UPCOMING EVENTS
It Was a Dark and Stormy Night...
A seven week winter storytelling class focusing on stories of love and fear led by Lisa Doron. This is only the beginning of a year-long exploration into story, myth, initiation and rites of passage. Tuesday evenings starting in January and running through March 2nd, 7:00-9:00. Call bookstore to sign-up.!
Knit Lit Group Monday, February 8th at 7:00 pm
The Knit Lit Group meets on the second Monday of each month to knit and read together. Bring your knitting or other handwork. All skill levels and genders are welcome.
Robert Hass in conversation with Michael Ondaatje
Saturday, February 6th, 7:00 pm
at The Dance Palace
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Benefit for the Tomales Bay Library Association. 
Join these two well-known authors for poetry and conversation with each other and the audience. Robert Hass was awarded the 2009 Pulitzer Prize and the 2008 National Book Award for his collection of poems, Time and Materials. He was Poet Laureate of the United States from 1995 to 1997. He has also co-translated many volumes of the poetry of Czeslaw Milosz. Awarded a MacArthur Fellowship and the National Book Critics Circle Award twice, he is a professor of English at UC Berkeley. He lives in Inverness. Michael Ondaatje is one of the world’s foremost writers. His books include the memoir of his childhood, Running in the Family, an award-winning book of poetry, There’s a Trick With a Knife I’m Learning To Do, and his classic novel, The English Patient, winner of the Booker Prize. His latest novel, Divisadero, takes place in part in rural Marin. Ondaatje’s most recent nonfiction work is The Conversations: Walter Murch & the Art of Editing Film. Born in Sri Lanka, he went to school in England, moved to Canada, and spends most winters in the Bay Area. (Ondaatje photo credit: credit Jeff Nolte, Hass photo credit: Margaretta Mitchell)
T.C. Boyle, author of Wild Child
February 20th at 7 pm
at The Dance Palace
http://www.tcboyle.com/index.html
T. C. Boyle (author of the PEN/Faulkner Award-winning World’s End and National Book Award finalist Drop City, among others) will read from his new collection of short stories, Wild Child. These stories address natural concerns or, more precisely, nature run amok. There is a new take on the story of the feral boy turned over to doctors to become civilized, and stories about a man attempting to deliver a human liver for transplant during a gigantic mudslide that wipes out a small coastal California town, about a lonely old man whose house is overflowing with rats, about what happens when a mountain lion starts to terrorize suburban California yuppies in their gardens, and about a young woman who babysits a very expensive cloned Afghan. The stories showcase Boyle’s mischievous humor, socially conscious sensibility, and his superb writing on the intersection of urbanity and wilderness.
Le invita a participar en el Pt. Reyes Books Grupo de lectura en español La librería
Point Reyes Books le invita a participar en nuestro grupo de lectura en español que se reune el último lunes de cada mes a las 7 p.m. Leemos libros de autores latinoamericanos en español y nos reunimos para discutir las lecturas. Nuestra líder es Luz Elena Castro, foto periodísta colombiana y ávida lectora, quién guia la lectura y la plática del grupo. El mes presente el grupo está leyendo cuentos de dos libros: Pasiones de Rosa Montero y El llanto en llamas de Juan Rulfo. En la librería se pueden comprar ejemplares de los libros e inscribirse en el grupo.
Spanish Reading Group At Pt. Reyes Books
Point Reyes Books invites you to join our Spanish readers’ group that meets on the last Monday of each month at 7 p.m. We read the works of Latin American authors in Spanish and meet to discuss the readings in Spanish. Luz Elena Castro, a Columbian photo journalist and avid reader, leads our readings and group discussion. This month the group is reading short stories from works of two authors: Pasiones by Rosa Montero and El Llanto en Llamas by Juan Rulfo. You may buy copies of these books at the bookstore and enroll in the group.
Carol Kearns author of Sugar Cookies and a Nightmare
Saturday, March 13th, 7:00 pm
at the bookstore
Carol Kearns, Ph.D., has recently published Sugar Cookies and a Nightmare, a book which recounts her journey from the depths of despair after the death of her daughter to the person today who is actually a better person for it. For Carol, a single mother in 1976 who had taken her children, seven-year-old Kristen, and nine-year-old Michel, on a vacation with friends to the Oregon Coast, that challenge took the form of a rogue wave that dragged Kristen out to sea. Michel and several other children were standing next to Kristen at the time but remained unharmed. Carol never saw Krissie again. Carol fought back from this tragedy, earned her Ph.D., and became a psychologist specializing in grief and crisis issues. Her book is an uplifting memoir that has two voices. One is that of the bereaved mother who struggled to create meaning in her life. The second voice is that of the seasoned psychologist who trained with Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, M.D., a pioneer in the field and author of the classic On Death and Dying.
Pam Peirce, author of Golden Gate Gardening
Friday, March 19th, 7:00 pm
at the bookstore
Pam Pierce is author of West Marin gardeners' favorite resource: Golden Gate Gardening. The book, now in an updated and expanded third edition, offers encyclopedic coverage of gardening principles and practices specific to the Bay Area and the Northern California coast. Pam will talk about what's new in seeds, organic practices, and a host of new vegetable varieties.
Dr. Temple Grandin, author of Animals in Translation
Sunday, April 18th, 3:00 pm
at Toby's Feed Barn
Tickets: $15.00, Malt members $10.00 available through www.malt.org
Dr. Temple Grandin author of Animals in Translation and Animals Make Us Human. Dr. Grandin is a designer of livestock handling facilities and a Professor of Animal Science at Colorado State University and author of many books including Humane Livestock Handling, Animals in Translation and Animals Make Us Human. Join her for a talk on her work for animal welfare. She identifies the core emotional needs of animals and explains how to fulfill them for dogs and cats, horses, farm animals, and zoo animals. Whether it's how to make the healthiest environment for the dog you must leave alone most of the day or how to keep pigs from being bored, Grandin teaches us to challenge our assumptions about animal contentment and honor our bond with our fellow creatures. Co-sponsored with Marin Agricultural Land Trust and Matrix.
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