Local Authors
(a paltry listing of the many fabulous...)
Virginia Barton Brownback: Daredevil Twilight
Richard Blair and Kathleen Goodwin: Point Reyes Visions
Mark Dowie: American Foundations: An Investigative History
Jules Evens: Introduction to California Birds; Natural History of the Point Reyes Peninsula
Philip L. Fradkin: Wallace Stegner and the American West; Magnitude 8: Earthquakes and Life Along the San Andreas Fault, California; Wildest Alaska: Journeys of Great Peril in Lituya Bay; The Great Earthquake and Firestorms of 1906: How San Francisco Nearly Destroyed Itself; Fallout: An American Nuclear Tragedy; Wanderings of an Environmental Journalist: In Alaska and the American West; The Seven States of California: A Natural and Human History; A River No More: The Colorado River and the West; Stagecoach: Wells Fargo and the American West; Sagebrush Country: Land and the American West
Jon Francis: Planetwalker
Susan Hall: Painting Point Reyes and Home Before Dark
Robert Hass: Sun Under Wood; Field Guide;Twentieth Century Pleasures: Prose on Poetry (winner of the 2009 Pulitzer Prize)
Brenda Hillman: White Dress; Fortress; Death Tractates; Bright Existence; Emily Dickinson Poems; Loose Sugar; Cascadia; The Grand Permisson: New Writings on Poetics and Motherhood; Pieces of Air in the Epic; Coffee, 3AM; Autumn Sojurn; The Firecage
John Hulls: Rider in the Sky: How an American Cowboy Built England's First Airplane
Wendy Johnson: Gardening At The Dragon's Gate: At Work in the Wild and Cultivated World
Marty Knapp: Point Reyes: 20 Years
Dewey Livingston: Discovering Historic Ranches in Point Reyes; Nicasio: Historic Valley at the Center of Marin; Point Reyes Peninsula: Olema, Point Reyes Station, and Inverness (Images of America, Arcadia Publishing)
Judith Lowry: Gardening with A Wild Heart; The Landscaping Ideas of Jays: A Natural History of the Backyard Restoration
Bonnie Shrewsbury Arthur: The Inverness Tales
Norman Solomon: War Made Easy: How Presidents and Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death
Murray Suid: Words of a Feather, How to Be President of the U.S.A., Demonic Mnemonics, The Kids’ How to Do (Almost) Everything Guide
Prince Andrew Romanoff: The Boy Who Would Be Tsar
UPCOMING EVENTS
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Author of Saved by a Poem: An Evening of Mystical Poetry, Music and Inspiration
Friday, September 37:30pmPoint Reyes Presbyterian ChurchDonationMOREKim Rosen has touched listeners around the world with poetry’s power to awaken, inspire, and heal.
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Discovering the Transformative Power of the Spoken Word
a day long workshop with Kim RosenSaturday, September 410:00am - 5:00pmPoint Reyes Presbyterian Church$137MOREPoetry, our most ancient form of prayer, is a healing medicine, especially needed in these times of global and personal challenge.
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author of Seasons in the Wine Country: Recipes From The Culinary Institute of America at Greystone
Saturday, September 410:00amFarmers' MarketFree EventMORECooking Demo
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celebrating their newly published books of poetry:
Bob - The Apple Trees at Olema: New and Selected Poems
Brenda - Practical WaterSaturday, September 47:30pmToby's Feed Barn$20MORENo-Host Reception 6:30-7:30 pm
Sponsored by Point Reyes Books and celebrating the bookstore's eighth anniversary celebration.
A benefit for the West Marin Review, the third volume of which is being published this fall
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author of The Pool of Memory: Autobiography of an Unwilling Intuitive
Thursday, September 97:00pmPoint Reyes First Presbyterian ChurchFree EventMOREMichal Levin is a spiritual teacher, intuitive and author. After an unsought awakening, more than 16 years ago she is now a international teacher and expert on energy.
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for an evening of food, conversation, and humor
Saturday, September 116:00pm - 8:30pmToby's Feed Barn$20 (Kelly Corrigan only) / $75 (pre-event with Rebecca Katz)MOREA pre-event with Rebecca Katz, featuring recipes from her cookbook The Cancer Fighting Kitchen the opportunity to ask Rebecca questions.
Immediately following, Kelly Corrigan will take the stage to present from both her books, and be in conversation with Commonweal Executive Director and longtime breast cancer advocate, Susan Braun, to discuss hope, healing, and the power of humor.






