FRIDAY, AUGUST 15, 2008

BOOK PASSAGE TRAVEL WRITERS & PHOTOGRAPHERS CONFERENCE, featuring TIM CAHILL, PAULINE FROMMER, ERIC WEINER and more. Through August 17. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. 415-927-0960.

SIMON WINCHESTER, author of THE MAN WHO LOVED CHINA. Fri., Aug. 15, 8:00 p.m. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. 415-927-0960.



SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 2008

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THURSDAY, AUGUST 21, 2008

DEAN KARNAZES, author of 50/50: SECRETS I LEARNED RUNNING 50 MARATHONS IN 50 DAYS-AND HOW YOU TOO. Thursday, August 21, 12:30 p.m. Stacey's, 581 Market Street, San Francisco. 415-421-4687.

WRITERS FORUM featuring DAN COSHNEAR. August 21, 7:00 p.m. Petaluma Community Center, 320 N. McDowell Blvd., Petaluma. $15.

JOE CAMP, author of SOUL OF A HORSE: LIFE LESSONS FROM THE HERD. Thursday August 21, 7:30 p.m. Kepler's Books, 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park. (650) 856‐0978.



FRIDAY, AUGUST 22, 2008

Lunch with ANNIE BARROWS, author of THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY. Friday, August 22, Noon. Rakestraw Books, 409 Railroad Avenue, Danville. (925) 837-7337. $15. Reservations required.

Slow Food Nation festival, featuring authors Michael Pollan, Marion Nestle, Raj Patel and Eric Schlosser
August 29 to September 1
San Francisco
Tickets

East of Eden Writing Conference, featuring Pulitzer Prize winner Jane Smiley, Karen Joy Fowler, Hallie Ephron, Brian Copeland, Carolyn See, and Prof. Scott Rice.
Sept. 5, 6 & 7. Salinas-Steinbeck Country
Registration

Pulitzer Prize winner Junot Díaz, author of The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao.
Thursday, September 18, 8 p.m.
Herbst Theatre, 401 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco. $20.
Tickets

Sonoma County Book Festival
Saturday, September 20, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Old Courthouse Square, Santa Rosa. 707.527.5412

Carmel Authors and Ideas Festival
Sandra Day O'Connor, Michael Pollan, P. J. O'Rourke, Greg Mortenson, Irshad Manji, Don Shula, Frank Portman, Tamim Ansary and dozens more.
September 26 to 28
Sunset Theater, Carmel
Tickets

Book Group Expo
Terry McMillan, Ann Packer, Julia Glass, Andre Dubus III, Brian Copeland and dozens more top authors
October 25 & 26
San Jose Convention Center
Tickets

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