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Allison Larkin

Internationally Best-Selling Author

Events

Upcoming Events

8/3 – 5PM PST – Rakestraw Books “Live at Home!” with Allison Larkin in Conversation with Julia Whelan (narrator of The People We Keep) 

Julia Whelan is an actor, writer, and narrator of over 400 audiobooks. Recently named one of AudioFile magazine’s Golden Voices, she has won numerous other awards, including the 2019 Best Female Narrator Audie for Tara Westover’s Educated and a SOVAS for the performance of her own novel, My Oxford Year. She is also a Grammy-nominated audiobook director as well as a certified tea sommelier.

Tickets are free. Sign up here

Purchase The People We Keep from Rakestraw Books 

Purchase My Oxford Year from Rakestraw Books 

8/5 – 7PM PST – Chevalier’s Books Virtual Event The People We Keep by Allison Larkin in conversation with Julia Claiborne Johnson

Julia Claiborne Johnson is the author of the bestselling Be Frank with Me, a finalist for the American Bookseller’s Association Best Debut Novel Award and Better Luck Next Time. She grew up on a farm in Tennessee before moving to New York City, where she worked at Mademoiselle and Glamour magazines. She now lives in Los Angeles with her comedy-writer husband and their two children.

Tickets are free. RSVP here

Purchase The People We Keep from Chevalier’s Books 

Purchase Better Luck Next Time from Chevalier’s Books

8/10 -5PM PST/7PM Central – The Novel Neighbor Allison Larkin in conversation with Therese Anne Fowler Virtual Event | The People We Keep

Tickets are free, but you can add book purchase to your registration. RSVP here

Purchase The People We Keep from The Novel Neighbor

Purchase A Good Neighborhood from The Novel Neighbor

Therese Anne Fowler is the NYT and USA Today bestselling author of Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald (adapted for television by Amazon Studios as Z: The Beginning of Everything starring Christina Ricci), A Well-Behaved Woman, and A Good Neighborhood. She is married to author John Kessel.

 

Past Events

Bay Area

Monday, October 14 

Litquake Event with Meg Donohue, Dana Reinhardt and Lolly Winston  (details coming soon)

Ink Spell Books, 500 Purissima St., Half Moon Bay, CA 94019

 

Wednesday, November 13 – 7PM

Recycle Book Club 

Recycle Bookstore, 275 E Campbell Ave, Campbell, CA 95008

 

Tuesday, April 23 – 7PM

SWIMMING FOR SUNLIGHT Book Launch! (details)

Books Inc. in the Marina, 2251 Chestnut Street, San Francisco, CA 94123

 

Wednesday, April 24 – 7PM

SWIMMING FOR SUNLIGHT reading and signing (details)

Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera, CA 94925

 

Thursday, April 25 – 11:30AM

Literary Luncheon: Allie Larkin presents SWIMMING FOR SUNLIGHT (tickets)

Orinda Books, 276 Village Square, Orinda, CA 94563

 

Saturday, April 27 – 6PM

Walnut Creek Library Authors Gala: Joie de Vivre (tickets)

1644 North Broadway, Walnut Creek, CA 94596

 

Tuesday, April 30 – 7PM

An Evening with Allie Larkin (details)

Towne Center Books, 555 Main Street, Pleasanton, CA 94566

 

Thursday, May 30th 

Private Book Club Event, San Francisco CA

 

Wednesday, June 5 – 7PM

In Conversation with Julie Buxbaum (details)

Chevalier’s Books, 126 N. Larchmont Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90004

 

Thursday, June 20 – 7PM

Benicia Literary Arts Author Talk Series (details)

Bookshop Benicia, 636 First St. Benicia, CA 94510

 

Thursday, July 11 – 6PM

In Conversation with Meg Donohue (details)

Book Passage San Francisco, Ferry Building, One #42, San Francisco, CA 94111

 

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Okay, fine. Her jacket is reversible and we kinda Okay, fine. Her jacket is reversible and we kinda match. I admit it. Alright? We all knew this was coming. None of this should be a surprise to any of us. #dailyroxydog #huskychihuahua #dogjacket #peoplewhomatchtheirdogs
Just a dog in a puffy jacket that matches her lawn Just a dog in a puffy jacket that matches her lawn chair. And she likes it! #dailyroxydog #chihuahuamix #ilovemydog
We are in the habit of starting and ending our day We are in the habit of starting and ending our days side by side in our lawn chairs, while the light rises or dims. It’s still chilly at the outer edges of the day. Sometimes Roxy shivers. I bought her a sweater, but she won’t wear it. Sometimes I try to wrap her in my jacket, but she’s not having that either, so I throw her ball and try to get her run and then she comes back to her chair, warm for a little longer. #dailyroxydog #huskychihuahua #dogssittinginchairs
“I got a secret I should tell. I’m going up to “I got a secret I should tell. I’m going up to heaven in a split pea shell.” ~ @petermulvey43 Words Too Small to Say
Happy as a dog in a freshly dug nap hole. #dailyro Happy as a dog in a freshly dug nap hole. #dailyroxydog #huskymixesofinstagram
I saw this little dresser at my favorite magic ant I saw this little dresser at my favorite magic antique store sometime in November and didn’t buy it. But then, of course, I kept thinking about her. She’s the perfect size for my office, and I found those drawer pulls hilarious. When I finally went back in December, I told myself I was shopping for wall art, because I assumed she would be gone. But she was right where I’d seen her last: balanced on another dresser with boxes of old picture frames and tchotchkes piled on top (the true mark of a magic antique store). I didn’t even realize she had a towel rack — that she was a wash stand, not a dresser — until I asked about the price, said I’d take her, and my favorite magic antique store person asked if we needed to unscrew the towel rack to fit her in my car. I suspect this little sweetie is not from the days of necessary wash stands so much as from a country kitchen in the 80s. She was in rough shape, and not made from wood worth stripping and re-staining, but her price reflected that. I had to disassemble that door and put it back together, but I’d been in the market for some experience working with old furniture, and she made me feel brave about trying. I thought about painting her something more neutral, but I’m so glad I didn’t. She deserves to be pink. She’s not perfectly painted and needs a few touch ups. I learned some things about chalk paint and finishes. The drawers stick a bit. Eventually, I’d like to line them with fabric and when I do, I might plane the edges to smooth things out. But goodness, I love her in a way that I wouldn’t if I hadn’t spent time cleaning away her cobwebs and scrubbing the grime from her hilarious drawer pulls. She’s also become a little shrine for the book I’m working on, which makes me love her even more. I’ve always been a person who sees some soul in certain things, and I’m learning to cherish that idiosyncrasy, because there’s so much joy to be found in a brave little toaster or an underdog wash stand. We’re not here in the world for all that long. We may as well love some bright little things. #furnituremakeover
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