Book Passage Celebrates Its 25th Anniversary

On March 9, Book Passage, www.bookpassage.com, in Corte Madera, California turned 25. This general-interest bookstore, noted for its author events, classes, conferences, and extensive travel books section, hosted a day of free, festive activities. The theme was "A Day of Storytelling" and top Bay Area writers participated in the celebration.

A highlight of the day was the presentation of The Paula Award for Literacy given by The Isabel Allende Foundation. Two Bay Area literacy programs each received $5,000 toward their work.

Left to right: Award recipients Leon Veal of Project Read of San Francisco and Robin Levy of The Marin Literacy program, author Isabel Allende, and Elaine and Bill Petrocelli, the owners of Book Passage.