I just came across the gorgeous Whidbey Island home of my friends Marty and Peggy in the Seattle Times, via Apartment Therapy! Think Cannery Row meets green living meets modernism meets island style. Whidbey Island is home to the fabulous Hedgebrook Writers’ Colony, where I had the good fortune to spend a month working on…Continue reading Saturday Style
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Two for Tonight
Join me, Andrew Sean Greer, Ann Packer, and editor Alan Rinzler for a panel on writing and publishing the novel, moderated by literary agent Ted Weinstein, tonight at 826 Valencia. The $100 fee supports the programs for kids at 826 Valencia. 6-9 p.m. Join us for this evening seminar about the process of writing and…Continue reading Two for Tonight
National Book Critics Circle in San Francisco
Saturday, January 12, 2008, 6 pm City Lights, 261 Columbus Avenue at Broadway, San Francisco. Join the NBCC board, in collaboration with Litquake, book group expo,Lawrence Ferlinghetti and City Lights, Amy Tan, Dave Eggers, Daniel Alarcon, AWP board president Catherine Brady, Maxine Chernoff, W. S. Di Piero, Jane Ganahl, Kathi Goldmark, Paul Hoover, Ann Kent,…Continue reading National Book Critics Circle in San Francisco
Year of Fog at year’s end – Thanks, librarians!
It’s been a fun ride with The Year of Fog, which came out in April and went into its fourth printing a couple of months ago. I’m thrilled that The Year of Fog is included in Library Journal’s list of the Best Books of 2007. And I found this Library Journal editorial by Francine Fialkoff,…Continue reading Year of Fog at year’s end – Thanks, librarians!
Hungary Calling
Received word from my agent yesterday that THE YEAR OF FOG will be published in Hungarian, by Tericum Kiado. The news brought back fond memories of a honeymoon spent in Budapest and Eger, Hungary in 2001, as well as my first stay in Budapest on a backpacking trip in 1998. It’s a beautiful country, with…Continue reading Hungary Calling