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Phyllis Mattson's Appearances:

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2008 Events:

Memoir workshop at the 
Jack London Writers Conference

 

Phyllis spoke to California Writers Club, Ridgecrest branch 

 


Pen Women Award photo with inset of Phyllis

 

Phyllis spoke at the Women's Club of Palo Alto,
January, 2007 (above and following 2 photos)

 

 

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January 2008:
  • Jan 15: Cogswell College
  • Jan 24: Marina Middle School

February 2008:

  • Feb 1: Almaden Library, 4 pm, open to the public
  • Feb 6: Sunnyvale Senior Center, 1 pm, open to the public
  • Feb 11: Palo Alto Senior Center  (Avenidas), 2 pm, open to the public
  • Feb 26: Chateau Cupertino, 2 pm

March 2008:

  • Mar 6: Marin Jewish Community Center in conjunction with Holocaust Photo Exhibit, 6:30 pm

April 2008:

  • Apr 2: Saratoga Library, 10 am, open to the public
  • Apr 3: Oakwood County School, Morgan Hill
  • April 12 Fremont AAUW, author panel
  • April 16: Stratford Senior Living, San Mateo
  • April 17: Silver Creek High School
  • April 29: Prospect High School

May 2008:

  • May 2: Saratoga Senior Center, Memoir writing class

July 2008:

  • July 9: Saratoga Senior Center, 12:30 pm, open to the public

 

2007 Past Events:

January 2007:

  • Jan 17 - Palo Alto Women's Club
  • Jan 22 - Book Club, San Jose

February 2007:

  • Feb 12 to 15 - Los Altos Author's Week

March 2007:

  • Mar 15 - Sunnyvale Manor, Retirement Village
  • Mar 17 - Elk Grove Book Fair

  • Mar 22 - Scotts Valley High School, 10th grade classes

  • Mar 22 - Internet Voices Radio, interviewed by Jacqueline Sue. To listen to the broadcast online click here
  • Mar 24 - Jack London Writers Conference: Memoir Workshop
  • Mar 27 and 28 - Bret Harte Middle School, San Jose, 8th grade, 5 classes

April 2007:

  • Apr 2 -Bret Harte Middle School, San Jose, 8th grade, 2 classes
  • Apr 6 - Guest Speaker at San Jose University, Holocaust Studies
  • Apr 12 - Mountain View- Cupertino Welcome Wagon
  • Apr 13 - Las Vegas Language Teachers Conference
  • Apr 27 - Cupertino, Lynbrook High School, 2 classes

May 2007:

  • May 22 - Mt. Madonna Winery, in association with National League of American Pen Women event
  • May 28 - Bridgepoint Retirement Home, Los Altos

June 2007:

  • June 6 - Atria Retirement Home, Sunnyvale
  • June 29 - The Atrium Retirement Community, San Jose

July 2007:

  • July 11 - Rhoda Goldman Retirement Home, San Francisco, 3 pm
  • July 11 - San Francisco Towers, 8 pm
  • July 12 - Sequoias Retirement Home, San Francisco
  • July 13 - Pilgrim Haven Retirement Home,  Los Altos
  • July 17 - Atria Retirement Home, San Mateo
  • July 26 - 7pm Borders Bookstore, Santana Row, San Jose

August 2007:

  • August 2 - Mountain View Senior Center, 1 pm
  • August 8 - Jewish Home, San Francisco
  • August 23 - Atria Retirement Home, Willow Glenn
  • August 30 - Corinthian House, Campbell

September 2007:

  • Sept 10 - Channing House, Palo Alto
  • Sept 11 - Cogswell College, Sunnyvale
  • Sept 12 - Belmont Village, San Jose
  • Sept 14 - Santa Rosa Senior Center
  • Sept 15 - Santa Rosa Book Fair
  • Sept 19 - The Terraces, Los Gatos
  • Sept 20 - UC Santa Cruz, Extension, Cupertino, 12:30 lunch speaker - open to the public

October 2007: none

November 2007:

  • Nov 1 - Beth David, Saratoga, Lectures series. Topic: Homewood Terrace, An Orphanage That Was A Home.
  • Nov 14 - Redwood Villa Retirement Home
  • Nov 15 - Woodacre Knolls, Redwood City
  • Nov 20 - Peppertree Bookstore, Palm Springs, 7 pm

December 2007:

  • Lincoln Glen Retirement Home, San Jose, 3 pm
  • Dec 20 Retirement Home - Sequoias, Woodside, 10 am
2006 Past Events:
January 18, Palo Alto Book group

February:

  • February 4, National League of American Pen Women, Santa Clara County Branch, Luncheon - honored as an "Achiever" in Letters
  • February 13-16, Author's week participant, Los Altos High School
  • February 22, Black Oak Books in Berkeley with Linda Joy Myers

March:

  • March 1, Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, bag lunch, noon
    U.C. Santa Cruz Extension, Cupertino - open to the public
  • March 8, CWC South Bay Writers meeting - guest speaker on writing memoirs and self-publishing
  • March18, Milpitas Community Library: Wartime Memories of World War II. Free admission
  • March 23, Book club: Tokalong in San Jose
  • March 28, Book Club at Temple Beth Israel-Judea on Brotherhood Way, San Francisco

April:

  • April 3, Book club in San Mateo
  • April 4, Campbell Public Library 7pm
  • April 6, Willow Glen Library

May:

  • May 7, Berkeley Richmond Jewish Community Center, 2pm
    Cafe Europa, 1981 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley
  • May 12, PEO book club, San Jose

June:

  • June 7 - Ridgecrest Branch Public Library, California Writers Club event
  • June 24, Fremont Public Library 2 pm
    2400 Stevenson Blvd., (510) 745-1400
  • June 26, Mariposa Library, 1:30 pm

July:

  • July 13, Bethel Church, Cupertino, 10:30 am
  • July 16, Authors panel at Friends of Morgan Hill Library Benefit

August:

  • August 10, Marcus Jewish Community Center, 5342 Tilly Mill Rd, Dunwoody, Georgia (Atlanta area)
  • August 28, Meadows Retirement book group

September:

  • Sept 9, East of Eden Writers Conference, Salinas, CA; workshop on memoir writing and self-publishers' panel.
  • Sept 17, B'nai B'rith, Berkeley
  • Sept 26, Cupertino Historical Society, Quinlan Center, 6:30pm
    Stelling Rd near Stevens Creek
  • Sept 27, PEO book club, San Francisco

October:

  • Oct 31 - Jewish Community Center, Los Gatos; lunch talk

2005 Past Events


Phyllis speaking at the Cupertino Library
in September 2005.


Photos of Phyllis's reading for Quota International in Cupertino in September 2005

 

 

 

November 2005

  • November 7, Private Book Club, Sunnyvale
  • November 9, Santa Clara University, Orradre Library 3-5 pm
  • November 10, Saratoga Library, 3:30 pm
  • November 19, Santa Clara Public Library, 2 pm
  • November 21, American Association of University Women, Pacifica

October 2005

  • various dates - "Letters Link a Family" - public access television appearance on The Better Part - check times for your cable on www.thebetterpart.com
  • October 14, Sierra Singleaires, Los Gatos 
  • October 25, Los Altos Library, 7pm
  • October 26, Stanford Faculty Wives
  • October 26, Scotts Valley book club, 7pm 

September 2005

August 2005

  • August 28th, Kiwanis at the Blue Pheasant, Cupertino

June 2005

  • June 20th, Private Book Club, Sunnyvale

May 2005

  • May 7th, 2p.m., SFPL Main Library, San Francisco
  • May 11, 7:30am, Kiwanis Breakfast Meeting in Sunnyvale
  • May 11th, 6:30 p.m., Potrero Branch Library, San Francisco
  • May 14th, 6 p.m., San Francisco Maritime Museum
  • May 21st, 10 a.m., California Writers Club, SF/Peninsula branch monthly meeting

April  2005

  • April 4, Middle School, San Jose
  • April 4th, 7 p.m., Sunset Branch Library, San Francisco
  • April 5th, 12:30 p.m., Alexander Books, Montgomery St., San Francisco
  • April 7th, 7:30 p.m., Books Inc, Castro and Dana, Mountain View
  • April 10, 11:00 a.m., Holocaust Survivors Group, Chai House, San Jose
  • April 21, TV Interview “The Better Part”, Channel 15

March 2005

  • March 13th, 3:30 p,m, Bird & Beckett Books, San Francisco
  • March 15th, 7: p.m. Barnes and Noble, South Bay
  • March 17, Bret Harte Middle School
  • March 29, Pima Community College, Tucson