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Book cover for Coyotes and Culture by Claire McEachern. Cover shows the lines of taillights going up a windy coastal road with a coyote silhouetted in the foreground looking down at the road.

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Local Authors Series: Claire McEachern

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2025-12-10 19:00:00 2025-12-10 20:30:00 America/Los_Angeles Local Authors Series: Claire McEachern Local author and UCLA professor Claire McEachern will discuss her new essay collection, 'Coyotes and Culture: Essays From Old Malibu'. For adults. Malibu Library -

Wednesday, December 10
7:00pm - 8:30pm

Add to Calendar 2025-12-10 19:00:00 2025-12-10 20:30:00 America/Los_Angeles Local Authors Series: Claire McEachern Local author and UCLA professor Claire McEachern will discuss her new essay collection, 'Coyotes and Culture: Essays From Old Malibu'. For adults. Malibu Library -

Local author and UCLA professor Claire McEachern will discuss her new essay collection, 'Coyotes and Culture: Essays From Old Malibu'. For adults.

McEachern is a Professor of English at UCLA, where she teaches courses in 16th- and 17th-century British literature. Her scholarship centers on the work of Shakespeare, with an emphasis on religion, gender, and politics. In addition to her monographs, she is the editor of two collections of essays and has also edited several of Shakespeare’s plays for a variety of audiences.

McEachern's new creative nonfiction work Coyotes and Culture: Essays from Old Malibu—published in September 2025 from the University of Nevada Press—is based on her 25-year experience of surviving in the wild-urban interface of the Santa Monica Mountains after marrying into Malibu's storied Decker family. This unique collection of essays offers a gripping exploration of the precarious beauty and peril of California’s iconic coastline.

Copies of the book will be available for sale, and a book signing will flow the event.

Attendance is limited, and advance registration is required. Please register every individual in your party, including kids. This will be used to save your spots in the program. We cannot guarantee availability for any unregistered attendees. 

AGE GROUP: | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Lectures & Conversations | Environment & Nature | Books, Poetry, & Writing |

TAGS: | Author Talk |

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Malibu Library, located in the Malibu Civic Center Complex, was established in 1970 by the County of Los Angeles Public Library. Prior to 1970, a bookmobile provided library service to the Malibu community serving residents in Topanga Canyon and along the Pacific Coast Highway.

On April 22, 2012, a grand opening celebration was held to mark the completion of a $6 million renovation of the Malibu Library, designed by the architectural firm of LPA, Inc. and funded by revenue generated from local property taxes.

The new sustainable, LEED-certified library has been redesigned to represent Malibu's sand, sea and sun culture with features such as:

-A replica of the Adamson House tile rug in the main lobby
-A photographic exhibit featuring historical images of the area
-The Children's area featuring a marine life motif, including an 8' by 14' porcelain tile art piece designed by artist Christine Nguyen
-A Teen area that embraces Malibu's surf culture.
 

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