Join Jean Gordon Kocienda for the Launch of GIRL IN A BOX at Edgehill Mansion at Dominican University of California

Set women artists free! Join Jean Gordon Kocienda at the lovely Victorian Edgehill Mansion at Dominican University of California in San Rafael at 6 pm on Thursday, April 23 for the launch of her book, GIRL IN A BOX. It is historical fiction about a Japanese poet, feminist, lover, and mother. About Girl in a Box: The tangled life of the ... Read More

23 Apr

6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

Edgehill Mansion, Dominican University of California

Edgehill Mansion, 75 Magnolia Avenue, San Rafael, CA 94901

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Jean Gordon Kocienda Brings GIRL IN A BOX to Japan

Jean Gordon Kocienda will introduce Girl in a Box to the Yosano Akiko Club on May 30th at the Rikyu and Akiko Plaza in Sakai, Japan! This will be a presentation at the annual meeting of the Yosano Akiko Club. Jean will make a short presentation in Japanese about her book and translation of tanka poetry. She will be joined ... Read More

30 May

Sakai Rissho-no-Mori (Plaza of Rikkyu and Akiko), Sakai, Japan

Sakai, Japan

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Jean Gordon Kocienda Brings GIRL IN A BOX to Mill Valley Public Library

Book Research Pro Tips: Outside-the-box ways to research details of everyday life in another time, country or culture Learn how to think outside the box when it comes to discovering how your characters’ lives were different than they’d be today. Two professional historical fiction writers share tips on unusual sources that can be tapped to fill in essential details about ... Read More

27 Jun

1:00 pm - 2:30 pm

Mill Valley Public Library, Throckmorton Avenue, Mill Valley, CA

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Jean Gordon Kocienda

April 2026