SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE: CELEBRATING “A SEASON OF CHANGE” Pretty darn cool … my new poetry collection POST-Apocalyptic Valentine is one of 10 new books recommended for “a season of change“, by San Francisco Chronicle writer, Hannah Bae, along with books by poet friends Tim Hernandez and Matthew Zapruder. Check it out! https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/books/bay-area-fall-books-2024-19587756 And please join…
Here’s what’s on the Left Coast Writers® agenda in September: Folks, check it out. YES, I have a new book just out: POST-Apocalyptic Valentine (7.13 Books pub date SEPTEMBER 3rd and event scheduled for SEPTEMBER 14th at Book Passage in Corte Madera), but THERE ARE OTHER AMAZING BOOK DEBUTS that we at Left Coast Writers…
LEFT COAST WRITERS® PLEASE JOIN US AT BOOK PASSAGE IN CORTE MADERA FOR A CELEBRATION, Q&A, AND READING OF BARBARA RIDLEY’S NEW NOVEL: UNSWERVING SATURDAY, APRIL 13, 2024 2PM Book Passage-Corte Madera|| 51 Tamal Vista Dr. Corte Madera || www.bookpassage.com PREPARE TO BE INSPIRED … A story of courage, resilience, and love, Unswerving challenges readers’ preconceived notions of disability, of limitations, and of…
Prisoner: My 544 Days in an Iranian Prison—Solitary Confinement, a Sham Trial, High-Stakes Diplomacy, and the Extraordinary Efforts It Took to Get Me So Monday, January, 28th, 2019 || 7pm Angelico Hall|| Dominican University of California || 20 Olive Avenue, San Rafael California || www.bookpassage.com Please join me, the folks at Book Passage, and a host of…
Two great pieces of news arrived in my e-mail message box this morning. The first piece of super news: They are finally sending the gold stickers for the front cover of Wandering in Paris: Luminaries and Love in the City of Light, the prize-winning anthology of stories produced at our last international literary workshop. You might…
Linda Watanabe McFerrin – The Building Character This is the second in a series of monthly workshops on craft that I’m leading at Book Passage in Corte Madera. The workshops cover plot, character building, scene making, dialogue, and more. Dominican College credit is available for workshop participants. 02/22/2014 10:00 am End: 02/22/2014 4:00 pm Sat….
What do Virginia Woolf, Daphne du Maurier, Agatha Christie, John Le Carré, Thomas Hardy, Tristan and Yseult, and Britain’s King Arthur have in common? The lighthouse and castle-studded Cornwall, where their journeys—along those of with many another literary and legendary character—led. We have only one spot left in our next Wanderland Writers™ workshop, the latest in a series…
Tell me a story … and make it a sexy one. Well, I plan to do just that this Sunday. I’ll be telling you a sexy story or two, as will a couple of other writers I know and love. On Sunday, January 19, I’ll be on San Francisco’s alternative radio station FCCFREERADIO, along with Laurie…
Last night at Book Passage in the Ferry Plaza for a Left Coast Writers poetry event, I realized that I never enter a bookstore without wanting to read every single book therein, which I know is impossible. I have this strange feeling that tucked between the covers is a message that I can’t afford to…
The Sweet Life ©Linda Watanabe McFerrin Do I need to read Connie Bennett’s new book, Beyond Sugar Shock? You bet, I do … I once ate an entire box of brown sugar … with a teaspoon … in under thirty minutes. No, it wasn’t a contest. I had a hankering for something sweet, and back…
