# Event Details

- **Event Name**: PHIL COUSINEAU
- **Event Start and End Date**: Fri, 24 Jul, 2026 at 07:00 pm – Fri, 24 Jul, 2026 at 08:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Phil Cousineau celebrates The Wisdom of the Odyssey in Sebastopol with a reading, Q&A, and signing. Free admission!About this EventSEBASTOPOL --Copperfield's Books is honored to welcome author and filmmaker Phil Cousineau to Sebastopol in celebration of his new book - !Join us for a reading and warm discussion followed by an audience Q&A and book signing.This event is free and open to the public. Registration recommended for seating.An accessible companion to Homer's Odyssey that illuminates its timeless lessons on change, resilience, and the search for home, written by acclaimed mythographer and cultural historian Phil Cousineau.For nearly three thousand years, Homer's Odyssey has captivated audiences with its tale of Odysseus's perilous journey back to his family after the Trojan War. It is a story of perseverance, transformation, and the longing for home. In The Wisdom of The Odyssey, cultural historian Phil Cousineau distills the epic into twenty-four chapters that mirror Homer's original books and reveals why readers from around the world deeply identify with the poem to this day.Readers follow Odysseus through his ordeals and changes of heart, as he's sustained not only by cunning and grit but by love for his wife, Penelope; his son, Telemachus; and the island of Ithaca itself. The Greeks believed love to be wiser than wisdom, and here it emerges as the force that prevents despair and inspires renewal. In his delightfully strange world of monsters, tricksters, and sorceresses, Homer reveals what it means to be human. This is the essential odyssey, an exhilarating Greek puzzle box that contains stories within stories within stories.Timed for release with Christopher Nolan's much-anticipated 2026 film adaptation, this companion volume offers both newcomers and longtime readers a way into the epic's enduring themes of memory, devotion, and beauty. Each chapter concludes with reflections and practices that connect the myth's lessons to our own lives, such as the ancient Homeromanteion, a form of bibliomancy using Homer's poetry. By illuminating how Odysseus learns, adapts, and ultimately restores his home, Cousineau shows how this timeless story is more relevant than ever, and how it can guide us toward resilience, meaning, and a richer inner life.Author: Phil Cousineau is a writer, teacher, filmmaker, storyteller, and cultural historian. He has published over forty books, including the bestselling The Art of Pilgrimage and Once and Future Myths, and has written or cowritten over thirty documentary films. He has consulted on mythology and story for Warner Brothers, Pixar, Lucasfilm, and others and has led mythology travel programs to Greece for three decades. Cousineau has been featured on NPR, CNN, Smithsonian Channel, National Geographic TV and was host of PBS's Global Spirit TV series. He lives in San Francisco.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/sebastopol/phil-cousineau/100001990184951765
- **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, entertainment
- **Interested Audience**: 
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- **Event Highlights**: 
  - Duration: 1 hour
  - Location: Copperfield's Books
  - Languages: English

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 22, currency: USD

## Event venue details

- **city**: Sebastopol
- **state**: CA
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Copperfield's Books
- **lat**: 38.4025868
- **long**: -122.8246854
- **full address**: Copperfield's Books, 138 North Main Street, Sebastopol, United States

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is PHIL COUSINEAU being held?
  - **A:** PHIL COUSINEAU takes place on Fri, 24 Jul, 2026 at 07:00 pm to Fri, 24 Jul, 2026 at 08:00 pm at Copperfield's Books, 138 North Main Street, Sebastopol, United States.
- **Q**: Who is organizing PHIL COUSINEAU?
  - **A:** PHIL COUSINEAU is organized by Copperfield's Books.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** PHIL COUSINEAU is ideal for art lovers, collectors, creatives, and anyone inspired by visual arts, installations, and exhibitions. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Sebastopol, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If PHIL COUSINEAU sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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