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Reading Tour: Saturday, April 1st—Seattle, Magnolia’s Bookstore 1PM 3206 W. McGraw St. Seattle 206-283-1062 Author Signing Sunday, April 2nd—Seattle, Elliott Bay Bookstore 4 PM 101 South Main Street Seattle, Washington 98104 (206) 624-6600 Readers: Paul Diamond, Tyler McMahon Tuesday, April 11th--Port Orchard, WA, Armchair Books 6:30 PM 1700 Mile Hill, #304 Port Orchard, WA 98366 360-874-8932 Reader: Paul Diamond Monday, May 8th—Halfmoon Bay, Moon News Bookstore (Not yet confirmed) 315 Main Street Half Moon Bay 650-726-8610 Readers: Ben Marcus, Paul Diamond Wednesday, April 26—Santa Barbara, Borders 7PM 900 State Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101 Phone:805.899.3668 Readers: Shawn Alladio, Jeff Phillips Thursday, April 27—Ventura, Bank of Books 7PM 391 E. Main St. Ventura, CA 93001 805 643-0291 Readers: Shawn Alladio, Glenn Hening Friday, April 28 — Beers with the Surfing Rabbi Saturday, April 29 – Hollywood, Borders 3PM 1501 Vine St. Hollywood, CA 90028 Phone:323.463.8519 Readers: Shawn Alladio, Jenny Hedley, Jamie Tierney Sunday, April 30 – Longbeach, Borders 3PM Long Beach - At the Pike 101 S. Pine Ave. Long Beach, CA 90802 Readers: Shawn Alladio, Jenny Hedley Monday, May 1st – San Clemente, San Clemente Library 7 pm 242 Ave. Del Mar, San Clemente, CA 92672 Phone: 949-492-3851 Readers: Steve Barilotti, Nathan Myers, Terry "Tubesteak" Tracy, Steve Pezman Tuesday, May 2nd – Carlsbad, Borders 7pm 1905 Calle Barcelona Carlsbad, CA 92009 Phone:760.479.0242 Readers: Steve Barilotti, Nathan Myers, Chris Cote, Michael Migdol Wednesday, May 3rd -- San Diego Gaslamp Borders 7pm 668 6th Ave. San Diego, CA 92101 Phone:619.702.4200 Readers: Chris Cote, Michael Migdol Thursday, May 4th – Goletta, Borders 7pm 7000 Marketplace Drive Goleta, CA 93117 Phone:805.968.1370 Readers: Shawn Alladio, Glenn Hening Sunday, May 7th—Malibu, Diesel Bookstore 3PM 3890 Cross Creek Rd, Malibu, CA (310) 456-9961 Readers: Ben Marcus, Terry “Tubesteak” Tracy Tuesday, May9th—San Francisco (Stonestown), Borders 7PM 233 Winston Dr. San Francisco, CA Phone: 415.731.0665 Readers: Shawn Alladio, Paul Diamond, Ben Marcus Wednesday, May 10th—Crescent City, The Book Comber 7PM Crescent City, CA 707-464-5811 Readers: Paul Diamond, Ben Marcus Friday, May 12th—Santa Cruz, Bookshop Santa Cruz, 7PM 1520 Pacific Avenue Santa Cruz 831-423-0900 Reader: Shawn Alladio, Ben Marcus Friday, June 2nd -- Redmond, WA, Borders 7PM Book Signing Saturday, June 3rd -- Tacoma, WA Borders 2PM Book Signing Monday, June 12th -- Sebastopol, CA Copperfield's Books 7PM 138 N. Main Street Sebastopol, CA 95472 707-823-2618 Readers: Paul Diamond, Butch Connor Wednesday, June 14th -- San Francisco, Barnes and Noble 7PM 2550 Taylor St. San Francisco, CA 94133 415-292-6762 Readers: Paul Diamond, Matt George Thursday, June 15th -- Earth Song Books, Del Mar, CA 4pm Earth Song Bookstore, 1440 Camino Del Mar, Del Mar, CA 92014, 858-755-4254 Book Signing Television Appearance! Monday, June 19th 8:30 AM on KUSI "Good Morning San Diego" Live interview with Fernando Aguerre (Founder of Reef) and Shawn Alladio (K38 Water Rescue) With video footage of Shawn making rescues at the 1998 Reef Big Wave contest. Monday, June 19th—San Diego, Warwicks Bookstore 7:30 PM 7812 Girard Ave. La Jolla, Ca 92037 858-454-0347 Readers: Fernando Aguerre, Shawn Alladio Saturday, June 24th—Jensen Beach FL, Borders, 3PM 3066 NW Federal Hwy Phone:772.692.0667 Reader: Terry Gibson Saturday, June 24th--Kahului, Maui, Hi, Borders Bookstore 12 Noon Maui Marketplace, 270 Dairy Rd, Kahului, HI 96732 Phone: 808.877.6160 Reader: Buzzy Kerbox Tuesday, June 27th, 7am KSCO 1080 AM RADIO Santa Cruz Editor Paul Diamond will be Interviewed by Rocky Snyder, author of "Fit to Surf." See www.ksco.com for more info. Wednesday, July 5th, ??pm KUOW 94.9 FM Seattle Editor Paul Diamond will be interviewed for the Beat a local NPR program. Topic: "Surfing's Greatest Misadventures" See www.kuow.org for more info. Friday, July 7th--Rancho Cucamonga, CA, Borders Bookstore 7PM 12370 South Mainstreet, Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91739 Phone: 909.646.7322 Reader: Shawn Alladio Monday, Oct 30th at 7:30PM Distant Lands Travel and Bookstore 56 South Raymond Ave., Pasadena, CA 91105 Phone: (626) 449-3220 Susan Chaplin reads from her story "Idiot Savant," and presents slide show on paddling a paddleboard from one side of the Caribbean island chain, to the other, mostly unsupported. Thursday, Nov. 2nd at 6PM Location: The Beach Chalet Brewery & Restaurant 1000 Great Highway San Francisco CA 94121 Phone:(415) 753-5260 Shawn Alladio, the 45 year-old mother of two, reads her story. Shawn has rescued just about every big wave surfer you can think of from certified gnarly situations. She is famous for having taken on a 100-foot wave in 2001 at Mavericks on her JetSki. And she manages the water safety for big wave surf contests around the world. She will be reading a story about rescuing a surfer during the Red Bull Big Wave Africa contest. Also reading will be a special guest to be announced!