This installment: audio version of a stunning book about a hard-scrabble family; fresh and quirky short stories; an entertaining (if you can believe it) memoir about anxiety; and a fine...
Jose-Luis Orozco performing in Point Reyes
West Marin Literacy Services had a real celebration yesterday. Supervisor Steve Kinsey and recently retired Director of County Library Services, Gail Haar were on hand to cut the ribbon on our newly...
The cover of How to Be a World Explorer
How to Be a World Explorer was directly responsible for saving the lives of three Austrialian boys stuck in the Queensland mud flats during a family camping trip. Written by Joel Levy, Not-for-...
Paper Inlay Art by Dave Getz
Paper inlay pieces by local artist and musician Dave Getz  are now on display at the Fairfax Library through the end of May. Dave Getz has reassembled pieces from serigraphs/screen prints into...
Booklist magazine, a publication of the American Library Association, has declared this month to be “The Murderous Month of May.”  Their May 1 publication lists the editors'...
Wolves
Wolves are the largest members of the dog family.  Gray wolves are the most common, and were once found all over the Northern Hemisphere.  Because wolves kill domestic animals, however,...
This installment: Chabon’s latest; a British novel about getting and spending; another one about economic excesses and collapses; and a historical novel based in California citrus groves with...
This installment: Food Rules, delightfully illustrated; an Irish-American returns to the old country; England in the 1900s; and a NYC gentrification satire.    Food Rules an eater...
Earth Day
Earth Day was created to increase awareness of the Earth’s natural environment, and it led to the modern environmental movement.  The first Earth Day was celebrated in 1970 and was the...
Marin Poets Live!
As a fitting tie-in to National Library Week and National Poetry Month, the Marin County Free Library is launching a new monthly television series in partnership with the Marin Poetry Center, and in...