Who's talking in Marin
Book events
Book Passage: 51Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera; 415-9270960; bookpassage.com. March 26: Cathleen Schine discusses “Künstlers in Paradise.” 1p.m. in person; March 26: Ivy Ross and Susan Magsamen discuss “Your Brain on Art” with Mill Valley author and artist Tiffany Shlain. 4 p.m. in person; March 28: Helena Fox discusses “The Quiet and the Loud” with Kathleen Glasgow. 5:30p.m. online; March 29:
Rupert Holmes discusses “Murder Your Employer” with Luisa Smith. 5:30p.m. online; March 31: Ari Shapiro discusses “The Best Strangers in the World” with
Davia Nelson. 7p.m. in person. $34, which includes the book. Register online; April 1: Sebastian Barry discusses “Old God's Time” with Damon Galgut. 9:30 a.m. online; April 1: Mary Jo McConahay discusses “Playing God” with Susan Grant. 1p.m. in person; April 1: Laila El-Sissi discusses “Fate Knocked On My Door” at the Left Coast Writers event. 2p.m. in person; April 1: Rachel Heng discusses “The Great Reclamation” with Kathryn Ma. 4p.m. in person; April 2: Linda Olafsdottir discusses “I Dare! I Can! I Will!” 1p.m. in person; April 2: Sixteen Rivers Press poetry reading featuring
San Geronimo writer Barbara Swift Brauer, Matthew Monte and Fairfax poet Joseph Zaccardi. 4 p.m. in person.
College of Marin: Academic Center, room 255, 835College Ave., Kentfield; bookpassage.com. March 31: Ingrid Rojas Contreras discusses “The Man Who Could Move Clouds” with Margo Candela. 1p.m. online and in person.
Dominican University of California's Angelico Concert Hall: 20Olive Ave., San Rafael; bookpassage.com/intheshadowofthemountain23. March 27: Humanitarian and mountaineer Silvia Vasquez-Lavado discusses “In the Shadow of the Mountain” with Amanda E. Machado. The event is presented by Dominican University of California in partnership with Book Passage and the Marin County Office of Equity. 7p.m. in person. $30, which includes a copy of the book. Register online.
Osher Marin JCC: 200North San Pedro Road, San Rafael; bookpassage.com. March 27: The REAL Mental Health Initiative presents Lisa Damour's book talk on “The Emotional Lives of Teenagers.” 7 p.m. online and in person. Register online.
Sausalito Books by the Bay: 100 Bay St., Sausalito; 415-887-9967; sausalitobooksbythebay.com. March 30: Susan Wels discusses “An Assassin in Utopia” with Celeste Perry. 6p.m. in person;
April 1: Azalais Flanders, a seventhgrader at Mount Tamalpais School, leads the Teen Book Club By The Bay discussion on “Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe” by Benjamin Alire Sáenz. 4p.m. in person. Call to sign up.
Other talks
Sausalito Center for the Arts: 750Bridgeway, Sausalito; sausalitobooksbythebay.com/2023events. March 29: Authors Acharya Shunya and Rachel LehmannHaupt, writer September Williams, educator Cathy Rath and journalist Lara Bazelon discuss “Celebrating Women: Mind, Body & Soul.” 6p.m. in person. Register online.
— Compiled by Colleen Bidwill
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