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