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SUMMARY:Author Talk: Anita Crawford-Clark
DESCRIPTION:The Avid Reader is thrilled to be hosting local author\, Anita Crawford-Clark\, to celebrate her new children’s book\, Old to Joy\, on February 3rd. \nAbout the Author\nAnita Crawford Clark is a writer and illustrator of fiction and nonfiction books for children. Anita grew up chasing butterflies and fishing crawdads from a nearby creek during scorching Sacramento summers. Her stories and illustrations often reflect those memorable childhood years. Anita is an inaugural recipient of the SCBWI OMA (Out from the Margins) Award for her manuscript of debut picture book\, OLD TO JOY \, which releases on September 5\, 2023. A veteran K-12 teacher\, Anita especially enjoys directing musical theatre productions. The athlete in Anita enjoys shooting hoops. The musician in her enjoys playing the drums\, piano\, and banjo. Anita draws inspiration from her faith\, nature\, music\, history\, and everyday life. You can connect with Anita on Twitter (@AnitaLClark)\, Instagram (@AnitasFavPics) or visit her website at AnitaCrawfordClark.com. \nAbout the Book\nWhen young Joy goes to spend the day with Grandmama\, she struggles to find beauty in all the old things at Grandmama’s house. None of it looks or smells quite the same as it does at home. But as the day passes\, Grandmama patiently helps Joy discover how the old ways can bring joy to any heart. Whether it’s the swaying of stately trees\, bubbles dancing in a sink filled with dishes\, the sweet scents of a lovingly tended garden\, or the memories found in a room packed with hats – if Joy open’s her heart and mind\, there is beauty to be found everywhere at Grandmama’s house. \n 
URL:https://artsalliancedavis.org/event/author-talk-anita-crawford-clark/
LOCATION:The Avid Reader\, 617 2nd St.
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SUMMARY:Author Talk: Charan Ranganath
DESCRIPTION:Join Avid Reader in learning about how memory works with Charan Ranganath\, PhD and his new book Why We Remember: Unlocking Memory’s Power to Hold on to What Matters. This event is on Saturday\, February 17th at 6:30PM. \nAbout the Author\nCharan Ranganath is a Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience and director of the Dynamic Memory Lab at the University of California at Davis. For over 25 years\, Dr. Ranganath has studied the mechanisms in the brain that allow us to remember past events\, using brain imaging techniques\, computational modeling and studies of patients with memory disorders. He has been recognized with a Guggenheim Fellowship and a Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellowship. He lives in Davis\, California. \nAbout the Book\nA new understanding of memory is emerging from the latest scientific research. In Why We Remember\, pioneering neuroscientist and psychologist Charan Ranganath radically reframes the way we think about the everyday act of remembering. Combining accessible language with cutting-edge research\, he reveals the surprising ways our brains record the past and how we use that information to understand who we are in the present\, and to imagine and plan for the future. \n 
URL:https://artsalliancedavis.org/event/author-talk-charan-ranganath/
LOCATION:The Avid Reader\, 617 2nd St.
CATEGORIES:Books & Talks
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SUMMARY:Author Talk: Sarah Ruiz-Grossman
DESCRIPTION:Join us in celebrating the release of Sarah Ruiz-Grossman’s new book\, A Fire So Wild on February 22nd at 6:30 PM. She will be joined in conversation by Jenavieve Hatch. \nAbout the Author\nSarah Ruiz-Grossman is a writer and former reporter at HuffPost\, where she covered the climate crisis and other social justice issues. Born and raised in New York City\, she currently lives in Los Angeles\, California. \nAbout the Book \nAs a wildfire threatens Berkeley\, the city’s inhabitants are forced to reckon with the cracks in the lives they’ve built. \nAbigail\, a wealthy homeowner\, decides to throw a lavish birthday in a hillside mansion to raise money for the city’s newest affordable housing project—and prove to her family that she’s made something worthwhile of her life. Sunny\, a construction worker who sleeps in a van along the bay’s shore\, is in the running for an apartment—but only if enough funds are raised at the party. \nAs the heat and smoke from the approaching blaze descend upon the town\, tensions rise and residents—young and old\, haves and have nots—confront the inequities laid bare\, and the fragility of building a life in a world on fire. \nAlternating among a colorful cast of characters\, A Fire So Wild is a timely\, tautly paced novel that questions why when everything burns\, not everyone is left with scars.\nAbout Jenavieve Hatch\nJenavieve Hatch is a California politics reporter at her hometown newspaper\, The Sacramento Bee\, where she covers campaigns\, elections\, and culture war politics of Northern California. In 2022\, she received first place in the California Journalism Awards for her coverage of the 2022 election\, specifically for her coverage of “Red California” and conservative movements in a blue state. She is a graduate of the UC Davis Creative Writing MFA program\, where she wrote a collection of essays called Meditations on Recovery. She would almost always rather be reading poetry. \n 
URL:https://artsalliancedavis.org/event/author-talk-sarah-ruiz-grossman/
LOCATION:The Avid Reader\, 617 2nd St.
CATEGORIES:Books & Talks
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SUMMARY:Author Talk: Dr. Nazzy Pakpour
DESCRIPTION:Join us in celebrating Dr. Nazzy Pakpour’s first children’s book\, Please Don’t Bite Me\, on February 10 with special guests from The Bohart Museum of Entomology. \nAbout the Author\nDr. Nazzy Pakpour is a queer Iranian-American mother of two witty and wonderful kids. She grew up and lives in the San Francisco Bay Area in California. Dr. Pakpour loves bugs of all varieties\, whether they are six-legged or microscopic. She received her Bachelors of Science in Entomology from the University of California Davis and her PhD in Microbiology\, Virology\, and Parasitology from University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Pakpour loves teaching and worked for a number of years as a professor before moving to the biotech sector. She currently works as a scientist at Novozymes where she researches how to use microbes to build a more sustainable future. \nAbout the Book\nMosquitos\, wasps\, flies and fleas… Buzzing\, biting\, and causing irritating lumps on your skin. But what if there is more to these irritating insects than meets the eye? This question and more are answered in this book that explores the lives of some of the most irritating buzzing\, biting and stinging insects. \n 
URL:https://artsalliancedavis.org/event/author-talk-dr-nazzy-pakpour/
LOCATION:The Avid Reader\, 617 2nd St.
CATEGORIES:Books & Talks
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SUMMARY:Author Talk: Isabella Kamal
DESCRIPTION:We are so excited to host UC Davis alumna\, Isabella Kamal\, for a celebration of her debut historical romance novel\, The Temple of Persephone\, on February 24th. \n  \nAbout the Author\nIsabella Kamal is an Iraqi Muslim historical romance author. Growing up in the Middle East\, she had very little access to romance novels—but once she got hold of one\, she never looked back. Isabella is a graduate of the University of California\, Davis and California Polytechnic State University\, San Luis Obispo. Now calling Los Angeles home\, she can usually be found in independent bookstores after long days spent developing stem cell-based therapies. \nAbout the Book \nPersephone Honeyfield is witty\, intelligent\, and very aware that the only way to escape the monotony of the life she shares with her father and sister in the English countryside—and the wagging\, ever-critical tongues of the people around her—is through marriage. She also knows the likelihood of it being a love match is nearly zero.\nAidon Barrington has carried on the legacy of his family’s funeral furnishing business\, losing himself in the process. A shell of his former charming self\, he’s traded his reputation as a rake for that of a recluse and regularly appears in the scandal sheets as London’s mysterious Lord of the Dead.\nWhen Persephone finds herself at Gallowsgate—the old Barrington estate—on a seemingly simple errand\, an unexpected run-in with the Lord of the Dead himself leaves her on the brink of ruination. With no other way to silence the village rumor mill\, or save her sister’s reputation\, Persephone agrees to marry Aidon\, becoming the wife of a man she hardly knows.\nPersephone finds herself increasingly fascinated by her new husband\, whose kind\, patient nature stands in stark contrast to the ever-swirling rumors about him. But when the gossip begins to sound more like reality than fiction\, she attempts to uncover the truth behind the Lord of the Dead while discovering she may have already lost her most guarded possession: her heart.
URL:https://artsalliancedavis.org/event/author-talk-isabella-kamal/
LOCATION:The Avid Reader\, 617 2nd St.
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SUMMARY:Writers Workshop
DESCRIPTION:FICTION WRITERS & ASPIRING FICTION WRITERS \nTwo local novelists share their techniques for mastering “point of view.” \nAvid Reader Bookstore\nWednesday\, February 28\n6:00 – 8:00 p.m. \nJudith Starkston writes historical fantasy set in the Bronze Age of the Greeks and Hittites. Her five novels bring women to the fore—whether the Trojan War captive Briseis or a remarkable Hittite queen whom history forgot\, even though she ruled over one of the greatest empires of the ancient world. \nTim Schooley writes historical fiction. His novel The Wool Translator\, a saga of interfaith love set in Western Europe in the 1480s\, was short-listed for the Chaucer Award. His upcoming novel\, The Circus of the Vanishing Elephant\, builds from his experience as a clown with Ringling Bros.\, Barnum & Bailey Circus in the 1970s. \nMastering Point of View: \n\nPoints of view in contemporary fiction\nChoosing the “correct” point of view\nAvoiding “head-hopping”\n“Deep” or “close” point of view\nMultiple points of view in one novel\n\nThis two-hour workshop is free\, with the purchase of one of the authors’ books from Avid Reader. Come out to enjoy an evening with fellow writers while studying some of the more challenging skills in fiction writing. \n 
URL:https://artsalliancedavis.org/event/writers-workshop/
LOCATION:The Avid Reader\, 617 2nd St.
CATEGORIES:Books & Talks
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