In conversation with Jasmin Iolani Hakes, HULA, at Capital Books
Friday, 5/19 at 6:30, I'll be in conversation with Jasmin Iolani Hakes at Capital Books about her WONDERFUL debut novel, [...]
Signing Sunday 4/2/23 at Ruby’s Books, Folsom
It's hard to measure the importance of indie bookstores to the ecosystem of books and readers and writers. I like [...]
Ruby’s Books, Sunday, 4/1
Sunday, April 1, 2023, 11:30-1 Pacific. Please drop by a terrific indie bookstore, Ruby’s Books, in Folsom, California for my [...]
Would you like a book club author visit?
What a lovey dinner, wine and talk I enjoyed with Carol, Sue, Allison and Missy, at Bella Bru in Carmichael. [...]
Journalists as protagonists at BOUCHERCON
The Bouchercon Mystery Conference. I just returned from a week in Minneapolis with this observation: the crime-writing community is ridiculously [...]
Fiction, life, history, politics
I retired from teaching in 2021. One thing I really miss is talking about CONNECTIONS between fiction and life and [...]
Difficult? Horrible? Badass?
Talking about Tomboy with very good friends. For the past three years I've co-directed Stories on Stage Sacramento with author Dorothy [...]
August 26–Stories on Stage Sacramento
Words come to life on stage this month. It's a thrill to see your work interpreted by a gifted actor, [...]
Stories on Stage with Catriona McPherson
Thank you to Inside Sacramento for spreading the word about Tomboy being performed by Gabby Battista at Stories on Stage Sacramento, [...]
The Tide–a book launch and life
Tomboy: A Jane Benjamin Novel published June 28. I had expected to share the details of that launch with you immediately [...]