as our new release of the week: First Exposures. By Eric Auerbach; foreword by Dave Eggers. This new collection looks at the world through the eyes of kids in the SF Camerawork mentoring program. The book celebrates ten years of pairing Bay Area photographers with young people, ages 11 through 18, with backgrounds of foster care, homelessness or poverty. “It’s full of street scenes and portraits of kids throwing hand signs to represent the neighborhoods they’re from,” Regan McMahon writes in the San Francisco Chronicle. “But it also has sensitive shots of a single rose, a blurred bridge view, mah jong tiles, a grandmother’s gravestone.” First Exposures will be accompanied by an exhibit from January 5 - February 24, 2007, at SF Camerawork’s new gallery at 657 Mission St. in San Francisco.
October 12, 2008
From CaliforniaAuthors editor Donna Wares, Great Escapes: Southern California is a collection of exceptional road trips with suggestions for the perfect books to take along. Highlights include first-person passages from Pico Iyer, T. Jefferson Parker, Judith Freeman, Veronique de Turenne and other great guides, plus cover images by renown photographer Rick Rickman. Learn more at Donna’s SoCal So Cool blog or buy yours here
It took a remarkable outpouring of generosity to make My California: Journeys by Great Writers a reality. This anthology of travel and adventure stories donated by 27 of California’s most talented writers benefits the beleaguered California Arts Council and writing programs for children statewide. Learn more about the project and author events at mycaliforniaproject.org or buy the book here.
Meet the authors of the California Authors Directory. Visit the directory to discover writers like Christina Meldrum, a Bay Area attorney whose book Madapple was just released this month. “In debut novelist Christina Meldrum's mesmerizing literary mystery, Madapple (Knopf), the worlds of science and faith collide," says Vanity Fair. Learn more and make the connection with Christina and other exciting California talents in our author directory.
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