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Phyllis Mattson's Past Appearances:

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2008 Events
  • Jan 15: Cogswell College
  • Jan 24: Marina Middle School
  • 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
  • Mar 6: Marin Jewish Community Center in conjunction with Holocaust Photo Exhibit, 6:30 pm
  • 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 2: Saratoga Senior Center, Memoir writing class
  • July 9: Saratoga Senior Center, 12:30 pm, open to the public
  • July 22 Sequoias, Tamalpais
  • August 11, The Redwoods, Mill Valley
  • Sept 7 East of Eden Conference, Memoir Session
  • Sept 15 The Carlton Residences, San Jose
  • Oct 2 St Paul Towers, Oakland
  • Nov 12 Zonta International, Palo Alto 7pm
  • Nov 22: Casa Sandoval, Hayward
2007 Events
  • Jan 17 - Palo Alto Women's Club
  • Jan 22 - Book Club, San Jose
  • Feb 12 to 15 - Los Altos Author's Week
  • 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
  • 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 22 - Mt. Madonna Winery, in association with National League of American Pen Women event
  • May 28 - Bridgepoint Retirement Home, Los Altos
  • June 6 - Atria Retirement Home, Sunnyvale
  • June 29 - The Atrium Retirement Community, San Jose
  • 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 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Lincoln Glen Retirement Home, San Jose, 3 pm
  • Dec 20 Retirement Home - Sequoias, Woodside, 10 am
2006 Events:
  • January 18, Palo Alto Book group
  • 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 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 3, Book club in San Mateo
  • April 4, Campbell Public Library 7pm
  • April 6, Willow Glen Library
  • May 7, Berkeley Richmond Jewish Community Center, 2pm
    Cafe Europa, 1981 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley
  • May 12, PEO book club, San Jose
  • 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 13, Bethel Church, Cupertino, 10:30 am
  • July 16, Authors panel at Friends of Morgan Hill Library Benefit
  • August 10, Marcus Jewish Community Center, 5342 Tilly Mill Rd, Dunwoody, Georgia (Atlanta area)
  • August 28, Meadows Retirement book group
  • 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
  • Oct 31 - Jewish Community Center, Los Gatos; lunch talk

2005 Events

  • 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
  • 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 7, Cupertino Library, 4 pm (teens and adults)
  • September 8, Mountain View Library, 7 pm
  • September 10, Sonoma County Book Festival -- Bay Area Independent Publishers Association booth
  • September 20, Sharone Hadassah, Los Gatos
  • September 22, Quota International at the Blue Pheasant, Cupertino
  • September 22, The Hamilton Retirement Community Book Club, Palo Alto
  • September 28, The Villages Retirement Community Book Lovers Club, San Jose
  • August 28th, Kiwanis at the Blue Pheasant, Cupertino
  • June 20th, Private Book Club, Sunnyvale
  • 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 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 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

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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Phyllis speaking at the Cupertino Library
in September 2005.


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