Here are last week's local bestsellers according to Copperfield's Books: The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society: A Novel, by Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows. A novel in letters describing life on the Channel Islands during German occupation. The Art of Racing in the Rain: A Novel, by [...]
Celebrate Jonah Raskin's most recent book, Field Days: A Year of Farming, Eating, and Drinking Wine in California," at an Aug. 1 benefit for the Sonoma County Book Festival. The year's event takes place at Windrush Farm in Petaluma. Not only will Raskin read from his part memoir, part travel [...]
Susan Bono, the Petaluma publisher of Tiny Lights: A Journal of Personal Narative, recently edited a new book about personal sytle, Growing More Beautiful: An Artful Approach to Personal Style. The new book by Sonoma County's Jennifer Robin, also a painter, fashion consultant, and author of Clothe Your Spirit: Dressing [...]
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 [...]
