Concord Literary Arts Events

San Francisco's 2012 Summer Read

Friday, June 1 12:00p
San Francisco Public Library, San Francisco
San Francisco Public Library is encouraging all readers in San Francisco to pick up, tune in, or log on to a new book this summer.

Michael Cooper introduces his new book "Foxes in the Vineyard"

Saturday, June 16 1:00p
Orinda Books, Orinda
Filled with real people from the pages of history as well as fictional characters, "Foxes in the Vineyard" is set on the eve of the first Arab-Israeli war.

Marty Brounstein introduces "Two Among the Righteous Few: A Story of Courage in the Holocaust"

Saturday, June 9 2:00p
Orinda Books, Orinda
Marty Brounstein will discuss and sign copies of his new book, a remarkable true story, Two Among the Righteous Few: A Story of Courage in the Holocaust.

Dawn McGuire Reads from her new poetry collection: "The Aphasia Cafe"

Tuesday, June 19 2:00p
Orinda Books, Orinda
Dawn McGuire, poet and neurologist, will read from and discuss her new poetry collection, The Aphasia Café.

Craig B. Smith discussing "Counting the Days: POWs, Internees, and Stragglers of World War II in the Pacific

Friday, June 22 3:00p
Orinda Books, Orinda
Craig B. Smith will discuss and sign copies of Counting the Days: POWs, Internees, and Stragglers of World War II in the Pacific, a vivid account of the struggles to survive of six prisoners of war imprisoned b

More Sisters (and Brothers) in Crime: Mystery Writers Discuss Their Work

Saturday, June 2 12:00p
Orinda Books, Orinda
Robert Bady (The Girl in the MGA); Rhys Bowen (Hush Now, Don’t You Cry); Lisa Brackmann (Getaway); Pat Driscoll (Shedding Light on Murder); Dana Fredsti (Plague Town); Heather Haven Death Runs in the Family

Jess Walter Introduces "Beautiful Ruins"

Tuesday, June 26 2:00p
Orinda Books, Orinda
Jess Walter, bestselling author of "Citizen Vince", "The Financial Lives of Poets" will read from and discuss "Beautiful Ruins", his new novel.

Capt. Sullenberger's Book Tour Culmination

Thursday, May 31 7:00p
READ Booksellers, Danville
Please join us in celebrating the release of Captain Sullenberger’s new book, Making a Difference: Stories of Vision and Courage from America's Leaders, as he culminates his book tour at his very own neighborho

Book reading and discussion

Saturday, June 16 9:30a
Terzetto Cuisine Cafe, Moraga
Meet Richard L. Wren, featured in Contra Costa Times article about re-inventing yourself as an author in your eighties.

The Reading Room

Wednesday, May 30 11:00a
UC Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley
The Reading Room is a temporary project dedicated to poetry and experimental fiction offering visitors the chance to take home a free book drawn from the overstock collections of several noted East Bay small pr

Bloomsday Reading: Thomas Lynch, George Davis and Marion Abbott read from James Joyce's "Ulysses"

Saturday, June 16 1:00p
Mrs. Dalloway's, Berkeley
In Episode 5 of Joyce's epic, Bloom makes his way to the post office where he receives a love letter.

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