Who's talking in Marin
Book events
Book Passage: 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera; 415-9270960; bookpassage.com. Aug. 19: Rhys Bowen discusses
“The Paris Assignment.” 1p.m. in person; Aug. 19: MJ Pramik discusses “Travels on the Edge,” presented by Left Coast Writers. 2 p.m. in person; Aug. 19: Red Hen Poets event featuring Novato poet Francesca Bell, Brynn Saito and Douglas Manuel. 4 p.m. in person; Aug. 20: Carla Malden discusses “My Two and Only.” 1 p.m. in person; Aug. 20: Ray Arata discusses “Showing Up” with San Rafael comedian and motivational speaker Michael Pritchard. 3 p.m. in person. RSVP online; Aug. 21: West Marin author Norman Solomon discusses “War Made Invisible.” 5:30 p.m. online.
Copperfield's Books: 2419Larkspur Landing Circle, Larkspur; copperfieldsbooks.com. Aug.
26: Dr. Deena Emera discusses “A Brief History of the Female Body” with Rachel LehmannHaupt. 11 a.m. in person. Register online.
Dance Palace: 503 B St., Point Reyes Station; ptreyesbooks. com/event/christina-gerhardtrachel-brahinsky. Aug. 19: Christina Gerhardt discusses “Sea Change” with Rachel Brahinsky, co-sponsored by the Mesa Refuge and Point Reyes Books. 4 p.m. in person.
San Anselmo Library: 110 Tunstead Ave., San Anselmo; 415-258-4656; townofsananselmo.org/133/Library. Aug. 15: Robert Jones Jr. discusses “The Prophets.” 1 p.m. online. Sausalito Books by the Bay: 100 Bay St., Sausalito; 415-8879967; sausalitobooksbythebay.com/2023-events. Aug.
17: Sausalito author Barbara Sapienza discusses “The Girl in the White Cape” with Sausalito resident Azalais Flanders. 6 p.m. in person; Aug. 19: Sausalito author Diana Dempsey discusses “The Unstoppable Eliza Haycraft” with Sausalito Books by the Bay owner Cheryl Popp. 3 p.m. in person; Aug. 24: Novato resident Anita Gail Jones discusses “The Peach Seed.” 6 p.m. in person.
Other talks
Beaumont Farms: 5580
Red Hill Road, Petaluma; bit. ly/3PsqzOP. Aug. 19: Rebecca Cliffe, founder and director of SloCo, and former Marin wildlife photographer Suzi Eszterhas will discuss sloth conservation at the Sloth Conservation Foundation fundraiser. $75. Register online.
Bill and Adele Jonas Center: 1800 Ignacio Blvd., building 19, Novato; novatospeakerseries. com. Aug. 24: Tony Lindsay, former lead singer with Santana, will be the featured speaker for the Novato Speaker Series. $10 to $25. Register online.
Elks Lodge: 1312Mission Ave., San Rafael; marinhistory.org. Aug. 15: Marin resident Bonnie Portnoy discusses “The Man Beneath the Paint, Tilden Daken.” 7p.m. in person. Admission is $10.
Novato Library: 1720 Novato Blvd., Novato; 415-473-2050; marinlibrary.org. Aug. 19: IJ columnist Jack Gedney discusses “The Backyard Birds of Marin County.” 11a.m. in person.