Author Events, Feb 3-9

Humorist Dave Barry comes to Book Passage on Saturday to read from his latest book, Insane City.

MONDAY (2/4)

Darren Shan, “Zom-B,” 7 p.m.
Pizza party with author:  Break bread at Copperfield’s with this fabulous author as he presents his latest series! When news reports start appearing of a zombie outbreak in Ireland, B’s racist father thinks it’s a joke. But when zombies attack his high school, B is forced on a mad dash through the serpentine corridors, making allegiances with anyone with enough gall to fight off their pursuers. Shan enters the zombie genre in a thoroughly bloody fashion with this slow-burning horror piece, which opens a planned 12-book series.
Copperfield’s Books, Montgomery Village, Santa Rosa. copperfieldsbooks.com

TUESDAY (2/5)

Terri Nolan, “Burden of Truth,” 7 p.m.
Investigative journalist Birdie Elizabeth Keane would give anything–even her Pulitzer–to see Matt Whelan, the love of her life, one more time. The sudden death of the Los Angeles cop has left her devastated, angry, and baffled. Coming from a traditional Irish-Catholic family of cops, Birdie can’t ignore the bizarre coincidences surrounding his “accidental” death–or her suspicion that he planned it. A twisting trail of clues leads her to a sixteen-year-old murder, a cold case she’s always wanted to solve. With dangerous forces closing in, Birdie races to decipher Matt’s last message for her. Each stunning revelation brings her closer to the dark truth about a man she thought she knew–Was he a dirty cop?–and unimaginable, painful secrets about the people she loves most.
Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. bookpassage.com

WEDNESDAY (2/6)

S.S. Taylor, “The Expeditioners and the Treasure of Drowned Man’s Canyon,” 6 p.m.
Computers have failed, electricity is extinct, and the race to discover new lands is underway! Brilliant explorer Alexander West has just died under mysterious circumstances, but not before smuggling half of a strange map to his intrepid children—Kit the brain, M.K. the tinkerer, and Zander the brave. Why are so many government agents trying to steal the half-map? (And where is the other half?) It’s up to Alexander’s children, The Expeditioners, to get to the bottom of these questions, and fast.
Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. bookpassage.com

Frosty Hesson, “Making Mavericks: The Memoir of a Surfing Legend,” 7 p.m.
When Richard “Frosty” Hesson was first approached by a young Jay Moriarty in 1990, the skinny kid with a sparkle in his eye only wanted one thing from the icon: his help in becoming a better surfer. Hesson, one of the first to conquer the huge waves off northern California known as Mavericks, recognized that the kid “had a vision.” Jay quickly demonstrated a resolve that reminded Frosty of his younger self, pursuing his goal with a seriousness far beyond his years. His attitude and work ethic earned Frosty’s respect and, eventually, his friendship. Making Mavericks is the inspiring story of their father-son bond and of the challenges that made each of them who they were—surf legends, and the subject of the upcoming film Chasing Mavericks.
Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera.  bookpassage.com

THURSDAY (2/7)

Nick Bruel, “Bad Kitty: School Daze,” 4 p.m.
The latest in this popular series of children’s books. Kitty’s owners have finally had enough of her bad behavior; it’s time to ship her off to obedience school. Can Diabla von Gloom’s School for Wayward Pets take the “bad” out of Bad Kitty?
Copperfield’s Books, 140 Kentucky St., Petaluma.  copperfieldsbooks.com

Fred Abercrombie, “Craft Beerds; A Well-Groomed Collection of Craft Beer Labels with ’Staches, ’Burns, Beards and All Lengths in Between,” 7 p.m.
Craft Beerds is a collection of beautifully-photographed bottles and label art that feature moustaches, sideburns, and beards. All from the recent, exponential growth in American craft beer–over 100 breweries including Lagunitas, Founders, Dogfish Head, and Three Floyds.
TAPS Restaurant and Tasting Room, 205 Kentucky St., Petaluma. Hosted by Copperfield’s Books.  copperfieldsbooks.com

FRIDAY (2/8)

Fred Coleman, “The Marcel Network,” 7 p.m.
Syrian immigrant Moussa Abadi was thirty-three and his future wife, Odette Rosenstock, twenty-eight when they decided to hide Jewish children in Catholic convents and boarding schools or with Protestant families. Their clandestine organization—the Marcel Network—became one of the most successful operations of Jewish resistance in Europe. 
Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera.  bookpassage.com

SATURDAY (2/9)

Terri Glass, “Rumi & Rilke: Feasting on the Soul & Spirit,” 1 p.m.
Terri Glass will discuss the lives and poetry of Jelaluddin Rumi, and Rainer Maria Rilke. Their work will serve as inspiration to fuel writing exercises that center around a particular theme. Get in touch with images that stir your soul and find a new way to articulate unconscious material and bring it to light through the writing process.
Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. bookpassage.com

Dave Barry, “Insane City,” 4 p.m.
Dave Barry returns to the comic suspense genre of which he is a past master. Here is a madcap, hilariously complicated, heartfelt tale of a groom, Seth Weinstein, and his numbskull posse of pals, set on the eve of his spectacular wedding. Soon  Seth will become involved with a family of Haitian refugees, an orangutan named Trevor, medical marijuana, a fake pirate ship, a gigantic snake, Russian gangsters, scheming billionaires, angry strippers, and gorgeous Cuban women – all set in and around Barry’s insanely dangerous, wacky, but exhilarating hometown of Miami.
Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. bookpassage.com

To submit book events for consideration in this column, contact Sara Peyton at sara.peyton@gmail.com at least three weeks in advance of the event.