Daly City Children’s Day
Join us as we celebrate Children’s Day with Daly City. Our booth will have arts & crafts activities and giveaways while supplies last.
Tag: community event
Meet Theodore (and author Jamie Shepard)
Meet Theodore and Jamie on August 30th at Peninsula Books. “Theodore’s Big Day”, is a heartwarming story about a Mini Australian Shepherd dog with a dream to find his furever family. This story is about hope, love, and the joy of finding where you truly belong.
Silent Book Club
Join our Silent Book Club! Choose your own book and come read quietly alongside others at our shop. We’ll get settled and do intros, read silently for an hour, then chat for a bit (if you like). We will have some snacks and drinks, but feel free to bring your own as well.
Don’t know what to read? Come early and we can give recommendations! You can also browse our lending library, or choose a free book provided by our co-host @skylineblue.bookbox.
Sponsored by Sobrato Foundation
Poetry Reading
POETRY READING WITH LOCAL ARTISTS
ELODIE TOWNSEND & KIRSTEN DUALAN
Elodie Townsend (she/her) is a writer born and based in San Francisco. Her work has been featured in The Ana, Two-Headed Press, The Berkeley Fiction Review, and more, and has been described as surreal, absurdist, and “mildly concerning”. She holds a BA in English Literature from UC Berkeley and an MA in Creative Writing from SFSU.
Website: elodietownsend.com
Kirsten Ann Dualan is a queer Filipino American poet and fiction writer from the San Francisco Bay Area. They hold a BA and MFA in Creative Writing from San Francisco State University. Their work explores the intersections of sexuality, class, and gender under neoliberal capitalism. Kirsten’s work has been featured in Transfer Magazine. They live in San Francisco.
Independent Bookstore Day 2025
Independent Bookstore Day (Indie Bookstore Day) was established in 2013 to promote, celebrate, and highlight the value of the Independent bookstore community. The day has been observed on the last Saturday of April every year since 2013. This year, there are over 1,200 stores participating across the country.
Paws For Poems
Want to read your poetry in a non-judgmental setting? Come out for Paws for Poems and read to a dog and get some practice.
Sign up at:
Be Kind! Kindness Campaign 2025
Let’s Be Kind!
In the month of May, we are exploring how building community through books creates kindness and empathy. For K- 8th grade children, we are reaching out to teachers to sign up for a free teacher kit (book and activities) if they commit to reading the book and completing the activity sometime in May.
Writing Workshop with David
David is an author, editor and educator. In addition to classes for adults at The Writing Salon, David has taught students from middle school age and up at McKinley Institute of Technology (Redwood City), Boys & Girls Clubs of the Peninsula, and in private practice.
He founded Inkflow Communications (www.InkflowCommunications.com), which provides writing/editing services and marketing communications consulting to non-profits and other social impact organizations. David has self-published Az der Papa (a YA coming-of-age novella), At the Cookout: A White Man’s Journey in Black America (memoir), and The Man Behind the Mask (collaboration with American Ninja Warrior athletes Flip Rodriguez and Noah Kaufman). David’s work is rooted in a journalism career that started at age 15 in 1979 and has included thousands of articles, op-eds, and blogs for his employers and clients.
Limited to twenty attendees 12 and older. You must register for the free event.
“Mouth” by Kerry Donoghue Book Launch Party
Celebrate the launch of Kerry Donoghue’s provocative debut, MOUTH, highlighting the ways we consume—from the drinks we can’t put down to the lovers we can’t resist—revealing deeper hungers we often keep hidden. A competitive eater, a rodeo clown, a pearl diver, and a mermaid-in-training are just a few of the outsiders in this collection of short stories. MOUTH asks: when our appetites define us, how do we survive the hunger?
Currently living in the Bay Area, her poetry and stories have appeared in journals such as Ninth Letter, Painted Bride Quarterly, Permafrost, The Louisville Review, and The South Carolina Review. Learn more at www.kerrydonoghue.com.
Writing Workshop
Whether you’re just starting out or haven’t written in a while, this two hour workshop will help you help you feel more confident and find your rhythm. No writing experience is required—just a desire to write and a welcoming space to do so. It’s a low-pressure environment to explore ideas, overcome writer’s block, and enjoy the creative process. Just bring a notebook, a pen, and an open mind, and we’ll take it from there.
Agenda:
Intros and ice breaker
Stream of consciousness writing exercise
Share with group and discussion
Second writing exercise
Share with group and goal setting for incorporating writing to our day to day
Closing circle
About the Workshop Presenter:
Persiana is a writer, health coach, and active member of the Daly City community. She has been writing since the age of 9 and is deeply passionate about helping others discover their authentic voice. Whether supporting beginners or helping experienced writers reconnect with their creative flow, Persiana fosters a welcoming space where everyone can grow and develop their craft. Outside of facilitating writing workshops, she works in biotech, enjoys hiking, dancing, and spending time with her two kids.”