 Gail Tsukiyama Photo by Mathew Spencer Wong | | 6,227 | 184 | 3,397 |  (3.87) | 24 | 0 | Gail Tsukiyama was born in San Francisco, where she later pursued her B. A. and M. A. at San Francisco State University. Tsukiyama is a lecturer at the San Francisco State University and a book reviewer for the San Francisco Chronicle. Tsukiyama has written Night of Many Dreams, Women of the Silk, and The Samurai's Garden. She is also the recipient of an Academy of American Poets award. (Bowker Author Biography) — biography from The Samurai's Garden … (more) |
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Gail Tsukiyama has 11 past events. (show)  Brigid Pasulka with Julia Glass, The Sun and Other Stars This event has been postponed. We apologize for any inconvenience. "With a magician's sleight of hand, Brigid Pasulka once again conjures up a stunning chorus of characters. . . The Sun and Other Stars is storytelling at its best, and Pasulka has made magic with this wise, poignant tale of love, community, and the sport that brings them all together!" Gail Tsukiyama author of A hundred flowers “What a smashing novel. Even more intricately braided and moving than her excellent first one. Fans of both Dante and the Azzuri will find plenty to relish and celebrate.” James McManus author of Cowboys full Brigid Pasulka spent the summer of 1998 as an au pair for a family in Alassio, Italy, where she was first introduced to small town Riviera life, the Italian obsession with soccer, and the butcher shop that features in her second novel, The Sun and Other Stars. Her debut novel, A long, long time ago and essentially true, won the 2010 Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award and was a Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers selection. Pasulka currently lives in Chicago with her husband and runs the writing center at a public high school. Julia Glass is the author of Three Junes, winner of the 2002 National Book Award for Fiction; The Whole World Over; I See You Everywhere, winner of the 2009 Binghamton University John Gardner Book Award; and The Widower's Tale. Her new novel, And the Dark Sacred Night, is coming out in April. The recipient of fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York Foundation for the Arts, and the Radcliff Institute for Advanced Study, Glass lives in Massachusetts with her family.
Location: Street: Porter Square Shopping Center Additional: 25 White Street City: Cambridge, Province: Massachusetts Postal Code: 02140 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)Litquake Palo Alto 2013 Date: Sunday, August 18 Time: 2:00-8:00 PM Fee: Free Contact: Rebecca Y. Siegel (650)223-8605 rsiegel@paloaltojcc.org Join us for the 2nd annual Litquake Palo Alto at the Oshman Family JCC on Sunday, August 18. And just like the legendary S.F. literary festival, expect loads of rollicking literary fun with great authors, ideas and conversation. There will be a dozen salons on intriguing topics from thrillers, to Silicon Valley non-fiction, to cross-cultural writing. And best of all, Litquake Palo Alto is still free!
Inspirational and bestselling authors such as Gail Tsukiyama, Ellen Ullman, Deborah Perry Piscione, Jane Smiley, Darya Pino Rose and Daniel Handler (AKA Lemony Snicket) will speak at our provocative literary salons.
After the literary salons, guests are invited to stay for “Blues, Booze & Schmooze,” a no-host social where participants and authors can continue to mix and mingle with our literary stars. Books Inc., the official bookseller of Liquake Palo Alto will be selling our authors’ latest works so you can buy autographed copies! (rhbouchard)… (more)Gail Tsukiyama, author of A Hundred Flowers Gail Tsukiyama will be in conversation with novelist Jane Hamilton, at Milwaukee Public Library's Loos Room at Centennial Hall, 3500 733 N. Eighth St. Location: Street: 2559 N Downer Ave City: Milwaukee, Province: Wisconsin Postal Code: 53211-4242 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)  GAIL TSUKIYAMA - AT KEPLER'S Credit: Kevin Horan Gail TsukiyamaTuesday, August 14, 7:00 p.m. A hundred flowersAT KEPLER'S A powerful new novel about an ordinary family facing extraordinary times at the start of the Chinese Cultural Revolution.
Gail Tsukiyama is the bestselling author of six previous novels, including The Street of a Thousand Blossoms, Women of the Silk and The Samurai’s Garden, as well as the recipient of the Academy of American Poets Award and the PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Literary Award.
There is no charge for this event.
Location: Street: 1010 El Camino Real City: Menlo Park, Province: California Postal Code: 94025-4349 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)Gail Tsukiyama Gail TsukiyamaGail Tsukiyama is author of six novels including "The Samurai's Garden" and "The Street of a Thousand Blossoms". (DerBuecherwurm) Meet Bestselling Author Gail Tsukiyama Gail Tsukiyama discusses The Street of a Thousand Blossoms. Community members are invited to meet bestselling author Gail Tsukiyama, at a free event at the Hayward Main Library, 835 C Street, downtown Hayward. Tsukiyama will be speaking about her most recently published novel The Street of a Thousand Blossoms (St. Martin's Press – now available in paperback), which traces the life paths of Japanese brothers Hiroshi and Kenji, who are forced to put their dreams on hold in the wake of World War II and find their destinies intertwining with those of a famous sumo master and master maker of Noh masks. The event is sponsored by the Hayward Public Library, the Friends of the Hayward Public Library, and the American Association of University Women Hayward/Castro Valley branch. Tsukiyama's books will be on sale at the event, and the author will be available to sign copies. Multiple copies Tsukiyama's novels are available for check-out at the Hayward Public Library. Check the Library's website for details at www.library.hayward-ca.gov/. Gail Tsukiyama is the author of six novels, including Women of the Silk (1991) and The Samurai's Garden (1995). She was born in San Francisco, California, to a Chinese mother from Hong Kong and a Japanese father from Hawaii. She attended San Francisco State University where she received both her Bachelor of Arts Degree and a Master of Arts Degree in English with the emphasis in Creative Writing. She is a recipient of the Academy of American Poets Award and the PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Literary Award. She divides her time between El Cerrito and Napa Valley, California. For more information contact: Hayward Public Library – Sally Thomas, Adult Services Librarian, at (510) 881-7700, or (510) 881-7980. (mostlyliterary)… (more) Book Discussion with Liz Whaley! Gail TsukiyamaWater Street Bookstore hosts a book group discussion held at the Loaf and Ladle one Sunday of each Month at 3 p.m. This month's selection is The Street of a Thousand Blossoms by Gail Tsukiyama. Please join Liz Whaley for a great discussion on Sunday. For more information call us at 603 778 9731. (booksense) Crossing Cultures Book Club Women Writers Series - GAIL TSUKIYAMA Gail Tsukiyama , The Street of a Thousand Blossoms. Join us for luncheon at Mirani’s when GAIL TSUKIYAMA, bestselling author of The Samurai’s Garden and Dreaming Water, speaks about her novel, A Street of a Thousand Dreams, following two brothers in Japan through the devastation of World War II and the hardships of reconstruction. For reservations ($45 includes a signed book), call us at 847 446-8880. (booksense)… (more)
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