BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Adventures By The Book - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Adventures By The Book X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://adventuresbythebook.com X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Adventures By The Book REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20220313T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20221106T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20230312T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20231105T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20240310T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20241103T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20250309T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20251102T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20260308T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20261101T090000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251213T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251213T140000 DTSTAMP:20260506T113715 CREATED:20251126T012107Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251126T012746Z UID:10000597-1765627200-1765634400@adventuresbythebook.com SUMMARY:Reading Between the Vines: a Holiday Book & Wine Pairing Adventure featuring New York Times Bestselling Authors Alka Joshi and Cara Black DESCRIPTION:About the In-Person Adventure\n\n“Wine is bottled poetry.” – Robert Louis Stevenson\nBecause Stevenson understood the beauty of both language and wine\, we’re taking a page from his book and dedicating an entire Adventures by the Book® series to the artful pairing of wine and literature. Voila! We invite you to our next Reading Between the Vines event\, hosted once again at the stunning estate producer Hook & Ladder Winery (2134 Olivet Rd.\, Santa Rosa)\, as part of their vibrant new Book & Ladder Club. \nIn partnership with Melier\, prepare to indulge in a curated wine-and-book experience set beneath California’s brilliant trademark sunshine. While you savor a specially selected glass of Hook & Ladder wine\, you’ll have the chance to meet New York Times bestselling authors Alka Joshi and Cara Black\, and even get a jump start on your holiday shopping with wine perfectly paired to their books. \nYour Adventure includes:• A glass of Hook & Ladder wine chosen to complement the authors’ works• Meet-and-greet with Alka Joshi and Cara Black• Q&A and personal book signing• Time to mingle in an intimate\, relaxed setting among the beautiful vineyards \n\nAbout the Authors\n \nAlka Joshi is the internationally bestselling author of the Jaipur Trilogy: The Henna Artist\, The Secret Keeper of Jaipur and The Perfumist of Paris. She was born in India and came to the U.S. with her family at the age of nine. She has a BA from Stanford University and an MFA from California College of Arts. \nHer debut novel\, The Henna Artist\, immediately became a New York Times bestseller\, a Reese Witherspoon Bookclub Pick\, an LA Times bestseller\, a Toronto Star and Globe & Mail bestseller\, an Indie Bookstores bestseller\, a Cosmopolitan Best Audiobook\, and an Amazon and Goodreads favorite. It was Longlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize\, has been translated into 29 languages and optioned as an episodic series. \nSix Days in Bombay is her fourth novel and is a sweeping tale of identity and self-discovery that takes readers from Bombay to Prague\, Florence\, Paris and London\, to uncover the mystery behind a famous painter’s death. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Alka or any of our authors on Adventures by the Book® : \n\n\nConnect with this Author on Adventures by the Book® \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCara Black is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of 20 books in the Private Investigator Aimée Leduc series\, and two World War II-set novels featuring American markswoman Kate Rees. \nCara has received multiple nominations for the Anthony and Macavity Awards\, a Washington Post Book World Book of the Year citation\, the Médaille de la Ville de Paris—the Paris City Medal\, which is awarded in recognition of contribution to international culture—and invitations to be the Guest of Honor at conferences such as the Paris Polar Crime Festival and Left Coast Crime. With more than 400\,000 books in print\, the Aimée Leduc series has been translated into German\, Norwegian\, Japanese\, French\, Spanish\, Italian\, and Hebrew. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHer latest novel\, Huguette\, is set in post-Libération France with seventeen-year-old Huguette Faure fighting to survive danger\, trauma\, and poverty while seeking refuge and a future for herself and her newborn child. Her journey from the black market to a Paris film studio becomes a final bid to rebuild her life and escape the shadows of her violent past. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTo schedule a book club visit with Cara or any of our authors on Adventures by the Book: \n\nConnect with this Author on Adventures by the Book® \n\n\n\nEvent Registration\nFree registration is not required and is open to the general public. Books and wine will be available for sale and signing at the event. Only books purchased at the event are eligible for signing. \n\n\n\nAbout Hook & Ladder Winery\nHook & Ladder is an “estate” producer\, specializing in small bottlings of Pinot Noir\, “Old Vine” Zinfandel\, Chardonnay\, Cabernet Sauvignon and Bordeaux-style blends sourced from the family’s sustainably-farmed vineyards in Russian River Valley and its sub-appellation\, Chalk Hill. The winery also produces and sells estate-grown Olive Oil from trees grown at their Los Amigos Ranch. \n\n\nAbout Melier\nLuxury tastes shouldn’t be confined to luxury resorts. Book a Melier experience and enjoy private wine & culinary experiences from your home\, office\, or vacation rental. And when you book with Melier\, you’re directly supporting the tastemakers who are bringing their creations to life. URL:https://adventuresbythebook.com/calendar-event/joshi-black-12-13-25/ LOCATION:Hook and Ladder: 2134 Olivet Road\, Santa Rosa\, CA\, 95401 CATEGORIES:Wine Pairing ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://adventuresbythebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/12.13.25-black-joshi-winery.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250126T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250126T130000 DTSTAMP:20260506T113715 CREATED:20241018T163742Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241018T163742Z UID:10000549-1737889200-1737896400@adventuresbythebook.com SUMMARY:Reading Between the Vines: a Wine & Book Pairing Adventure featuring NY Times bestselling authors Karen White and Beatriz Williams DESCRIPTION:About the In-Person Adventure\n\n“Language is wine upon the lips” – Virginia Woolf\nVirginia Woolf made the connection between language and wine\, so we wanted to take a page from her and create an entire Adventures by the Book series devoted to the pairing of wine and books. Voila! Join us for our next event in the Reading Between the Vines series\, which will take place once again at the estate producer Hook & Ladder Winery\, 2134 Olivet Rd\, Santa Rosa\, in Sonoma County\, California\, as part of their exciting new Book & Ladder Club! \nWith the assistance of Melier\, we invite you to indulge in a bubbles tasting and book pairing experience\, presented under California’s brilliant trademark sunshine. While you sample a delectable glass of Hook & Ladder Winery bubbles and light pastries\, meet New York Times and USA Today bestselling authors Karen White and Beatriz Williams and learn about their sensational new novel\, The Author’s Guide to Murder. \nYour Adventure includes a glass of Hook & Ladder bubbles specifically selected to pair with this novel\, fresh pastries\, author presentation\, Q&A\, book signing\, and the opportunity to meet the authors in a relaxed and intimate setting at the beautiful Hook & Ladder Winery property. Copies of The Author’s Guide to Murder  will be available for sale at the event for signing. \n\n\nAbout the Authors and Book\n \nKaren White is the New York Times bestselling author of more than twenty-five novels\, including the Tradd Street series\, The Last Night in London\, Dreams of Falling\, The Night the Lights Went Out\, Flight Patterns\, The Sound of Glass\, A Long Time Gone\, and The Time Between. She is the coauthor of All the Ways We Said Goodbye\, The Glass Ocean\, and The Forgotten Room with New York Times bestselling authors Beatriz Williams and Lauren Willig. She grew up in London but now lives with her husband and a spoiled Havanese dog near Atlanta\, Georgia. \nBeatriz Williams is the New York Times\, USA Today\, and internationally bestselling author of Our Woman in Moscow\, The Summer Wives\, Her Last Flight\, The Golden Hour\, The Secret Life of Violet Grant\, A Hundred Summers\, and several other works of historical fiction\, including four novels in collaboration with fellow bestselling authors Karen White and Lauren Willig. Born in Seattle\, Washington\, Beatriz now lives near the Connecticut shore with her husband and four children\, where she divides her time between writing and laundry. \nTheir newest novel\, The Author’s Guide to Murder \, is about a sensational murder that has taken place at historic Castle Kinloch\, a gothic fantasy of grey granite on a remote island in the Highlands of Scotland. Literary superstar Brett Saffron Presley has been found dead—under bizarre circumstances—in the castle tower’s book-lined study. \nThe prime suspects are Kat de Noir\, a slinky erotica writer; Cassie Pringle\, a Southern mom of six juggling multiple cozy mystery series; and Emma Endicott\, a New England blue blood and author of critically acclaimed historical fiction. The women claim to be best friends writing a book together\, but the authors’ stories about how they know Brett Saffron Presley don’t quite line up\, and the detective is getting increasingly suspicious.\nA crafty locked-room mystery\, a pointed satire about the literary world\, and a tale of unexpected friendship and romance—this novel has it all\, as only bestselling authors can tell it! \nTo schedule a book club visit with Karen or any of our authors\, please visit  Adventures by the Book® (formerly NovelNetwork®): \n\n\nConnect with this Author on Adventures by the Book® (formerly NovelNetwork®)\n\n\n\n\n  \n\nEvent Registration\nFree registration is available via Hook & Ladder Winery. Books and wine will be available for sale and signing at the event. Only books purchased at the event are eligible for signing. \n\n\n\nAbout Hook & Ladder Winery\nHook & Ladder is an “estate” producer\, specializing in small bottlings of Pinot Noir\, “Old Vine” Zinfandel\, Chardonnay\, Cabernet Sauvignon and Bordeaux-style blends sourced from the family’s sustainably-farmed vineyards in Russian River Valley and its sub-appellation\, Chalk Hill. The winery also produces and sells estate-grown Olive Oil from trees grown at their Los Amigos Ranch. \n\n\nAbout Melier\nLuxury tastes shouldn’t be confined to luxury resorts. Book a Melier experience and enjoy private wine & culinary experiences from your home\, office\, or vacation rental. And when you book with Melier\, you’re directly supporting the tastemakers who are bringing their creations to life. URL:https://adventuresbythebook.com/calendar-event/karen-white-beatriz-williams-1-26-25/ LOCATION:Hook and Ladder: 2134 Olivet Road\, Santa Rosa\, CA\, 95401 CATEGORIES:Event,Wine Pairing ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://adventuresbythebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/1.26.25-white-williams-winery-002.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241215T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241215T130000 DTSTAMP:20260506T113715 CREATED:20240617T152414Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240725T004452Z UID:10000521-1734260400-1734267600@adventuresbythebook.com SUMMARY:Reading Between the Vines: a Wine & Book Pairing Adventure featuring award-winning debut author Simi Monheit DESCRIPTION:About the In-Person\, Adventure\n\n“Language is wine upon the lips” – Virginia Woolf\nVirginia Woolf made the connection between language and wine\, so we wanted to take a page from her and create an entire Adventures by the Book series devoted to the pairing of wine and books. Voila! Join us for our next event in the Reading Between the Vines series\, which will take place once again at the estate producer Hook & Ladder Winery\, 2134 Olivet Rd\, Santa Rosa\, in Sonoma County\, California\, as part of their exciting new Book & Ladder Club! \nWith the assistance of Melier\, we invite you to indulge in a bubbles tasting and book pairing experience\, presented under California’s brilliant trademark sunshine. While you sample a delectable glass of Hook & Ladder Winery bubbles and light pastries\, meet award-winning debut author Simi Monheit and learn about her novel\, The Goldie Standard. \nYour Adventure includes a glass of Hook & Ladder bubbles specifically selected to pair with Simi’s novel\, fresh pastries\, author presentation\, Q&A\, book signing\, and the opportunity to meet the author in a relaxed and intimate setting at the beautiful Hook & Ladder Winery property. Copies of The Goldie Standard will be available for sale at the event for signing. \n\n\nAbout the Author\n \nSimi Monheit is a graduate of Stanford’s Novel Writing Certificate program\, has a Master’s degree in Computer Science and an undergraduate degree in English. She started writing after a career in technology. The Goldie Standard is her debut novel. \nHer work focuses on Jewish themes and has appeared in JewishFiction.net\, The Forward\, Moment\, Lilith Magazine\, among others. Simi was Pushcart Prize nominee (2020)\, placed in the 2O20 Writer’s Digest literary fiction short story contest\, and even won the 2022 Pacifica Literary Review bodice ripper contest. Most recently\, The Goldie Standard was a Best New Fiction Finalist in the 2024 Pacific Book Awards. \nWhen she’s not writing she’s hiking. Or talking with friends. Or trying to figure out what her adult daughter (of whom she’s inordinately proud)\, is up to. \nHilarious and surprising\, The Goldie Standard is an unapologetic Jewish story that delivers a present-day take on a highly creative grandmother trying to find her Ph.D granddaughter a husband who is a doctor—with a yarmulke\, of course. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Simi or any of our authors on Adventures by the Book® (formerly NovelNetwork®): \n\n\nConnect with this Author on Adventures by the Book® (formerly NovelNetwork®)\n\n\n\nEvent Registration\nFree registration is available via Hook & Ladder Winery. Books and wine will be available for sale and signing at the event. Only books purchased at the event are eligible for signing. \n\n\n\nAbout Hook & Ladder Winery\nHook & Ladder is an “estate” producer\, specializing in small bottlings of Pinot Noir\, “Old Vine” Zinfandel\, Chardonnay\, Cabernet Sauvignon and Bordeaux-style blends sourced from the family’s sustainably-farmed vineyards in Russian River Valley and its sub-appellation\, Chalk Hill. The winery also produces and sells estate-grown Olive Oil from trees grown at their Los Amigos Ranch. \n\n\nAbout Melier\nLuxury tastes shouldn’t be confined to luxury resorts. Book a Melier experience and enjoy private wine & culinary experiences from your home\, office\, or vacation rental. And when you book with Melier\, you’re directly supporting the tastemakers who are bringing their creations to life. URL:https://adventuresbythebook.com/calendar-event/reading-between-the-vines-simi-monheit/ LOCATION:Hook and Ladder: 2134 Olivet Road\, Santa Rosa\, CA\, 95401 CATEGORIES:Wine Pairing ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://adventuresbythebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Simi-Monheit-12.15.24-.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241117T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241117T130000 DTSTAMP:20260506T113716 CREATED:20240322T173009Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250117T202826Z UID:10000493-1731841200-1731848400@adventuresbythebook.com SUMMARY:Reading Between the Vines: A Wine & Book Pairing Adventure featuring internationally renowned Zoro the Drummer DESCRIPTION:About the In-Person Event\n“Language is wine upon the lips” – Virginia Woolf\nVirginia Woolf made the connection between language and wine\, so we wanted to take a page from her and create an entire Adventures by the Book series devoted to the pairing of wine and books. Voila! Introducing our new Reading Between the Vines series to take place at the estate producer Hook & Ladder Winery\, 2134 Olivet Rd\, Santa Rosa\, in Sonoma County\, California. \nWith the assistance of Melier\, we invite you to indulge in a sumptuous bubble tasting and book pairing experience\, presented under California’s brilliant trademark sunshine. Enjoy a light brunch of pastries and Hook & Ladder bubbles\, meet internationally-renowned musician Zoro the Drummer and learn about his new memoir\, Maria’s Scarf: A Memoir of a Mother’s Love\, a Son’s Perseverance\, and Dreaming Big. \nYour Adventure includes a glass of Hook & Ladder bubbles specifically selected to pair with Zoro’s book\, pastries\, author presentation\, Q&A\, book signing\, and the opportunity to meet the author in a relaxed and intimate setting at the beautiful Hook & Ladder Winery property. Special wine and book pairing packages are available at the event for purchase and signing. \n\nAbout the Author\n \nAs one of the world’s most respected musicians\, Zoro the Drummer has sat on the drummer’s throne commanding some of the most famous stages in the world of rock and R&B music. Throughout more than thirty years of his career\, Zoro has been consistently voted the number one R&B drummer and clinician by the premier music industry publications Modern Drummer\, Drum!\, and Rhythm Magazine. \nHe has toured and recorded with Lenny Kravitz\, Bobby Brown\, The New Edition\, Jody Watley\, Philip Bailey of Earth Wind & Fire\, and many more. Additionally\, Zoro is an educator\, motivational speaker\, and author of The Big Gig: Big-Picture Thinking For Success. \nZoro’s novel\, Maria’s Scarf: A Memoir of a Mother’s Love\, a Son’s Perseverance\, and Dreaming Big\, is a beautiful and transformative memoir that tells the story of a family fighting for survival against almost insurmountable odds. Through laughter\, tears\, and many misadventures\, Zoro touches the heart of every reader—young or old\, citizen or immigrant—and speaks to the dreamer in all of us\, encouraging everyone to live fantastical lives. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Zoro or any of our authors on Adventures by the Book® (formerly NovelNetwork®): \n\n\nConnect with this Author on Adventures by the Book® (formerly NovelNetwork®)\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEvent Registration\nFree registration via Hook & Ladder is available now. Books and wine will be available for sale and signing at the event. Only books purchased at the event are eligible for signing. \n\nAbout Hook & Ladder Winery\nHook & Ladder is an “estate” producer\, specializing in small bottlings of Pinot Noir\, “Old Vine” Zinfandel\, Chardonnay\, Cabernet Sauvignon and Bordeaux-style blends sourced from the family’s sustainably-farmed vineyards in Russian River Valley and its sub-appellation\, Chalk Hill. The winery also produces and sells estate-grown Olive Oil from trees grown at their Los Amigos Ranch. \n\n\nAbout Melier\nLuxury tastes shouldn’t be confined to luxury resorts. Book a Melier experience and enjoy private wine & culinary experiences from your home\, office\, or vacation rental. And when you book with Melier\, you’re directly supporting the tastemakers who are bringing their creations to life. URL:https://adventuresbythebook.com/calendar-event/zoro/ LOCATION:Hook and Ladder: 2134 Olivet Road\, Santa Rosa\, CA\, 95401 CATEGORIES:Wine Pairing ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://adventuresbythebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/zoro-the-drummer-winery-11-17-24.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241020T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241020T130000 DTSTAMP:20260506T113716 CREATED:20240501T225819Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240725T220041Z UID:10000516-1729422000-1729429200@adventuresbythebook.com SUMMARY:Reading Between the Vines: a Wine & Book Pairing Adventure featuring USA Today bestseller Eliza Knight DESCRIPTION:About the In-Person\, Adventure\n\n“Language is wine upon the lips” – Virginia Woolf\nVirginia Woolf made the connection between language and wine\, so we wanted to take a page from her and create an entire Adventures by the Book series devoted to the pairing of wine and books. Voila! Join us for our next event in the Reading Between the Vines series\, which will take place once again at the estate producer Hook & Ladder Winery\, 2134 Olivet Rd\, Santa Rosa\, in Sonoma County\, California\, as part of their exciting new Book & Ladder Club! \nWith the assistance of Melier\, we invite you to indulge in a bubbles tasting and book pairing experience\, presented under California’s brilliant trademark sunshine. While you sample a delectable glass of Hook & Ladder Winery bubbles and light pastries\, meet USA Today bestselling author Eliza Knight and learn about her latest historical fiction novel\, The Queen’s Companion: A Novel of Queen Elizabeth II and Her Beloved Corgi\, Susan. \nYour Adventure includes a glass of Hook & Ladder bubbles specifically selected to pair with Eliza’s novel\, a signed paperback copy of The Queen’s Companion\, fresh pastries\, author presentation\, Q&A\, book signing\, and the opportunity to meet the author in a relaxed and intimate setting at the beautiful Hook & Ladder Winery property. \n\n\nAbout the Author\n \nEliza Knight is an award-winning and USA Today bestselling author. Her love of history began as a young girl when she traipsed the halls of Versailles and ran through the fields in Southern France. She can still remember standing before the great golden palace\, and imagining what life must have been like. She is the creator of the popular historical blog\, History Undressed and a co-host on the History\, Books and Wine podcast. \nHer latest novel\, The Queen’s Companion: A Novel of Queen Elizabeth II and Her Beloved Corgi\, Susan\, is an endearing and vivid story told from the unique multi-narrative viewpoints of a young Queen Elizabeth\, Hanna Penwyck\, the fictionalized Keeper of the Queen’s dogs\, and Susan\, the Queen’s Corgi\, whose love and loyalty were boundless. \n\nEvent Registration\nFree registration is available via Hook & Ladder Winery. Books and wine will be available for sale and signing at the event. Only books purchased at the event are eligible for signing. \n\n\n\nAbout Hook & Ladder Winery\nHook & Ladder is an “estate” producer\, specializing in small bottlings of Pinot Noir\, “Old Vine” Zinfandel\, Chardonnay\, Cabernet Sauvignon and Bordeaux-style blends sourced from the family’s sustainably-farmed vineyards in Russian River Valley and its sub-appellation\, Chalk Hill. The winery also produces and sells estate-grown Olive Oil from trees grown at their Los Amigos Ranch. \n\n\nAbout Melier\nLuxury tastes shouldn’t be confined to luxury resorts. Book a Melier experience and enjoy private wine & culinary experiences from your home\, office\, or vacation rental. And when you book with Melier\, you’re directly supporting the tastemakers who are bringing their creations to life. URL:https://adventuresbythebook.com/calendar-event/eliza-knight-11-17-24/ LOCATION:Hook and Ladder: 2134 Olivet Road\, Santa Rosa\, CA\, 95401 CATEGORIES:Wine Pairing ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://adventuresbythebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/eliza-knight-10-20-24.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240915T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240915T130000 DTSTAMP:20260506T113716 CREATED:20240322T174343Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240425T140120Z UID:10000495-1726398000-1726405200@adventuresbythebook.com SUMMARY:Reading Between the Vines: A Wine & Book Pairing Adventure featuring bestselling author Karen E. Osborne DESCRIPTION:About the In-Person Event\n“Language is wine upon the lips” – Virginia Woolf\nVirginia Woolf made the connection between language and wine\, so we wanted to take a page from her and create an entire Adventures by the Book series devoted to the pairing of wine and books. Voila! Introducing our new Reading Between the Vines series to take place at the estate producer Hook & Ladder Winery\, 2134 Olivet Rd\, Santa Rosa\, in Sonoma County\, California! \nWith the assistance of Melier\, we invite you to indulge in a sumptuous bubble tasting and book pairing experience\, presented under California’s brilliant trademark sunshine. Enjoy a light brunch of pastries and Hook & Ladder bubbles\, meet meet award-winning and bestselling author Karen E. Osborne and learn about her moving new novel\, True Grace. \nYour Adventure includes a glass of Hook & Ladder bubbles specifically selected to pair with Karen’s book\, pastries\, author presentation\, Q&A\, book signing\, and the opportunity to meet the author in a relaxed and intimate setting at the beautiful Hook & Ladder Winery property. Special wine and book pairing packages are available at the event for purchase and signing. \n\nAbout the Author\n \nKaren E. Osborne always knew she possessed a talent and immense passion for writing. Her novels followed a forty-year career\, first as an academic administrator and then co-owner of The Osborne Group\, serving as a consultant\, trainer\, and motivational speaker. Karen then decided to refocus on her life passion for writing and telling awe-inspiring stories. She released her first novel\, Getting it Right\, in 2017 to notable acclaim and received attention for her compelling writing style that aims to explore questions of race\, privilege\, and family loyalties. Since then a murder mystery\, Tangled Lies\, and a family suspense drama\, Reckonings\, both award winning\, have come out. \nKaren’s newest novel\, True Grace\, is a historical fiction story set in 1924 during the Harlem Renaissance\, chronicling the powerful journey of an immigrant\, mixed-race woman from The Congo\, England\, and Jamaica as she fights for her family’s survival. Inspired by real people and events\, Grace must navigate the misogyny and racism of the courts\, banks\, child welfare system\, and bad actors to hold her family together. \nCalling on her grit\, determination\, and grace\, she must overcome harrowing circumstances. Readers will find themselves hooked from the first riveting chapter and cheering for Grace each step of the way. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Karen or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n\n\nConnect with this Author on NovelNetwork®\n\n\n \nEvent Registration\nFree registration via Hook & Ladder is available now. Books and wine will be available for sale and signing at the event. Only books purchased at the event are eligible for signing. \n \nAbout Hook & Ladder Winery\nHook & Ladder is an “estate” producer\, specializing in small bottlings of Pinot Noir\, “Old Vine” Zinfandel\, Chardonnay\, Cabernet Sauvignon and Bordeaux-style blends sourced from the family’s sustainably-farmed vineyards in Russian River Valley and its sub-appellation\, Chalk Hill. The winery also produces and sells estate-grown Olive Oil from trees grown at their Los Amigos Ranch. \n \n \nAbout Melier\nLuxury tastes shouldn’t be confined to luxury resorts. Book a Melier experience and enjoy private wine & culinary experiences from your home\, office\, or vacation rental. And when you book with Melier\, you’re directly supporting the tastemakers who are bringing their creations to life. URL:https://adventuresbythebook.com/calendar-event/karen-e-osborne/ LOCATION:Hook and Ladder: 2134 Olivet Road\, Santa Rosa\, CA\, 95401 CATEGORIES:Wine Pairing ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://adventuresbythebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/karen-osborne-winery-9.15.24-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240818T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240818T130000 DTSTAMP:20260506T113716 CREATED:20240322T173931Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240425T153748Z UID:10000494-1723978800-1723986000@adventuresbythebook.com SUMMARY:Reading Between the Vines: A Wine & Book Pairing Adventure featuring debut novelist Anna Bliss DESCRIPTION:About the In-Person Event\n“Language is wine upon the lips” – Virginia Woolf\nVirginia Woolf made the connection between language and wine\, so we wanted to take a page from her and create an entire Adventures by the Book series devoted to the pairing of wine and books. Voila! Introducing our new Reading Between the Vines series to take place at the estate producer Hook & Ladder Winery\, 2134 Olivet Rd\, Santa Rosa\, in Sonoma County\, California! \nWith the assistance of Melier\, we invite you to indulge in a sumptuous bubble tasting and book pairing experience\, presented under California’s brilliant trademark sunshine. Enjoy a light brunch of pastries and Hook & Ladder bubbles\, meet debut novelist Anna Bliss and learn about her new book\, Bonfire Night. \nYour Adventure includes a glass of Hook & Ladder bubbles specifically selected to pair with Anna’s book\, pastries\, author presentation\, Q&A\, book signing\, and the opportunity to meet the author in a relaxed and intimate setting at the beautiful Hook & Ladder Winery property. Special wine and book pairing packages are available at the event for purchase and signing. \n\nAbout the Author\n \nAnna Bliss is a debut novelist with an MA in Literature and Visual Culture from the University of Sussex\, where she wrote her dissertation on women’s narratives of the London Blitz during World War II. An alumna of the juried Northern California Writers’ Retreat\, she also has studied at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Social Welfare\, the American Jewish University\, and the UCLA Extension Writers’ Program. Her professional background includes over ten years in marketing and arts administration. \nAnna’s debut novel\, Bonfire Night\, has been called “A tender work of art”\, and has already risen to notable acclaim. The book quickly became a Barnes & Noble bestseller and won the Historical Novels Review Editor’s Choice award. Set before and during World War II\, this moving\, intricately wrought novel brings together a young Irish Catholic photographer and a British Jewish medical student\, each discovering the price of love\, art\, and ambition. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Anna or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n\n\nConnect with this Author on NovelNetwork®\n\n\nEvent Registration\nFree registration via Hook & Ladder is available now. Books and wine will be available for sale and signing at the event. Only books purchased at the event are eligible for signing. \n \nAbout Hook & Ladder Winery\nHook & Ladder is an “estate” producer\, specializing in small bottlings of Pinot Noir\, “Old Vine” Zinfandel\, Chardonnay\, Cabernet Sauvignon and Bordeaux-style blends sourced from the family’s sustainably-farmed vineyards in Russian River Valley and its sub-appellation\, Chalk Hill. The winery also produces and sells estate-grown Olive Oil from trees grown at their Los Amigos Ranch. \n \n \nAbout Melier\nLuxury tastes shouldn’t be confined to luxury resorts. Book a Melier experience and enjoy private wine & culinary experiences from your home\, office\, or vacation rental. And when you book with Melier\, you’re directly supporting the tastemakers who are bringing their creations to life. URL:https://adventuresbythebook.com/calendar-event/anna-bliss/ LOCATION:Hook and Ladder: 2134 Olivet Road\, Santa Rosa\, CA\, 95401 CATEGORIES:Wine Pairing ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://adventuresbythebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/anna-bliss-winery-8.18.24-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240721T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240721T130000 DTSTAMP:20260506T113716 CREATED:20231220T221623Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240425T155002Z UID:10000479-1721559600-1721566800@adventuresbythebook.com SUMMARY:Reading Between the Vines: a Wine & Book Pairing Adventure featuring NYT and USA Today bestselling author Cara Black DESCRIPTION:About the In-Person Event\n“Language is wine upon the lips” – Virginia Woolf\nVirginia Woolf made the connection between language and wine\, so we wanted to take a page from her and create an entire Adventures by the Book series devoted to the pairing of wine and books. Voila! Introducing our new Reading Between the Vines series to take place at the estate producer Hook & Ladder Winery\, 2134 Olivet Rd\, Santa Rosa\, in Sonoma County\, California! \nWith the assistance of Melier\, indulge in a leisurely morning filled with a sumptuous wine tasting and book pairing experience\, presented under California’s brilliant trademark sunshine. While you sample some of the delectable wines that Hook & Ladder Winery is known for\, meet New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Cara Black and learn about her most recent novel\, Murder at La Villette. \nYour Adventure includes a glass of Hook & Ladder sparkling wine specifically selected to pair with Cara’s book\, pastries\, a signed hardcover copy of Murder at La Villette\, author presentation\, Q&A\, book signing\, and the opportunity to meet the author in a relaxed and intimate setting at the beautiful Hook & Ladder Winery property. \n\n \nAbout the Author\n \nCara Black is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of 20 books in the Private Investigator Aimée Leduc series\, and two World War II-set novels featuring American markswoman Kate Rees. Cara has received multiple nominations for the Anthony and Macavity Awards\, a Washington Post Book World Book of the Year citation\, the Médaille de la Ville de Paris—the Paris City Medal\, which is awarded in recognition of contribution to international culture—and invitations to be the Guest of Honor at conferences such as the Paris Polar Crime Festival and Left Coast Crime. With more than 400\,000 books in print\, the Aimée Leduc series has been translated into German\, Norwegian\, Japanese\, French\, Spanish\, Italian\, and Hebrew. \nHer book\, Night Flight to Paris\, is the (stand-alone) sequel to Three Hours in Paris\, chosen by the Washington Post\, Wall Street Journal and Seattle Times as one of the Best Crime Novels of 2020. \nHer new book\, Murder at La Villette\, sees Aimée Leduc framed for the murder of her daughter’s father\, which starts her journey to find the real killer. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Cara or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n\n\nConnect with this Author on NovelNetwork®\n\n\n  \nEvent Registration\nRegistration via Hook & Ladder is coming soon. Books and wine will be available for sale and signing at the event. Only books purchased at the event are eligible for signing. \n\n\n \nAbout Hook & Ladder Winery\nHook & Ladder is an “estate” producer\, specializing in small bottlings of Pinot Noir\, “Old Vine” Zinfandel\, Chardonnay\, Cabernet Sauvignon and Bordeaux-style blends sourced from the family’s sustainably-farmed vineyards in Russian River Valley and its sub-appellation\, Chalk Hill. The winery also produces and sells estate-grown Olive Oil from trees grown at their Los Amigos Ranch. \n \n \nAbout Melier\nLuxury tastes shouldn’t be confined to luxury resorts. Book a Melier experience and enjoy private wine & culinary experiences from your home\, office\, or vacation rental. And when you book with Melier\, you’re directly supporting the tastemakers who are bringing their creations to life. URL:https://adventuresbythebook.com/calendar-event/cara-black/ LOCATION:Hook and Ladder: 2134 Olivet Road\, Santa Rosa\, CA\, 95401 CATEGORIES:Wine Pairing ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://adventuresbythebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/cara-black-7.21.24-rev-1-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240623T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240623T130000 DTSTAMP:20260506T113716 CREATED:20231214T012426Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240425T173244Z UID:10000477-1719140400-1719147600@adventuresbythebook.com SUMMARY:Reading Between the Vines: a Wine & Book Pairing Adventure featuring award-winning authors Julia Park Tracey and Susannah Kennedy DESCRIPTION:About the In-Person\, Adventure\n\n“Language is wine upon the lips” – Virginia Woolf\nVirginia Woolf made the connection between language and wine\, so we wanted to take a page from her and create an entire Adventures by the Book series devoted to the pairing of wine and books. Voila! Introducing our new Reading Between the Vines series to take place at the estate producer Hook & Ladder Winery\, 2134 Olivet Rd\, Santa Rosa\, in Sonoma County\, California! \nWith the assistance of Melier\, indulge in a late morning filled with a sumptuous sparkling wine and book pairing experience\, presented under California’s brilliant trademark sunshine. While you sample some of the delectable wine that Hook & Ladder Winery is known for\, meet award-winning authors Julia Park Tracey and Susannah Kennedy and learn about their newest books\, The Bereaved and Reading Jane\, respectively. \nYour Adventure includes a glass of Hook & Ladder sparkling wine specifically selected to pair with Julia and Susannah’s books\, delicious pastries\, your choice of either book\, The Bereaved or Reading Jane\, author presentations\, Q&A\, book signing\, and the opportunity to meet the authors in a relaxed and intimate setting at the beautiful Hook & Ladder Winery property. \n\n \nAbout the Authors\n \nJulia Park Tracey is an award-winning journalist\, essayist and poet. She has written for and edited several newspapers and magazines in Northern California. Julia has written for Huffington Post\, Salon\, Paste\, Scary Mommy\, Thrillist\, Redbook\, Narratively\, Oakland Magazine\, San Francisco Chronicle Sunday Insight\, and many other publications in print and online. She writes about history\, books\, and the arts. \nShe is the author of three novels: Tongues of Angels\, Veronika Layne Gets the Scoop\, and Veronika Layne Has a Nose for News; two collections of women’s history: I’ve Got Some Lovin’ to Do: The Diary of a Roaring Twenties Teen\, and Reaching for the Moon: More Diaries of a Roaring Twenties Teen\, and a volume of poetry\, Amaryllis: Collected Poems. \nThe Bereaved is a historical novel about the Orphan Train and the mothers left behind based on Tracey’s research into her grandfather’s past as an adopted child. In 1859\, when her husband dies and her children become wards of a predator\, Martha—bereaved and scared—flees their beloved country home taking the children with her to the squalor of New York City. But as a naive woman alone\, preyed on by male employers\, she soon finds herself nearly destitute. The Home for the Friendless offers free food\, clothing\, and schooling to New York’s street kids and Martha secures a place temporarily for her children there. When she returns for them\, she discovers that the Society has indentured her two eldest out to work via the Orphan Train\, and has placed her two youngest for adoption. The Society refusing to help and with the Civil War erupting around her\, Martha sets out to reclaim each of them. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Julia or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n\n\nConnect with this Author on NovelNetwork®\n\n\n  \n \nBerkeley and Oxford-educated anthropologist Susannah Kennedy was born in India before returning to the US. As an adult\, Kennedy traveled extensively on her own\, first in Italy\, and then through the Middle East and India\, settling for two years in Egypt before moving as a reporter to Dallas\, Texas. At Oxford University\, she specialized in Arab culture and politics\, receiving her DPhil in social anthropology. She and her German husband raised three children in a thatched roof farmhouse in the German countryside. They now live in the Bay Area. \nAn award-winning memoir that reads like fiction\, Reading Jane is a vivid study of narratives\, the power of parenthood and what freedom looks like when we choose to examine the uncomfortable past. \nAt 75\, narcissistic Jane chooses suicide though healthy and fit\, leaving her only child\, Susannah\, with the unwelcome gift of 45 years of her mother’s hidden diaries. Daring to “read” Jane is like unlatching Pandora’s Box and Susannah finds herself on a riveting detective journey. In deciphering how Jane’s traumatic childhood later shaped the way she mothered\, Susannah explores profound questions about how our parents’ damaging legacies can be transformed for the generations that follow. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Susannah or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n\n\nConnect with this Author on NovelNetwork®\n\n\n  \nEvent Registration\nRegistration via Hook & Ladder is coming soon. Books and wine will be available for sale and signing at the event. Only books purchased at the event are eligible for signing. \n\n\n \nAbout Hook & Ladder Winery\nHook & Ladder is an “estate” producer\, specializing in small bottlings of Pinot Noir\, “Old Vine” Zinfandel\, Chardonnay\, Cabernet Sauvignon and Bordeaux-style blends sourced from the family’s sustainably-farmed vineyards in Russian River Valley and its sub-appellation\, Chalk Hill. The winery also produces and sells estate-grown Olive Oil from trees grown at their Los Amigos Ranch. \n \n \nAbout Melier\nLuxury tastes shouldn’t be confined to luxury resorts. Book a Melier experience and enjoy private wine & culinary experiences from your home\, office\, or vacation rental. And when you book with Melier\, you’re directly supporting the tastemakers who are bringing their creations to life. URL:https://adventuresbythebook.com/calendar-event/julia-park-tracey-and-susannah-kennedy/ LOCATION:Hook and Ladder: 2134 Olivet Road\, Santa Rosa\, CA\, 95401 CATEGORIES:Wine Pairing ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://adventuresbythebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/tracey-kennedy-6.23.24-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240519T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240519T130000 DTSTAMP:20260506T113716 CREATED:20231214T005423Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240425T024230Z UID:10000475-1716116400-1716123600@adventuresbythebook.com SUMMARY:Reading Between the Vines: a Wine & Book Pairing Adventure featuring New York Times bestselling SoCal author Christopher Reich DESCRIPTION:About the In-Person\, Adventure\n\n“Language is wine upon the lips” – Virginia Woolf\nVirginia Woolf made the connection between language and wine\, so we wanted to take a page from her and create an entire Adventures by the Book series devoted to the pairing of wine and books. Voila! Join us for our next event in the Reading Between the Vines series\, which will take place once again at the estate producer Hook & Ladder Winery\, 2134 Olivet Rd\, Santa Rosa\, in Sonoma County\, California\, as part of their exciting new Book & Ladder Club! \nWith the assistance of Melier\, we invite you to indulge in a bubbles tasting and book pairing experience\, presented under California’s brilliant trademark sunshine. While you sample a delectable glass of Hook & Ladder Winery bubbles and light pastries\, meet SoCal-based\, New York Times bestselling author Christopher Reich and learn about his latest spy thriller\, Matterhorn. \nYour Adventure includes a glass of Hook & Ladder bubbles specifically selected to pair with Christopher’s novel\, a signed hardcover copy of Matterhorn\, fresh pastries\, author presentation\, Q&A\, book signing\, and the opportunity to meet the author in a relaxed and intimate setting at the beautiful Hook & Ladder Winery property. \n\n \nAbout the Author\n \nChristopher Reich is the New York Times bestselling author of The Take\, Numbered Account\, Rules of Deception\, Rules of Vengeance\, Rules of Betrayal\, and many other thrillers. He graduated from Georgetown University and went on to study business at the University of Texas. Chris then lived and worked in Switzerland as an investment banker before moving to Austin to author his first novel\, Numbered Account\, which went on to sell over 1 million copies. He has since authored 12 more novels\, many of which have appeared on the NYT Bestseller list. \nHis novel The Patriots Club won the International Thriller Writers award for Best Novel in 2006. He lives in Southern California\, in the beautiful town of Newport Beach. \nHis latest novel\, Matterhorn\, is an alpine thriller where a sudden family death and an old nemesis bring retired agent Mac Dekker in from the cold. \n \nEvent Registration\nFree registration via Hook & Ladder is available now. Books and wine will be available for sale and signing at the event. Only books purchased at the event are eligible for signing. \n\n\n \nAbout Hook & Ladder Winery\nHook & Ladder is an “estate” producer\, specializing in small bottlings of Pinot Noir\, “Old Vine” Zinfandel\, Chardonnay\, Cabernet Sauvignon and Bordeaux-style blends sourced from the family’s sustainably-farmed vineyards in Russian River Valley and its sub-appellation\, Chalk Hill. The winery also produces and sells estate-grown Olive Oil from trees grown at their Los Amigos Ranch. \n \n \nAbout Melier\nLuxury tastes shouldn’t be confined to luxury resorts. Book a Melier experience and enjoy private wine & culinary experiences from your home\, office\, or vacation rental. And when you book with Melier\, you’re directly supporting the tastemakers who are bringing their creations to life. URL:https://adventuresbythebook.com/calendar-event/christopher-reich/ LOCATION:Hook and Ladder: 2134 Olivet Road\, Santa Rosa\, CA\, 95401 CATEGORIES:Wine Pairing ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://adventuresbythebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/christopher-reich-5.19.24-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240508T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240508T183000 DTSTAMP:20260506T113716 CREATED:20240401T214812Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240425T020205Z UID:10000500-1715189400-1715193000@adventuresbythebook.com SUMMARY:Maria’s Scarf: a virtual Strategies for Success Adventure with world renowned Zoro the Drummer\, in conversation with SFS Founders Greg McBeth and Falon Fatemi DESCRIPTION:About the Event\nFor over 13 years\, Adventures by the Book has been offering our signature one-of-a-kind\, multi-sensorial events and travels with authors. That’s because when it comes to connecting people and communities with books\, we mean business! \nAnd now\, we are taking that mission quite literally and are thrilled to welcome you to join the next in our new Adventures by the Book Means Business series\, offering you the opportunity to meet some of the greatest minds in the business world. \n \nAnd speaking of the greatest minds in business\, we invite you to meet SFS founders and hosts Falon Fatemi and Greg McBeth\, who will be chatting live with internationally renowned musician\, Zoro the Drummer\, on the Strategies for Success (SFS) Network\, presented by MasterClass on the virtual Fireside platform. \nThe brilliant trio will discuss Zoro’s new memoir\, Maria’s Scarf\, the heartbreaking but inspirational story of how he grew up as a fatherless\, biracial child of a Mexican immigrant who wasn’t expected to amount to anything\, but who dreamed big and never lost sight of his ambitions until he achieved the success his mother always knew he had in him. \nRegistration\nRegister for free\, or if you want the VIP treatment which allows you the exclusive opportunity to chat or ask questions live with Zoro\, Greg\, and Falon during the program (as well as with future high profile speakers and authors)\, including coaching and giveaways and much more\, check out their exciting SFS Network membership plan. \nWhile this Adventure is free\, you can purchase a signed hardcover copy of Maria’s Scarf below\, to be shipped to you within the U.S. \n\n \nAbout the Author and Book\n  \n \nZoro the Drummer is an internationally-renowned rock star\, one of the world’s most respected and award-winning drummers. Throughout more than thirty years of his career\, Zoro has been consistently voted the #1 R&B drummer and clinician by the premier music industry publications Modern Drummer\, Drum!\, and Rhythm Magazine. \nZoro has toured and recorded with some of the most famous legends in the music industry including Lenny Kravitz\, Bobby Brown\, Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons\, New Edition\, Jody Watley\, Philip Bailey of Earth\, Wind & Fire\, Angie Stone\, Vanessa Paradis\, Sean Lennon\, Lisa Marie Presley\, and Brian King Joseph. \n“The world said I would never amount to anything. My mother said all things are possible to those who believe. I believed my mother.” – Zoro \n\n\n  \n\n\nAbout the Moderators and SFS Network\n\n\nWith the SFS Network\, serial entrepreneurs and husband and wife team Greg McBeth and Falon Fatemi are bringing together leaders with expertise across life\, love\, and business\, in order to discuss and learn what it takes to find success in all three areas. \nConversations are interactive and explore personal successes and failures\, including from Greg and Falon’s own lives\, and deep dive into the skills and habits required to achieve consistent success. Join this first-of-its-kind community to connect and win together. \nGreg and Falon are both serial entrepreneurs and CEO’s (of Melier and Fireside\, respectively)\, who have held leadership roles at companies ranging from early startups to Fortune 100’s. Collectively\, they have raised more than $100 million in venture funding across AI\, B2B\, Consumer Software\, Media\, and Food and Hospitality\, and helped grow billion dollar private and public companies. \nThey’ve also hired and led teams of world-class operators\, generated hundreds of million in revenue for businesses\, sold companies\, and even had a hand at making a few marriages. \nGreg and Falon have been married for nearly ten years. Today\, their marriage is stronger than ever and they just had their first child. They currently split their time between Napa Valley and Miami. \n\n\nAbout Fireside\nFireside is the exclusive\, invite-only new podcast platform for the next generation – a socially responsible space for us to come together in real-time to collaborate and create meaningful conversations. Together\, we will engage in discussion\, debate\, and discourse in a public forum and make it a thing of celebration and beauty. We are ready to share our microphone with you and hope you’ll join us as we collaborate in the world’s most dynamic auditorium. URL:https://adventuresbythebook.com/calendar-event/marias-scarf/ CATEGORIES:Wine Pairing ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://adventuresbythebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Zoro-5.8.24.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240421T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240421T130000 DTSTAMP:20260506T113716 CREATED:20231207T022506Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240208T000821Z UID:10000468-1713697200-1713704400@adventuresbythebook.com SUMMARY:Reading Between the Vines: a Wine & Book Pairing Adventure featuring New York Times and international bestselling author Shilpi Somaya Gowda DESCRIPTION:About the In-Person\, Adventure\n\n“Language is wine upon the lips” – Virginia Woolf\nVirginia Woolf made the connection between language and wine\, so we wanted to take a page from her and create an entire Adventures by the Book series devoted to the pairing of wine and books. Voila! Join us for our next event in the Reading Between the Vines series\, which will take place once again at the estate producer Hook & Ladder Winery\, 2134 Olivet Rd\, Santa Rosa\, in Sonoma County\, California\, as part of their exciting new Book & Ladder Club! \nWith the assistance of Melier\, we invite you to indulge in a sumptuous bubble tasting and book pairing experience\, presented under California’s brilliant trademark sunshine. Enjoy a light brunch of pastries and Hook & Ladder bubbles\, meet New York Times and international bestselling author Shilpi Somaya Gowda and learn about her latest novel\, A Great Country. \nYour Adventure includes a glass of Hook & Ladder bubbles specifically selected to pair with Shilpi’s book\, pastries\, a signed hardcover copy of A Great Country\, author presentation\, Q&A\, book signing\, and the opportunity to meet the author in a relaxed and intimate setting at the beautiful Hook & Ladder Winery property. \n\nAbout the Author\n \nShilpi Somaya Gowda is the New York Times bestselling author of four novels\, which have been #1 international bestsellers in several countries and sold more than two million copies worldwide. \nSecret Daughter (2010) was a Target Book Club Pick\, an Amnesty International Book Club Pick\, and is currently in production with Amazon Studios to be a feature film\, starring Priyanka Chopra and Sienna Miller. The Golden Son (2015) was also a Target Book Club Pick\, a Costco Buyer’s Pick\, and was awarded the French literary prize\, Prix des Lyceens Folio. The Shape of Family (2020) was an international and American bestseller. \nHer new novel\, A Great Country\, explores themes of immigration\, generational conflict\, social class\, and privilege as it reconsiders the myth of the model minority and questions the price of the American dream. \nEvent Registration\nFree registration via Hook & Ladder is available now. Books and wine will be available for sale and signing at the event. Only books purchased at the event are eligible for signing. \n\nAbout Hook & Ladder Winery\nHook & Ladder is an “estate” producer\, specializing in small bottlings of Pinot Noir\, “Old Vine” Zinfandel\, Chardonnay\, Cabernet Sauvignon and Bordeaux-style blends sourced from the family’s sustainably-farmed vineyards in Russian River Valley and its sub-appellation\, Chalk Hill. The winery also produces and sells estate-grown Olive Oil from trees grown at their Los Amigos Ranch. \n\n\nAbout Melier\nLuxury tastes shouldn’t be confined to luxury resorts. Book a Melier experience and enjoy private wine & culinary experiences from your home\, office\, or vacation rental. And when you book with Melier\, you’re directly supporting the tastemakers who are bringing their creations to life. URL:https://adventuresbythebook.com/calendar-event/shilpi-somaya-gowda-4-21-24/ LOCATION:Hook and Ladder: 2134 Olivet Road\, Santa Rosa\, CA\, 95401 CATEGORIES:Wine Pairing ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://adventuresbythebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/shilpi-gowda-winery-4.21.24.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240324T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240324T130000 DTSTAMP:20260506T113716 CREATED:20231213T014159Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240208T000539Z UID:10000472-1711278000-1711285200@adventuresbythebook.com SUMMARY:Reading Between the Vines: a Wine & Book Pairing Adventure featuring cookbook author and memoirist Brigit Binns DESCRIPTION:About the In-Person Event\n“Language is wine upon the lips” – Virginia Woolf\nVirginia Woolf made the connection between language and wine\, so we wanted to take a page from her and create an entire Adventures by the Book series devoted to the pairing of wine and books. Voila! Introducing our new Reading Between the Vines series to take place at the estate producer Hook & Ladder Winery\, 2134 Olivet Rd\, Santa Rosa\, in Sonoma County\, California! \nWith the assistance of Melier\, indulge in an afternoon filled with a sumptuous wine tasting and book pairing experience\, presented under California’s brilliant trademark sunshine. While you sample some of the delectable wines that Hook & Ladder Winery is known for\, meet prolific cookbook author Brigit Binns and learn about her new memoir\, Rottenkid: A Succulent Story of Survival. \nYour Adventure includes a glass of Hook & Ladder wine specifically selected to pair with Brigit’s book\, a signed paperback copy of Rottenkid\, author presentation\, Q&A\, book signing\, and the opportunity to meet the author in a relaxed and intimate setting at the beautiful Hook & Ladder Winery property. \n\nAbout the Author\n \nBrigit Binns is the author or co-author of 25 cookbooks\, many of them for Williams-Sonoma\, as well as ghost-writer on many others. During the ten years she spent living in Europe\, Brigit graduated from England’s Tante Marie cooking school\, lived and catered in Spain for three years\, and edited the Costa del Sol’s English-language magazine. \nBrigit’s cookbook Eating Up the West Coast: The best road trips\, recipes\, and restaurants from California to Washington was her twenty-ninth book. She’s been lucky enough to help some of the USA’s most respected chefs\, like New York’s Michael Psilakis and Los Angeles’ Joachim Splichal\, turn their cookbook dreams into reality. Brigit now lives happily full time in California’s Central Coast wine country. Her black-and-white dog Stella and fabulous husband\, Casey (aka the Wine Spectator-award-winning Paso Wine Man)\, together make her life most eminently worth living. She can’t imagine a better place to eat\, drink\, and be married. \nRottenkid: A Succulent Story of Survival is a coming-of-age memoir―co-starring Brigit’s alcoholic actor father Edward Binns and glamorous but viciously smart narcissistic mother―which reveals how simultaneous privilege and profound neglect led Brigit to seek comfort in the kitchen\, eventually allowing her to find some sense of self-worth. A memoir sautéed in Hollywood stories\, world travel\, and always\, the need to belong. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Brigit or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n\n\nConnect with this Author on NovelNetwork®\n\n\n\nEvent Registration\nFree registration via Hook & Ladder is available now. Books and wine will be available for sale and signing at the event. Only books purchased at the event are eligible for signing. \n\nAbout Hook & Ladder Winery\nHook & Ladder is an “estate” producer\, specializing in small bottlings of Pinot Noir\, “Old Vine” Zinfandel\, Chardonnay\, Cabernet Sauvignon and Bordeaux-style blends sourced from the family’s sustainably-farmed vineyards in Russian River Valley and its sub-appellation\, Chalk Hill. The winery also produces and sells estate-grown Olive Oil from trees grown at their Los Amigos Ranch. \n\n\nAbout Melier\nLuxury tastes shouldn’t be confined to luxury resorts. Book a Melier experience and enjoy private wine & culinary experiences from your home\, office\, or vacation rental. And when you book with Melier\, you’re directly supporting the tastemakers who are bringing their creations to life. URL:https://adventuresbythebook.com/calendar-event/brigit-binns/ LOCATION:Hook and Ladder: 2134 Olivet Road\, Santa Rosa\, CA\, 95401 CATEGORIES:Wine Pairing ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://adventuresbythebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/brigit-binns-3.24.24.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240225T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240225T130000 DTSTAMP:20260506T113716 CREATED:20240115T190417Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240208T000342Z UID:10000483-1708858800-1708866000@adventuresbythebook.com SUMMARY:Reading Between the Vines: a Wine & Book Pairing Adventure featuring Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestselling author Jan Moran DESCRIPTION:About the In-Person Event\n“Language is wine upon the lips” – Virginia Woolf\nVirginia Woolf made the connection between language and wine\, so we wanted to take a page from her and create an entire Adventures by the Book series devoted to the pairing of wine and books. Voila! Introducing our new Reading Between the Vines series to take place at the estate producer Hook & Ladder Winery\, 2134 Olivet Rd\, Santa Rosa\, in Sonoma County\, California! \nWith the assistance of Melier\, indulge in a leisurely morning filled with a sumptuous wine tasting and book pairing experience\, presented under California’s brilliant trademark sunshine. While you sample some of the delectable wines that Hook & Ladder Winery is known for\, meet Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestselling author Jan Moran and learn about her most recent novel\, The Winemakers. \nYour Adventure includes a glass of Hook & Ladder sparkling wine specifically selected to pair with Jan’s book\, pastries\, a signed hardcover copy of The Winemakers\, author presentation\, Q&A\, book signing\, and the opportunity to meet the author in a relaxed and intimate setting at the beautiful Hook & Ladder Winery property. \n\n\nAbout the Author\nJan Moran is a 9-time USA Today and 3-time Wall Street Journal bestselling author of heartwarming fiction\, including the feel-good\, contemporary beach read series of Summer Beach\, Coral Cottage\, Crown Island\, and Love California. Her riveting\, immersive historical family sagas include Hepburn’s Necklace\, The Chocolatier\, and The Perfumer. \nThe Winemakers is a sweeping\, romantic novel about both the beauty and secrets of a family inheritance that will hold you in its grasp until the last delicious sip. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Jan or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n\n\nConnect with this Author on NovelNetwork®\n\n\n  \nEvent Registration\nFree registration via Hook & Ladder is available now. Books and wine will be available for sale and signing at the event. Only books purchased at the event are eligible for signing. \n\n\n\nAbout Hook & Ladder Winery\nHook & Ladder is an “estate” producer\, specializing in small bottlings of Pinot Noir\, “Old Vine” Zinfandel\, Chardonnay\, Cabernet Sauvignon and Bordeaux-style blends sourced from the family’s sustainably-farmed vineyards in Russian River Valley and its sub-appellation\, Chalk Hill. The winery also produces and sells estate-grown Olive Oil from trees grown at their Los Amigos Ranch. \n\nAbout Melier\nLuxury tastes shouldn’t be confined to luxury resorts. Book a Melier experience and enjoy private wine & culinary experiences from your home\, office\, or vacation rental. And when you book with Melier\, you’re directly supporting the tastemakers who are bringing their creations to life. URL:https://adventuresbythebook.com/calendar-event/jan-moran-2-25-24/ LOCATION:Hook and Ladder: 2134 Olivet Road\, Santa Rosa\, CA\, 95401 CATEGORIES:Wine Pairing ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://adventuresbythebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/jan-moran-winery-2.25.24-1-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240121T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240121T133000 DTSTAMP:20260506T113716 CREATED:20231203T160453Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231203T160808Z UID:10000463-1705834800-1705843800@adventuresbythebook.com SUMMARY:Reading Between the Vines: a Wine & Book Pairing Adventure featuring New York Times and international bestselling author Heather Morris DESCRIPTION:About the In-Person Adventure\n“Language is wine upon the lips” – Virginia Woolf\nVirginia Woolf made the connection between language and wine\, so we wanted to take a page from her and create an entire Adventures by the Book series devoted to the pairing of wine and books. Voila! Join us for our next event in the Reading Between the Vines series\, which will take place once again at the estate producer Hook & Ladder Winery\, 2134 Olivet Rd\, Santa Rosa\, in Sonoma County\, California\, as part of their exciting new Book & Ladder Club! \nWith the assistance of Melier\, we invite you to indulge in a bubbles tasting and book pairing experience\, presented under California’s brilliant trademark sunshine. While you sample a delectable glass of Hook & Ladder Winery bubbles and light pastries\, meet New York Times and international bestselling author Heather Morris and learn about her latest novel\, Sisters Under the Rising Sun. \nYour Adventure includes a glass of Hook & Ladder bubbles specifically selected to pair with Heather’s book\, a signed hardcover copy of Sisters Under the Rising Sun\, fresh pastries\, author presentation\, Q&A\, book signing\, and the opportunity to meet the author in a relaxed and intimate setting at the beautiful Hook & Ladder Winery property. \n\nAbout the Author\n \nHeather Morris is the Australian-based\, multimillion-copy bestselling author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz\, Cilka’s Journey\, and Three Sisters. Her work has been praised by the New York Times\, Publisher’s Weekly\, and many others. \nHer latest novel\, Sisters Under the Rising Sun\, tells the story of two incredible women\, Norah Chambers and Nesta James\, who are held captive in a notorious POW camp by the Japanese during World War II. Woman’s Own calls the novel “an earth-shattering read.” \n\nEvent Registration\nRegistration via Hook & Ladder is coming soon. The first thirty people to register will receive a FREE copy of Sisters Under the Rising Sun. You may also pre-order an additional copy below of Sisters Under the Rising Sun to be delivered at the event for signing. Only books purchased below or at the event are eligible for signing. \n\nAbout Hook & Ladder Winery\nHook & Ladder is an “estate” producer\, specializing in small bottlings of Pinot Noir\, “Old Vine” Zinfandel\, Chardonnay\, Cabernet Sauvignon and Bordeaux-style blends sourced from the family’s sustainably-farmed vineyards in Russian River Valley and its sub-appellation\, Chalk Hill. The winery also produces and sells estate-grown Olive Oil from trees grown at their Los Amigos Ranch. \n\n\nAbout Melier\nLuxury tastes shouldn’t be confined to luxury resorts. Book a Melier experience and enjoy private wine & culinary experiences from your home\, office\, or vacation rental. And when you book with Melier\, you’re directly supporting the tastemakers who are bringing their creations to life. URL:https://adventuresbythebook.com/calendar-event/heather-morris-1-21-24/ LOCATION:Hook and Ladder: 2134 Olivet Road\, Santa Rosa\, CA\, 95401 CATEGORIES:Event,Wine Pairing ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://adventuresbythebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/heather-morris-1.21.24.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231021T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231021T160000 DTSTAMP:20260506T113716 CREATED:20230621T233249Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231102T135744Z UID:10000438-1697896800-1697904000@adventuresbythebook.com SUMMARY:Reading Between the Vines: a Wine & Book Pairing Adventure featuring NYT bestselling author Jean Kwok DESCRIPTION:About the In-Person Event\n“Language is wine upon the lips” – Virginia Woolf\nVirginia Woolf made the connection between language and wine\, so we wanted to take a page from her and create an entire Adventures by the Book series devoted to the pairing of wine and books. Voila! Introducing our new Reading Between the Vines series to take place at the estate producer Hook & Ladder Winery\, 2134 Olivet Rd\, Santa Rosa\, in Sonoma County\, California! \nWith the assistance of Melier\, indulge in an afternoon filled with a sumptuous wine tasting and book pairing experience\, presented under California’s brilliant trademark sunshine. While you sample some of the delectable wines that Hook & Ladder Winery is known for\, meet New York Times and international bestselling author Jean Kwok and learn about her new novel\, The Leftover Woman. \nYour Adventure includes a glass of Hook & Ladder wine specifically selected to pair with Jean’s book\, a signed hardcover copy of The Leftover Woman\, author presentation\, Q&A\, book signing\, and the opportunity to meet the author in a relaxed and intimate setting at the beautiful Hook & Ladder Winery property. \n  \n\nAbout the Author\n \nJean Kwok is the award-winning\, New York Times and international bestselling author of The Leftover Woman\,Searching for Sylvie Lee\, Girl in Translation and Mambo in Chinatown. Her work has been published in twenty countries and taught in universities\, colleges and high schools across the world. \nJean immigrated from Hong Kong to Brooklyn when she was five and worked in a Chinatown clothing factory for much of her childhood while living in an unheated\, roach-infested apartment. In between her undergraduate degree at Harvard and MFA in fiction at Columbia\, she worked for three years as a professional ballroom dancer. Jean is trilingual\, fluent in Dutch\, Chinese and English\, and studied Latin for seven years. She divides her time between the Netherlands and New York City. \nThe Leftover Woman is an evocative family drama and a riveting mystery about the ferocious pull of motherhood for two very different women. Jasmine Yang arrives in New York City from her rural Chinese village without money or family support\, fleeing a controlling husband\, on a desperate search for the daughter who was taken from her at birth. But with her husband on her trail\, the clock is ticking\, and she’s forced to make increasingly desperate decisions if she ever hopes to be reunited with her daughter. \nMeanwhile\, publishing executive Rebecca Whitney seems to have it all: a prestigious family name and the wealth that comes with it\, a high-powered career\, a beautiful home\, a handsome husband\, and an adopted Chinese daughter she adores. But when an industry scandal threatens to jeopardize not only Rebecca’s job but her marriage\, this perfect world begins to crumble and her role in her own family is called into question. \n  \nEvent Registration\nRegistration via Hook & Ladder available here. The first thirty people to register will receive a FREE copy of The Leftover Woman. You may also pre-order an additional copy below of The Leftover Woman to be delivered at the event for signing. Only books purchased below or at the event are eligible for signing. \n\nAbout Hook & Ladder Winery\nHook & Ladder is an “estate” producer\, specializing in small bottlings of Pinot Noir\, “Old Vine” Zinfandel\, Chardonnay\, Cabernet Sauvignon and Bordeaux-style blends sourced from the family’s sustainably-farmed vineyards in Russian River Valley and its sub-appellation\, Chalk Hill. The winery also produces and sells estate-grown Olive Oil from trees grown at their Los Amigos Ranch. \n\n\nAbout Melier\nLuxury tastes shouldn’t be confined to luxury resorts. Book a Melier experience and enjoy private wine & culinary experiences from your home\, office\, or vacation rental. And when you book with Melier\, you’re directly supporting the tastemakers who are bringing their creations to life. \n \n\nSave URL:https://adventuresbythebook.com/calendar-event/reading-between-the-vines-jean-kwok-10-21-23-2-2/ CATEGORIES:Event,Wine Pairing ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://adventuresbythebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Jean-Kwok-winery-10.21.23-2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230813T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230813T160000 DTSTAMP:20260506T113716 CREATED:20230516T014909Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231113T185846Z UID:10000386-1691935200-1691942400@adventuresbythebook.com SUMMARY:A Bakery in Paris: an Afternoon Dessert Adventure featuring international bestselling author Aimie K. Runyan DESCRIPTION:“Each dessert has its own story” – Alessandro D’Avenia\n  \nAbout the In-Person Event\nThis event is SOLD OUT. To join the waitlist\, please email admin@adventuresbythebook.com.\nA small\, simple bakery is the backdrop to the captivating\, new historical fiction novel by international bestselling author Aimie R. Runyan\, so we wanted it to also be the backdrop of our Bakery in Paris Afternoon Dessert Adventure. \nJoin us at Isabelle Brien’s French Pastry Cafe for an afternoon of tres magnifique desserts and lively book discussion. While you indulge in a delicious homemade French pastry and a steaming cup of coffee or tea\, chat with Aimie about her new book\, A Bakery in Paris. which tells the story of two women of the same family\, one from 1870 and the other from 1946\, facing loss\, accepting love and making impossible choices with courage and a belief that baking can bring about a revolution of their own making \nYour Adventure includes an authentic French dessert served with coffee or tea\, tax\, gratuity\, a paperback copy of A Bakery in Paris to be signed at the event and an opportunity to meet the author up close and personal in an intimate setting. \n  \n\nAbout the Author and Book\n \nAimie K. Runyan is a multi-published and international bestselling author of historical fiction. She has been nominated for a Rocky Mountain Fiction Writer of the Year award and four Colorado Book Awards. She lives in Colorado with her wonderful husband and two (usually) adorable children. \nA Bakery in Paris is a captivating historical novel set in nineteenth-century and post–World War II Paris follows two fierce women of the same family\, generations apart\, who find that their futures lie in the four walls of a simple bakery in a tiny corner of Montmartre. Both women must grapple with loss\, learn to accept love\, and face impossible choices armed with little more than their courage and a belief that a bit of flour\, yeast\, sugar\, and love can bring about a revolution of their own. \n\nTo schedule a book club visit with Aimie or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n Connect with this Author on NovelNetwork®\n \n  \n\nAbout Isabelle Brien’s French Pastry Café\nIsabelle Brien’s French Pastry Café offers consistent quality\, a warm atmosphere\, and plenty of tasty treats for all occasions. \n \nSave URL:https://adventuresbythebook.com/calendar-event/aimie-runyan-8-13-23/ CATEGORIES:Dessert Adventure,Event,Wine Pairing ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://adventuresbythebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/aimie-runyan-8.13.23-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230806T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230806T160000 DTSTAMP:20260506T113716 CREATED:20230525T093340Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231113T185847Z UID:10000388-1691330400-1691337600@adventuresbythebook.com SUMMARY:Double Trouble: a BFF Happy Hour Adventure featuring fan-favorites Alli Frank & Asha Youmans and Liz Fenton & Lisa Steinke DESCRIPTION:About the In-Person Adventure\n\nHere comes trouble… and make it double! \nDouble trouble in this case is a good thing\, because it is an opportunity for you to meet not one\, but two\, fan-favorite author duos: Alli Frank & Asha Youmans and Liz Fenton & Lisa Steinke. Come enjoy a delicious glass of wine\, along with some scrumptious bite-sized snacks as we celebrate the newest book releases of these two sets of author best friends! \nYour Adventure includes a happy hour experience\, a glass of wine paired with some delicious snacks\, tax\, gratuity\, and an opportunity to meet both sets of authors up close and personal in an intimate setting. Better yet\, double your fun with our VIP ticket which includes discounted event plus copies of bothThe Better Half and Forever Hold Your Peace to be delivered to the event for signing. \n  \nAbout the Authors and Books\n \nAlli Frank and Asha Youmans found literary soulmates in each other after working together as teacher and school administrator in Seattle\, WA. They discovered a shared mission as educators and as authors— to use humor\, joy and compassion to write stories that encourage candid conversations about issues such as race\, religion\, culture\, class\, privilege\, parenting and education. Their debut\, Tiny Imperfections\, tackled desperate parents and their ill-fated misbehaviors with razor-sharp wit\, followed by Never Meant to Meet You\, which deftly mined the often comedic and underexplored common ground between Black and Jewish experiences in America. \nTheir newest collaboration\, The Better Half\, captivated Mindy Kaling\, and Mindy’s Book Studio\, to publish the book in collaboration with Amazon Publishing. It is a sidesplitting spin on reaching the pinnacle of life\, only to stare down a slippery slope on the other side. \nAfter a difficult five years\, at age forty-three\, Nina Morgan Clarke’s time has finally arrived. With an ex-husband relocated across the country\, her father bouncing back after the loss of his beloved wife\, and her daughter\, Xandra\, thriving at boarding school\, Nina is stepping into her dream job as a trifecta: a first-generation\, Black female head of the storied Royal-Hawkins School. To mark the moment\, Nina and her best friend\, Marisol\, take a long-overdue girls’ trip to celebrate the second half of Nina’s life―which is shaping up to be the best part of her life. \nAs Nina’s school year gets underway\, all seems to be progressing as planned. Before long\, wunder-hire Jared Jones\, two hundred pounds of Harvard-educated ego\, relentlessly pushes Nina to her ethical limits. Soon after\, dutiful Xandra accuses one of her teachers of misconduct. And most alarming\, the repercussions of her trip with Marisol force Nina into a life-altering choice. Time is of the essence\, and Nina must decide if she will embrace a future she never could have predicted.. \nAlli Frank and Asha Youmans bring their very different cultural backgrounds and perspectives together to write in one seamless\, cohesive voice\, united in their belief that humor and fiction can inspire empathy and learning\, and that exposure to diverse experiences can only enrich one’s life. \n  \n \nLiz Fenton and Lisa Steinke have been best friends for over thirty years and survived high school and college together. They’ve co-authored seven novels\, including the Amazon Charts bestseller\, The Good Widow. In addition to writing books\, they created a podcast\, We Fight So You Don’t Have to: Lessons from a thirty-year friendship. They also appear monthly on a San Diego news station to share their favorite book club picks. \nTheir forthcoming book\, Forever Hold Your Peace\, is like Father of the Bride meets Bride Wars\, and features two ex-best friends find themselves shockingly entangled after more than two decades apart. \nWhen their newly engaged kids ask all four divorced parents to meet each other over brunch\, everyone RSVPs yes–secretly hoping someone at the table will get to the bottom of the bottomless mimosas fast enough to say what they’re all thinking: that this engagement\, coming after a whirlwind romance between two people barely out of college\, is too much too soon. \nBut at that brunch it’s not the impulsive couple’s decisions that end up under the microscope\, as it turns out June\, mother of the bride\, and Amy\, mother of the groom\, certainly do know each other–they’re ex-best-friends who haven’t spoken since their explosive falling out more than twenty-five years ago. Reeling from their unwanted reunion and eager to shift the spotlight off their past as decades-old secrets and rivalries come to light\, the two moms battle it out for the prize of Most Enthusiastic About This Wedding. \nBut when their history—and their present-day shenanigans—threaten to crack the foundations of the happy couple’s future\, June and Amy find themselves becoming unexpected allies in an all-hands-on-deck effort to get their kids (and themselves) a happily-ever-after two generations in the making. \n  \nAbout Napatini Bistro and Wine Bar\nLynn and Gary McLean are the owner-operators of Carlsbad’s Napatini Bistro & Wine Bar. They moved to San Diego’s North County in 2019 from the San Francisco Bay Area\, where they lived very close to California Wine Country. Long story made short: This is a bucket list to-do for Lynn & Gary! “We wanted a wine experience. Our friends and we thought of all the great times we had at wine tasting rooms in Wine Country. We thought that if we were ever given the opportunity\, we would try to mimic that wine-tasting room experience- at least as much as practical- by opening a wine bar\, minus elaborate decor. After hitting a number of challenges we opened in December 2022!” URL:https://adventuresbythebook.com/calendar-event/fenton-steinke-frank-youmans-8-6-23-2/ CATEGORIES:Event,Happy Hour Adventures,Wine Pairing ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://adventuresbythebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/liz-and-lisa-8.6.23-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230806T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230806T160000 DTSTAMP:20260506T113716 CREATED:20230525T004550Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231113T185847Z UID:10000387-1691326800-1691337600@adventuresbythebook.com SUMMARY:Double Trouble: a BFF Happy Hour Adventure featuring fan-favorites Alli Frank & Asha Youmans and Liz Fenton & Lisa Steinke! DESCRIPTION:About the In-Person Adventure\n\nHere comes trouble… and make it double! \nDouble trouble in this case is a good thing\, because it is an opportunity for you to meet not one\, but two\, fan-favorite author duos: Alli Frank & Asha Youmans and Liz Fenton & Lisa Steinke. Come enjoy a delicious glass of wine\, along with some scrumptious bite-sized snacks as we celebrate the newest book releases of these two sets of author best friends! \nYour Adventure includes a happy hour experience\, a glass of wine paired with some delicious snacks\, tax\, gratuity\, and an opportunity to meet both sets of authors up close and personal in an intimate setting. Better yet\, double your fun with our VIP ticket which includes discounted copies of both The Better Half and Forever Hold Your Peace to be delivered to the event for signing. \n  \nAbout the Authors and Books\n \nAlli Frank and Asha Youmans found literary soulmates in each other after working together as teacher and school administrator in Seattle\, WA. They discovered a shared mission as educators and as authors— to use humor\, joy and compassion to write stories that encourage candid conversations about issues such as race\, religion\, culture\, class\, privilege\, parenting and education. Their debut\, Tiny Imperfections\, tackled desperate parents and their ill-fated misbehaviors with razor-sharp wit\, followed by Never Meant to Meet You\, which deftly mined the often comedic and underexplored common ground between Black and Jewish experiences in America. \nTheir newest collaboration\, The Better Half\, captivated Mindy Kaling\, and Mindy’s Book Studio\, to publish the book in collaboration with Amazon Publishing. It is a sidesplitting spin on reaching the pinnacle of life\, only to stare down a slippery slope on the other side. \nAfter a difficult five years\, at age forty-three\, Nina Morgan Clarke’s time has finally arrived. With an ex-husband relocated across the country\, her father bouncing back after the loss of his beloved wife\, and her daughter\, Xandra\, thriving at boarding school\, Nina is stepping into her dream job as a trifecta: a first-generation\, Black female head of the storied Royal-Hawkins School. To mark the moment\, Nina and her best friend\, Marisol\, take a long-overdue girls’ trip to celebrate the second half of Nina’s life―which is shaping up to be the best part of her life. \nAs Nina’s school year gets underway\, all seems to be progressing as planned. Before long\, wunder-hire Jared Jones\, two hundred pounds of Harvard-educated ego\, relentlessly pushes Nina to her ethical limits. Soon after\, dutiful Xandra accuses one of her teachers of misconduct. And most alarming\, the repercussions of her trip with Marisol force Nina into a life-altering choice. Time is of the essence\, and Nina must decide if she will embrace a future she never could have predicted.. \nAlli Frank and Asha Youmans bring their very different cultural backgrounds and perspectives together to write in one seamless\, cohesive voice\, united in their belief that humor and fiction can inspire empathy and learning\, and that exposure to diverse experiences can only enrich one’s life. \n  \n \nLiz Fenton and Lisa Steinke have been best friends for over thirty years and survived high school and college together. They’ve co-authored seven novels\, including the Amazon Charts bestseller\, The Good Widow. In addition to writing books\, they created a podcast\, We Fight So You Don’t Have to: Lessons from a thirty-year friendship. They also appear monthly on a San Diego news station to share their favorite book club picks. \nTheir forthcoming book\, Forever Hold Your Peace\, is like Father of the Bride meets Bride Wars\, and features two ex-best friends find themselves shockingly entangled after more than two decades apart. \nWhen their newly engaged kids ask all four divorced parents to meet each other over brunch\, everyone RSVPs yes–secretly hoping someone at the table will get to the bottom of the bottomless mimosas fast enough to say what they’re all thinking: that this engagement\, coming after a whirlwind romance between two people barely out of college\, is too much too soon. \nBut at that brunch it’s not the impulsive couple’s decisions that end up under the microscope\, as it turns out June\, mother of the bride\, and Amy\, mother of the groom\, certainly do know each other–they’re ex-best-friends who haven’t spoken since their explosive falling out more than twenty-five years ago. Reeling from their unwanted reunion and eager to shift the spotlight off their past as decades-old secrets and rivalries come to light\, the two moms battle it out for the prize of Most Enthusiastic About This Wedding. \nBut when their history—and their present-day shenanigans—threaten to crack the foundations of the happy couple’s future\, June and Amy find themselves becoming unexpected allies in an all-hands-on-deck effort to get their kids (and themselves) a happily-ever-after two generations in the making. \n  \nAbout Napatini Bistro and Wine Bar\nLynn and Gary McLean are the owner-operators of Carlsbad’s Napatini Bistro & Wine Bar. They moved to San Diego’s North County in 2019 from the San Francisco Bay Area\, where they lived very close to California Wine Country. Long story made short: This is a bucket list to-do for Lynn & Gary! “We wanted a wine experience. Our friends and we thought of all the great times we had at wine tasting rooms in Wine Country. We thought that if we were ever given the opportunity\, we would try to mimic that wine-tasting room experience- at least as much as practical- by opening a wine bar\, minus elaborate decor. After hitting a number of challenges we opened in December 2022!” URL:https://adventuresbythebook.com/calendar-event/fenton-steinke-frank-youmans-8-6-23/ CATEGORIES:Event,Happy Hour Adventures,Wine Pairing ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://adventuresbythebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/liz-and-lisa-8.6.23-2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230731T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230731T220000 DTSTAMP:20260506T113716 CREATED:20230408T003740Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231113T185846Z UID:10000382-1690819200-1690840800@adventuresbythebook.com SUMMARY:Pageant of the Masters: a Dinner & Festival of Arts Adventure featuring award winning historical fiction author Nicola Harrison DESCRIPTION:About the In-Person Event\nThis event is SOLD OUT.\nThe Pageant of the Masters is the Festival of Arts’ crowning jewel and arguably one of the most unique productions in the entire world…  \nAnd what happens when you add in dinner before the show with award-winning historical fiction author Nicola Harrison at the iconic Hotel Laguna – our Pageant of the Masters Dinner & Festival of Arts Adventure! \nJoin Nicola and your fellow Adventurers for a grand Laguna Beach experience. Enjoy strolling through the Pageant grounds a bit to view the art exhibits\, followed by a decadent dinner at Hotel Laguna with the the author\, as she discusses her book\, Hotel Laguna\, culminating in a group experience at Pageant of the Masters Festival of Arts\, widely known as the best presentation of its kind. \nYour Adventure includes dinner at the iconic Hotel Laguna with the author\, followed by reserved admission with the author to the Pageant of the Masters\, a signed hardcover copy of Nicola’s book Hotel Laguna\, photo-ops\, and an intimate and unforgettable evening with Nicola. Get your Early Bird registration now\, but hurry — Discounted pricing ends in a few weeks! Although transportation is not included\, carpooling is encouraged. \n\nSchedule:\n4:00 pm –  Grounds open; leisure time to enjoy the art exhibits \n5:00 pm – Dinner with Nicola at Hotel Laguna and book signing \n6:30-7:30pm – Stroll the Pageant grounds and enjoy the art exhibits \n7:30 pm – Doors to the Pageant of the Masters open \n8:30 pm – Pageant of the Masters begins \n10:00 pm – Event concludes \n\n\nAbout the Author and Book\n \nNicola Harrison is the author of three historical fiction novels\,  Montauk\, The Show Girl\, and Hotel Laguna.  \nBorn and raised in England\, she moved with her family to Southern California when she was 14. She is a graduate of UCLA and received her MFA from Stony Brook University. Prior to writing novels she worked as a fashion journalist in New York City\, where she lived for 17 years. Now she resides in Manhattan Beach\, California\, with her husband\, two sons and a high-maintenance chihuahua named Lola. \nHer book\, Hotel Laguna\, follows trailblazer Hazel Francis\, from the female-staffed factories of World War II to the sun-splashed beaches of southern California\, on a daring journey to demand more for herself. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Nicola or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n Connect with this Author on NovelNetwork®\n \n\n  \n\nAbout the Pageant of the Masters\nAn outdoor amphitheater\, professional orchestra\, original score\, live narration\, intricate sets\, sophisticated lighting\, expert staff and hundreds of dedicated volunteers have won recognition for the Pageant of the Masters as the best presentation of its kind. \n \n\n  \n\nAbout Hotel Laguna\nFrom the cool atmosphere of the street-level lobby to the panoramic views of our oceanfront bluff\, Hotel Laguna invites guests to wander and explore; to discover the many moods and unique details of this historic property. Immersed in the modern comfort of a Laguna Beach classic\, they meet new discoveries at every turn. \n \nSave URL:https://adventuresbythebook.com/calendar-event/nicola-harrison-7-31-23/ CATEGORIES:Dinner Adventures,Event,Wine Pairing ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://adventuresbythebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/3nicola-harrison-7.31.23-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230610T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230610T170000 DTSTAMP:20260506T113716 CREATED:20230312T011556Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231113T185841Z UID:10000377-1686409200-1686416400@adventuresbythebook.com SUMMARY:Reading Between the Vines: a Summer Happy Hour Adventure featuring Adele Griffin and Annabel Monaghan DESCRIPTION:About the In-Person Event\n“Insightful\,” “Warmhearted\,” “The Ultimate Summer nostalgia read\,” “an unforgettable love story.”  \nWhat better way to launch the summer than with a happy hour featuring two authors whose new releases are utterly delightful\, witty\, and wonderful. \nCome raise a glass to toast the onset of summer with the authors of two big-hearted and unforgettable tales\, Adele Griffin and Annabel Monaghan. As part of our new series\, Reading Between the Vines\, and together with San Pasqual Winery in La Mesa\, California\, we have paired two books perfect for summer reading with wines and charcuterie tastings hand selected by the folks at the San Pasqual Winery Tasting Room and Gallery (not the winery itself)\, 8364 La Mesa Blvd\, La Mesa. \nYour Adventure includes a relaxing and enjoyable afternoon meeting the authors\, an individually wrapped charcuterie box and a 3-flight wine tasting specially paired for each book\, book signings\, photo-ops\, and an intimate and unforgettable afternoon celebrating fearless women at the San Pasqual Winery Tasting Room and Gallery. Pre-order both books below and receive a discount! \n\n\nAbout the Authors and Books\n \nAdele Griffin is a New Yorker who enjoys living in Los Angeles even if it never snows here. She is the author of many books for new and young people. The Favor (June 2023) is her first book for older people. She loves pull-quotes\, bakery cakes\, and writing about herself in third person. \nFrom this National Book Award finalist comes an insightful and warmhearted story of two very different women who make an unexpected connection when one decides to carry a baby for the other.  A contemporary story that celebrates alternative routes to family\, The Favor is an incisive examination of what it means to long for a child and what relationships cost us―and what they’re worth. \n  \n \nAnnabel Monaghan is the author of IndieNext and LibraryReads pick Nora Goes Off Script as well as two young adult novels and Does This Volvo Make My Butt Look Big?\, a selection of laugh-out-loud columns that appeared in the Huffington Post\, the Week\, and the Rye Record. She lives in Rye\, New York\, with her family. \nAnnabel’s new release\, Same Time Next Summer\, is the ultimate summer nostalgia read\, about an engaged woman who comes face to face with her first love who she hasn’t seen in fourteen years\, but who she spent every summer with from age five to seventeen when he broke her heart\, calling into question everything she thought she knew about their love story\, and herself. \n“An unforgettable love story…Bursting with the magic of first love\, it’s everything I want in a summer romance.” \n\n  \n\nAbout San Pasqual Winery\nSan Pasqual Winery is a small\, family owned winery located in La Mesa\, California – about 15 miles east of San Diego. Although the namesake dates to the 1970’s when it was located in the San Pasqual Valley\, the winery was later “reinvented” as San Diego’s first urban winery\, earning it a spot on Sunset Magazine’s list of “Hot 100 West Coast Trends.” \nThe winery is now located in the industrial area of La Mesa\, with offsite tasting rooms nearby in the Village of La Mesa and downtown San Diego at Seaport Village. With annual production ranging from three to four thousand cases\, most of their wine is sold directly from the winery and tasting room locations\, allowing a more personal connection with the people who enjoy their wines. \n \n\nSave URL:https://adventuresbythebook.com/calendar-event/adele-griffin-annabel-monaghan-6-10-23/ CATEGORIES:Event,Happy Hour Adventures,Wine Pairing ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://adventuresbythebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/monaghan-griffin-6.10.23.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230430T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230430T173000 DTSTAMP:20260506T113716 CREATED:20230210T043233Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231113T185840Z UID:10000368-1682861400-1682875800@adventuresbythebook.com SUMMARY:Reading Between the Vines: a Sonoma Wine & Book Pairing Adventure featuring New York Times and bestselling authors Karen White\, Noelle Salazar\, Rebecca Rosenberg\, Renee Rosen\, Robert Kerbeck\, Martha Conway\, Eleanor Brown\, and Kristin Beck DESCRIPTION:About the In-Person Event\n“Language is wine upon the lips” – Virginia Woolf\nVirginia Woolf made the connection between language and wine\, so we decided to take a page from her and create an entire Adventures by the Book series devoted to the pairing of wine and books. Voila! Introducing our new Reading Between the Vines series to take place at the estate producer Hook & Ladder Winery in Sonoma County\, California! \nWith the assistance of Melier\, we have created for you an entire afternoon filled with sumptuous wines\, delicious books\, and charcuterie platters galore\, all presented under California’s brilliant trademark sunshine. Eight New York Times and bestselling authors – Karen White\, Noelle Salazar\, Rebecca Rosenberg\, Renee Rosen\, Robert Kerbeck\, Martha Conway\, Eleanor Brown\, and Kristin Beck – will be on hand to share with you their latest books\, all paired with wines and charcuterie spreads hand selected by the folks at Hook & Ladder. \nAnd if you really want to up your experience\, and we think Virginia Woolf would have indulged\, join us for the pre-event VIP experience\, an intimate behind the scenes with the winemaker and the authors in the barrel room\, which includes a book of your choice with a paired bottle of wine. \n1:30-2:45pm – Your VIP experience will include your choice of one of the eight bottles of wine and paired book to be delivered to you for signing\, along with a special reception in the barrel room with the winemaker and the authors. Limited spaces available to allow for a more intimate experience. Early bird pricing available until the end of March! \n3:00-5:30pm – Your Adventure includes a relaxing and enjoyable afternoon meeting the authors\, tasting delectable wines and charcuterie spreads specially paired for each book\, book signings\, photo ops\, and an intimate and unforgettable afternoon at the gorgeous Hook & Ladder Winery in Santa Rosa (Sonoma County). \n  \nRegistration\nFor regular event admission\, choose the Event Registration option which includes wine tasting\, charcuterie tastings\, and one paperback book of your choice. Enhance your experience by choosing the VIP Add-On\, which includes a winemaker reception in the barrel room and one bottle of wine paired with a book of your choice. But hurry! The VIP Add-On early bird pricing ends March 10th! \n\n\nAbout the Authors and Books\n \nKaren White is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of 34 books\, with almost two million books in print in fifteen different languages\, including the Tradd Street series\, The Last Night in London\, Dreams of Falling\, The Night the Lights Went Out\, Flight Patterns\, The Sound of Glass\, and A Long Time Gone. She is the coauthor of The Lost Summers of Newport\, All the Ways We Said Goodbye\, The Glass Ocean and The Forgotten Room with New York Times bestselling authors Beatriz Williams and Lauren Willig. She grew up in London but now lives with her husband near Atlanta\, Georgia. \nIn Karen’s novel\, The Shop on Royal Street\, Nola Trenholm is hopeful for a fresh start in the Big Easy but must deal with ghosts from her past—as well as new ones—in this first book in a spin-off series of Karen White’s New York Times bestselling Tradd Street novels. \nHook and Ladder Paired Wine: \n2021 Midnight Ranch Pinot Noir\n  \n \nNoelle Salazar was born and raised in the Pacific Northwest\, where she’s been a Navy recruit\, a medical assistant\, an NFL cheerleader\, and always a storyteller. As a novelist\, she has done extensive research into the Women Airforce Service Pilots\, interviewing vets and visiting the training facility—now a museum dedicated to the WASP—in Sweetwater\, Texas. When she’s not writing\, she can be found dodging raindrops and daydreaming of her next book. Noelle lives in Bothell\, Washington with her family. \nHer debut\, The Flight Girls\, was a USA Today and international bestseller. in her new book\, Angels of the Resistance\, it’s 1940 Netherlands\, and courageous women are risking everything for country\, for family\, and for each other. \nHook and Ladder Paired Wine: \n2021 Aquarius Ranch Chardonnay\n  \n \nRebecca Rosenberg is a lavender farmer\, champagne geek\, and award-winning author of four books. She fell in love with méthode champenoise in Sonoma\, California\, where she lives on a lavender farm with her family. Since then\, she has pursued decades of delicious research in the wine caves and cellars of France\, Spain\, Italy\, Portugal\, Argentina and California. She is a champagne historian\, tour guide and champagne cocktail creator for Breathless Wines. \nIn her new book\, Madame Pommery is surprised with a newborn at forty years old in 1860 Champagne\, France. After she is suddenly widowed and must support her family\, she starts a champagne house with no experience and invents brut champagne\, breaking society and patriarchal rules. \nHook and Ladder Paired Wine: \n2020 Organic Mendocino Blanc De Blanc\n  \n \nRenee Rosen is a USA Today bestselling author whose novels include The Social Graces\, Park Avenue Summer\, Windy City Blues\, White Collar Girl\, What the Lady Wants\, and Dollface\, as well as the young adult novel\, Every Creek Pot. She is currently working on a new novel about the Barbie doll creator\, Ruth Handler\, coming in 2025. \nIt is 1938\, and a young woman selling face cream out of a New York City beauty parlor is determined to prove she can have it all. Her name is Estée Lauder\, and she’s about to take the world by storm\, in The Glamour Girl\, Renee’s dazzling new novel. \nHook and Ladder Paired Wine: \n2022 Rosé of Pinot Noir\n  \n\n\n\n\n\n \nRobert Kerbeck’s true crime memoir\,RUSE: Lying the American Dream from Hollywood to Wall Street is the story of how a wannabe actor became the world’s greatest corporate spy. Frank Abagnale\, author of Catch Me If You Can\, said\, “Kerbeck has mastered the art of social engineering\, or what he calls ‘rusing’\, and taken it to a whole new level\,” while the New York Journal of Books wrote “Kerbeck’s astounding spy story is fraught with tension.” \nRobert’s previous book MALIBU BURNING: The Real Story Behind LA’s Most Devastating Wildfire\, won a SoCal Journalism Award\, the IPPY Award\, and the Best of LA Award. His writing has appeared in numerous publications including the Los Angeles Times\, San Francisco Chronicle\, Los Angeles Magazine\, and Lithub’s Crime Reads. Robert is also the creator and host of the Soho House Literary Salon @ Soho House Malibu where his most recent guest was legendary ESPN sports media figure Stephen A. Smith. \nHook and Ladder Paired Wine: \n2020 “Third Alarm” Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon\n\n\n\n.\n \nMartha Conway is the author of several novels including The Underground River\, which was a New York Times Book Editor’s Choice. Her novel Thieving Forest won the North American Book Award for Best Historical Fiction. Martha’s short fiction has appeared in the Iowa Review\, Mississippi Review\, The Quarterly\, Carolina Quarterly\, and other publications. In addition to writing\, Martha is an instructor of creative writing at Stanford University’s Continuing Studies Program. She received her BA from Vassar College in History and English\, and her MA in Creative Writing from San Francisco State University. Born and raised in Ohio\, she now lives in San Francisco with her family\, where the fog reminds her of lake-effect cloud cover in Cleveland. \nIn her new novel\, The Physician’s Daughter\, it is 1865\, the American Civil War has just ended\, and 18-year old Vita Tenney is determined to pursue her lifelong dream of becoming a country doctor like her father. But when her father tells her she must get married instead\, Vita explores every means of escape – and finds one in the person of war veteran Jacob Culhane. Damaged by what he’s seen in battle and with all his family gone\, Jacob is seeking investors for a fledgling business. Then he meets Vita – and together they hatch a plan that should satisfy both their desires. In a world made for men\, can one woman break free from tradition and walk a new path? \nHook and Ladder Paired Wine: \n2020 Marcucci Ranch Zinfandel\n  \n \nEleanor Brown is the New York Times and #1 international bestselling author of three novels: Any Other Family\, The Weird Sisters\, and The Light of Paris. Her writing has been hailed by People magazine as “delightful” and “creative and original” by Library Journal. In addition to her fiction writing\, Eleanor edited the anthology A Paris All Your Own. Her book reviews\, interviews\, and essays have been featured in publications including The Washington Post\, The Guardian\, and Publishers Weekly. Born and raised in the Washington\, D.C. area\, Eleanor lives with her family in Colorado. \nEleanor returns with a striking and intimate new novel\, Any Other Family\, about three very different women facing an impossible question: What makes a family? They look just like any other family. But they aren’t a family like any other – not quite. Instead\, they are three sets of parents who adopted four biological siblings\, committing to keeping the children connected after the death of their grandmother. \nHook and Ladder Paired Wine: \n2021 Spider Web Ranch Chardonnay\n\n. \n \nKristin Beck is the bestselling author of Courage\, My Love. Hailing from the Pacific Northwest\, she often writes to the sound of drumming rain and percolating coffee\, and she wakes up every day excited to do so. Her books center on overlooked women in history who led courageous\, often riveting lives.. \nKristin’s new historical novel\, The Winter Orphans\, is a poignant and ultimately triumphant novel based on the incredible true story of children who braved the danger of wintry mountain passes in France to escape the Nazis in 1942 Southern France\, from the acclaimed author of Courage\, My Love. \nHook and Ladder Paired Wine: \n2019 Cabernet Franc\n\n\nAbout Hook & Ladder Winery\nHook & Ladder is an “estate” producer\, specializing in small bottlings of Pinot Noir\, “Old Vine” Zinfandel\, Chardonnay\, Cabernet Sauvignon and Bordeaux-style blends sourced from the family’s sustainably-farmed vineyards in Russian River Valley and its sub-appellation\, Chalk Hill. The winery also produces and sells estate-grown Olive Oil from trees grown at their Los Amigos Ranch. \n\n\nAbout Melier\nLuxury tastes shouldn’t be confined to luxury resorts. Book a Melier experience and enjoy private wine & culinary experiences from your home\, office\, or vacation rental. And when you book with Melier\, you’re directly supporting the tastemakers who are bringing their creations to life. \n \n\nSave URL:https://adventuresbythebook.com/calendar-event/reading-between-the-vines-4-30-23/ CATEGORIES:Event,Wine Pairing ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://adventuresbythebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/new-read-between-the-vines-4.30.23.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230423T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230423T160000 DTSTAMP:20260506T113716 CREATED:20230220T031811Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231113T185840Z UID:10000370-1682258400-1682265600@adventuresbythebook.com SUMMARY:Reading Between the Vines: a Wine & Book Pairing Adventure featuring USA Today bestselling and book club favorite author Susan Meissner DESCRIPTION:About the In-Person Event\n“Language is wine upon the lips” – Virginia Woolf\nVirginia Woolf made the connection between language and wine\, so we wanted to take a page from her and create an entire Adventures by the Book series devoted to the pairing of wine and books. Voila! Introducing our new Reading Between the Vines series to take place at the estate producer Hook & Ladder Winery\, 2134 Olivet Rd\, Santa Rosa\, in Sonoma County\, California! \nWith the assistance of Melier\, indulge in an afternoon filled with sumptuous wine tastings\, fascinating books\, and mini-bites\, all presented under California’s brilliant trademark sunshine. While you sample some of the delectable wines that Hook & Ladder Winery is known for\, meet USA Today bestselling author Susan Meissner and learn about her novel Only the Beautiful. Books are available for preorder below to be delivered and signed at the event. \n  \n\nAbout the Author\n \nSusan Meissner is a USA Today bestselling author of historical fiction with more than three-quarters of a million books in print in eighteen languages. She is an author\, speaker and writing workshop leader with a background in community journalism. \nHer novels include The Nature of Fragile Things\, which earned a starred review in Publishers Weekly; The Last Year of the War\, named to Real Simple magazine’s list of best books for 2019; As Bright as Heaven\, which earned a starred review in Library Journal; Secrets of Charmed Life\, a Goodreads finalist for Best Historical Fiction 2015; and A Fall of Marigolds\, named to Booklist’s Top Ten Women’s Fiction titles for 2014. \nHer latest book\, Only the Beautiful\, is a heartrending story about a young mother’s fight to keep her daughter\, and the winds of fortune that tear them apart. \nEvent Registration\nWhile this event is free and open to the public\, registration is requested for planning purposes. Also\, you may pre-order a copy below of Only the Beautiful to be delivered at the event for signing. Only books purchased below or at the event are eligible for signing. \n\nAbout Hook & Ladder Winery\nHook & Ladder is an “estate” producer\, specializing in small bottlings of Pinot Noir\, “Old Vine” Zinfandel\, Chardonnay\, Cabernet Sauvignon and Bordeaux-style blends sourced from the family’s sustainably-farmed vineyards in Russian River Valley and its sub-appellation\, Chalk Hill. The winery also produces and sells estate-grown Olive Oil from trees grown at their Los Amigos Ranch. \n\n\n\nAbout Melier\nLuxury tastes shouldn’t be confined to luxury resorts. Book a Melier experience and enjoy private wine & culinary experiences from your home\, office\, or vacation rental. And when you book with Melier\, you’re directly supporting the tastemakers who are bringing their creations to life. \n \n\nSave URL:https://adventuresbythebook.com/calendar-event/susan-meissner-4-23-23/ CATEGORIES:Event,Wine Pairing ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://adventuresbythebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/read-between-the-vines-susan-meissner-4.23.23.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230416T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230416T160000 DTSTAMP:20260506T113716 CREATED:20230220T032245Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231113T185814Z UID:10000352-1681653600-1681660800@adventuresbythebook.com SUMMARY:Reading Between the Vines: a Wine & Book Pairing Adventure featuring USA Today bestselling author Jennifer Coburn DESCRIPTION:About the In-Person Event\n“Language is wine upon the lips” – Virginia Woolf\nVirginia Woolf made the connection between language and wine\, so we wanted to take a page from her and create an entire Adventures by the Book series devoted to the pairing of wine and books. Voila! Introducing our new Reading Between the Vines series to take place at the estate producer Hook & Ladder Winery\, 2134 Olivet Rd\, Santa Rosa\, in Sonoma County\, California! \nWith the assistance of Melier\, indulge in an afternoon filled with sumptuous wine tastings\, fascinating books\, and mini-bites\, all presented under California’s brilliant trademark sunshine. While you sample some of the delectable wines that Hook & Ladder Winery is known for\, meet USA Today bestselling author Jennifer Coburn and learn about her historical novel\, Cradles of the Reich. Books are available for purchase below to be delivered and signed at the event. \n  \n\nAbout the Author\n \nJennifer Coburn is the author of the historical novel\, Cradles of the Reich\, about three very different women living at a Nazi Lebensborn breeding home at the start of World War ll. Jennifer has also published a mother-daughter travel memoir\, We’ll Always Have Paris\, as well as six contemporary women’s novels. Additionally\, Jennifer has contributed to five literary anthologies\, including A Paris All Your Own. \nWhen Jennifer is not going down historical research rabbit holes\, she volunteers with So Say We All\, a live storytelling organization\, where she is a performer\, producer\, and performance coach. She is also an active volunteer with Reality Changers\, a nonprofit that supports low-income high school students in becoming the first in their families to attend college. She specializes in college essay development\, interview prep\, and all-around tiger mothering. \nEvent Registration\nWhile this event is free and open to the public\, registration is requested for planning purposes. Also\, you may pre-order a copy below of Cradles of the Reich to be delivered at the event for signing. Only books purchased below or at the event are eligible for signing. \n\nAbout Hook & Ladder Winery\nHook & Ladder is an “estate” producer\, specializing in small bottlings of Pinot Noir\, “Old Vine” Zinfandel\, Chardonnay\, Cabernet Sauvignon and Bordeaux-style blends sourced from the family’s sustainably-farmed vineyards in Russian River Valley and its sub-appellation\, Chalk Hill. The winery also produces and sells estate-grown Olive Oil from trees grown at their Los Amigos Ranch. \n\n\n\nAbout Melier\nLuxury tastes shouldn’t be confined to luxury resorts. Book a Melier experience and enjoy private wine & culinary experiences from your home\, office\, or vacation rental. And when you book with Melier\, you’re directly supporting the tastemakers who are bringing their creations to life. \n \n\nSave URL:https://adventuresbythebook.com/calendar-event/jennifer-coburn-4-16-23/ CATEGORIES:Event,Wine Pairing ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://adventuresbythebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/read-between-the-vines-jennifer-coburn-4.16.23.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230319T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230319T173000 DTSTAMP:20260506T113716 CREATED:20230211T003948Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231113T185840Z UID:10000369-1679241600-1679247000@adventuresbythebook.com SUMMARY:Fearless Women: a Reading Between the Vines Adventure featuring New York Times and bestselling authors Elizabeth Cobbs\, Georgie Blalock\, and Elizabeth St. John DESCRIPTION:About the In-Person Event\n“A strong woman knows she has strength enough for the journey\, but a woman of strength knows it is in the journey where she will become strong.” – Unknown \nIt’s Women’s History Month\, time to celebrate the trailblazing women who have walked difficult paths to pave the road we walk upon today\, but it is also time to celebrate YOU\, the women who are traversing the new roads we walk upon today. \nCome raise a glass to celebrate Fearless Women with New York Times and bestselling authors Elizabeth Cobbs\, Georgie Blalock\, and Elizabeth St. John\, as part of our new series\, Reading Between the Vines. Together with San Pasqual Winery in La Mesa\, California\, we have paired three books by our fearless authors with wines and charcuterie tastings hand selected by the folks at the San Pasqual Winery Tasting Room and Gallery (not the winery itself)\, 8364 La Mesa Blvd\, La Mesa. \nYour Adventure includes a relaxing and enjoyable afternoon meeting the authors\, an individually wrapped charcuterie box and a 3-flight wine tasting specially paired for each book\, book signings\, photo-ops\, and an intimate and unforgettable afternoon celebrating fearless women at the San Pasqual Winery Tasting Room and Gallery. \nAnd\, now that we’ve entered Women’s History Month\, we think award-winning historian Elizabeth Cobbs’ article about the history of Feminism is a fascinating read. Check it out HERE! \n\n\nAbout the Authors and Books\n \nGeorgie Blalock is the bestselling author of The Other Windsor Girl and The Last Debutantes. She is a history and movie buff who loves combining her different passions through historical fiction\, and a healthy dose of period piece films. When not writing\, she can be found prowling the non-fiction history section of the library or the British film listings on Netflix or in the dojo training for her next karate black belt rank. Georgie also writes historical romance under the name Georgie Lee. \nHer latest book is An Indiscreet Princess: A Novel of Queen Victoria’s Defiant Daughter. Before Princess Margaret\, before Duchess Meghan\, there was Princess Louise: royal rebel. \n  \n \nAward-winning historian Elizabeth Cobbs brings fresh\, unexpected perspectives to our understanding of the past and present. Building upon worldwide research and extraordinary life experiences\, Elizabeth writes best selling fiction and non-fiction that is both scholarly and witty. Her path-breaking books\, articles\, and documentary films reveal a world that is as intriguing and surprising as it is real. \nElizabeth earned her Ph.D. in American history at Stanford University. She now holds the Melbern Glasscock Chair at Texas A&M University. Her books have won four literary prizes\, two for American history and two for fiction\, and she has won four prizes for documentary filmmaking. Elizabeth has been a Fulbright scholar in Ireland and a Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington\, D.C. She has served on the Historical Advisory Committee of the U.S. State Department and on the jury for the Pulitzer Prize in History. \nHer inspiring book\, Fearless Women: Feminist Patriots from Abigail Adams to Beyoncé\, shows us that the quest for women’s rights is deeply entwined with the founding story of the United States. \n  \n \nElizabeth St. John’s critically acclaimed historical fiction novels tell the stories of her ancestors: extraordinary women whose intriguing kinship with England’s kings and queens brings an intimately unique perspective to Medieval\, Tudor\, and Stuart times. Elizabeth’s books include her trilogy\, The Lydiard Chronicles\, set in 17th Century England during the Civil War\, and her newest release\, The Godmother’s Secret. \nInspired by England’s most enduring historical mystery\, Elizabeth’s book\, The Godmother’s Secret\,\nblends her family history with known facts and centuries of speculation about what happened to the Princes in the Tower. \n\n\n  \n\nAbout San Pasqual Winery\nSan Pasqual Winery is a small\, family owned winery located in La Mesa\, California – about 15 miles east of San Diego. Although the namesake dates to the 1970’s when it was located in the San Pasqual Valley\, the winery was later “reinvented” as San Diego’s first urban winery\, earning it a spot on Sunset Magazine’s list of “Hot 100 West Coast Trends.” The winery is now located in the industrial area of La Mesa\, with offsite tasting rooms nearby in the Village of La Mesa and downtown San Diego at Seaport Village. With annual production ranging from three to four thousand cases\, most of their wine is sold directly from the winery and tasting room locations\, allowing a more personal connection with the people who enjoy their wines. \n \n\nSave URL:https://adventuresbythebook.com/calendar-event/fearless-women-3-19-23/ CATEGORIES:Event,Wine Pairing ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://adventuresbythebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/fearless-women-read-between-vines.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR