Lindsey Vonn Discusses ‘Rise’ Among This Week’s Author Discussions – Marin Independent Journal
Passage of the book: 51 Tamal Vista Boulevard, Corte Madera; 415-927-0960; bookpassage.com. February 1: Weike Wang discusses “Joan is fine” with May-lee Chai. 5:30 p.m. online; February 2: Dan Saladino discusses “Eating to Extinction” with Paul Freedman. 1 p.m. online; February 3: Lindsey Vonn discusses “Rise” with Angela Duckworth. 4:30 p.m. online. $29. Register online; February 3: Solace Wales discusses “Braided in Fire” with Paula Farmer of Book Passage. 5 p.m. online; February 8: Mimi Winsberg discusses “Speaking in Thumbs” with Eve Rodsky. 5:30 p.m. online.
Copperfield’s books: copperfieldsbooks.com. February 4: Leslie Kirk Campbell discusses “A Man with Eight Pairs of Legs” with Scott Landers. 6 p.m. online. Register online; February 8: Mac Barnett and Carson Ellis discuss “What Is Love?” 3 p.m. online. Register online.
Fairfax Library: 2097 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Fairfax; 415-453-8092; marinelibrary.org. February 10: Fairfax Library’s Book Discussion Group discusses ‘The King at the Edge of the World’ by Arthur Phillips. 7 p.m. online. Email Beth Bailey-Gates for the Zoom link at bethmbg@gmail.com.
Mill Valley Public Library: 375 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley; 415-389-4292; millvalleylibrary.org. February 1: The Classics Reading Club talks about “Eugénie Grandet” by Honoré de Balzac. 6:30 p.m. online. Register online; February 10: The Award-Winning American Novelists discuss Gore Vidal’s “1876.” 7 p.m. online. Register online.
Point Reyes Books: 11315 Rte 1, Point Reyes Station; 415-663-1542; ptreyesbooks.com. February 9: The Kinship Book Club of the Center for Humans and Nature and Point Reyes Books discusses the third volume, “Partners.” Nickole Brown, Manon Voice, Brenda Cardenas, Martin Lee Mueller, Eleanor Sterling, Anne Galloway and more will take part. 6 p.m. online. Register online.
Other talks
Marine Environment Forum: marinefm.org. February 9: Sarah Bryner, Alison Kirsch and Kellen Dammann discuss “Aligning Your Money with Your Values,” the first session of the two-part webinar series. 5:30 p.m. online. $25 to $40. Register online.
Hearing Loss Association of America, North Bay of California chapter: hearinglossnorthbay.org. February 10: Michele Linder and Julia Stepp of Captioning Advocacy and Community discuss “How to Advocate for Captioning in Your Community”. 4 p.m. online and subtitled. Register online.
Mill Valley Public Library: 375 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley; 415-389-4292; millvalleylibrary.org. February 2: Author Lynn Downey discusses Fairfax’s Arequipa Sanatorium, her research, and interviews with her grandmother and other former patients, in conjunction with the Mill Valley Historical Society. 7 p.m. online. Register online.
— Compiled by Colleen Bidwill
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