Author
visits can be a great boost to a public library.
Berkeley-based Heyday
Books, publisher of works on
California’s history, natural history, arts, and
literature, will provide California’s libraries
with Heyday authors for readings and author
programs at no cost. Anissa J. Paulsen, Heydey’s
director of education and outreach, reports that
Heyday, with its wide range of subjects and
authors, will work with library staff to ensure
the program engages that particular library’s
audience.
In
the past year, Heyday has sponsored over 150
events at educational institutions around
California, including public libraries in Oakland,
San Francisco, Auberry, Sacramento, Nevada City,
Los Angeles, Winters, Concord, Livermore, Sonora,
San Jose, San Clemente, and many others. Heyday
event subjects include:
• History of the West
• Art and Photography
• California Indians
• Asian American Art and Literature
• Latino Art and Literature
• Poetry
• Natural History
• Great Valley
• California Legacy
• Heyday Kids
Some of the Heyday authors available for public
appearances at libraries around the state are:
Gerald Haslam, author of Workin’ Man Blues:
Country Music in California and
Haslam’s Valley, a collection of fiction and
essays about the sweeping diversity of the Central
Valley.
Stephen Tobriner, author of Bracing for
Disaster: Earthquake-Resistant Architecture and
Engineering in San Francisco, 1838-1933 (April
2006), a unique study that credits the architects
and engineers for learning from past quakes to
design newer models of earthquake-resistant
building techniques and then applying them in an
ongoing effort to save San Francisco.
Rose Castillo Guilbault, author of Farmworker’s
Daughter: Growing Up Mexican in America, an
intimate view of the immigrant experience from a
distinctly female perspective and through the
voice of one of California’s most successful
women.
Rose Marie Beebe and Robert M. Senkewicz (Testimonios:
Early California through the Eyes of Women,
1815-1848, June 2006), thirteen women’s
firsthand accounts from when California was part
of Spain and Mexico.
Heyday Kids authors and illustrators are also
available for library readings and family
programs, including Lucille Lang Day and Doug
Dworkin (Chain Letter), Sylvia Ross (Lion
Singer), Janet Nichols Lynch (Peace Is a
Four-Letter Word), and Krystina Castella and
Brian Boyl (Discovering Nature’s Alphabet,
May 2006).
For further information about how you can help
set up lectures and slideshows at your library,
please contact Anissa Paulsen, director of
education and outreach, at (510) 549-3564, ext.
316 or anissa@heydaybooks.com.
