Book events

Book Passage: 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera; 415-927-0960; bookpassage.com. June 29: Shulamit Sofia discusses “From Oy to Joy.” 1 p.m. in person; June 30: Abraham Verghese discusses “The Covenant of Water” with Mill Valley resident Tom Barbash. 6 p.m. in person and online. $26 ticket includes book. Register online; July 1: Meg Waite Clayton discusses “Typewriter Beach” with Mill Valley resident Marco della Cava. 6 p.m. in person; July 9: Maris Kreizman discusses “I Want to Burn This Place Down” with Zack Ruskin. 6 p.m. in person; July 12: Miranda S. Spivack discusses “Backroom Deals in Our Backyards” with former Marin IJ writer Steve Cook. 11 a.m. in person; July 12: Marin resident Mary Brent Cantarutti discusses “Home for Good,” presented by the Left Coast Writers. 2 p.m. in person; July 13: Joanna Sokol discusses “A Real Emergency.” 1 p.m. in person; July 15: Abbot Jiryu Rutschman-Byler discusses “Becoming Yourself,” a new collection of teachings from the late San Francisco Zen Center founder Shunryu Suzuki, with Ruth Ozeki and West Marin resident Zoketsu Norman Fischer. 1 p.m. online. Register online.

The Jewish American Fiction Book Club: nuevodavos@yahoo.com. July 9: The Jewish American Fiction Book Club discusses Marin author Isabel Allende’s “The Wind Knows My Name.” 7 p.m. online. Email Davo Knepler at nuevodavos@yahoo.com for more information and the Zoom link.

Mill Valley Public Library: 375 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley; 415-389-4292; millvalleylibrary.org. July 8: Raúl The Third discusses “¡Vamos! Let’s Go Read!” 11 a.m. in Spanish and 1 p.m. in English online. Register online.

Sausalito Books by the Bay: 100 Bay St., Sausalito; 415-887-9967; sausalitobooksbythebay.com. June 29: Greg Anton discusses “It’s About Time.” 4 p.m. in person; July 8: Book club discusses Rachel Khong’s “Real Americans.” 5:30 p.m. in person; July 9: Glenda Carroll discusses “Better Off Dead.” 6 p.m. in person.

Other talks

Belvedere Tiburon Library: 1501 Tiburon Blvd., Tiburon; 415-789-2665; beltiblibrary.org. July 1: Panel discussion on “When Creativity Begins with the Printed Word.” 6:30 p.m. in person. Register online.

Fairfax Library: 2097 Sir Francis Drake Blvd., Fairfax; 415-453-8092; marinlibrary.org. July 12: Kourtney Boone and Kaylie Williams discuss Marin County’s shared watershed. 2 p.m. in person.

Mill Valley Public Library: 375 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley; 415-389-4292; millvalleylibrary.org. July 2: The Mill Valley Historical Society presents Pat Broderick discussing the origins of nautical place names in the Bay Area. 6:30 p.m. in person. Register online.

Sausalito Center for the Arts: 750 Bridgeway, Sausalito; sausalitocenterforthearts.org. July 15: The Sausalito Historical Society presents a lecture on rock ‘n’ roll history in Sausalito. 6:30 p.m. in person. $15 ticket. Register online.

— Compiled by Daniel Bromfield

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