An independent bookstore helps to define and inform the unique culture of a small town. And in Sonoma, folks rely of Readers' Books to help them choose what to read. Recently I asked co-owner Lilla Weinberger about how she chooses the books she carries in her store. And here's what [...]
Ever wonder about who chooses the new books lining the shelves of your local bookstore? Recently I asked Ty Wilson, adult frontlist buyer for Copperfield's Books, about the books he purchases for the local chain and why. Wilson started out in the book biz as a clerk with Tower Books [...]
TUESDAY (June 2) David Ebershoff," The 19th Wife: a Novel," 7 p.m., Copperfield's Books, 2316 Montgomery Drive, Santa Rosa, 578-8938.WEDNESDAY (June 3)Adair Lara, "Naked, Drunk & Writing," 7 p.m., Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. (415) 927-0960, bookpassage.com.THURSDAY (June 4)Ayelet Waldman, " Bad Mother: A Chronicle of Maternal [...]
Nowadays no self-respecting new book would dream of hitting the bookstores with only a mere jacket. The modern book is virtually adorned with an arsenal of communication tools. Many broadcast news about their content from websites, collect fans on Facebook, call constant attention to themselves in Twitter, and, like films, [...]
To check out more events or to enter author events in our 24/7 calendar, visit "SoCo's Hottest Events" at pressdemocrat.com.SUNDAY (May 10) Ed Coletti presents At the Toad Poetry Reading Series, featured readers include Katherine Hastings, Bill Vartnaw, Amy Trussell, Abby Bogomolny, Karl Frederick, and Hannah Wahlstrum," 2 p.m., 116 [...]
Copperfield's Books sends along a list of their top selling titles. I'm not sure what can be deduced by this somewhat awkward collection of titles. And I'm definitely looking forward to reading Jhumpa Lahiri's new title "Unaccustomed Earth." It looks like Amy Goodman's recent appearance in Sonoma County helped boost [...]
Susan Stout, kindly sent along a press release, detailing the exciting lineup of writers for this year's LitFest at Mendocino College, which I've reprinted below. It you love writing and reading, you'll want to head to this free festival on May 2. You'll find even more details at the LitFest [...]
Samantha "Izzy" Rose, Emmy Award-winning writer and television producer, blogger, author (and the daughter of former Press Democrat columnist Susan Swartz), plans to read in Sonoma County from her new book in early May. Rose's latest, The Package Deal: My (Not So) Glamorous Transition from Single Gal to Instant Mom, [...]
Terry Ehret's latest collection of lyric and prose poems, Lucky Break, has been nominated for the Northern California Book Reviewers Award in poetry. Ehret, also a co-founder Sixteen Rivers Press, served as poet laureate of Sonoma County from 2004 to 2006.The 28th Annual Northern California Book Awards will be held [...]
Here's a list of the bestselling books according to Copperfield's Books, surely an excellent indication of what we're reading in Sonoma County.Yet the books piled on my nightstand aren't on this list. This week I'm diving into Cheever: A Life by Blake Bailey. The book is long, some 770 pages, [...]
