Ferry Plaza Book Party: Climbing the Sacred Ladder by Shulamit Sofia

LEFT COAST WRITERS FERRY PLAZA BOOK PARTY: Climbing the Sacred Ladder: Your Path to Love, Joy, Peace and Purpose by Shulamit Sofia

Shulamit Sofia
Shulamit Sofia

Monday, October 13th, 2014 || 6pm
Book Passage || San Francisco
1 Ferry Building, San Francisco ||www.bookpassage.com

It’s a soulful and spirit-filled gathering at Book Passage in the Ferry Plaza as we join Shulamit Sofia in celebration.

Climbing the Sacred Ladder: Your Path to Love, Joy, Peace and Purpose is a compelling, practical, step by step guide  to higher consciousness. By creating a pilgrimage path through multiple realms of spiritual awareness the book provides a GPS for the Soul. This process enables the reader to make a difference in their life and in the lives of the people around them.

Shulamit Sofia, a spiritual pilgrim from birth, has journeyed toward soul strength as her life’s purpose. She has been a serious spiritual seeker for nearly three decades, studying directly with the leading teachers of Jewish Mysticism. Founder of The Sacred Ladder and Soul Strength Seminars, Shulamit Sofia teaches practical applications of Jewish mystical principles, to solve challenging (more…)

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Book Launch: The Coconut Latitudes by Rita Gardner

LEFT COAST WRITERS BOOK LAUNCH:  The Coconut Latitudes by Rita Gardner

Rita Gardner
Rita Gardner

Saturday, October 11th, 2014 || 7pm
Book Passage-Corte Madera|| 51 Tamal Vista Dr. Corte Madera ||
www.bookpassage.com

Hurricanes during Litquake? Join us as we wrap up an action-packed day with an evening of wine and Rita Gardner’s well told tale at Book Passage in Corte Madera.

A father makes the fateful decision to leave a successful career in the US behind and move to an isolated beach in the Dominican Republic. He plants ten thousand coconut seedlings, transplants his wife and two young daughters to a small village, and declares they are the luckiest people alive. In reality, the family is in the path of hurricanes and in the grip of a brutal dictator, Rafael Trujillo—and the children are additionally under the thumb of an increasingly volatile and alcoholic father. Set against a backdrop of shimmering palms and kaleidoscope sunsets, The Coconut Latitudes is Rita Gardner’s compelling memoir of a childhood in paradise, a journey into unexpected misery, and a twisted path to redemption and truth.

“Like the best of writers, Gardner moves beyond borders into the wide open spaces of the heart.”
—JULIA ALVAREZ, author of A Wedding in Haiti

Rita Gardner grew up on her expatriate family’s coconut farm in the Dominican Republic during the dictatorship of Rafael Trujillo. Living in a (more…)

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Litquake San Rafael

litquake.jpg.pagespeed.ce_.Cl0qik7AuKTake your imagination for a walk!
An All-Day Lit-Crawl Fest
Books and authors in downtown San Rafael Saturday, October 11th, 2014 from 10AM-9PM (most events free!)

Readers and hosts will include Left Coast Writers: (more…)

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Left Coast Writers® Live: Carl Russo on LIlycat on Stuff

Melinda Adams, aka Lilycat
Melinda Adams, aka Lilycat

On Sunday, September 14th from 12-2pm, join Left Coast Writers®  Live on FCCFREE RADIO’s popular show, Lilycat on Stuff. Lilycat’s guest on Sunday will be Carl Russo.

Carl Russo is a San Francisco author who has written for the Oakland Tribune, indieWIRE and otherpublications. He was a radio producer and disc jockey at KUSF-FM for more than a decade. Russo fell in love with Sicily on his first trip to the island in 1999 and has returned many times since. In 2010, he began a blog, MafiaExposed.com, which became the basis for his book.

The Sicilian Mafia: A True Crime Travel Guide is the first book of its kind in any language—the ultimate Cosa Nostra experience. Since 2006, author Carl Russo has photographed Mafia hotspots on the Italian island of Sicily: where the murders happened, where the godfathers lived, where their victims are buried. From the sunbaked fishing villages of the Mediterranean to the darkest alleys of Palermo, western Sicily is the exotic backdrop for more than 100 meticulously researched tales of murder and (more…)

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Literary Salon: Shirin Yim Bridges

LEFT COAST WRITERS LITERARY SALON:  Shirin Yim Bridges, Publisher of Goosebottom Books

Shirin Yim Bridges
Shirin Yim Bridges

Monday, October 6th, 2014 || 7pm
Book Passage-Corte Madera|| 51 Tamal Vista Dr. Corte Madera ||
www.bookpassage.com

Meet Shirin Yim Bridges tonight as she shares her knowledge of writing and the many methods of publishing available to authors today. Shirin has successfully transitioned from author (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, HarperCollins/Greenwillow, Chronicle Books) to self-publisher, to award-winning publisher (Goosebottom Books). She is the author of Ruby’s Wish, a Publishers Weekly Best Children’s Book and winner of the Ezra Jack Keats Award; The Umbrella Queen, which madeTIME magazine’s Top 10 list for 2008; and Mary Wrightly So Politely, which launched in April 2013 to starred reviews in Kirkus, Publishers Weekly, and Shelf Awareness.

Shirin is also the head goose of Goosebottom Books, and the proud publisher of The Thinking Girl’s Treasury of Dastardly Dames, named one of the Top 10 Nonfiction Series for Youth 2012 by the American Library Association; The Thinking Girl’s Treasury of Real Princesses, a silver medalist at the 2011 Independent Publishers’ Book Awards; and Horrible Hauntings, an International Reading Association Children’s Choices winner.

She has taught and discussed writing and publishing at the Asian Festival for Children’s Content, the Mendocino Coast Writers’ Conference, the (more…)

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Book Launch: A Sleuth in Sausalito by Carol Sheldon

LEFT COAST WRITERS BOOK LAUNCH: A Sleuth in Sausalito by Carol Sheldon

Carol Sheldon
Carol Sheldon

Saturday, September 13th, 2014 || 7pm
Book Passage || Corte Madera
51 Tamal Vista Dr. Corte Madera ||www.bookpassage.com

It’s Sausalito in the sixties. Poets, painters and philosophers dot this artsy town, a community of people living on derelict houseboats. The river rats vs. the hill people continue an ongoing battle. Filled with colorful characters like Sally Stanford, and the artist Jean Varda A SLEUTH IN SAUSALITO will keep you entertained.

After ten years of not knowing what happened to her mother when she disappeared, Gwen Harris is notified that recently discovered remains might be those of her mother. Leaving the University of Michigan to find out what she can in Sausalito, where her mother disappeared, Gwen begins a long and arduous journey of discovering what happened, and who is responsible. Eager, but young and vulnerable her trust in several people is shattered by secrecy, betrayal and deception.

“As an avid mystery reader, I was hooked on A Sleuth In Sausalito starting with the title!  From then on, I was kept guessing at “who done it” all the way to its totally unexpected ending!  I loved the descriptions of scenic Sausalito, and its memorable, and real, personages, as well as the fictional characters.  What a great read! “  
Vicki Weiland, Writer/Editor.

Carol Sheldon’s novel MOTHER LODE placed in the top five percent of 5000 entries in Amazon’s International Novel Contest. It recently won an (more…)

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Literary Salon: Betsy Graziani Fasbinder

LEFT COAST WRITERS LITERARY SALON:  Betsy Graziani Fasbinder, Presentation Skills Coach and Author of Fire & Water

Betsy Graziani Fasbinder
Betsy Graziani Fasbinder

Monday, September 8th, 2014 || 7pm
Book Passage-Corte Madera|| 51 Tamal Vista Dr. Corte Madera ||
www.bookpassage.com

We know that all of you are masters of voice on the page, but what do you do when it’s time to get out of the garret and present you work in person? Find out how to make the right impression on Monday, September 8th (Yes, we are skipping the Monday after the Labor Day weekend).

So, on Monday, September 8th, join us for another terrific Left Coast Writers Literary Salon, this time with a  noted professional in the art of presentation.

Betsy Graziani Fasbinder is one of our favorite coaches in the art of public speaking.  She is an award-winning writer and ghostwriter who has published numerous articles. Her debut novel is Fire & Water, a story of art, madness, and passion.

Betsy has been a professional presentation skills coach since 1998, empowering writers, artists, technology professionals, and business leaders to be (more…)

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Left Coast Writers® Live: Sherry Brier on LIlycat on Stuff

Melinda Adams, aka Lilycat
Melinda Adams, aka Lilycat

On Sunday, August 24th from 12-2pm, join Left Coast Writers®  Live on FCCFREE RADIO’s popular show, Lilycat on Stuff. Lilycat’s guest on Sunday will be Sherry Brier.

Sherry Brier is director of Inner Rhythm Movement Arts Institute in Marin County, California. She spends her days dancing, teaching, choreographing dances for her students and two dance companies, writing, and playing hooky with her husband and cat.

Undergoing a crisis of the heart and spirit, artist Sherry Brier meets a mysterious teacher of mystical movement who initiates her into Egyptian Temple Dance. Join us in a celebration of  Sherry’s book about the spiritual journey that took her on the liberating path of transformation from self to Soul.

“This book is a treasure… such a valuable contribution to modern temple dance. I’d love to make it part of the official Fusion Temple Dance Festival (more…)

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Ferry Plaza Book Party: Lost, Kidnapped, Eaten Alive by Laurie McAndish King

LEFT COAST WRITERS FERRY PLAZA BOOK PARTY:  Lost, Kidnapped, Eaten Alive by Laurie McAndish King

Laurie McAndish King
Laurie McAndish King

Monday, August 11th, 2014 || 6pm
Book Passage || San Francisco
1 Ferry Building, San Francisco ||www.bookpassage.com

If you missed Laurie in Corte Madera we’re giving you another chance!

What happens when a practical midwestern gal sets off to explore the world? Laurie McAndish King’s travels seem innocent in the planning stage, but surprising adventure unfolds as she finds herself tracking lions without a gun in Botswana … attempting to eat a horse in southern Italy … marrying a Maasai warrior in Kenya … and sampling the world’s most expensive coffee—brewed from the excrement of a small Balinese mammal. (more…)

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Book Launch: Lost, Kidnapped, Eaten Alive by Laurie McAndish King

LEFT COAST WRITERS BOOK LAUNCH:  Lost, Kidnapped, Eaten Alive by Laurie McAndish King

Laurie McAndish King

Saturday, August 9th, 2014 || 7pm
Book Passage-Corte Madera|| 51 Tamal Vista Dr. Corte Madera ||
www.bookpassage.com

What happens when a practical midwestern gal sets off to explore the world? Laurie McAndish King’s travels seem innocent in the planning stage, but surprising adventure unfolds as she finds herself tracking lions without a gun in Botswana … attempting to eat a horse in southern Italy … marrying a Maasai warrior in Kenya … and sampling the world’s most expensive coffee—brewed from the excrement of a small Balinese mammal.

Whether she is lost in Melbourne, kidnapped in the Tunisian desert, or eaten alive by the blood-sucking (more…)

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