A surprise email announcement from the 18-year-old San Francisco Writers Conference arrived earlier this fall: After being held in mid-February at the Mark Hopkins Hotel for years, “…given the current global insanity, we’ve reluctantly decided for … [Read more...]
‘What If Your Ailing Father Asked You to Kill Him?’ — Online Book Launch & Conversation June 6, 10, and 14
I'll be hosting three online book talks this month, as part of "Reimagine: Life, Loss, & Love," a worldwide virtual festival exploring death and celebrating life. Hope you can join me. The event is called "What If Your Ailing Father Asked You to … [Read more...]
Book Passage Hosts Zoom Conversations With your Favorite Writers
Here's a new idea that Book Passage just started to keep readers alert and involved during this coronavirus crisis. 8,000 people have signed up for it already! Each Saturday and Sunday at 4 p.m. on Zoom, you can watch hourlong conversations … [Read more...]
BAIPA Seeks Sponsors for Writers World 2020
Writers World 2020 is aimed at published authors and writers who plan to publish, so it offers an excellent opportunity for event sponsors to get their services or products in front of a receptive audience. BAIPA is hosting Writers World on … [Read more...]
‘Keep Mum, She’s Not So Dumb’ — A Fireside Chat at Sausalito Woman’s Club (WW II American Women Secret Agents)
BAIPA member and New York Times/USAToday, bestselling author, Ciji Ware, whose latest novel is Landing by Moonlight, will take us back to the 1940s when American women secret agents had no idea whether they’d be dropped behind enemy lines off a … [Read more...]
Book Launch for ‘When I Killed My Father: An Assisted-Suicide Family Thriller’ at Book Passage November 17
BAIPA member/author John Byrne Barry will be reading from his new novel — When I Killed My Father: An Assisted-Suicide Family Thriller — and leading a conversation about end-of-life concerns of November 17 at 1 pm. The book launch is the "Opening … [Read more...]
Why I Wrote an Assisted Suicide Family Thriller + Upcoming Book Launch Events
I’m thrilled to announce the launch of my third novel — When I Killed My Father: An Assisted Suicide Family Thriller — and I invite you to my upcoming book launches in Berkeley (October 26, 3 pm at Mo’Joe Cafe), Mill Valley (November 2, 3 pm at the … [Read more...]
Kudos to Longtime BAIPA Members Nita Winter and Rob Badger for Wildflower Photo Exhibit in Sausalito
Longtime, award-winning nature and conservation photographers and partners Nita Winter and Rob Badger have focused unwaveringly, for more than 20 years, on photographing wildflowers — both across the Western United States, and in particular, on … [Read more...]
‘Setting That Works’ on November 11 at Book Passage
How Memorable Setting Can Advance Plot, Reveal Character, and Echo Theme On November 11 at 2 pm, I’ll be leading a workshop on setting at the California Writers Club Marin monthly meeting at Book Passage. The best and most memorable setting is … [Read more...]
Send Your Books In for PNBA Display
Here's a note from Rosemary Jones of Book Publishers Northwest, an independent publishers association like BAIPA, based in Seattle. To be eligible, she says, your book should have a Northwest author or publisher or a good Northwest hook (Seattle … [Read more...]
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