or 
August 13 at 6:30 p.m.
The River Store
1032 Lotus Road, Lotus, CA 95651
530.626.3435
Directions
Evening includes chili potluck (please bring chili or a compatible dish or beverage), a slide show of McHugh's 400-mile sea kayak voyage from Oregon to San Francisco, and a reading from "Deadlines."
August 14 from 2 to 5 p.m.
Borders Books & Music
3900 Sisk Road
Modesto, CA 95356
Directions
August 29 @ 10 a.m. & 1 p.m.
The Henry Miller Library
Writing clinic with Paul McHugh, followed by book reading and signing
Click here to view event description
Highway 1, Big Sur, CA 93920;
(831) 667-2574,
www.henrymiller.org
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Details:
Writer, Teacher, and Raconteur to Speak
at the Henry Miller Library in Big Sur,
Sunday, August 29
Paul McHugh was born near the Florida Keys during a Category III hurricane. As if still impelled by its winds, McHugh blew through a few years of study for the Catholic priesthood, chose instead to earn an honors degree in poetry, then rode around the USA on a motorcycle, searching out a new home. He found it in California. Here he celebrated a newfound sense of place—and of adventure—over 22 years as outdoors writer for theSan Francisco Chronicle.
Now a fiction writer and writing teacher, McHugh will bring those skills to the Henry Miller Library for a storytelling workshop and a reading from his new novel, Deadlines.
Dorothea French, director of Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Santa Clara University says: Paul McHugh "is an excellent instructor—dynamic, charming, articulate, well prepared, and knowledgeable. He creates a relaxed, enjoyable learning environment, which is crucial for writers."
Professor Raquel Scherr of U.C. Davis said: "After class, several students told me how much you had inspired them. Their journals referred to your talk as ‘engaging,’ ‘fantastic,’ and ‘brilliant.’"
McHugh’s workshop, "Art of the Short Memoir," helps participants use the craft of storytelling to create and invigorate personal tales of major and minor events, family anecdotes and histories, in order to build enduring accounts of life’s key moments to share with relatives, friends, and descendants. This clinic runs 10 a.m. to noon on August 29, costs $60, and is limited to 15 participants. Reserve your space through the Henry Miller Library. Details are posted at henrymiller.org and at paulmchugh.net.
After a lunch break, McHugh will give a talk on exploring California’s coast, and the need to maintain vigilance on public lands, then offer a reading from Deadlines – a novel of murder, conspiracy, and the media. Set in northern California, this gripping story brings readers into the chaos of a modern-day metropolitan newsroom as reporters investigate the murder of a land-use activist on a stretch of shoreline that’s being seized for development as an enclave for the wealthy. Free and open to the public, McHugh’s talk and reading will take place at the Henry Miller Library, 1:00–2:30 p.m. on August 29. A book signing follows.
Famed TV anchor Dan Rather wrote about Deadlines: "Every reporter worth his or her notepad is a sleuth at heart. Paul McHugh brings this truth to life with crackling suspense."
New York Times best-selling author John Lescroart wrote: "A companionable, rock-solid and soul-satisfying mystery. ‘Deadlines’ could not be more modern and relevant."
For more information, contact The Henry Miller Library, call (831) 667-2574, email box601@gmail.com, or visit the Henry Miller Library website at www.henrymiller.org.
February
Feb. 26 @ 6:30 p.m., Gallery Bookshop
45098 Main St., Mendocino, CA, 95460; (707) 937-2665, www.gallerybooks.com
Feb. 27 @ 4 p.m., Four-Eyed Frog Books
39138 Ocean Drive, Gualala, CA, 95445; (707) 884-1333, www.foureyedfrog.com
Read More on the Media Party held in December for Paul.
March
March 9 @ 7:30 p.m., Capitola Book Café
1475 41st Ave., Capitola, CA, 95010-2999; (831) 462-6297, www.capitolabookcafe.com
March 11 @ 7:30 p.m., Books Inc.
2251 Chestnut St., San Francisco, CA, 94123-2607; (415) 931-3633, www.booksinc.net/SFMarina
March 13, Saturday at 7 p.m., Copperfield's Books
2316 Montgomery Drive, Santa Rosa, CA 95405-5000; (707) 578-8938
www.CopperfieldsBooks.com
March 30, Tuesday, 7:30 p.m.,
Kepler’s Books
1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park, CA, 94025
650 324 4321
www.keplers.com
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April
April 1, Thursday, 6-8 p.m.,
Mt. Shasta Public Library
515 E. Alma St., Mt. Shasta, California
Benefit reading for the Mount Shasta Writers Series The event is co-sponsored by the FRiends of the Library. Refreshments will be served; $5 suggested donations. The Series receives 20% of gross sales.
April 8, Thursday, 7 p.m., B
Bloomsbury Books
290 East Main Street, Ashland, Oregon
541 488 0029
(This is scheduled for the first day of the Ashland Independent Book Festival.
Northtown Books
957 H Street, Arcata, CA 95521
707 822 2834
May
May 4, Tuesday, 7:30 p.m.
Books Inc.
301 Castro Street, Mountain View, CA 94041
650 428 1234
Click for Directions
May 6, Thursday, 6:00 p.m.
Murder by the Book
3210 S.E. Hawthorne Blvd., Portland, OR
503 232 9995
Click for Directions
May 8, Saturday, Noon
Seattle Mystery Bookshop
113 Cherry St., Seattle, WA 98104
206 587 5737
May 11, Tuesday, 7 p.m.
Point Reyes Station Library
11431 SR 1, Pt. Reyes Station, CA
415 663 8375
May 19, Wednesday, 7:30 p.m.
The Avid Reader
617 Second St., Davis, CA 95616
530 758 4040
May 23, Sunday, 2 p.m.
The Avid Reader
1600 Broadway, Sacramento, CA 95818
916 441 4400
May 26, Wednesday, 7 p.m.
Green Apple Books & Music
506 Clement St., San Francisco, CA
415 387 2272