Book Events

2026

Touring for The Oxford Affair

April 27, 2026 | 6:30 PM PT
The Oxford Affair at Mill Valley Library

Become an insider to Oxford legend and lore. Test your knowledge of Brit-speak. Ponder just what it is about the Brits that intrigue us. Join author Lynne Kaufman as she takes you behind the ivy covered walls of an historic Oxford college, the setting of her new mystery novel. At a summer school for American adults, a Southern restaurateur, taking a class on the English Detective Story, finds real life events mirroring the fictional ones.  As he and the female Director of Studies search for the culprit, they discover myriad personal and academic surprises.

May 16th, 2026 | 11:00 AM PT
Lynne Kaufman with Nina Schuyler - The Oxford Affair (Book Passage, Corte Madera Store)

Join us at Book Passage in celebration of The Oxford Affair by award-winning playwright and author Lynne Kaufman. Lynne will be joined in conversation with Nina Schuyler, the author of In This Ravishing World.

June 4, 2026 | 6:00 PM PT
An Evening of Mark Twain with Ben Griffin and Lynne Kaufman

Spend an evening with Mark Twain - the journalist, humorist, husband, and Bay Area literary icon. Enjoy “Mark Twain: San Francisco Correspondent,” a presentation from editor Benjamin Griffin on Twain’s early city journalism, followed by a dramatic reading from “Mark Twain in Love” on Twain’s marriage to Olivia Langdon by Bay Area playwright Lynne Kaufman. Mixing the professional and personal, An Evening of Mark Twain provides an intimate look at Twain’s life in the 1860s, an explosive decade that both launched his writing career and introduced him to his lifelong partner.

2022

Touring for Divine Madness

May 15, 2022 | 6:00 PM PT
Divine Madness Launch Event, The Magic Theatre, San Francisco
Live dramatic reading by actors, panel with the author, and wine reception.

May 18, 2022 | 6:00 PM PT
Mechanics’ Institute Library, San Francisco
Live interview and conversation with poets David Watts and Alison Lutterman.

June 2, 2022 | 4:00 PM PT
Joseph-Beth Bookstore (Virtual Event), Lexington, Kentucky

June 4, 2022 | 4:00 PM PT
Book Passage, Corte Madera, California
Live conversation with author Phil Cousineau on being mentored by renowned mythologist Joseph Campbell.