Events
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Newport Beach Rotary Club
Five Crowns restaurant
Newport Beach,CA
7am
David Collins, author of the sea-adventure book Shanghaied, will be the featured speaker. Shanghaied is based on a true story.
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Tuesday, October 9, 2012
Pelican Point Book Club, David Collins is luncheon speaker.
Sunday, September 30
The Greater Los Angeles Writers Society at the West Hollywood Book Fair 2012
The Greater Los Angeles Writers Society is proud to present a talented slate of authors at the Annual West Hollywood Book Fair at West Hollywood Park from 10am to 6pm at GLAWS Booths.
This event is so popular, GLAWS takes an entire tent!
Award-winning author David Paul Collins will appear and his book Shanghaied will be available for purchase. Mr. Collins will sign his book for attendees. Almost 30 author/members are scheduled to appear.
Friday, Saturday, September 21 – 22
David Collins, author of the award-winning book Shanghaied, is one of the Ten at the Top speakers at the upcoming Big Orange Book Festival on the Chapman University campus, Friday and Saturday, September 21 – 22.
Called FROM STEAMPUNK TO POETRY IN 2 DAYS, the fair is touted as a “Festival for wordies, film buffs and artists in the heart of Orange County.”
Collins will have a booth Friday 1:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. and Saturday 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. He will be speaking at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday in the Fish Interfaith
Center and again at 2:00 p.m. in Beckman Hall. Click here for complete speaker schedule.
Click here to see map of Chapman University venues. There is also free parking in the underground parking structure below the football field.
For more information please visit BigOrangeBookFestival.com
For information about other events see ShanghaiedTheBook.com
Thursday, July 12, 2012
Rothschild’s Book Club Newport Beach, David Collins is luncheon speaker.
Saturday, June 23, 2012
Mysterious Galaxy Redondo Beach will be holding a Local Author Meet and Greet. As a local independent bookstore, it is our aim to support our local authors and writing community.
Saturday, June 23, 2012
Celebration at the Covina Library
50th Birthday – Friends of the Covina Public Library
David Collins spoke and presented his book Shanghaied at the Covina Library’s 50th anniversary celebration.
Thursday, June 7, 2012
Rotary Club, David Paul Collins featured as breakfast meeting speaker, Orange CA
Thursday, May 10, 2012
San Diego Military hospital sponsored a BBQ for the men and women who have been wounded in service to our country. David Collins participated by giving each veteran a signed copy of his book Shanghaied.
Wednesday, May 9th
May Angels’ Book Club
Saturday & Sunday, April 21 & 22, 2012
The Greater Los Angeles Writers Society (GLAWS) at the 2012 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books.
GLAWS is proud to present a talented slate of almost thirty authors
in Booths 970 at the Los Angeles Times Festiva l of Books. Festival held at University of Southern California.
Monday, April 2, 2012
Shanghaied has been named Finalist for Young Adult Fiction in ForeWord Reviews Book of the Year Awards. Winners to be announced in June 2012.
Saturday, March 31, 2012
Book Signing at Mysterious Galaxy bookstore, 2810 Artesia Blvd., Redondo Beach, CA.
Friday, March 23, 2012
Featured Speaker at Rotary Club Luncheon,
Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands.
Book Signing at Books & Books, Camana Bay,
George Town, Cayman Islands.
Friday, March 23, 2012 – The Caymanian Compass
Shipwrecked book signing sounds splendid
“Author David Paul Collins at Books and Books on Friday March 23 for Cayman Islands Launch of his fictionalized memoir, Shanghaied. Based on interviews with local mariners Austin Bothwell and the late Orman Whittaker as well as Collins’ real life experiences as a merchant seaman, this story depicts the dangerous life at sea in the 1950s.
Collins characters are inspired by the men he sailed with, many of whom were Camanians,
including Orman Whittaker, who Collins once called “Bo’sun” and to whose memory the book is written.”
Monday, March 19, 2012
Book Signing, Barnes & Noble,
Worcester, MA
Author Discussion
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
Pelican Point Book Club, David Collins is luncheon speaker.
Sunday. September 30
The Greater Los Angeles Writers Society at the West Hollywood Book Fair 2012
The Greater Los Angeles Writers Society is proud to present a talented slate of authors at the Annual West Hollywood Book Fair at West Hollywood Park from 10am to 6pm at GLAWS Booths #TBD. This event is so popular, GLAWS takes an entire tent!
Award-winning David Paul Collins will appear and his book Shanghaied will be available for purchase. Mr. Collins will sign his book for attendees. Almost 30 author/members are scheduled to appear.
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Thursday, July 12, 2012
Rothschild’s Book Club Newport Beach, David Collins is luncheon speaker.
Saturday, June 23, 2012
Mysterious Galaxy Redondo Beach will be holding a Local Author Meet and Greet. As a local independent bookstore, it is our aim to support our local authors and writing community.
Saturday, June 23, 2012
Celebration at the Covina Library
50th Birthday – Friends of the Covina Public Library
David Collins spoke and presented his book Shanghaied at the Covina Library’s 50th anniversary celebration.
Thursday, June 7, 2012
Rotary Club, David Paul Collins featured as breakfast meeting speaker, Orange CA
Thursday, May 10, 2012
San Diego Military hospital sponsored a BBQ for the men and women who have been wounded in service to our country. David Collins participated by giving each veteran a signed copy of his book Shanghaied.
Wednesday, May 9th
May Angels’ Book Club
Saturday & Sunday, April 21 & 22, 2012
The Greater Los Angeles Writers Society (GLAWS) at the 2012 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books.
GLAWS is proud to present a talented slate of almost thirty authors
in Booths 970 at the Los Angeles Times Festiva l of Books. Festival held at University of Southern California.
Monday, April 2, 2012
Shanghaied has been named Finalist for Young Adult Fiction in ForeWord Reviews Book of the Year Awards. Winners to be announced in June 2012.
Saturday, March 31, 2012
Book Signing at Mysterious Galaxy bookstore, 2810 Artesia Blvd., Redondo Beach, CA.
Friday, March 23, 2012
Featured Speaker at Rotary Club Luncheon,
Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands.
Book Signing at Books & Books, Camana Bay,
George Town, Cayman Islands.
Friday, March 23, 2012 – The Caymanian Compass
Shipwrecked book signing sounds splendid
“Author David Paul Collins at Books and Books on Friday March 23 for Cayman Islands Launch of his fictionalized memoir, Shanghaied. Based on interviews with local mariners Austin Bothwell and the late Orman Whittaker as well as Collins’ real life experiences as a merchant seaman, this story depicts the dangerous life at sea in the 1950s.
Collins characters are inspired by the men he sailed with, many of whom were Camanians,
including Orman Whittaker, who Collins once called “Bo’sun” and to whose memory the book is written.”
Monday, March 19, 2012
Book Signing, Barnes & Noble,
Worcester, MA
Author Discussion