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author websites | some of the authors & performers we've hosted | previous Placerville poets | former book club picksFor those of you who are curious - the background of this page is a picture of Robert Crumb
when he was playing music for the opening of our first bookstore, Mansion Book Merchants, back in 1987.
websites of our author friends - a list of websites for some of the fine writers that we did events with in our previous bookstores
Walt Anderson with Inland Island: The Sutter Buttes
Linda Book with us for many entertaining times
Georgeanne Brennan with us many times with good food & her books, including A Pig in Provence
Ed Darack with us for several readings and great slide shows
David J. Dionisi with American Hiroshima - October 2005
Robert Eversz with Digging James Dean and Burning Garbo and Zero to the Bone
Molly Fisk read her fine poetry in April of 2009
Karen Joy Fowler with us for several happy times
Amy Goodman & Democracy Now with Static - October 2006
Sue Grafton with "E" is for Evidence
Brad Herzog with Small World
Kahled Hosseini Woodland Reads 2004 author with The Kite Runner - May 2005
John Lescroart with us many times, with many different books, for many good times
JoAnn Levy with Unsettling the West
David Masiel with 2182 Kilohertz and again with The Western Limit of the World
David Mas Masumoto Woodland Reads 2003 author with Epitaph for a Peach - November 2004
James McBride with The Color of Water
Indigo Moor with Tap-Root - at Raven's Tale in September of 2008
Yan Nascimbene with A Day in September
Michael Perry with Population 485
Robert Scheer & truthdig.com with Playing President - Oct 2006
Amy Tan with The Joy Luck Club - April 1989
Jennifer Traig Woodland Reads 2006 author with Devil in the Details - May 2006
Candy Tutt with Ten Dragon Tails
book signings, readings, book clubs & other special events
Since we opened as Mansion Book Merchants back in 1987, we have held hundreds of events in and outside of our stores, we were always open to all sorts of different kinds of events - the limits were just time, money & public interest.
here are some of the writers that we have hosted in our stores, or sold books for at other events
| Francisco Alarcon * Walt Anderson Francisco Aragon Frank Araujo * Peter Bacho Sara Backer Will Baker * Derrick Bang Stephen Barnett Hanna Bauer * Dan Baum Peter Beagle * Kirk H. Beetz Sue Bender Jane Blue John Boe Linda Book * Georgeanne Brennan * Max Byrd * Jon Carroll Paul Castelfranco Michael Chabon Karen Chaio Kevin Clark John Coale Nik C. Coyler Bei Dao Ed Darack * Jon Daunt Joel Davis Jeffrey De Vore Maggie De Vore Lisa Croll Di Dio David J. Dionisi Jim Dodge Quinton Duval Bob Eakins Arielle Eckstut Sheila Edwards Robert Eversz * Susan & Joe Finkleman Molly Fisk Jack Forbes Karen Joy Fowler * Rebecca Fransway Gregory Franzwa Brett Duval Fromson Blair Fuller Albert Garcia Angela Garcia Gitane Sandra Gilbert * Sue Grafton Jack Grapes Marilyn Graman Don Hagerty Paul Haider | Oakley Hall Jim Harrison Gwen Head Padma Hejmadi Brad Herzog Tim Holt * Khaled Hosseini Julie Houy Julia Jackson Tom Jenks Francisco Jimenez Richard Jones Joan Kein Susan Kelly-DeWitt * John Kemper Madeleine Kenefick Maya Khosla Kathy Kieth Karen Kijewski Rachel King Brian Knave Cleo Fellers Kocol John Lescroart * Taigen Dan Leighton Julia Levine JoAnn Levy Xiao Jun Li Carol Livington Richard Livingston Jane Baker Lotter David Lynds James McBride Joshua McKinney Sandra McPherson * Deborah Madison Mike Madison Moira Magneson David Masiel * Jack Marshall Simone Martel Jerry Martian David Mas Masumoto * Maria Melendez * Francesca Miller Joan Drummond Miller Barbara Millman Stephanie Mills Stephen Mitchell Indigo Moor Brian Moore Mary Moore Bill Morissey Rebecca Morrison Ted Nance Narayan Yan Nascimbene | Yolanda Nava Mariellen O'Brien Walter Pavlich * Noel Peattie * Dale Pendell Micael Perry Peter Phillips Shawn Pittard Katrina Prado Ron Radosh Laura Reese Bill Roe Andrea Ross Christopher Scheer Ann F. Scheuring David Schneider Stan Seaberg Eric Shaffer Aaron Shepard Gary Snyder * Emilio Soltero Carol Spindel Hannah Stein * Sherman Stein Sandra Steingraber David Sterry Jeanine Stevens * Stephanie Strickland Mary Kearny Stroube Amy Tan Murry Taylor Gary Thorp Jim Tonner Marimar Torres Jennifer Traig Brigit Truex * Candy Taylor Tutt Charlene Ungstad Sally Vantress Katherine Vaz Geerat Vermeij Peggy Vincent Sara Vogan Ray Waddington Clarence Walker * Melissa Walker Robert Ward James Warren Phil Weidman Stanley Gordon West Charles Wheeler Kimberly White David Wilkinson * Wendy Patrice Williams Patty Wooten Sue Owens Wright Al Young Deborah Zemke |
We would like to give thanks for the many times that trio ma non troppo has played in our different stores over the years. I like to call them our "house band" from Woodland. They are a small and very talented group that play flute and strings. They are a pleasure.
previous Placerville poets
Here are the excellent poets that read at our Raven's Tale Poetry Readings
which were co-hosted by the Red Fox Underground.
April '09 - Molly Fisk
March '09 - Rebecca Morrison, Jeanine Stevens, Brigi Truex and Charlene Ungstad.
February '09 - Bob Eakins and Shawn Pittard
January '09 - Cleo Fellers Kocol and Phil Weidman
November '08 - Moira Magneson and Wendy Patrice Williams
October '08 - Albert Garcia and Joshua McKinney
September '08 - Quinton Duval and Indigo Moor
August '08 - Susan and Joe Finkleman
July '08 - Brigit Truex and Kathy Kieth
June '08 - Jeanine Stevens and Kimberly White
What books did the Raven's Tale Book Club feature while in Placerville?
March '09 - Blindness by Jose Saramago
February '09 - How Doctors Think by Jerome Groopman
January '09 - Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin
December '08 - The Exception by Christian Jungersen
October - '08 Stealing Buddha's Dinner by Bich Minh Nguyen
August '08 - Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
July '08 - Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver
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