Point Reyes Books

FEATURED EVENTS

An Evening with Malcolm Margolin in conversation with Wendy Johnson

A Point Reyes Books Benefit for Heyday Press

Saturday, June 29

6:00pm

Toby's Feed Barn

$20 Event only | $100 Dinner (includes admission to event)

Just picture it! Malcolm Margolin, founder and executive director of Heyday, a nonprofit press devoted to California’s cultural and natural history, in conversation with Wendy Johnson, Buddhist meditation teacher, organic gardening mentor, and author of Gardening at the Dragon’s Gate.

6:00pm - Dinner

7:30pm - Event

BOOKSTORE WEBCASTS

An Afternoon with Robert Hass

The generous and gentle Bob Hass has titled his retrospective collection of brilliant essays and talks with a reference to a theme that always sets his work apart: the act of attention. The...

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Hope in a Changing Climate—John Liu at Geography of Hope

In 2012, John Liu presented his film, Hope in a Changing Climate as part of the Geography of Hope event series in Pt. Reyes, CA. Following the film, Liu gave this presentation, which included...

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THINK LOCAL FIRST

Why shop locally?
When you shop at local businesses, like Point Reyes Books, you also support the local community.

Contributions to Local Nonprofits through Author Benefit Events past 10 years

Pt. Reyes Books $250,000
Amazon $0
Borders $0

Number of Author Events Hosted in West Marin in 2012

Point Reyes Books: 46
Amazon 0
Borders 0

Sales Tax Paid to the State of California to Support Education, Parks, Social Services in 2012

Independent Bookstores: $18.5 million
Point Reyes Books: Over $60,000
Amazon $0

Number of Local Businesses Supported Through the Purchase of Goods and Services in 2012

Point Reyes Books: 35
Amazon: 0
Borders: 0

Igniting the Green Fire: Finding Hope in Aldo Leopold's Land Ethic March 15, 16 & 17

UPCOMING EVENTS

The Faraway Nearby

Conversation with Rebecca Solnit and Michael Lerner

Sunday, June 30

2:00pm

Commonweal, Bolinas

Free event - reservations required

In her new book, The Faraway Nearby, a fitting companion to her much-loved A Field Guide to Getting Lost, Rebecca explores the ways we make our lives out of stories, and how we are connected by empathy, by narrative, by imagination.
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Marin Poetry Center Summer Traveling Show

Tuesday, July 9

7:00pm

Bookstore

Free Event

The Marin Poetry Center’s Summer Traveling Show brings together Marin Poetry Center members from around the Bay Area to read their own or others' work aloud. This popular one-hour program is featured at 20 locations around the county—we’re delighted to be one of them.
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Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee

author of Spiritual Ecology: The Cry of the Earth

Saturday, July 27

7:00pm

Dance Palace

$15

Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee will speak about his new book, Spiritual Ecology: The Cry of the Earth. For the past few years he has been writing and lecturing about the need for a spiritual response to our present ecological crisis.
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Writing By Writers

Workshop @ Tomales Bay

Wednesday, October 16 - Sunday, October 20

Writing By Writers is excited to announce that registration for the 2013 Writing Workshop at Tomales Bay in Marin County, California is now open.
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