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• First Lines in Literature

  

  by Andy RossI've been thinking a lot about beginnings, first lines in literature. Which ones are satisfying and what makes them so? And others, admired by all,... Read more

  Posted on 11 May 2011 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Exclusive Interview with Gary Shteyngart, Author of Super Sad True Love Story

  

  Book Passage contributing blogger Zack Ruskin interviewed Gary Shteyngart (author of The Russian Debutante's Handbook and Absurdistan) about his latest novel... Read more

  Posted on 10 May 2011 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Exclusive Interview with Jim Shepard, Author of You Think That’s Bad: Stories

  

  Book Passage contributing blogger Zack Ruskin interviewed Jim Shepard (author of books including Like You'd Understand, Anyway: Stories, Love and Hydrogen: New... Read more

  Posted on 05 May 2011 BOOKS, CULTURE

• On Diplomacy and Weapons in Fairyland

  

  By Catherynne M. ValentePart Three from the StoryNine Lessons from a Wyverary GovernouressseA collaboration between the author and participating bookstores and... Read more

  Posted on 05 May 2011 BOOKS, CULTURE

• John Sayles' BIG New Novel, A Moment in the Sun

  

  We are very excited here at Book Passage because multi-talented author, MacArthur “Genius Award” Fellowship winner, and acclaimed independent filmmaker John... Read more

  Posted on 02 May 2011 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Exclusive Interview with Francine Prose, Author of My New American Life

  

  Francine ProseMy New American Life ($25.99)Book Passage contributing blogger Zack Ruskin interviewed Francine Prose (author of books including A Changed Man,... Read more

  Posted on 27 April 2011 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Before Three Cups of Tea, There Was .....

  

  Before Greg Mortenson and Three Cups of Tea, before Margaret B. Jones and Love and Consequences, before James Frey and A Million Little Pieces, and even before... Read more

  Posted on 21 April 2011 BOOKS, CULTURE

• A Book Passage Student Success Story

  

  By Dick Jordan I met Canyon Sam at a Book Passage “Blogging For Authors” class in the summer of 2009. She took the class to learn how to promote her first... Read more

  Posted on 19 April 2011 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Hitting The Books Again

  

  By Dick JordanNormally, I’m a fairly voracious reader, but in 2009, I went on an unplanned “book diet”. It took me four months to read a single novel. In the... Read more

  Posted on 17 April 2011 BOOKS, CULTURE

• It’s Time to Drink Wine (in the Livermore Valley)

  

  By Dick Jordan Along with my wife and friends, I’ve made many “Economic Stimulus Trips” (that means eating fine food and drinking fine wine) to California’s... Read more

  Posted on 17 April 2011 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Exclusive Interview with Nic Sheff, Author of We All Fall Down: Living with...

  

  Book Passage contributing blogger Zack Ruskin interviewed Nic Sheff, author of We All Fall Down: Living with Addiction ($17.99). Nic Sheff will be appearing at... Read more

  Posted on 14 April 2011 BOOKS, CULTURE

• How I Became a Bookseller

  

  By Andy RossI became a bookseller because I had a passion for books. This is not a particularly good reason to make a life career choice. But my decision (if on... Read more

  Posted on 13 April 2011 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Exclusive Interview with Philip Connors, Author of Fire Season: Field Notes...

  

  Book Passage contributing blogger Dax Proctor interviewed author Philip Connors about his new book Fire Season: Field Notes from a Wilderness Lookout ($25.99). Read more

  Posted on 08 April 2011 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Write It Well, Write It Now!

  By Barbara QuickWhy is it that almost everyone longs, in the depths of their soul, to be a writer?Writing is about the worst-paid, loneliest and most uncertain... Read more

  Posted on 08 April 2011 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Exclusive Interview with Mary Roach, Author of Packing for Mars: The Curious...

  

  Book Passage contributing blogger Zack Ruskin interviewed Mary Roach (author of Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers, Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Scienc... Read more

  Posted on 01 April 2011 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Christopher McDougall - Born to Run

  

  JUST ADDED EVENT!Tickets required: Purchase of the book admits oneApril 9th at 4:00 pmJoin Book Passage in Corte Madera as we welcome Christopher McDougall,... Read more

  Posted on 31 March 2011 BOOKS, CULTURE

• 5th Annual Children's Writers & Illustrators Conference

  

  June 16-19, 2011 - Corte Madera, CABook Passage is pleased to announce the 5th Annual Book Passage Children's Writers Illustrators Conference, which will... Read more

  Posted on 29 March 2011 BOOKS, CULTURE