Book events

Bear Valley Visitor Center: 1 Bear Valley Visitor Center Access Road, Point Reyes Station; ptreyesbooks.com. July 26: Nicholas Triolo discusses “The Way Around,” presented by Point Reyes Books. 3 p.m. in person.

Book Passage: 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera; 415-927-0960; bookpassage.com. July 22: Spencer Quinn discusses “Mrs. Plansky Goes Rogue.” 6 p.m. in person; July 23: Bruce Holsinger discusses “Culpability” with Brad Stone. 6 p.m. in person; July 24: Nicholas Triolo discusses “The Way Around.” 6 p.m. in person; July 26: Corte Madera resident Domenic Stansberry discusses “The Lizard” with Owen Hill. 11 a.m. in person; July 26: Sharon Lukert discusses “Until My Memory Fails Me.” 1 p.m. in person; July 26: Joseph Millar discusses “Shine” and Dorianne Laux discusses “Finger Exercises for Poets.” 6 p.m. in person; July 26: Jaysea Lynn discusses “For Whom the Belle Tolls.” 6 p.m. in person and online.

Dance Palace: 503 B St., Point Reyes Station; ptreyesbooks.com. July 26: Laura Atkins reads from “Bringing the Beach Home,” presented by Point Reyes Books and Mesa Refuge. 10:30 a.m. in person.

Insalata’s: 120 Sir Francis Drake Blvd., San Anselmo; bookpassage.com. July 22: Sami Tamimi discusses “Boustany” during a multi-course lunch as part of Book Passage’s Cooks with Books series. 12:30 p.m. in person. $165 includes book and meal. Register online.

Jack Mason Museum of West Marin History: 15 Park Ave., Inverness; marinlibrary.org. July 26: Marin historian Dewey Livingston discusses “Point Reyes and Tomales Bay,” presented by the Inverness Library. Noon in person. Register by calling 415-669-1288 or emailing Caroline Brabbee at Caroline.Brabbee@MarinCounty.gov.

Mill Valley Public Library: 375 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley; 415-389-4292; millvalleylibrary.org. July 23: Rex Ogle discusses “Free Lunch.” 1 p.m. online. Register online; July 24: Brian Fies discusses “A Fire Story.” 6 p.m. in person. Register online.

Sausalito Books by the Bay: 100 Bay St., Sausalito; 415-887-9967; sausalitobooksbythebay.com. July 20: Chase Reynolds Ewald and Heather Sandy-Hebert discuss “California Coastal.” 4 p.m. in person; July 24: Sibylline Press event with publisher Vicki DeArmon and authors Pamela Reitman, Christine Walker and Karen Nelson. 6 p.m. in person; July 25: Martin Porter and David Goggin discuss “Buzz Me In.” 5:30 p.m. in person.

Other talks

Belvedere Tiburon Library: 1501 Tiburon Blvd., Tiburon; 415-789-2665; beltiblibrary.org. July 22: Mary Mead discusses “Art Across Asia: Masterpieces of the Asian Art Museum.” 6 p.m. in person. Register online.

Marin County Genealogical Society: maringensoc.org. July 24: Annette Burke Lyttle discusses “Finding and Using Maps from the Library of Congress.” 7 p.m. online. Register online.

— Compiled by Daniel Bromfield

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