Authors
Sonoma County has a long and rich literary tradition, from Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo in the early statehood days, through Anna Morrison Reed, Jack London and M.F.K. Fisher, to the current day. Our Local Authors project presents a catalog of many -- but not all (yet!) -- of these writers. All the writers we present have lived in Sonoma County at some point in their life and for the majority of writers, Sonoma County Library owns at least one of their works.
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Black Sparrow Books was the most notable local press, operating in Santa Rosa under the direction of John and Barbara Martin from 1996-2002, and responsible for promoting the poet Charles Bukowski, as well as Sonoma County authors David Bromige, Andrei Codrescu, and Sherril Jaffe. But numerous others also claim a Sonoma County address, if only to publish the works of their founders. Each profile includes contact information for owners/founders (if available), and authors published.
Black Sparrow Press
Floreant Press
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The Literary Update is a compilation of announcements sent in by members of the Sonoma County literary community regarding workshops, readings, ongoing literary and writing groups, calls for submissions, and contests. See the current Literary Newsletter and Calendar for Sonoma County for a complete list of author-events and workshop schedules, addresses and directions to the event locations, as well as bios of the presenters.
The Children's Book Project was a 2020-2021 school year creative writing project for 6th-8th graders at the Guerneville School in Guerneville, California, under the direction of English Language Arts teacher, Jessica Glentzer. The students worked on all aspects of book production, including creating stories inspired by a variety of sources; illustrations; and book layout. The students narrated their books for the thirteen videos in this collection.
Our Sea of Purple
Trouble in Strawberry Elementary
Episode 3: W. A. Mathieu
Episode 4: Sheri Mignano Crawford
The Sonoma County music scene includes every genre -- Americana, punk, pop, jazz, classical, and more. Music critic Robert Feuer has profiled numerous musicians, groups and events over the past two decades through his columns in various area publications.