Book events

B Lounge: 256 Almonte Blvd., Mill Valley; 415-300-5680; bloungemillvalley.com. July 30: San Rafael resident Julie Fingersh discusses “Stay.” 7 p.m. in person. $10 ticket. Register online.

Book Passage: 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera; 415-927-0960; bookpassage.com. July 13: Joanna Sokol discusses “A Real Emergency” with Andrew Gilbert. 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; July 15: Jaclyn Westlake discusses “Lucky Break.” 6 p.m. in person; July 16: Daniel Silva discusses “An Inside Job” with Jamie Gangel. 6 p.m. online and in person. $36, includes book. Register online; July 17: Jon Lindstrom discusses “Hollywood Hustle” with Jim L’Etoile. 6 p.m. in person and online; July 17: Stephanie Elizondo Griest discusses “Art Above Everything” with Michael Shapiro. 6 p.m. in person.

Mill Valley Public Library: 375 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley; 415-389-4292; millvalleylibrary.org. July 17: Marie Lu discusses “Legend.” 1 p.m. online. Register online.

Rebound Bookstore: 1611 Fourth St., San Rafael; 415-482-0550; reboundbookstore.com. July 16: Book launch party for Terra Oliveira’s “Itinerant Songs” with readings from Oliveira, Marin poet laureate Francesca Bell and former poet laureate Rebecca Foust. 6:30 p.m. Donations requested.

Russell Chatham Gallery: 11101 Highway 1, Point Reyes Station; ptreyesbooks.com. July 19: Marin historian Dewey Livingston discusses “Point Reyes and Tomales Bay: A History of the Land and its People,” presented by Point Reyes Books. 4 p.m. in person.

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: Seaside Living from Sea Ranch to San Diego.” 4 p.m. in person.

Other talks

First Presbyterian Church: 1510 Fifth Ave., San Rafael; 415-382-1182; marinhistory.org. July 15: Terra Linda resident Robert Falla discusses the history of Guide Dogs for the Blind. 7 p.m. in person. $20 ticket.

HopMonk Tavern: 224 Vintage Way, Novato; hopmonk.com/novato. July 29: Wonderfest presents a talk by Raphael Bousso on quantum gravity. 7 p.m. in person.

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.

San Rafael City Council Chambers: 1400 Fifth Ave., San Rafael, 415-485-3323, srpubliclibrary.org/events. July 31: Evri Kwong presents and discusses his new Angel Island-themed artwork. 6:30 p.m. in person.

— Compiled by Daniel Bromfield

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