Dec. 3
E book Passage All-Stars Annual Vacation E book Speak: Elaine Petrocelli, founding father of E book Passage, and bookstore workers suggest their favourite books in lots of genres, for all ages, in a session devoted to seasonal gift-giving. The occasion additionally will stream at no cost. [11 a.m., Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera]
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Dec. 4
Mark Oshiro: The queer, nonbinary creator of younger grownup books “Anger is a Gift,” “Each of Us a Desert” and “The Sun and the Star” speaks about “Jasmine Is Haunted,” their new middle-grade title, described as “a queer, Latinx fantasy about ghosts, grief and friendship.” [6 p.m., Books Inc., 2251 Chestnut St., San Francisco]
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Dec. 4
Anita Felicelli: The Bay Space critic and author releases “How We Know Our Time Travelers”—a “dark, intellectual, and surreal [story] collection that explores themes of technology, climate change, reality, love and loss”—in dialog with novelist Nayomi Munaweera. [7 p.m., Green Apple Books, 1231 Ninth Ave., San Francisco]
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Dec. 4
Cher: The long-lasting entertainer discusses “Cher: The Memoir, Part One” with pop music author Joel Selvin in a ticketed ($100-$130 contains copy of the e-book) “Unscripted” occasion offered by Broadway SF. [7:30 p.m., Golden Gate Theatre, 1 Taylor St., San Francisco]
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Dec. 6
Nayantara Roy: The creator speaks about her debut novel “The Magnificent Ruins”—by which a younger Indian American e-book editor inherits her estranged household’s ancestral dwelling and their buried secret—with Might Cobb, creator of “The Hunting Wives.” [6:30 p.m., Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera]
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Dec. 7
Jacqueline Winspear: The creator of 18 books within the award-winning, bestselling sequence that includes psychologist-investigator Maisie Dobbs seems with critic and have author Andrew Smith to advertise the brand new Collector’s Version of Maisie Dobbs and focus on the factors the place their work and analysis have intersected; RSVP requested. [11 a.m., Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera]
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Dec. 7
Henry Michalski: The creator of “Torn Lilacs: A True Story of Love, Defiance and Hope ” shares particulars about his e-book, an account of his dad and mom’ flight from the Nazis and Soviet POW camps and their eventual emigration to the U.S. [2 p.m., Sonoma Valley Regional Library, 755 West Napa St., Sonoma]
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Dec. 7
Robert Holmes: The veteran journey photographer speaks about “Passages: Fifty Years of Stories, Journeys & Images,” a memoir and monograph with some 270 pictures and anecdotes detailing the breadth of a unprecedented profession contributing to each main journey journal and contributing photos to dozens of books. [4 p.m., Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera]
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Dec. 8
Joanna Ho: The Bay Space youngsters’s creator reads from “A City Full of Santas,” her new enjoyable and festive vacation story about a little bit woman’s enthusiastic hunt for the actual Santa. [1 p.m., Barnes & Noble, Hacienda Crossings, 4972 Dublin Blvd., Dublin]
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Dec. 8
Candice Jalili: The author, a Marin County native, shares her debut younger grownup e-book “Finding Famous: A Mashad Family Novel,” described as “’The Princess Diaries’ meets reality television.” [1 p.m., Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera]
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Dec. 8
James Beasley Jr.: The previous cocaine supplier from San Francisco who was born into a lifetime of crime speaks about his memoir “Deep Rooted: Gangsterdom Vol. 1” with restorative justice skilled Siddiq Moody-Jihad. [2 p.m., San Francisco Main Library, African American Center, third floor, 100 Larkin St., San Francisco]
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Dec. 10
A Christmas Reminiscence: Thomas Lynch reads Truman Capote’s basic 1956 brief story in an annual vacation occasion offered by the East Bay bookstore. [5:30 p.m., Mrs. Dalloway’s Books, 2904 College Ave., Berkeley]
Dec. 12
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Rachel Kushner: The acclaimed creator speaks about her fourth novel “Creation Lake,” a couple of younger girl despatched to infiltrate a French anarchist collective, in a ticketed ($44-$54) occasion offered by Metropolis Arts & Lectures. [7:30 p.m., Sydney Goldstein Theater, 333 Hayes St., San Francisco]
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Dec. 14
James Burks: The cartoonist, creator and illustrator, creator of the graphic novel sequence Agent 9 and Hen & Squirrel, and collaborator animated movies and TV exhibits for Disney, Warner Brothers, Nickelodeon, and Cartoon Community, shares particulars about his profession. [1 to 3 p.m., Charles Schulz Museum, 2301 Hardies Lane, Santa Rosa]
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Dec. 15
Shulamit Sofia: The psychologist, social employee and non secular seeker launches “From Oy to Joy: A Soul Journey to Making the Best of Your Life for the Rest of Your Life,” a guidebook designed to assist folks navigate the challenges of the ageing course of. [4:30 p.m., Jewish Community Library, 1835 Ellis St., San Francisco]
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Dec. 15
Obi Kaufmann: The poet, painter, naturalist and creator of best-selling discipline atlases speaks about his new e-book “The State of Fire: Why California Burns,” which delves into the historical past, science, and future of fireplace ecology, with Heyday writer Steve Wasserman. [2 p.m., Koret Auditorium, Main Library, 100 Larkin St., San Francisco]
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Dec. 16
David Silver: The creator of “The Farm at Black Mountain College” affords particulars about his account of the little-known renegade college students, college and farmers who established a campus farm on the rural North Carolina liberal college that attracted luminaries together with Ruth Asawa, John Cage, Merce Cunningham and Willem de Kooning. [7 p.m., City Lights, 261 Columbus Ave., San Francisco]
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Dec. 18
Oliver Chin: The writer and co-author shares particulars about his title “The Discovery of Chess,” the primary English youngsters’s image e-book concerning the historical past of chess. [2 p.m., Clayton Library, 6125 Clayton Road, Clayton]
