistan as it brought this little-known... Read more

  Posted on 10 September 2011 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Schizophrenic Search For My Nutbar: Reflections from a Book Passage Travel...

  

  by Diane Susan Petty I used to be wealthy and successful—number one in my industry.Now I sit on a bench contemplating a “No Barking” sign, the “P” graffitied... Read more

  Posted on 09 September 2011 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Interview with Samuel Park, Author of This Burns My Heart

  

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

  Posted on 06 September 2011 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Exclusive Interview with Laurie R. King, Author of Pirate King

  

  Book Passage contributing blogger Zack Ruskin recently spoke with Laurie R. King, the acclaimed Bay Area novelist whose Mary Russell and Kate Martinelli series... Read more

  Posted on 02 September 2011 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Light Years in the Dark

  

  by Todd CrawshawThe speed of light is 186,000 miles per second. Thereabouts. And through the predominately dark vacuum of space surrounding us, light travels si... Read more

  Posted on 01 September 2011 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Erin Morgenstern's The Night Circus Comes to Book Passage

  Erin Morgenstern's The Night Circus is without doubt one of the most highly anticipated books of the Fall Season. Though a debut novel, it has already received... Read more

  Posted on 23 August 2011 BOOKS

• Exclusive Interview with Penn Jillette, Author of God, No: Signs You May...

  

  Book Passage contributing blogger Zack Ruskin recently spoke with Penn Jillette, the acclaimed television host and one-half of the magic duo Penn Teller (who... Read more

  Posted on 22 August 2011 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Atlatl Bob Gets His Bison; Tim Cahill Gets His Story

  

  By Dick JordanTo Atlatl Bob, what makes humans different from other creatures is the ability to throw things. To his friend, travel writer Tim Cahill, it’s... Read more

  Posted on 19 August 2011 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Neal Stephenson's REAMDE

  

  Neal Stephenson has a BIG new 980+ page book coming out on September 20th! It's called Reamde (a spoonerism pronounced as Read Me). {You can also switch... Read more

  Posted on 17 August 2011 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Exclusive Interview with David Liss, Author of The Twelfth Enchantment

  

  Book Passage contributing blogger Zack Ruskin recently interviewed David Liss, author of The Twelfth Enchantment ($26.00). Earlier this week, Liss at Book... Read more

  Posted on 12 August 2011 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Amazon.com, California Thanks You for Potholes

  By Andy RossFrom: Ask the Agent Amazon.com ruined my day today. I was walking around Lake Merritt, as I do every day with my friend, Susan Southwick. Read more

  Posted on 12 August 2011 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Our Fall Author Events in Crossword Puzzle Form

  

  Want a peak at our upcoming calendar of events? We’ve managed to fit just some of our many Fall happenings into this unique crossword puzzle. Read more

  Posted on 10 August 2011 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Nom De Plume: A (Secret) History of Pseudonyms

  Tonight at 7 pm, author Carmela Ciuraru will be in conversation with John McMurtrie (editor of the San Francisco Chronicle Book review) discussing Carmela's jus... Read more

  Posted on 10 August 2011 BOOKS, CULTURE

• CNN En Español Visits Book Passage

  

  CNN en Español recently paid a visit to Book Passage. The occasion was the release of the new Isabel Allende novel, El Cuaderno de Maya. Allende is a longtime... Read more

  Posted on 05 August 2011 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Travel Then and Now: Linda Watanabe McFerrin Interviews Georgia Hesse

  

  Linda Watanabe McFerrinby Linda Watanabe McFerrinThe absolutely amazing Book Passage Travel and Food Writing Photography Conference begins next week, August... Read more

  Posted on 04 August 2011 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Exclusive Interview with Vendela Vida, Author of The Lovers

  

  Book Passage contributing blogger Zack Ruskin interviewed Vendela Vida, author of The Lovers. Join us as Vendela discusses The Lovers at Book Passage in Corte... Read more

  Posted on 01 August 2011 BOOKS, CULTURE