Author Events
Join the fun. Come celebrate with me.
I am grateful to the many people who have supported and encouraged me along this book-writing path.
For more information about any of these events, please email me.
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Author Talk
Spring Book Event
Celebrate Nature Writing
Folsom Library
March 16, 2024 1-2:30pm
411 Stafford St, Folsom
Author Talk & Book Signing
Book Club Talks
I am available to visit with you and your Book Club, either in-person or via Zoom.
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I can discuss Force of Nature, the writing process, hiking in the Sierra Nevada, and/or the John Muir Trail. And I can answer your questions.
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The Force of Nature Book Club Kit with discussion questions, food ideas, complimentary book titles & reference links to John Muir Trail history and maps is available to download.
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Email me to schedule a Book Club visit at joangriff@gmail.com.
Upcoming Classes
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In-Person & Zoom Classes at OLLI at Sierra College
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Host of Author Interview Series at OLLI at Sierra College
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Zoom Classes at OLLI at UC Davis
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Service Organization Talks
Spotlight on Local Authors - Zoom Lunch Pail Series - OLLI at Sierra College
Spring, Summer, Fall Semesters 2024
I will act as the moderator of this monthly series of live, noon-time interviews on Zoom with authors. All are interesting local authors representing a variety of different genres. ALL proceeds go to the Sierra College Food Closet to support food-insecure students. Click here for all the details on the OLLI at Sierra website.
OLLI at Sierra College
Spring Semester 2024
California-Themed
Book Discussion Series
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Remarkably Bright Creatures
by Shelby van Pelt
Set on California's Central Coast, Remarkably Bright Creatures will make you laugh and cry and fall in love with California all over again.
In person & via Zoom
February 20, 27 & March 12
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The Language of Flowers: A Novel
by Vanessa Diffenbaugh
The Language of Flowers wraps the story of a young homeless woman in California in a blanket of flowers, empowering her.
In person & via Zoom
April 9, 16 & 23
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Online catalogue is available:
OLLI at Sierra College
Spring-Summer-Fall 2024
Lunch Pail Interview Series
Spotlight on Local Authors & Books
Host/Interviewer - Joan Griffin
Monthly Zoom Series
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Feb 23 - Don Fraser - The Great Flip
Mar 22 - Dorothe Kress - The Risk
Apr 19 - James L’Etoile - The Face of Greed
May 17 - Rebecca Inch-Partridge - Escaping
the Dashia
Jun 14 - Frank Nissen - Fortune's Call
More to follow
All proceeds from this series
go to Sierra College Food Closet
to support food-insecure students
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Online catalogue will be available and registration will begin in January 2024.
Talks Available for
Clubs & Groups
The Invention of the First Lady
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The first three First Ladies, Martha, Abigail, and Dolley, have vastly different personalities and brought very different strengths to the position. But between them, they created the role of First Lady out of thin air. In fact, not one of their husbands would have ended up in the White House had they not had these women as their partners.
Other First Lady-themed talks/classes are available, too:
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One talk for each of the First Ladies from Martha Washington to Eleanor Roosevelt
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"The Creation of the Modern First Lady"
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Shared with:
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Emigrant Gap Chapter - DAR
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Springfield History Club, Rocklin, CA
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Lincoln AAUW
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NC Professional Women's Groups
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UC Davis OLLI Program
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OLLI at Sierra College
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Available In-Person or via Zoom.
Contact me for more information about these and other talks I have available.
Past Classes, Talks, and Events
OLLI at Sierra College
How Did I Not Know That?
Social Justice Series
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Books previously read in this series include:
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The New Jim Crow
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The Warmth of Other Suns
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Just Mercy
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The Sum of Us
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How the Word Is Passed
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Four Hundred Souls
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How Did I Not Know That?
Environmental Science Series
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Books previously read in this series include:
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Finding the Mother Tree
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Braiding Sweetgrass
OLLI at Sierra College
Women's Work is Never Done
Book Discussion Series
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Books previously read in this series include:
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Lessons in Chemistry
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The Personal Librarian
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Summer Fun Reads
& Book Discussion
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Books previously read in this series include:
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Daisy Jones & The Six
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Finding Dorothy
OLLI at UC Davis
Spring Semester 2023
History & Government
Discussion Series
Conversations with Historian Don Fraser
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Political Parties
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It's Time to Amend the Constitution
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Controversies in American History