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LINDSAY HATTON
Monterey Bay
Thursday, August 4 at 7 PM

If you are a fan of John Steinbeck's Cannery Row stories, you will not want to miss this event! Lindsay Hatton will read from her novel that takes place in Monterey in 1940. According to Publishers Weekly, Hatton "does an excellent job of recreating the Cannery Row that no longer exists."

Fifteen-year-old Margot Fiske arrives in Monterey Bay with her eccentric father. Margot has been her father's apprentice all over the world, until an accident in the Monterey Bay tide pools drives them apart. Margot enters the mayhem of Cannery Row, where Steinbeck is hiding out from his growing fame at the raucous lab of Ed Ricketts, the biologist known as Doc in Steinbeck's Cannery Row. Ricketts quickly becomes the object of Margot's fascination.

LORI OSTLUND
in conversation with Ann Packer, author of The Children's Crusade
After the Parade
Thursday, August 11 at 7 PM

Join us for an evening with award-winning author Lori Ostlund, who will read from her debut, a novel that "provides considerable pleasure and emotional power, according to The New York Times Book Review.
Forty-year-old Aaron Englund leaves his longtime partner in New Mexico for a tragicomic road trip deep into the mysteries of his own Midwestern childhood.

Special Event at the West Portal Library!
NANCY TUPPER LING & ALINA CHAU
Double Happiness
Saturday, August 20 at 11 AM*

We are pleased to announce a very special event with author Nancy Tupper Ling and illustrator Alina Chau, who will present their picture book, Double Happiness, at the West Portal Branch of the San Francisco Public Library (190 Lenox Way). Tupper Ling, an award-winning author and poet, will read from the book. Chau, whose illustrations have been exhibited worldwide, will teach attendees how to draw some of the characters in the story.

*Please note special time

ANN HOOD
The Book That Matters Most
Wednesday, August 24 at 7 PM

Meet the bestselling author of The Knitting Circle, The Obituary Writer, The Red Thread, and Somewhere Off The Coast of Maine. Ann Hood will read from her latest novel, about a mother and a daughter seeking balance in their broken lives. While books give them comfort and clarity, they also provide clues to a mystery.

"Readers of all stripes will enjoy cycling through these characters’ lives and discovering their shared, mysterious past." - Kirkus Reviews

More Upcoming Events:

ALEX DOLAN
The Empress of Tempera
Wednesday, September 14 at 7 PM

LAUREN COLLINS
When in French: Love in a Second Language
Wednesday, September 28 at 7 PM

Please visit our website to read more
about these and other upcoming events.

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