Bradley Charbonneau

The San Francisco Writer’s Workshop provides a forum for writers in any genre to share their ongoing work and receive useful comments from other writers. The workshop was founded around 1946 and met for many years at the San Francisco Public Library. Since 1997, the Meridian Gallery has generously given space to the workshop for its weekly meetings. It’s currently hosted by Tamim Ansary. The Workshop meets every Tuesday evening from 7 to 9 p.m. (arrive a little before 7). Attendance is free and open to all interested writers.

The Unwritten Rules

— 6 double-spaced pages max.
— don’t bring the same work twice (even after editing)
— bringing copies for others to follow along helps, but not required

Meridian Gallery
545 Sutter Street, 2nd floor
San Francisco, CA 94102

AN EVENING WITH BAY AREA GUIDEBOOK WRITERS: Join us for a discussion on travel writing, a slide presentation, and an off-the-wall, unusual exploration of San Francisco with three authors who have very different takes on the city. Bradley Charbonneau, author of Urban Travel Guide: San Francisco, presents the ultimate urban day, including Karma Moffett?s Tibetan Bell Ceremony. Kristine Enea and Dean LaTourrette, authors of Time Off! The Unemployed Guide to San Francisco, tell you how to see the Bay Area with little money and lots of time. Jack Boulware, author of San Francisco Bizarro, examines the notorious sights and the downright freakiness of the City by the Bay.

7:00 pm

Get Lost Travel Bookstore
1825 Market St.
San Francisco, CA 94103 (map)
San Francisco, CA

I’ll be reading chapter 20 of my book: Backyard Safari.

Left Coast Writers and The Canvas are hosting a night of literature. Tonight’s theme: Humor.

7:00 pm

The Canvas
1200 9th Ave.
San Francisco, CA 9 (map)
(415) 504-0060

I’m on the air January 9, 2005 at 7:30 pm reading “Hungry?”

Listen to the MP3 here. Radio producer Kathryn Ketman and KUSF, Linda Watanabe McFerrin and Left Coast Writers, and Book Passage are teaming up to kick off an exotic new music and travel writing radio program, “Traveling Music,” a lively new weekly music and travel writing radio show set to debut on January 2, 2005, on KUSF, San Francisco’s award-winning FM station.

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10am–5pm both days, I’ll be there Saturday morning.

Somehow I’m going to be reading alongside these other big names in travel writing:

Here are some of our World Renowned Authors who will be signing books at the SF ATE Show:

Saturday, October 9
Linda Wantanabe McFerrin
Jeff Greenwald
James Balog
Peter Krahenbuhl
Donald George
Robert Young Pelton
Doug Lansky
Phil Cosineau
Lee Foster

Sunday, October 10
Carole Terwilliger Meyers
Mary Beth Bond
Larry Habegger
Michael Shapiro
Paola Gianturco

WordBeat, a reading series coupled with open mic, runs the third Saturday of the month, August through October 2004.

Saturday, September 18, 2-4pm
Dr. Insomnia’s Coffee & Teas’ courtyard
800 Grant Ave (at Reichert), Novato, CA (map)
(415) 897-9500
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Jack Boulware (San Francisco Bizarro), Kristine Enea & Dean LaTourrette (Time Off! The Unemployed Guide to San Francisco), and Bradley Charbonneau (Urban Travel Guide San Francisco) are getting together at Easy Going to talk about the Bizarre, the Leisurely, and the Urban sides of San Francisco. The event includes a slideshow, a panel discussion, Q&A, and free dinner. (OK, no free dinner.)

Thursday, August 26, 2004
7:30 pm
(Easy GoingTravel Shop & Bookstore (events)
1385 Shattuck Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94709
(510) 843-3533

MCing an evening of “Leisure School” for Kristine Enea and Dean LaTourrette. They are the authors of Time Off! The Unemployed Guide to San Francisco and founders of Leisure Team Productions.

7-8 pm
A Clean Well-Lighted Place for Books
601 Van Ness Ave
San Francisco, CA 94102 (map)

Left Coast Writers and the Monticello Inn threw a book launch party for the Urban Guide to San Francisco! It was a huge success: sold lots of books, drank wine, and had a great time. Thank you all for coming! Read sample pages and find links to buy at Amazon here.

5:30 pm

Monticello Inn
127 Ellis Street
San Francisco, CA 94102 (map)
(415) 392-8800

All photos below thanks to (and copyright of) Christine Krieg. Christine does a brilliant job shooting all of the Left Coast Writer events. See more of her work at her website.

It’s finally on the shelves!

Left Coast Writers and the Monticello Inn threw a book launch party for the Urban Guide to San Francisco! Click here for photos of the event.

Check out more of photographer Rebecca Dadson’s work here.

A reviewer from Amazon had this to say, “With most guides, I pick the thing up after I’ve decided what to do: I use it to see if the restaurant I’m considering is any good, or what the hours are, or whatever. Bradley Charbonneau’s Urban Travel Guide is something else again. Seems to me, Charbonneau has gone out and found about 200 interesting/fun/weirdly rewarding things to do in San Francisco that you don’t usually hear about. Each place he reviews is on its own page, so each page corresponds to a different activity. Last weekend, I was bored, I said to my wife, pick a number, she picked 96, I opened the book, it turned out to be a place called the Linc Gallery, so we went and saw an art show. Never would have thought of it otherwise. Next time I have a vistor from out of town, and I have to leave them on their own, I’m going to give them a copy of this book.”

Tell a friend! Go to this link and click on the little envelope in the bottom left of the page and send this info to a friend.

A great gift for Christmas / Birthday / July 4th / Hannukah / Easter! Someone visiting San Francisco? Never been? Never will? Let them read about what they’ll be missing!

“Finally! A guidebook even a local could use!” was the comment I heard most while doing this guidebook. Whether you were born here or have never been here, I hope you’ll feel right at home in San Francisco with this guide.

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