• Author Workshop: Fired to Founder

    Peninsula Books 441 Westlake Center, Daly City, United States

    New Year. New Thinking. New Direction. Start the New Year with a fresh perspective. A one-hour workshop for career changers, professionals in transition, and anyone asking what comes next. Join Merril Gilbert, author of Fired to Founder, for a practical, interactive session on navigating change and exploring whether Entrepreneurship might be your next step. Register […]

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  • Book Launch- Lauren Campbell “When They Were in Vogue”

    Peninsula Books 441 Westlake Center, Daly City, United States

    Celebrate the launch of Lauren’s Campbell’s historical fiction book, “When They Were in Vogue.” Join us as we explore this powerful work of historical fiction that covers race, art, friendship, and identity during one of America’s most dynamic cultural moments. The book takes place in the summer of 1929, where siblings Scott and Alice travel […]

  • Author Conversation – Carolyn Bass

    Peninsula Books 441 Westlake Center, Daly City, United States

    Join Carolyn Bass a native San Franciscan, who retired from the University of California, San Francisco with over thirty years of service in Human Resources. ‘Unstoppable,’ the book she co-authored with Lisa Nichols, achieved best-seller status; her original short story was published in an anthology; and she was a featured writer/reader at Ruth’s Table in […]

  • Author Meet & Greet: Charles Porta

    Peninsula Books 441 Westlake Center, Daly City, United States

    In Pure Evil, Page Publishing author Charles Porta tells a spine-chilling thriller story about a serial killer loose in San Francisco. The police department are doing their best, but are being taunted by the killer and the death count of the city is only rising. Then, Detective Draven Overstreet is assigned to the case. He […]

  • Author Talk with Ellie Lopez, author of Chillona

    Peninsula Books 441 Westlake Center, Daly City, United States

    Come join us for an evening celebrating the debut poetry collection, Chillona, by local author Ellie Lopez! In Chillona, Ellie Lopez discusses their personal experience as the eldest daughter in a Mexican American family and navigating life in the Bay Area. Their book covers many themes such as identity, healing, and family. Lopez will be […]

  • Author Meet & Greet: Derek Muk

    Join us for a meet & greet with Derek Muk. First 5 attendees will receive a free copy of his book. About the Book: In Being Followed, author Derek Muk tells the story of Claire Goldman, a strong, independent writer whose life takes a terrifying turn after she begins receiving threatening letters tied to her […]

  • Author Talk with Nitza Agam

    Peninsula Books 441 Westlake Center, Daly City, United States

    Too Much Love, Stories of Mothering, is an anthology of essays and poems by women, edited by Nitza Agam, reveals and questions the complex and complicated relationships of becoming a mother and being a daughter. The anthology includes eighteen women writers of all ages and backgrounds. On March 14th, seven of the eighteen Bay Area […]

  • Meet & Greet with Lauren C. Johnson

    Come meet the author of West Facade, Lauren C. Johnson First 5 attendees will receive a free copy of The West Facade About the Book A cathedral statue discovers what it means to be human, then faces an impossible choice... In Paris, at the dawn of the Bubonic Plague, the statues that guard the Notre […]

  • Author Talk with MJ

    Peninsula Books 441 Westlake Center, Daly City, United States

    My Greatest Fear is Apathy is the debut poetry compilation of youth spoken word artist and college student, M.J. Seja. It serves as her introduction to the literary community but also an archive of the work she wrote from the time she was fourteen to sixteen years old. Her goal with this book is to […]

  • Author Talk with Kenneth Tan and family

    Peninsula Books 441 Westlake Center, Daly City, United States

    Seated side-by-side at their kitchen table in San Jose, 94 year old Crescenciana Tan and her grandson, Kenneth Tan, got to work. Crescenciana made watercolor paintings and Kenneth drew her memories on top of them. When Crescenciana passed, she left behind her paintings, and Kenneth decided he would finish everything she started. He promised. In […]

  • Lost Treasures of San Francisco Author talk

    Peninsula Books 441 Westlake Center, Daly City, United States

    Join author Maria Lenhart on a nostalgic journey through an unforgettable time and place. Lost Treasures of San Francisco is a love letter to the City-by-the-Bay, celebrating such bygone pleasures as grooving to the Grateful Dead at Winterland on New Year's Eve, marveling at the giant Christmas tree at the City of Paris department store, […]

  • Author Talk with Larry Hayes

    Peninsula Books 441 Westlake Center, Daly City, United States

    Meet Larry Hayes, author of 14 Going On 24, Growing up with Willie Mayes.   In 14 Going On 24, author Larry Hayes invites readers into the extraordinary life of Willie Mays, the “Say Hey Kid” baseball legend who redefined the game with unmatched speed, power, and flair. Mays transcended the playing field to become an […]