Friends of the Oceanside Public Library present Authors, Wine, and Hors d’Oeuvres
It’s a surf-themed Authors’ Panel with Jim Kempton, Executive Director of the California Surf Museum and T. Jefferson Parker, three-time winner of the Edgar Allen Poe Award (the “Edgar”)!
Silent Auction!
- Beach Airbnb weekend for two
- Membership to the California Surf Museum
- And MORE!
Books will be available for purchase and author signature at the event.
Sunday October 13th, 12:30-4:30pm, Civic Center Library – 330 North Coast Highway, Oceanside. MAP IT
Women on Waves — A Cultural History of Surfing: From Ancient Goddesses and Hawaiian Queens to Malibu Movie Stars and Millennial Champions
by Jim Kempton
A captivating look at two centuries of surfing — “the Sport of Queens” — from Native Hawaiian royalty to the breakout style and jaw-dropping feats on the waves today.
Desperation Reef
by T. Jefferson Parker
In this high-stakes thriller by three-time Edgar Award winner and New York Times bestselling author T. Jefferson Parker (“A marvel…hits the high-water mark for crime fiction every time out.” ―Gregg Hurwitz), a big wave surfer and her sons compete in the same contest that killed her husband many years before.
Tickets available online only now through Oct. 7 (deadline may be extended) at oplfriends.org
$60 General admission
$50 Friends of the Oceanside Public Library members
Books will be available for purchase and author signature at the event.
Limited seating is first come.
