Book Party: Wanderland Writers

LEFT COAST WRITERS BOOK PARTY:  Around the World to Paris

Saturday, May 11th, 2013 || 7pm
Book Passage-Corte Madera|| 51 Tamal Vista Dr. Corte Madera ||
www.bookpassage.com

It’s a party!!

Join us for a wine, snacks and more than a taste of Paris when Wanderland Writers editors, Linda Watanabe McFerrin and Joanna Biggar, and contributors to the next Wanderland Writers anthology toast the City of Light. You can order your Wandering in Paris anthology in advance at this event or just sit back and enjoy the promise of great stories to come. (more…)

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Literary Salon: David Downie

LEFT COAST WRITERS LITERARY SALON: David Downie, author of Paris to the Pyrenees: A Skeptic Pilgrim Walks the Way of Saint James

David Downie

Monday, May 6th, 2013 || 7pm
Book Passage || Corte Madera
51 Tamal Vista Drive, Corte Madera ||www.bookpassage.com

Whether you are worldly, unworldly, other-worldly or out-of-this-worldly, you won’t want to miss our May Literary Salon.

Renowned travel writer David Downie will share the tools of his trade with us. David has written extensively about world travel and Paris in particular, with books like Paris, Paris: Journey to the City of Light, Paris City of Night, and his most recent Paris to the Pyrenees: A Skeptic Pilgrim Walks the Way of Saint James. He’ll talk about travel, travel writing and Paris and answer questions about exploring a place or a passion and writing about it.  Trust us, there can be no better (more…)

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Children’s Writers & Illustrators Conference June 20-23

Learn the Skills and Make the Connections to Write, Illustrate & Publish Books for Children & Young Adults!

Join us for the 7th Annual Book Passage Children’s Writers & Illustrators Conference. The Conference will cover all aspects of writing and illustrating for children—from developing ideas to honing skills to finding a publisher. Participants will work closely with other writers and illustrators, as well as with agents, editors, and publishers. The conference is designed to meet the differing needs of those who create for different age groups. Participants will choose an area of emphasis for the morning sessions, such as writing for (more…)

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Book Launch: Beyond Sugar Shock by Connie Bennett

LEFT COAST WRITERS BOOK LAUNCH:  Beyond Sugar Shock: The 6-Week Plan to Break Free of Your Sugar Addiction & Get Slimmer, Sexier & Sweeter by Connie Bennett

Connie Bennett

Saturday, April 13th, 2013 || 7pm
Book Passage-Corte Madera|| 51 Tamal Vista Dr. Corte Madera ||
www.bookpassage.com

Sugar and carb junkies, get help to free yourself from your potentially deadly addiction with The Sugar Liberator Connie Bennett, author of the international bestseller Beyond Sugar Shock: The 6-Week Plan to Break Free of Your Sugar Addiction & Get Slimmer, Sexier & Sweeter.

Beyond Sugar Shock has been praised by a Who’s Who of health and empowerment experts, including Dr. Wayne Dyer, Dr. Christiane Northrup, and Dr. Daniel Amen. Connie’s second book is the eagerly awaited follow-up to Connie’s acclaimed bestseller, Sugar Shock! How Sweets and Simple Carbs Can Derail Your Life—And How You Can Get Back on Track, which has been praised by America’s Favorite Doctor, Dr. Mehmet Oz.”

In this Book Passage program, Connie—a charismatic transformational speaker, journalist, life coach, health coach, and self-mocking former sugar addict—will give her insights and simple starter secrets to:

  • Activate the positive power of procrastinating. (This is a simple tool to calm your cravings.)
  • Dodge the #1 mistake nearly everyone makes when quitting or reducing sweets. (more…)
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Ferry Plaza Book Party: Southern Sampler

LEFT COAST WRITERS Book Party: A Southern Sampler

Monday, April 8th, 2013 || 6pm
Book Passage || San Francisco
1 Ferry Building, San Francisco ||www.bookpassage.com

We are spending an evening in the South!!

Join Left Coast Writers and the Southern Sampler Artists Colony as they evoke the dreamy, sometimes steamy world of Charleston and beyond in an exciting sampler of poetry, short fiction, non-fiction and other treats in this celebration of all things Southern. (more…)

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Literary Salon: Patricia Bracewell

LEFT COAST WRITERS LITERARY SALON:  Patricia Bracewell, author of Shadow on the Crown

Patricia Bracewell

Monday, April 1st, 2013 || 7pm

Book Passage-Corte Madera|| 51 Tamal Vista Dr. Corte Madera ||
www.bookpassage.com

We hope all of you will come out for this very special event. Our beloved Roadwork editor, Patricia Bracewell, will be speaking about her experience writing historical fiction. Her recently released novel,  Shadow on the Crown (Viking, 2012), has been very well received and critically acclaimed. Patricia will be discussing the research that goes into writing such a novel, how much to fabricate and how much to keep to the facts, and other problems one may face when writing fact-based fiction.

Patricia Bracewell is a native of California where she taught literature and composition (more…)

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Book Launch: Burmese Jade by Cynthia Greenberg

LEFT COAST WRITERS BOOK LAUNCH:  Burmese Jade, a Mystery by Cynthia Greenberg 

Cynthia Greenberg

Saturday, March 9th, 2013 || 7pm
Book Passage-Corte Madera|| 51 Tamal Vista Dr. Corte Madera ||
www.bookpassage.com

Travelers, writers, mystery lovers, you won’t want to miss this event. Burmese Jade, a Mystery is a new mystery novel by Cynthia Greenberg that takes place in Burma (Myanmar) and Thailand and features an interesting set of characters, all strangely a part of the same tour group. This includes a jewel thief, a smuggler, an ex-spy, and a Buddhist monk, among others. The main character is a French photojournalist who is searching for information about her grandfather’s mysterious disappearance.  A young couple from Texas, accidentally film a murder while on the same tour with all of these people.  Come and see how it turns out! (more…)

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Literary Salon: Self-Publishing Panel

LEFT COAST WRITERS LITERARY SALON: Self-Publishing Panel – Self-publish Like a Professional: How to Avoid the New Slush Pile

Monday, March 4th, 2013 || 7pm
Book Passage || Corte Madera
51 Tamal Vista Drive, Corte Madera ||www.bookpassage.com

This time we have a full panel of speakers coming to teach you about self-publishing.  They’ll be sharing their expertise in all areas of writing, publishing, design, distribution and marketing with you. If you are thinking about publication, either with a traditional publisher or as an independent, you won’t want to miss out on the wealth of information offered here. It will save you from making many of the blunders that plague novice authors and mark them as amateurs. There’ll also be plenty of time to answer your particular questions.

The panelists are:

  • Jim Shubin, Book Design
  • Lowry McFerrin, Publication and Print
  • Phil Cousineau, Writing and Marketing
  • Bill Petrocelli, Book Sales and Distribution (more…)
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Ferry Plaza Book Party: Bayou Nights by Nicola Trwst

LEFT COAST WRITERS Book Party: Bayou Nights by Nicola Trwst

Nicola Trwst

Monday, March 11th, 2013 || 6pm
Book Passage || San Francisco
1 Ferry Building, San Francisco ||www.bookpassage.com

Prepare to be horrified and mystified when you join us for an event celebrating the publication of one of our favorite books!  Nicola Trwst will surely captivate her audience with a reading from her newest novel, Bayou Nights, a mysterious and exciting tale of justice and revenge riddled with voodoo magic.

Bayou Nights is a novel of vengeance carried out in the terrifying environment of corrupt politics, social injustice, and the exotic eroticism of Voodoo. Set in the months prior to Hurricane Katrina, Claire Rivet, a Baton Rouge Assistant District Attorney, attempts to connect the rape and murder of a young woman to the similar attack on her when she was ten. Claire is certain the same person is responsible, and she lives only to bring her attacker to justice. In the Louisiana bayou, her quest is dangerously compromised by Mamma Anna, a voodoo priestess who lures Claire into a dark Voodoo practice, magie noire, reserved for those willing to give up everything for revenge. (more…)

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Ferry Plaza Book Party: A Dark Valentine, Dead Love and others

LEFT COAST WRITERS A Dark Valentine: Dead Love and Others

From Dead Love

Monday, February 11th, 2013 || 6pm
Book Passage || San Francisco
1 Ferry Building, San Francisco ||www.bookpassage.com

Dark chocolate, red wine, shadowy lovers—this year we’re having a darker Valentine’s Day. LCW Founder, Linda Watanabe McFerrin, and some of our favorite Left Coast Writers share their mysterious, mournful and sometimes hilarious (more…)

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