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SUMMARY:Get Published Now Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Would you like to see your work published in a variety of media? This six-part writing workshop will show you how to get what you write published. Instructor George Galdorisi is a New York Times best-selling writer who has published multiple works in all media. \nThis course is designed for beginning\, emerging and even accomplished writers who seek to have their work – novels\, non-fiction books\, articles\, essays\, you name it – published. \nWe’ll explore all options\, from major publishing houses to popular magazines and newspapers\, not to mention the ubiquitous on-line and electronic opportunities. The course is results-oriented\, the aim being to get your work out into the world and\, once it’s out there\, to get it noticed and appreciated by a wide audience! Attendees are encouraged to attend all classes. \nRegistration is encouraged but is not required.  \nWORKSHOP HIGHLIGHTS \n\nWhy Write?\nFirst – and Essential – Steps\nNon-fiction – The Hungry Market\n“The Great American Novel”\nEstablishing an Online Presence\nSocial Media – Challenges and Opportunities\n\n\nGeorge Galdorisi is a New York Times best-selling writer (four best-sellers\, with one peaking at number four) who has published multiple works in all media and who offers something for everyone to take their writing to the next level with the explicit goal of getting it published. He is a career naval aviator and long-term Coronado resident who began his writing career with an article in a professional journal in 1978. He has written a total of 18 books\, including novels and works of non-fiction\, all published by mainstream publishers\, contributions to multiple other works of non-fiction\, and well over 400 articles in national media including newspapers\, professional journals\, popular magazines\, and conference proceedings. \nGeorge’s work has been recognized with numerous writing awards\, including the Navy League of the United States Alfred Thayer Mahan Award for Literary Achievement\, the Military Writer’s Society Award for fiction and non-fiction\, the Surface Navy Association Author of the Year\, Hook Magazine Contributor of the Year\, as well as a diverse array of literary awards from organizations such as the U.S. Naval Institute\, Naval Helicopter Association\, Navy League of Australia\, Naval Helicopter Historical Society\, and the Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific.
URL:https://coronadotimes.com/event/get-published-now-workshop/
LOCATION:Coronado Public Library\, 640 Orange Ave\, Coronado\, CA\, 92118\, United States
CATEGORIES:books,community,lecture,workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250405T090000
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SUMMARY:San Diego Writers Festival
DESCRIPTION:100 Speakers – 45 Events – 1 Day. Keynotes\, workshops\, food vendors\, live performances\, prizes\, and more! \nWhether you’ve written several books or are just starting your journey\, the San Diego Writers Festival is the perfect place to learn\, connect\, and grow. Join the Coronado Public Library on Saturday\, April 5 from 9 am to 6 pm for this free literary event. Featuring expert-led panels on pitching to an agent\, marketing your work\, and making a living as a writer\, you’ll learn tools to take your writing to the next level. \nWith keynotes by Emmy Nominated actor Ed Begley Jr.\, Emmy Award Winner Hank Phillipi Ryan\, and NYT Bestseller Tembi Lock (along with Matthew Quirk\, Lisa See\, R.F. Kuang and over 100 other speakers)\, you won’t want to miss this event! \nEvents take place at the Coronado Public Library and Coronado High School. \nFESTIVAL SCHEDULE
URL:https://coronadotimes.com/event/san-diego-writers-festival/
LOCATION:Coronado Public Library\, 640 Orange Ave\, Coronado\, CA\, 92118\, United States
CATEGORIES:books,community,lecture,meeting,workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250408T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250408T193000
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SUMMARY:Crafty Hour: Mini Libraries
DESCRIPTION:Feeling crafty? Join us on the second Tuesday of every month for arts and crafts. \nIn celebration of National Library Week\, we’ll be making our own mini libraries in April! \nThis program is for adults over the age of 18. Registration is not required but recommended. 
URL:https://coronadotimes.com/event/crafty-hour-mini-libraries/
LOCATION:Coronado Public Library\, 640 Orange Ave\, Coronado\, CA\, 92118\, United States
CATEGORIES:art,books,community,craft
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250411T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250411T160000
DTSTAMP:20260518T140643
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SUMMARY:Author Event: "All Eternity Lies Before Me" - A Military Family's Story of Enduring Love and Resilience
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a moving and heartfelt author event with Loreen Gibbons\, as she shares her deeply personal book\, All Eternity Lies Before Me. Written in the wake of her husband’s death while serving in the U.S. military\, Gibbons’ work is both a tribute and a testament—a poetic reflection on grief\, love\, healing\, and the enduring strength of the military spouse community. \nCome hear Loreen read from her work\, discuss the journey behind the book\, and share in a conversation about hope\, remembrance\, and finding meaning after loss. A Q&A and book signing will follow the talk. \n\nAbout Loreen Gibbons \nLoreen Gibbons is a former Navy wife\, remarried Navy widow\, and retired elementary school teacher. Her debut memoir began as letters to her grandson Spencer\, intended to introduce him to the grandfather he never met. It is a powerful narrative of survival\, resilience\, and the enduring strength of love. \nAbout All Eternity Lies Before Me \nAlfa Foxtrot 586\, a P-3 Orion turboprop\, was conducting a sensitive Cold War mission off the Kamchatka Peninsula on October 26\, 1978\, when a propeller malfunction turned into four engine fires and the pilot—Loreen Grigsby’s husband Jerry—was forced to ditch into remote\, mountainous seas churned by a frigid North Pacific gale. The aircraft sank within ninety seconds\, taking one of the three rafts with it—which left thirteen men to huddle together in the remaining two rafts\, the smaller of which soon began to leak. \nTold from Loreen’s perspective as a Navy wife at home as well as through the eyes of the men who survived the disaster\, All Eternity Lies Before Me weaves a gripping tale of struggle\, uncertainty\, grief\, and heroism. It shares Loreen’s terror as she receives notifications about her husband’s crew’s desperate battle against wind\, seas\, and biting cold. It details the ad hoc search and rescue mission\, a valiant effort to rescue the men before time runs out. And\, tragically\, it tells how a young Navy wife becomes a widow and single mom. \nBut Jerry’s death is not the end of Loreen’s story—and in the years following his loss\, she discovers resilience\, strength\, and a new future. As she begins her journey toward a brighter future\, she’s inspired by the camaraderie and brotherhood forged between the survivors and their rescuers—and ultimately\, the long-term lessons learned by all involved become part of the lasting legacy of this event.
URL:https://coronadotimes.com/event/author-event-all-eternity-lies-before-me-a-military-familys-story-of-enduring-love-and-resilience/
LOCATION:Coronado Public Library\, 640 Orange Ave\, Coronado\, CA\, 92118\, United States
CATEGORIES:books,community,education
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250412T100000
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SUMMARY:53rd Annual Spring Book Fair by Friends of the Coronado Library
DESCRIPTION:Book lovers\, mark your calendars! The Friends of the Coronado Public Library proudly present the 53rd Annual Spring Book Fair\, a one day event\, on Saturday\, April 12\, 2025\, from 10am to 4pm\, outside in front of the Library. \nThe Spring Book Fair is a beloved community tradition offering thousands of books across every genre\, plus unique gifts and collectibles—all at unbeatable prices. Shoppers can browse selections outside the Coronado Public Library\, and inside at the Lobby Bookstore and at Second Hand Prose Bookstore on D Avenue. \nIn addition to the vast array of books available\, the event will offer fun activities for everyone. The Family Corner\, open from 10am to 4pm\, will include face painters for the kids\, a coffee stand for adults to enjoy a relaxing coffee break\, and the chance to purchase exclusive FOL merchandise. Don’t miss this exciting day of books\, bargains\, and community! \nLooking for your next favorite book? Whether you love fiction\, history\, children’s literature\, or rare finds\, this is your chance to discover incredible reads and support the Coronado Library at the same time. \nDon’t miss this exciting day of books\, bargains\, and community\, and support the Coronado Public Library at the same time!
URL:https://coronadotimes.com/event/53rd-annual-spring-book-fair-by-friends-of-the-coronado-library/
LOCATION:Library Lawn\, Coronado Public Library\, 640 orange\, Coronado\, CA\, 92118\, United States
CATEGORIES:books,community,entertainment,family,shopping
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250422T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250422T190000
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SUMMARY:An Evening with Bernhard Schlink\, Bestselling Author of "The Reader"
DESCRIPTION:In his only San Diego appearance\, German author Bernhard Schlink will be sharing his new title\, The Granddaughter. An “unflinching look at the neo-Nazi movement and the compromises people make out of love” according to Publishers Weekly\, it’s a fascinating new novel by the man who wrote The Reader.  \nThis event is free and open to the public. Seating is first-come\, first-served\, subject to availability. Limited preferred seating is available with purchase of The Granddaughter through Adventures by the Book. Please visit adventuresbythebook.com/calendar-event/bernhard-schlink-4-22-25/ for more information. \n\nAbout The Granddaughter \nIt is only after the sudden death of his wife\, Birgit\, that Kaspar discovers the price she paid years earlier when she fled East Germany to join him: she had to abandon her baby. Shattered by grief\, yet animated by a new hope\, Kaspar closes up his bookshop in present day Berlin and sets off to find her lost child in the east. \nHis search leads him to a rural community of neo-Nazis\, intent on reclaiming and settling ancestral lands to the East. Among them\, Kaspar encounters Svenja\, a woman whose eyes\, hair\, and even voice remind him of Birgit. Beside her is a red-haired\, slouching\, fifteen-year-old girl. His granddaughter? Their worlds could not be more different— an ideological gulf of mistrust yawns between them— but he is determined to accept her as his own. \nMore than twenty-five years after The Reader\, Bernhard Schlink once again offers a masterfully gripping novel that powerfully probes the past’s role in contemporary life\, transporting us from the divided Germany of the 1960s to modern day Australia\, and asking what unites or separates us. \nTranslated from the German by Charlotte Collins \n  \nAbout Bernhard Schlink \nBernhard Schlink is the author of the internationally bestselling novel The Reader. He is a former judge and teaches public law and legal philosophy at Humboldt University of Berlin and at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law in New York City.
URL:https://coronadotimes.com/event/an-evening-with-bernhard-schlink-bestselling-author-of-the-reader/
LOCATION:Coronado Public Library\, 640 Orange Ave\, Coronado\, CA\, 92118\, United States
CATEGORIES:books,community
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250423T110000
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SUMMARY:Best of the Best Book Club: "Winter in Sokcho" by Elisa Shua Dusapin
DESCRIPTION:The Coronado Public Library’s Best of the Best Book Club meets regularly on the fourth Wednesday of each month to discuss books that have won major awards. Receive reminder emails about our meeting by registering below. Registration is not required to attend. \nFor our April meeting\, we will discuss the 2021 National Book Award winner Winter in Sokcho by Elisa Shua Dusapin\, a novel that explores rifts of identity—personal\, cultural\, and national—and the fleeting kinship that is possible between solitary strangers. \nAbout Winter in Sokcho \nIt’s winter in Sokcho\, a tourist town on the border between South and North Korea. The cold slows everything down. Bodies are red and raw\, the fish turn venomous\, beyond the beach guns point out from the North’s watchtowers. A young French Korean woman works as a receptionist in a tired guesthouse. One evening\, an unexpected guest arrives: a French cartoonist determined to find inspiration in this desolate landscape. The two form an uneasy relationship. When she agrees to accompany him on trips to discover an “authentic” Korea\, they visit snowy mountaintops and dramatic waterfalls\, and cross into North Korea. But he takes no interest in the Sokcho she knows—the gaudy neon lights\, the scars of war\, the fish market where her mother works. As she’s pulled into his vision and taken in by his drawings\, she strikes upon a way to finally be seen. An exquisitely-crafted debut\, which won the Prix Robert Walser\, Winter in Sokcho is a novel about shared identities and divided selves\, vision and blindness\, intimacy and alienation. Elisa Shua Dusapin’s voice is distinctive and unmistakable. \nAbout Elisa Shua Dusapin \nElisa Shua Dusapin was born in France in 1992 and raised in Paris\, Seoul and Switzerland. Winter in Sokcho (Hiver à Sokcho) is her first novel. Published in 2016 to wide acclaim\, it was awarded the Prix Robert Walser and the Prix Régine Desforges and has been translated into six languages.
URL:https://coronadotimes.com/event/best-of-the-best-book-club-winter-in-sokcho-by-elisa-shua-dusapin/
LOCATION:Coronado Public Library\, 640 Orange Ave\, Coronado\, CA\, 92118\, United States
CATEGORIES:books,community,education
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250427T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250427T160000
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SUMMARY:Earth Month Book Signing with Children's Book Author
DESCRIPTION:Visit with local author\, Marianne Blackstone Tabner\, in celebration of Earth Month as she holds a book signing for “Taking Turns” on Sunday\, April 27 from 2 to 4 pm outside of Fair Trade Decor\, where her books are sold.
URL:https://coronadotimes.com/event/earth-month-book-signing-with-childrens-book-author/
LOCATION:Fair Trade Decor\, 828 Orange Ave\, Coronado\, CA\, 92118\, United States
CATEGORIES:books
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250429T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250429T193000
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SUMMARY:An Evening with Brad Taylor: NYT Bestselling Author and Former Special Forces Officer Explores 'Into the Gray Zone'
DESCRIPTION:New York Times bestselling author Brad Taylor will be at the Coronado Library discussing his new book\, Into the Gray Zone\, with Matt Coyle. A book-signing will follow. This event is free and open to the public. Seating is first-come\, first-served\, subject to availability. Limited preferred seating is available with purchase of Into the Gray Zone through Warwick’s bookstore. Please visit https://www.warwicks.com/taylor-2025-reserved-seat or call the store at 858-454-0347 for more information. \n\nBrad Taylor\, Lieutenant Colonel (Ret.)\, is a twenty-one-year veteran of the U.S. Army Infantry and Special Forces\, including eight years with Delta Force. Taylor retired in 2010 after serving more than two decades and participating in Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom. He has written eighteen New York Times bestsellers and is a security consultant on asymmetric threats for various agencies. He lives in Charleston\, South Carolina\, with his wife and two daughters. \nAbout Into the Gray Zone \nPike Logan uncovers a geopolitical scheme that has spiraled out of control in India in this latest pulse-pounding thriller from New York Times bestselling author and former special forces officer Brad Taylor. \nWhile on a routine security assessment in India\, Taskforce operator Pike Logan foils an attempted attack on a meeting between the CIA and India’s intelligence service. Both government agencies believe it’s nothing more than a minor terrorist attack\, but Pike suspects that something much more sinister is at play. After another terrorist operation at the Taj Mahal\, he begins to believe that outside powers are attacking India in the gray zone between peace and war\, leveraging terrorist groups for nothing more than economic gain. But the separatists conducting the operations have their own agenda. \nAfter a massive slaughter and kidnapping of hostages during an elaborate Indian pre-wedding party\, two global powers are destabilized\, and only Pike Logan and his team can de-escalate the tension by rescuing the captives. What follows is a race against the clock that winds through the bustling markets of Old Delhi\, the luxurious resorts of Goa\, and the epic halls of the Taj Mahal. It will take everything that Logan and the taskforce have to foil an intricate plot that leaves countless lives in the balance. \nMatt Coyle is the author of the bestselling Rick Cahill crime series. His books have won the Anthony\, Shamus\, Lefty\, Authors on the Air Book of the Year\, and the San Diego Book Awards\, among others. He was the 2021 San Diego Writers Festival’s Mystery Writer of the Year. Odyssey’s End was a Lefty Award Finalist. Matt was recently named a 2024 Odin Award-winner from the San Diego Writers and Editors Guild. He lives in San Diego and is working on something brand new.
URL:https://coronadotimes.com/event/an-evening-with-brad-taylor-nyt-bestselling-author-and-former-special-forces-officer-explores-into-the-gray-zone/
LOCATION:Coronado Public Library\, 640 Orange Ave\, Coronado\, CA\, 92118\, United States
CATEGORIES:books,community,education
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250430T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250430T120000
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SUMMARY:FITT for Life: How to Make Healthy Living Work for You
DESCRIPTION:Healthy living doesn’t have to feel overwhelming. If you’ve ever struggled with figuring out what actually matters\, staying consistent\, or feeling stuck in an all-or-nothing cycle\, this interactive session will give you a new approach. Whether your goal is to lose weight\, improve health markers\, exercise more\, eat better\, or simply feel better in your body\, the FITT framework will help you break through common barriers and build lasting habits. You’ll walk away with clear next steps to make prioritizing your health easier and more effective—without burnout\, frustration\, or unrealistic expectations. \n\nEsther Avant is an author\, speaker\, and health industry veteran with over 19 years of experience helping people unlock their full potential by prioritizing their health. Through her bestselling book\, To Your Health\, podcast by the same name\, and her work as a coach\, Esther teaches individuals how to use health as the foundation for achieving lasting success in all areas of life—whether it’s losing weight for good\, boosting career performance\, or fostering personal growth. With a focus on her signature FITT framework and the three Cs of success\, she empowers her clients to build sustainable habits that lead not just to better health but greater confidence\, success\, and happiness. \n  \n\n\nThe Psychology of Weight Loss: Coronado Health Coach Breaks it Down
URL:https://coronadotimes.com/event/fitt-for-life-how-to-make-healthy-living-work-for-you/
LOCATION:Coronado Public Library\, 640 Orange Ave\, Coronado\, CA\, 92118\, United States
CATEGORIES:books,community,education,health
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