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2025 Events

 

May 24, 2025   ORCA Book CoOp

 Author Talk    7 pm - 8 pm

Judy Kiehart talks with Sammie Downing about "When Darcy Met Lizzy,"

a Queer Pride and Prejudice Remix

June 21, Saturday 11am - 4 pm

ASHHO @ 5757 Littlerock Rd. SW, Tumwater

Book Sales and Signings at my author table

June  28, Saturday, 11am - 5pm Olympia PRIDE

Book Sales and Signings at the SSIA vendor booth

July 26, Saturday, 4-5 pm    Book Reading  @Orca Book CoOp

 Readings from  Mixed Shorts  

Book Sales and Signings.  

 

September 25 - October 30, 2025 

A Six-Week Workshop  "Let's Write a One-Act Play" 

Thursdays   1:00-2:30 pm  at  Olympia Senior Center 

to register contact the Center at (360) 586-6181 

A collaborative effort by attendees will decide on a theme, storyline, create characters, develop dialogue, write scenes, and perform the play! There will be homework (after all, Rome wasn't built in a day) and probable ZOOM sessions between in-person meet ups.

October  4, Saturday   Author's Fair

573 Point Brown Ave NW, Ocean Shores, WA

November TBD

PFLAG Olympia Holiday Bazaar & Fundraiser

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Gray's Harbor PRIDE   

2022      and     2023  

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Griffon Neighborhood Picnic 2022

Columbia River Author Festival 2023

Reading and Signing

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Orca Book Talk and Signing 2023

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Olympia PRIDE   2023

with South Sound Indie Authors

Court Yard Boutique  Art Walk 2023

with the Olympia Writers

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Carbondale PA Library Book Talk  2023

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Lacey Senior Center Memoir Writers - Private Event 2022

Companion Cove Yard Sale  2023

It's been a fun first two years promoting Calico Lane.

Here's what's happened in 2024!

Columbia River 2nd Annual Author Fest  May 18, 2024

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Senior Alliance of Older LGBTQ+  June 6, 2024

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Griffon Neighborhood Picnic, June 22, 2024

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OLYPRIDE  June 29, 2024

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The Firs Writing Group August 26, 2024

Truth in Memoir Presentation

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November 4, 2024

Truth in Memoir Presentation - Private Event

@ United Churches, Olympia

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Book Launch Celebration

    January 2022   

       me and my peeps                                                      cork-popping ceremony              

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15 minutes of fame :)

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Two fun books by Jermyn residents

The Blessed Town of  Edgerton and The Anthracite Idiom

provided inspiration for Calico Lane.

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Memory Triggers were prompted by several family newsletters from the 1980s.

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