Pulitzer Prize winners and finalists, debut novelists, memoirists, celebrity authors, and of course, local writers are appearing around the region to share their books this month. To submit an event to the calendar, email books@baycitynews.com.
March 1
Marianna Marlowe: The Bay Area Latina writer shares “Portrait of a Feminist: A Memoir in Essays,” in which she describes her life as the child of a Catholic Peruvian mother and an atheist American father in a family that lived abroad for many years. [11 a.m., Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera]
March 2
Holly Brickley: The Portland resident and former University of California, Berkeley students speaks about her debut novel “Deep Cuts”– a love story that moves from Brooklyn bars to San Francisco dancefloors and explores the nature of talent, obsession and belonging — in conversation with Oakland writer and musician Alee Karim. [2 p.m., Book Passage, 1 Ferry Building, San Francisco]
March 5
Joshua A. Miele: The Berkeley father, scientist, designer and expert on accessible technology and disability (who lost his sight at age 4 in an acid attack) speaks about his new memoir “Connecting Dots: A Blind Life” (co-written by Wendell Jamieson) with University of California, Berkeley professor Karen Nakamura. [6 p.m., Book Passage, 1 Ferry Building, San Francisco]
March 5
Lewis Buzbee: In the first of many local events, the award-winning San Francisco fiction writer (for youngsters and adults) and author of “The Yellow-Lighted Bookshop” launches “Diver,” his 1960s, California-set novel telling the story of an “abiding love between a father and son.” [7 p.m., Green Apple Books, 1231 Ninth Ave., San Francisco]
March 6
Lewis Buzbee: The former Bay Area bookseller and award-winning writer of fiction for youngsters and general audiences speaks about “Diver,” his personal, self-published, California-set novel that explores the ups and downs of the father-son relationship. [7 p.m., A Great Good Place for Books, 6120 LaSalle Ave., Oakland]
March 6
Michelle Kicherer: The Portland writer, originally from California, speaks about her satirical debut novella “Sexy Life, Hello,” about a former fourth grade teacher who works as a nanny for twin babies and as a sexter for a famous porn star. [7 p.m., Green Apple Books, 1231 Ninth Ave., San Francisco]
March 6
Tori Amos: Book Passage presents the singer-songwriter, pianist, composer and author of 2020’s “Resistance: A Songwriter’s Story of Hope, Change, and Courage” and 2005’s “Piece by Piece” in a ticketed ($24 includes book) event to promote “Tori and the Muses,” her first title for children. [7 p.m., Calvary Presbyterian, 2515 Fillmore St., San Francsico]
March 6
Ellen Kirschman: Appearing in conversation with writer Cassandra Myers, the transplanted New Yorker and longtime Northern California resident, a police psychologist, is promoting her latest police psychologist Dot Meyerhoff mystery, “Call Me Carmela.” [7 p.m., Books Inc., Town & Country Village, 855 El Camino Real, #74, Palo Alto]
March 6
Giada De Laurentiis: The celebrity chef speaks about her new cookbook “Super-Italian: More Than 110 Indulgent Recipes Using Italy’s Healthiest Foods” in an “Unscripted” ticketed ($75-$134 includes book) event presented by Book Passage and BroadwaySF. [7:30 p.m., Curran Theatre, 450 Geary St., San Francisco]
March 6
Joshua A. Miele: The Berkeley father, scientist, designer and expert on accessible technology and disability speaks about “Connecting Dots: A Blind Life” (co-written by Wendell Jamieson) in “This is Now with Angie Coiro,” a ticketed event ($48.24 includes book; $27.24 without book). [7 p.m., Kepler’s Books, 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park]
March 7
Lewis Buzbee: The San Francisco former bookseller and writer of fiction for youngsters and adults speaks about “Diver,” his new, 1960s, California-set novel about an “abiding love between a father and son.” [7 p.m., Books Inc., The Pruneyard, 1875 S. Bascom Ave., #600, Campbell]
March 7
Jeffrey House: The Englishman, a salesman, marketer and raconteur, chronicles his rise in business in his memoir “The Cider King: How I Aced It.” [7 p.m., Copperfield’s Books, 138 N. Main St., Sebastopol]
March 7
Samantha Rose: The Emmy Award-winning TV writer, a Petaluma resident, speaks about “Giving Up the Ghost: A Daughter’s Memoir,” in which she examines the mystery of her mother’s suicide, in conversation with award-winning ghostwriter Genevieve Field. [7 p.m., Copperfield’s Books, 140 Kentucky St., Petaluma]
March 8
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: The award-winning Nigerian novelist (“Purple Hibiscus,” “Half of a Yellow Sun,” “Americanah”) appears in conversation with Key Jo Lee, chief of curatorial affairs at the Museum of the African Diaspora, at a ticketed ($18-$80) event presented by Kepler’s to promote her new title “Dream Count.” [7 p.m., Hammer Theatre, 101 Paseo de San Antonio, San Jose]
March 8
Jean Shinoda Bolen: The Bay Area writer and inspirational speaker discusses her memoir “Ever Widening Circles and Mystical Moments: Autobiographical, Historical, Spiritual, Psychological & Political,” in which she details her Japanese American family’s forced relocation from California during World War II, and how, being viewed as an “exotic other,” she was prompted to pursue a career as an activist, psychiatrist and Jungian analyst. [11 a.m., Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera]
March 8
Rupa Marya: The physician, activist, mother and associate professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco speaks about “Inflamed,” her book (co-authored by Raj Patel) which describes the hidden relationships between humans’ biological systems and unjust political and economic systems. [Noon, Portola Valley Library, 765 Portola Road, Portola Valley]
March 8
David Albee: Appearing in conversation with veteran sports journalist Ron Barr, the former Marin Independent Journal columnist and 1972 graduate of Foxcroft Academy, a high school in Maine, speaks about “The Last One Out of Town Turn Out the Lights,” an inspirational tale of how the school won the state basketball championship just once in its 200-year history, in 1975. [4 p.m., Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera]
March 9
Francisco Jiménez: The Santa Clara University professor emeritus and author of a four-book autobiographical series on the American Library Association Booklist’s 50 Best Young Adult Books of All Time speaks about the 2024 graphic novel adaptation of “The Circuit,” the first in the series. [2 p.m., Castro Valley Library, 3600 Norbridge Ave., Castro Valley]
March 9
Lewis Buzbee: The award-winning Bay Area writer of fiction for youngsters and adults speaks about his new novel “Diver,” a 1960s, California-set story describing an “abiding love between a father and son” with Nina Schuyler, short story writer and writing instructor. [4 p.m., Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera]
March 13
Karen Wang Diggs: The Bay Area chef, social justice advocate and author of “10 Super Asian Women Who Shaped History,” speaks about her new, similarly themed inspirational volume, “The Book of Awesome Asian Women: Empresses, Warriors, Scientists, and Mavericks.” [7 p.m., Books Inc., Town & Country Village, 855 El Camino Real #74, Palo Alto]
March 13
Niall Williams: The Irish author, in town to promote “Time of the Child,” his new novel set in Faha, the same County Clare village in his acclaimed book “This Is Happiness,” appears in conversation with Ethel Rohan, the San Francisco-based Irish author of “Sing, I”; the ticketed ($17.85) event is presented by Bookshop West Portal and the United Irish Cultural Center. [7 p.m., United Irish Cultural Center, 2700 45th Ave., San Francisco]
March 14
Gary Krist: Appearing in conversation with longtime San Francisco historian Woody LaBounty, the author of the New Orleans-set “Empire of Sin” releases “Trespassers at the Golden Gate: A True Account of Love, Murder, and Madness in Gilded-Age,” an account of the sensational 1870s case of Laura D. Fair, who killed her married lover. [7 p.m., Green Apple Books, 1231 Ninth Ave., San Francisco]
March 14
Laila Lalami: The Moroccan-American novelist, a Pulitzer Prize finalist for “The Moor’s Account,” speaks about her new book “The Dream Hotel”—which follows the plight of a woman who is detained by the government, which monitored her dreams — at a ticketed ($17-$45) event. [7 p.m., Kepler’s Books, 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park]
March 15
Tommy Orange: The Oakland writer, author of the Pulitzer Prize-finalist “There, There,” speaks about his 2024 novel “Wandering Stars” with poet Kaveh Akbar, author of the acclaimed novel “Martyr,” at a ticketed ($20) event presented by Copperfield’s Books. [2 p.m., Finley Community Center, 2060 West College Ave., Santa Rosa]
March 15
Rick Steves: The famed TV travel host is promoting “On the Hippie Trail,” his memoir telling stories from a 1978 journey on the legendary trail from Istanbul to Kathmandu, at a ticketed event ($36 includes book) presented by Book Passage. [7 p.m., Angelico Hall, Dominican University of California, 20 Olive Ave., San Rafael]
March 16
Gary Krist: The best-selling author of the New Orleans-set “Empire of Sin,” speaks about “Trespassers at the Golden Gate: A True Account of Love, Murder, and Madness in Gilded-Age,” which tells the sensational 1870s story of Laura D. Fair, who killed her married lover, and how her trial characterized San Francisco’s transformation from frontier town into modern metropolis. [4 p.m., Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera]
March 19
Kirsten Menger-Anderson: The San Francisco writer speaks about “The Expert of Subtle Revisions: A Novel,” described as “an eloquent story of time travel and family secrets” set in Half Moon Bay in 2016 and Vienna in 1933, with Allison Bainbridge. [6 p.m., Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera]
March 19
J. E. Weiner: The manuscript for the Northern California writer’s debut novel “The Wretched and Undone,” a Gothic tale set in Texas Hill Country inspired by real events, was a Killer Nashville Top Pick for 2024 and a Claymore Award finalist for Best Southern Gothic. [7 p.m., Books Inc., Town & Country Village, 855 El Camino Real #74, Palo Alto]
March 20
Alexis Madrigal: The Oakland journalist and co-host of KQED’s “Forum” releases “The Pacific Circuit: A Globalized Account of the Battle for the Soul of an American City,” a social and political history detailing how “a logistical revolution that began in Oakland has transformed urban America.” [7 p.m., Green Apple Books, 1231 Ninth Ave., San Francisco]
March 22
Chuck Schumer: The Senate Democratic Leader and highest-elected Jewish official in American history speaks about his new book “Antisemitism in America: A Warning” at a ticketed ($35 includes book) event. [1 p.m., Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera]
March 26
Kevin Fagan: The veteran San Francisco reporter discusses “The Lost and the Found: A True Story of Homelessness, Found Family, and Second Chances,” his detailed account of what happened to Rita and Tyson, two homeless individuals in San Francisco, in conversation with Cynthia Le Monds of Ritter Center, which serves Marin County’s unhoused and low-income neighbors. [6 p.m., Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera]
March 26
Mary Burk: The local author celebrates the new updated version of her classic guide “Stairway Walks in San Francisco: The Joy of Urban Exploring,” now in its 10th edition. [7 p.m., Green Apple Books, 1231 Ninth Ave., San Francisco]
March 26
Paul Hawken: The Bay Area environmentalist, entrepreneur, economist and author of the best-selling “Regeneration” speaks about his new volume “Carbon: The Book of Life,” in which he describes the connections between the sometimes-maligned element with all living things (from plants, animals, insects and fungi to food and farms) at a ticketed ($17-$48) event. [7 p.m., Kepler’s, 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park]
March 27
Emma Donoghue: The best-selling author of “Room” speaks about “The Paris Express,” her new historical novel about an infamous 1895 disaster at the Paris Montparnasse train station, at a ticketed event ($35 includes book). [4 p.m., Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera]
March 30
Eddie Ahn: The Korean American, a San Francisco resident who grew up in Texas, shares “Advocate: A Graphic Memoir of Family, Community, and the Fight for Environmental Justice,” in which he details how he bucked his family’s expectations when he chose to work at a nonprofit organization instead of pursuing a lucrative legal career. [2 p.m., Anza Branch, San Francisco Public Library, 550 37th Ave., San Francisco]
March 31
Kate DiCamillo: The internationally renowned children’s author is promoting the paperback release of “Ferris” and the 20th anniversary edition of “Because of Winn-Dixie” at a ticketed event ($10-$32 includes one or both books). [6 p.m., Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera]
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