Upcoming literary events in Sonoma County

Tuesday, November 10, 6pm–8pm

THE WRITERS' BLOC SERIES: NaNoWriMo WRITE-IN
In November, people all over the world participate in the "National Write a Novel in a Month" event, and this year, Copperfield's joins in the fun! We're inviting you to our first annual NaNoWriMo Write-In. Bring your laptop or your paper and pen and WRITE! No rules, no fees, and no prizes, just the wild ride of writing. For more information, check out nanowrimo.org.
PETALUMA

Friday, November 13, 7pm

THE WRITERS' BLOC SERIES: JEFF VANDERMEER
Booklife: Strategies and Survival Tips for the Twenty-first Century Writer/9781892391902
and Finch Award-winning writer Jeff VanderMeer introduces his new books: Booklife, a blend of traditional career and creativity advice with the best ways to thrive in our new internet-based world and Finch, his final novel in the Ambergris cycle. Take-away writing exercises and prompts aimed at enhancing creativity and honing career focus will be provided. Free Finch CD soundtrack by critically acclaimed rock band Murder by Death with purchase of the novel, while supplies last.
PETALUMA

Tuesday, December 8, 7pm
THE WRITERS' BLOC: CAROL SKLENICKA
Raymond Carver: A Writer's Life/9780743262453
Ten years in the making, local writer Sklenicka's Raymond Carver, offers a generous and wise portrait, of the beloved American writer. Sklenicka shows how Carver's quintessentially American life fostered the stories that knowing readers have cherished from their first publication until the present day.
SEBASTOPOL