Who's talking in Marin
Book events
Book Passage: 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera; 415-9270960; bookpassage.com. July 29: Dr. Monica Gandhi discusses “Endemic: A Post-Pandemic Playbook.” 1 p.m. in person; July 29: Adrienne Brodeur discusses “Little Monsters” with Marin author Kate Milliken. 4 p.m. in person; July 30: Andrew Sean Greer discusses “Less Is Lost” with Rita Bullwinkel. 1 p.m. in person; July 30: Yael Goldstein Love discusses “The Possibilities” with Marin author Kate Milliken. 4 p.m. in person; Aug. 5: Laura Burges discusses “The Zen Way of Recovery” with Mill Valley author Katy Butler. 1p.m. in person; Aug. 5: Marin author Anita Gail Jones discusses “The Peach Seed.” 3 p.m. in person; Aug. 6: Marin music personality Dick Bright discusses “Workin' For A Livin'.” 1 p.m. in person; Aug. 9: Susan Casey discusses “The Underworld: Journeys to the Depths of the Ocean.” 6 p.m. in person.
Copperfield's Books: 2419 Larkspur Landing Circle, Larkspur; copperfieldsbooks.com. Aug. 26: Dr. Deena Emera discusses “A Brief History of the Female Body” with Rachel Lehmann-Haupt. 11 a.m. in person. Register online.
Mill Valley Public Library: 375 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley; marinpoetrycenter.org. July 29: Marin Poetry Center Traveling Show with Carol Sheldon, Morgan Reed, Barry Peterson, Ella Eytan, Angelika Quirk, Simona Carini, David Glick and host Sandra Cross. 2 p.m. in person.
Point Reyes Books: 11315 State Route 1, Point Reyes Station; 415-663-1542; ptreyesbooks.com. Aug. 9: David Hinton discusses “The Way of Ch'an: Essential Texts of the Original Tradition” with Jon Joseph, presented in partnership with the Pacific Zen Institute. 5p.m. online. Register online.
Other talks
Corte Madera Library: 707 Meadowsweet Drive, Corte Madera; marinlibrary.org/events. July 26: Marin Villages' John Power and Alice Joyce discuss “Enrich Your Life: Learn About Becoming A Marin Villages Volunteer.” 1 p.m. in person. HopMonk Tavern: 224 Vintage Way, Novato; wonderfest.org. July 25: Wonderfest presents “Pandemic(s) Update” by Robert Siegel, a professor of microbiology and immunology at Stanford. 7 p.m. in person.
Tomales Regional History Center: 26701 Highway 1, Tomales; 707-878-9443; tomaleshistory.com. July 23: Dewey Livingston, California historian and author and director of the Jack Mason Museum of West Marin, discusses “A New History of Tomales Bay.” 1:30 p.m. in person.
Westminster Presbyterian Church: 240 Tiburon Blvd., Tiburon. Aug. 3: Christie Rowe, who grew up in Marin, discusses “The Geology of Angel Island.” 2 p.m. in person. Bring rocks for identification.
The literary calendar appears Sundays. Email listings to calendar@marinij.com. Photos should be 300 dpi JPGs with a minimum file size of 2 megabytes and should include caption information.