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A beautiful new book by Dan Fost

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Events

Come see Dan Fost share stories from Giants history!

For notices of Dan’s events, see his page at BookTour.com.

Upcoming events:

Tuesday, July 27, 2010

6:30 p.m.

Barnes and Noble, 3600 Stevens Creek Blvd, San Jose, CA 95117

The book tour goes to San Jose – Giants territory! (Just ask the A’s!)

Past events:

Sunday, April 11, 2010
4 pm
Yogi Berra Museum and Learning Center
Little Falls, NJ
(Look for 1 Normal Ave., Montclair, NJ, and follow signs through the Montclair State University campus to the Berra museum)

The perfect venue for a baseball book event!

Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Launch party!
5:30-7:30 pm, Public House, 24 Willie Mays Plaza, San Francisco
Dan celebrated the launch of his book with a party at the newest, hottest restaurant in San Francisco, Public House, right in AT&T Park!

Wednesday, April 21, 2010
7 pm
Book Passage
51 Tamal Vista Boulevard
Corte Madera, CA

A huge hit at Dan’s hometown bookstore: A crowd of 100 people gave a party-like atmosphere to the reading.

Saturday, April 24, 2010
3:30 pm
Los Angeles Times Festival of Books
UCLA campus, 405 Hilgard Avenue, Los Angeles, CA

Dan appeared on a panel titled “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” with fellow panelists Michael D’Antonio and Mark Frost, moderated by Bruce Bauman.

Wednesday, May 19, 7:00 PM

Books Inc.
855 El Camino Real #74, Palo Alto, CA, 94304
Joint reading with Jason Turbow, author of The Baseball Codes, a rollicking, thoroughly researched, insightful, fun, fantastic look at the unwritten rules of the game. We had a trivia contest, gave out prizes and Cracker Jacks and peanuts, and showed how Dan’s Afro fit in the baseball pantheon (behind Oscar Gamble and Bake McBride, but ahead of Ross Grimsley and Mark Fidrych.)
Friday, May 28, 7:30 PM
1344 Park St., Alameda, CA, 94501
Dan took his Giants book into enemy territory, the East Bay, and found enough Giant fans in A’s country to have a lively discussion of baseball by the bay.
Wednesday, June 02, 5:00 PM
24 Willie Mays Plaza, San Francisco, CA 94107
Dan donned a panda hat and signed books in the Giants Dugout Store before the Giants and Matt Cain shut down the Rockies.
Tuesday, June 8, 7 PM
Old Timers Baseball Association of San Francisco. Irish Cultural Center, 2700 45th Ave (off Sloat, near SF Zoo), San Francisco, CA 94116
A fantastic group that’s been meeting monthly since 1941. These guys know their baseball.

Saturday, June 12, 3:30-6:00 PM

Borders San Francisco- Mission Bay

200 King Street , San Francisco, CA, 94107

Dan signed books for two and a half hours at this store, kitty corner from AT&T Park, just before the Giants beat the A’s. A lot of fans stopped by for some great conversations about books and baseball.

Tuesday, June 15, 4:30-6:30 p.m.
Book Passage
Ferry Building, San Francisco

Dan signed books for people on their way to take the ferry home – or maybe people getting off the ferry on their way to the Giants-Orioles game! Dan was at the game as well, sans books, in section 317.

Thursday, June 24, 7:00 PM
4100 MacArthur Blvd., Oakland, CA 94619
We had a great turnout and a lively discussion about the Giants and A’s.

1 comment

  1. Guild Freelancers posted on April 6, 2010:

    [...] His first takes place in New Jersey at the Yogi Berra Museum and Learning Center at Montclair State University. Then back home to Marin to Book Passage in Corte Madera. (Click here for a schedule). [...]

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