Who's talking in Marin
Book events
Barnes & Noble: 313 Corte Madera Town Center, Corte Madera; stores.barnesandnoble.com/store/2274. Jan. 14: Marin career and life coach Randi Benator signs her book, “Awaken to Your Calling: A Guide to Discovering Your Career Path and Life Direction.” 2 p.m. in person.
Book Passage: 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera; 415-9270960; bookpassage.com. Jan. 11: Elissa Epel discusses “The Stress Prescription” with Saul Rosenberg. 5:30 p.m. online;
Jan. 12: Julia Cameron discusses “Write for Life” with Joel Fotinos. 5:30 p.m. online; Jan. 14: Dacher Keltner discusses “Awe” with Rebecca Solnit. 4 p.m. in person; Jan. 16: GennaRose Nethercott discusses “Thistlefoot.” 4p.m. in person.
The Civic Center Library:
3501 Civic Center Drive, suite 414, San Rafael; marinlibrary.org. Jan. 12: The Civic Center Library's Morning Mystery Book Club discusses “Snowblind” by Ragnar Jónasson. 11a.m. online. Email Ann Bertucci for Zoom link at abertucci@marincounty.org.
Copperfield's Books: 2419 Larkspur Landing Circle, Larkspur; copperfieldsbooks.com/ event/cindy-derby-0. Jan. 21: Cindy Derby discusses “Blurp's Book of Manners.” 10:30 a.m. outdoors. Register online.
Dance Palace: 503 B St., Point Reyes Station; ptreyesbooks.com/event/selby-wynnschwartz. Jan. 28: Selby Wynn Schwartz discusses “After Sappho” with Point Reyes Books co-owner and Marin resident Molly Parent. 4 p.m. in person. Register online.
The Jewish American Fiction Book Club: nuevodavos@yahoo.com. Jan. 11: The Jewish American Fiction Book Club discusses One Bay One Book's selection for 2023, Omer Friedlander's “The Man Who Sold Air in the Holy Land.” 7 p.m. online. Email Davo Knepler at nuevodavos@yahoo.com for the Zoom link.
Marin County Genealogical Society: maringensoc.org. Jan. 9: Marin County Genealogical Society discusses “The Last Slave Ship: The True Story of How Clotilda Was Found, Her Descendants, and an Extraordinary Reckoning” by Ben Raines. 6:30p.m. online. For access, email info@maringensoc.org.
Other talks
Buck Institute for Research on Aging: 8001 Redwood Blvd., Novato; 415-457-4633; marinvillages.org. Jan. 12: Mill Valley author and physician Dr. BJ Miller discusses “The Final Journey: Acceptance, Control, Loving Life,” presented by Novato Village. 10:30 a.m. in person. $10 to $20. Register online.
The League of Women Voters of Marin County: marinlwv.org. Jan. 9: Lorelle W.B. Ross, of the Federated Indians Graton Rancheria, and Calvin Hedrick, of the California Native Vote Project, discuss “Building Native Voting Power in California.” 11:30 a.m. online. Register online. Wonderfest: wonderfest.org. Jan. 10: Vernard Lewis, a global authority on termites, discusses “Never Home Alone.” 8 p.m. online. Zoom link found online.