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Total Views: 33 For complete Calendar including Authors Events, go to http://SDWriteWay.org This column is also published in the http://EastCountyMagazine.org Readers December 6, 2015 (San Diego’s East County) – December 6 (Sunday, 12:00 pm) — Warwick’s is hosting Elias Weiss Friedman to sign his book The Dogist. Elias Weiss Friedman is a photographer whose singular portraits of dogs have drawn more than 1.1 million followers on Instagram, where he is known as @TheDogist. In his first book, The Dogist, Friedman captures the wonder and diversity of the beloved dogs in our lives in more than 1,000 delightful photographs of mutts, purebreds, puppies, seniors, packs, and pairs. Meet Hansel, a wide-eyed Pomeranian who is ready for his close-up (p. 28). Or French Bulldog Frances Bacon, riding to work in style (p. 265); Foghat, an alert English Pointer who spends weekends tracking game birds in the Catskills (p. 68); and Nathan the Bloodhound (p. 92), who gets primped before his time with dog show judges. Beautiful full-page portraits, touching stories, and amusing collections of themed photos make this book the ultimate gift for dog lovers of all ages. Throughout Friedman’s childhood in Philadelphia, his family dogs – Matilda, Snowy, Maggie, Rigby, Biggie, Bialy, T-Paws, Willy, and Ruby, his very own portly black Lab – were an essential part of the household. But when he moved to New York City after college, Friedman had to adapt to life without a canine companion, getting his vicarious dog fix from the pups he passed on the street. In 2013, after layoffs at the branding company where he worked, Elias decided to combine his two greatest loves – photography and dogs—to launch The Dogist, a street-style photo blog documenting the canines he met each day around town. With his uncanny talent for highlighting the unique personality of every dog he photographed, Friedman began attracting thousands of new followers every day. For more information regarding the event, please contact Warwick’s Books | 7812 Girard Avenue | La Jolla, Ca | 92037 | Ph. (858) 454-0347 |http://www.warwicks.com | December 8 (Tuesday, 4:30 pm) — Adventures by the Book™ is pleased to present A Hanukkah Supper Adventure with award winning authors Janice Steinberg & Ona Russell at Milton’s Restaurant and Delicatessen, 2660 Via De La Valle, Del Mar, CA 92014. The event is ticketed at $40 per person and open to the public. About the Event/Book: Your Adventure includes a menorah lighting & prayer by one of our authors, delectable meal, book discussion, Q&A, author signing, and an opportunity to meet Janice Steinberg & Ona Russell up close and personal in a modest and relaxed setting. About the Authors: Janice Steinberg is an award-winning arts journalist and author of five mystery novels. Her first character based novel, The Tin Horse, is a rich multigenerational story about the intense, often fraught bond sisters share and the dreams & sorrows that lay at the heart of the immigrant experience. Ona Russell is a 2015 IPPY Book Awards Silver Medalist, and is the author of a series of 1920s historical mysteries. The third in her Sarah Kaufman mysteries, Rule of Capture, takes her sleuth from the glamor of Hollywood to the Tijuana frontier, tests her deepest beliefs and leads her to discover not only a killer, but a part of Los Angeles built on a terrible secret. For more information regarding the event, please contact Susan McBeth at (619) 300-2532 or at susan@adventuresbythebook.com. December 10 (Thursday, 6:00 pm) — Local Ramona Author, Judy McGrath, will be at Unicorn Book and Gifts 738 Main Street, to sign her new book, Morning Star Journey. This book is the sequel to her well-received first novel, Finding Cornbread Mesa, and her second book launch at Unicorn Books and Gifts. About the Book: Janna Gustaffeson’s adventures continue in Morning Star Journey. As she and Theo ponder the future of threatened ranch land, a stalker appears on Janna’s tail, and her sketching partner, Red Thunder disappears on an extended mission for the DEA. As the months go by, Janna’s?four children are meeting new challenges and needing her guidance, even while she negotiates?with a Native American medicine man and his pet skunk pertaining to maintenance of the?ancient Mesa House found on the Gustaffeson Cornbread Mesa Ranch the previous year. Janna?manages to maintain her career as wildlife artist pursuing photography and sketching forays?out into the wilds, amidst requests coming from cop friend, Bob Taggert, to go on stakeout to?thwart the murder of an old acquaintance, and while trying to sort out the confusion that?surrounds the “good works” of her catastrophic, but kindly Aunt Myrtle. All is resolved in?unexpected ways, but Janna’s thinking must travel down many pathways to reach a satisfactory?destination. About the Author: Judy McGrath is a wife, mother, and grandmother living in the mountains of San Diego County, California. Trained in art,design, and writing, she has been a public and private school teacher, and has gained experience in security, as well as the intricacies of retail. Judy has been a long time student of the Lemurian Philosophy. December 11 (Friday, 7:30 pm) — Adam Korenman Launch Party in San Diego Local author Adam Korenman is an officer with the United States Army, an avid Netflix viewer, and a collector of strange looks. A contributor to the Occupied Earth first contact anthology, Adam first wrote The Gray Wars in High School, but returned to it after a ten-year hiatus to make it a full-length novel. In its current incarnation, Adam’s original trilogy has been split, and now the series will run to six books. The first two, When the Stars Fade and When the Skies Fall, will cover events from the ebook release, but with all new content and expansion of scenes. Join us as we celebrate the launch of When the Stars Fade. In distant future, humanity is recovering from a bloody civil war. Pilots Cameron Davis and George Locklear, reservists with Sector Patrol, prepare for a long weekend off. That vacation is permanently cancelled when two alien armada sthe BOXTI and NANGOLANI arrive near Earth. Though humanity wins the battle, the war quickly turns
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Total Views: 45 For complete Calendar including Authors Events, go to http://SDWriteWay.org This column is also published in the http://EastCountyMagazine.org Readers November 30, 2015 (San Diego’s East County) – November 30 (Monday, 12:00 pm) — Warwick’s and Words Alive are proud to be hosting bestselling author of worldwide acclaim Isabel Allende at the San Diego Marriott Marquis and Marina. She will present her newest novel, The Japanese Lover. This is a ticketed luncheon in conjunction with Words Alive. From internationally bestselling author Isabel Allende comes an exquisitely crafted love story and multigenerational epic that sweeps from present-day San Francisco to Poland and the United States during WWII. The Japanese Lover is a tender story that explores issues of race and identity, abandonment and reconciliation, and centers on two women: elderly, enigmatic Alma and her caretaker, the younger, devoted Irina, who is hiding a dark past. With an intricate, gripping plot that takes readers inside the US internment camps where Japanese Americans were imprisoned during the war, the novel captures both the horrifying acts and the beautiful deeds of which mankind is capable. Here is Isabel Allende at her masterful best. For more information regarding the event, please contact Warwick’s Books | 7812 Girard Avenue | La Jolla, Ca | 92037 | Ph. (858) 454-0347 |http://www.warwicks.com | November 30 (Monday, 7:30 pm) — Warwick’s is hosting the New York Times bestselling author Kate Morton to present her newest novel, The Lake House.Kate Morton, a native Australian, holds degrees in dramatic art and English literature. She lives with her family in Brisbane, Australia. From the New York Times and internationally bestselling author of The Secret Keeper and The Distant Hours, an intricately plotted, spellbinding new novel of heartstopping suspense and uncovered secrets. Living on her family’s idyllic lakeside estate in Cornwall, England, Alice Edevane is a bright, inquisitive, innocent, and precociously talented sixteen-year-old who loves to write stories. But the mysteries she pens are no match for the one her family is about to endure… One midsummer’s eve, after a beautiful party drawing hundreds of guests to the estate has ended, the Edevanes discover that their youngest child, eleven-month-old Theo, has vanished without a trace. What follows is a tragedy that tears the family apart in ways they never imagined. A lush, atmospheric tale of intertwined destinies, this latest novel from a masterful storyteller is an enthralling, thoroughly satisfying read. For more information regarding the event, please contact Warwick’s Books | 7812 Girard Avenue | La Jolla, Ca | 92037 | Ph. (858) 454-0347 |http://www.warwicks.com | December 1 (Tuesday, 7:30 pm) — Warwick’s is hosting New York Times bestselling author Robert Crais to speak about and sign his new novel, The Promise. Robert Crais is the author of the best-selling Elvis Cole novels. His novels have been published in 62 countries and are bestsellers around the world. Elvis Cole and Joe Pike are joined by Suspect heroes LAPD K-9 Officer Scott James and his German shepherd, Maggie, in the new heart-stopping thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Robert Crais. Loyalty, commitment, and the fight for justice have always driven Elvis Cole and Joe Pike. If they make a promise, they “keep” it. Even if it could get them killed. When Elvis Cole is secretly hired to find a grief-stricken mother, he’s led to an ordinary house on a rainy night in Echo Park. Only the house isn’t ordinary, and the people hiding inside are a desperate fugitive and a murderous criminal with his own dangerous secrets. As helicopters swirl overhead, Scott and Maggie track the fugitive to this same house, coming face-to-face with Mr. Rollins, a killer who leaves behind a brutally murdered body and enough explosives to destroy the neighborhood. Scott is now the only person who can identify him, but Mr. Rollins has a rule: Never leave a witness alive. For all of them, the night is only beginning. Sworn to secrecy by his client, Elvis finds himself targeted by the police even as Mr. Rollins targets Maggie and Scott. As Mr. Rollins closes in for the kill, Elvis and Joe join forces with Scott and Maggie to follow a trail of lies where no one is who they claim – and the very woman they promised to save might get them all killed. For more information regarding the event, please contact Warwick’s Books | 7812 Girard Avenue | La Jolla, Ca | 92037 | Ph. (858) 454-0347 |http://www.warwicks.com | December 2 (Wednesday, 7:00 pm) — Join us for our annual Publisher Rep Night featuring sales representatives from Penguin Random House and HarperCollins. It’s that time once again for sales representatives from some of the major publishing houses to fill you in on the best new and upcoming books. So on December 2nd remember to bring your reading group and bring your book loving friends and family for a fun night of book recommendations and giveaways! For more information regarding the event, please contact Warwick’s Books | 7812 Girard Avenue | La Jolla, Ca | 92037 | Ph. (858) 454-0347 |http://www.warwicks.com | December 2 (Wednesday, 11:30 am to 1:30 pm) — Adventures by the Book™ is pleased to present OLLI at SDSU: Culture & Cuisine of Persia Lunch Edventure with award-winning San Diego author Zoe Ghahremani at Sufi Mediterranean Cuisine, 5915 Balboa Ave, San Diego CA 92111. OLLI at SDSU Membership is required to attend this event and may be obtained for a nominal fee at the time of registration. About the Event: Adventures by the Book™ is pleased to partner with Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at San Diego State University for a Culture & Cuisine of Persia Luncheon Edventure, featuring Ghahremani, who will share real-life stories in Iran that inspired her novels. Event includes lunch, tax, gratuity, beverage, book discussion, Q&A, book signing, and the opportunity to meet the author up close and personal in an intimate and authentic setting. About the Author: Zoe Ghahremani is the author of three books: Sky of Red Poppies, The Moon Daughter, and The Commiserator (Persian). Her work has been featured in a number of anthologies including Tremors: New Fiction by Iranian-American
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Total Views: 29 For complete Calendar including Authors Events, go to www.SDWriteWay.org Readers April 26 (Sunday, 3:00 pm) — Book Signing of WAKING THE BEAST with Author Dustin Hall. In the midst of W.W.II a small town in Southern California would experience something horrible, which would later grow into a morbid legend. Tragically, a series of disappearances would end just as abruptly as they began. Left in the aftermath, seventeen people vanished without a trace. The disappearances stumped authorities and the community was left furious. With no one ever able to figure out exactly what happened during that short period of three weeks, the towns morale was devastated. Upstart Crow Bookstore and Coffeehouse, 835 W. Harbor Drive, Suite C, San Diego; (619) 232-4855; http://www.upstartcrowtrading.com. April 26 (Sunday, 12:00 pm) — Warwicks is hosting Kat Cowley author of Week To Strong. For more information regarding the event, please contact Warwick’s Books | 7812 Girard Avenue | La Jolla, Ca | 92037 | Ph. (858) 454-0347 | http://www.warwicks.com | April 26 (Sunday, 4:00 to 6:00 pm) — *Open reading in Steve’s memory. Bring Steve-poems to read/share. San Diego Writers Ink, NTC Liberty Station, 2730 Historic Decatur Rd., Barracks 16, Suite 202, San Diego. April 26-30 (Sunday – Thursday) — The Grossmont College Literary Arts Festival includes guest readers/writers Roxanne Gay, Brian Turner, and Marianne Johnson in an alumni book launch reading. Free and open to the public. Here’s the link: http://web2.grossmont.edu/english/festival/events.html April 28 (Tuesday, 7:00 pm) — Meb Keflezighi in conversation with Luis Cruz, Winner of the 2014 Boston Marathon, will be presenting and signing Meb for Mortals at The Sherwood Auditorium, Museum of Contemporary Arts San Diego, La Jolla. With his historic win at the 2014 Boston Marathon, Meb Keflezighi cemented his legacy as one of the great champions of long-distance running. Runners everywhere wanted to know: How did someone two weeks shy of his 39th birthday – who had only the 15th best time going into the race and years of injuries and setbacks – run his personal best, and become the first American man to win Boston since 1983? For the first time, and in unprecedented detail, Meb reveals his complete training program in his new book, Meb for Mortals: How to Run, Eat and Think like a Champion Marathoner (co-written with Runner’s World senior content editor Scott Douglas I April 7, 2015) in which he instructs everyday runners how to put into practice the training, nutritional, and mental principles that have guided Meb through his long career. For more information regarding the event, please contact Warwick’s Books | 7812 Girard Avenue | La Jolla, Ca | 92037 | Ph. (858) 454-0347 | http://www.warwicks.com | April 29 (Wednesday, 7:30 pm) — Warwick’s is proud to host Andrew Roe who will present his debut novel, The Miracle Girl. Andrew Roe’s fiction has been published in Tin House, One Story, The Sun, Glimmer Train, Slice, The Cincinnati Review, and other publications. His nonfiction has been published in the New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Salon.com, and elsewhere. He lives in Oceanside, California, with his wife and three children. This event is free and open to the public. Reserved Seating is available. Only books purchased from Warwick’s will be signed. Please call the Warwick’s Book Dept. (858) 454-0347 for details. The Miracle Girl is set in suburban Los Angeles, where eight-year old Anabelle lies in her bedroom. Day in and day out, she lies there, eyes open, but otherwise immobile in a coma-like state, as a result of a car accident. She is cared for by her mother, since her father has left them, unable to deal with the guilt from having caused the accident. After a family friend experiences a miracle when visiting with Anabelle, word spreads and people start coming from all over, lining up down the block in the hot sun, camping out, vendors selling bottles of water, the media knocking on the door. Told in many voices, including Annabelle’s herself, The Miracle Girl keeps you turning pages until the very end to find out what happens, and if indeed it is anything miraculous. Andy works in the tech industry, and what I love most about this novel is how earnestly it tackles the questions of what to believe in, or how to believe in anything, when we’re barraged with as much information as we are. For more information regarding the event, please contact Warwick’s Books | 7812 Girard Avenue | La Jolla, Ca | 92037 | Ph. (858) 454-0347 | http://www.warwicks.com | April 29 (Wednesday, 4:30 pm) — UCSD’s New Writing Series is excited to announce an upcoming reading from David Brin. The reading will take place in the Literature Building, de Certeau room (155). It is FREE and open to the public. David Brin is a scientist, tech speaker/consultant, and author. His new novel about our survival in the near future is Existence. A film by Kevin Costner was based on The Postman. His 16 novels, including NY Times Bestsellers and Hugo Award winners, have been translated into more than twenty languages. Earth, foreshadowed global warming, cyberwarfare and the world wide web. David appears frequently on shows such as Nova and The Universe and Life After People, speaking about science and future trends. His non-fiction book — The Transparent Society: Will Technology Make Us Choose Between Freedom and Privacy? — won the Freedom of Speech Award of the American Library Association.http://www.davidbrin.com/ For more information and directions, visit: http://literature.ucsd.edu/news-events/new-writing-series/nws-spring2015.html April 30 (Thursday, 7:30 pm) — Warwick’s is proud to host Eric Blehm, the New York Times bestselling author of Fearless: The Undaunted Courage and Ultimate Sacrifice of Navy SEAL Team SIX Operator Adam Brown (2012) on who will present his new book Legend, an eye-opening account of a Special Forces operation during the Vietnam War. Eric’s mountain literature classic, The Last Season (2006) was named by Outside magazine one of the ten “greatest adventure biographies ever written” in 2009. In 1999, Blehm became the first journalist
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Total Views: 22 For complete Calendar including Authors Events, go to www.SDWriteWay.org Readers March 29, 2015 (San Diego’s East County) – March 29 (Sunday, 2:30 pm) — Ridley Pearson is known to many readers as the award-winning author of multiple adventure series for (young-ish) readers, including The Kingdom Keepers, Steel Trapp, and with Dave Barry, Peter and the Starcatchers. Ridley is also a best-selling crime novelist of more than two dozen titles. The adventure of the Kingdom Keepers, a group of young people responsible for battling magical villains in Disneyland afterhours, continues in The Return, as they discover defeating the Overtakers is not their only challenge. The Red Room, a Risk Agent novel, is Ridley’s most recent adult suspense novel. With the defeat of the Overtakers behind them, the five teenagers known as the Kingdom Keepers should be celebrating. By all accounts they saved Disneyland from certain destruction. Why then did their mentor leave one last puzzle for them to decipher? The Keepers must solve a puzzle of the past, or be crushed under an evil that makes the Overtakers seem like gentle souls. The Kingdom Keepers’ senior year in high school is almost over. For more than three years, things have been quiet. Their battles are long behind them, they agree, the threat to the Disney realm silenced albeit at great cost. But inside the catacombs of the Aztec temple where Finn Whitman faced down his nemesis, the monstrous Chernabog, a new threat brews.Deception and betrayal rock the Kingdom Keepers as the merciless group of Disney villains known as the Overtakers stage an unexpected comeback. But a discovery by the Keepers provides them with one hope of victory-a lost icon. It was believed to be gone forever. The Keepers have one last chance to preserve the heart of the Kingdom-Disneyland-from a terrifying destruction decades in the making. Mysterious Galaxy, 5943 Balboa Ave, Suite 100, San Diego. For additional information, go to http://www.mystgalaxy.com/ or call (858) 268-4747. March 29 (Sunday, 7:00 pm) — Noir at the Bar San Diego has another stellar line-up scheduled for March! Join fellow mystery lovers at the La Jolla Brewing Company to mingle with talented authors and drink some great beer! Featuring Jo Perry (Dead is Better), Thomas Perry (A String of Beads), Maria Alexander (Mr. Wicker), Naomi Hirahara (Grave on Grand Avenue), and Jim Ruland (Forest of Fortune)! Mysterious Galaxy, 5943 Balboa Ave, Suite 100, San Diego. For additional information, go to http://www.mystgalaxy.com/ or call (858) 268-4747. March 31 (Tuesday, 7:00 pm) — “Jewish Poets – Jewish Voices” will continue in the Astor Judaica Library in La Jolla. Featured poets will be educators from their local Jewish Day and Congregational Schools and Early Childhood Centers. The featured poets will read their works during the first hour. This will be followed by a half hour of open mic during which members of the audience are invited to read individual poems. Bring your poetry to read to sing, or just listen and enjoy. There will be a sign-up sheet in the library as people enter. Following the readings, there will be an opportunity to socialize over light refreshments. These programs of poetry readings are open to the public at no charge. Attendees are encouraged to RSVP. Samuel and Rebecca Astor Judaica Library (upstairs) at the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center, Jacobs Family Campus, 4126 Executive Drive, La Jolla; (858) 362-1150; http://www.sdcjc.org/. April 1 (Wednesday, 4:30 pm) — UCSD’s New Writing Series is excited to announce an upcoming reading from Sister Spit. The reading will take place in the Visual Arts Presentation Lab (SME 149) at UC San Diego. This event is FREE and open to the public! For more information and directions: http://literature.ucsd.edu/news-events/new-writing-series/nws-winter2015.html or contact Kim Schreiber: kaschrei@ucsd.edu. April 1 (Wednesday, 12:30 pm) — Adventures by the Book is pleased to present a Love of Art SDSU Osher Lunch Edventure featuring New York Times bestselling author Robin Oliveira at Café Caberet, 3739 Adams Ave., La Jolla 92116. The event is ticketed and is open to all SDSU Osher members. Membership is open to everyone over the age of 50. About the Event: Have you ever wondered about the passionate love affairs that inspired some of the world’s greatest artists? Well, wonder no more, because award-winning author Robin Oliveira will join us to share one such story, the alleged love affair between Edgar Degas and Mary Cassatt, as fictionalized in her novel, I Always Loved You. And what re-creation of Belle Epoque Paris would be complete without a trip to a local French cafe with her to enjoy a light lunch while discussing her exciting book. About the Author: Robin Oliveira holds a B.A. in Russian and studied at the Pushkin Language Institute in Moscow. She received an M.F.A. in Writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts and is also a nurse, specializing in critical care. She is the New York Times bestselling author of My Name is Mary Sutter. Her new novel, I Always Loved You, fictionalizes the alleged love affair between the great artists Edgar Degas and Mary Cassatt. For more information regarding the event, please contact Susan McBeth at (619) 300-2532 or at susan@adventuresbythebook.com. April 1 (Wednesday, 7:30 pm) —Warwick’s is hosting former SeaWorld orca trainer John Hargrove to present his first-hand account of the lives of captive killer whales, Beneath the Surface: Killer Whales, Seaworld, and the Truth Beyond Blackfish. John has 14 years’ experience as a killer whale trainer spanning both SeaWorld of California and SeaWorld of Texas where he was promoted to the highest ranking Senior Trainer. He resigned his position with SeaWorld in August 2012. This event is free and open to the public. Reserved Seating is available. Only books purchased from Warwick’s will be signed. Please call the Warwick’s Book Department at 858-454-0347 for more information. Over the course of two decades, John Hargrove worked with 20 different whales on two continents and at two of SeaWorld’s U.S. facilities. For Hargrove, becoming an orca trainer fulfilled a
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