California Writers Club of Marin

06/08/2026

Hey, historical fiction, memoir, and history writers! Join Jean Gordon Kocienda Writes and Jonelle Patrick at the Mill Valley Public Library on Saturday, June 27 at 1 pm for a workshop on historical research!

Jonelle and Jean are pros at finding the right research details to bring their historical fiction to life. We also want to hear from you -- what are your favorite sources? How did you unravel your hardest research problems?

RSVP here:
https://millvalleylibrary.libcal.com/event/15686938

06/04/2026

Don't forget that our own Michael Coffino will be at Book Passage in Corte Madera at 1:00 p.m. on June 20 to discuss his USA Today bestselling book, The Great Train Heist: The California SMART Taxpayer Rip-off. He'll be in conversation with CWC Marin Board member Daniel Bacon!

Says Michael: "With Measure B—the initiative to extend the SMART sales tax for another 30 years—now appearing headed for passage, notwithstanding the many uncounted ballots (we are, if nothing else, meticulous about ballot counting in California), the discussion will focus less on the election and more on the literary, journalistic, and enduring public-policy challenges and aspects of the project."

https://www.bookpassage.com/event/michael-j-coffino-great-train-heist

05/17/2026

See you today at 11 am for our monthly coffee social at Studio Fourth Street in San Rafael!!

05/07/2026

A chuckle, submitted by one of our members. :)

05/05/2026

Don't miss this three-day writing retreat at Dominican University of California. Be sure to get your CWC discount -- check the May newsletter for the discount code, or ask us at [email protected]!

Join us for a three day writing course at Dominican! Work with award-winning author and MFA mentor Joan Baranow for writing studios in the morning. Dine alongside MFA students and faculty. Attend afternoon events including a keynote lecture, craft talks, and social activites. Invite your friends and family to a reading on Sunday. Space is limited. Register using the QR code.

05/02/2026

Hey writers! If you need some writing inspiration, check out this writing workshop tomorrow at the West Portal Bookshop in SF. Chris Walker is an artist and writer. She knows where to find inspiration and how to convert that into real creative output. I absolutely recommend this one!

Bookshop West Portal is excited to announce that we will be hosting a writing workshop series in partnership with Sibylline Press' "Sybil Writing Craft" program. The third class in the series is A Writer's Resolution: A Guided Journal for Realizing a Rewarding Writing Practice with Christine Walker....

04/29/2026

Look at this! My publisher interviewed me about Girl in a Box. It was hard to come up with little "sound bites" on the spot. Good practice, though! What do you think?

04/27/2026

Proceeds from the Authors on the Plaza local author book fair (the author fees) go to 10,000 Degrees, which gives scholarships to deserving kids in Marin. Thanks, Mark Morris, for the best of these photos (some of them are mine and you can tell). Thank you, Elaine Petrocelli of Book Passage Bookstore & Cafe and her wonderful staff who were so kind and patient as we planned this shindig. Thank you authors for being gracious when plans evolved. Thank you Linda Watanabe McFerrin and Left Coast Writers for hanging out with us. Cheers!