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Jan Pierson
PO Box 11658
Olympia WA 98508

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Calamity Jan's School and Community Presentation Schedule


2009

2008

  • February 21  Bridgeport Elementary School, Bridgeport, WA
  • February 22  Republic Elementary School, Republic, WA
  • March 7  Speech Competition Judge. Washington State Academic Decathlon, South Puget Sound Community College, Olympia, WA
  • March 27 & 28  Presenter at the ESD Young Authors Conference: Educational Service District 189 (Island, Skagit, San Juan, Snohomish, and Whatcom Counties) Skagit Valley College, Mt. Vernon, Washington
  • August 30, 11 am.  Calamity visits and presents at the Elma Timberland Library, Elma WA: "Outlaw Days"
  • June 27-August 23  Trout Lake, Washington
  • September 7  Book Signing at the Bartley Ranch Western Heritage Interpretive Center, Reno Nevada for the Hidden Valley Wild Horse Protection Fundraiser '08 Event

2007

  • February 9-10  Presenter at Oregon Reading Association State Conference, DoubleTree Hotel, Lloyd Center, Portland Oregon
  • February 20  All-day student presentations at Lahontan Elementary School, Fallon, Nevada
  • March 20-23  Presenter at the ESD Young Authors Conference: Educational Service District 189 (Island, Skagit, San Juan, Snohomish and Whatcom Counties) Skagit Valley College, Mt. Vernon, Washington.
  • April 28  Book signing at the historic Piper Opera House in Virginia City Nevada at the Lacy J. Dalton concert benefitting the "Let 'em Run" Foundation. Jan's fourth book, set in Nevada, is dedicated to Let 'em Run Foundation
  • May 2  Lecture and book signing St. Helen's Club, (Federated Women's Club), Chehalis WA
  • May 12  Book signing Book'n Brush, Chehalis, WA
  • May 29  Young Author Presentation, Winlock Middle School, Winlock, WA
  • May 31  Assembly, Ben Franklin Elementary School, Kirkland WA
  • July 4  Book Signing at Mark Twain Bookstore, Virginia City NV

2006

  • January 27-28 Presenter at "Nevada Reading Week" Conference: North Valleys High School, Reno, Nevada
  • February 25 Book Signing at 1:00 p.m. at Village Books, Bellingham, Washington
  • March 15 Nevada State Museum, Carson City NV at 5:30 p.m. Author signing and reception for "Women's History Month."
  • March 16 Book Signing from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at Reno/Tahoe Airport at the Paradies Shops/Travel Mart, Reno, Nevada
  • March 16 Book Signing at 7:00-9:00 p.m. at Borders Books, Reno, Nevada
  • March 18 Book Signing at 3:00-5:00 p.m. at Borders Books, Carson City, Nevada
  • March 24 Presenter at Young Authors Conference: Skagit Valley College, Educational Service District 189 (Island, Skagit, San Juan, Snohomish and Whatcom Counties) Mt. Vernon, Washington
  • August 3-4 Presenter at Oregon Literacy Conference, Linfield College, McMinnville, Oregon
  • September 22, 23, 24 Book Signing in Genoa, Nevada at the Candy Dance Festival
  • Interview by Herb Larson on PBS! PBS "Off Hand" interview September 27, 2006 at 10:30 pm on KNPB Channel 5 Reno-Tahoe. The National PBS airing will be announced at a later date.
  • October 19,20 Presenter at the Montana State Reading Conference, Best Western Heritage Inn, Great Falls, Montana
  • October 31 Classroom presentations at Crocker-Riverside Elementary School, Sacramento, California
  • November 2 Presenter at California Reading Association Conference, November 2-4, Sacramento Convention Center, Sacramento, California
  • December 15 Book Signing at 1:00-3:00 p.m. at Comstock Wild Horse and Mining Museum, Virginia City, Nevada

2005

  • February 10 Adna Middle School, Adna, Washington
  • March 25 Young Authors Conference: Skagit Valley College, Educational Service District 189 (Island, Skagit, San Juan, Snohomish and Whatcom Counties) Mt. Vernon, Washington
  • October 29 The Book Den, Gardnerville, Nevada: book signing
  • October 29 Mark Twain's Bookstore, Virginia City, Nevada: book signing
  • November 1 Gold Hill Hotel Lecture, Gold Hill, Nevada

2004

  • February 20 Desert Hills Middle School, Kennewick WA
  • February 21 Collage of the Gorge, White Salmon (noon-4 PM)
  • March 15 Carson Elementary, Carson WA
  • March 22, 23, 24, 25 Young Author Conference: Skagit Valley Community College. Educational Service District 189 (Island, Skagit, San Juan, Snohomish and Whatcom Counties) Mt. Vernon, Washington
  • March 30 Gold Hill Hotel, Historical Lecture at Gold Hill, Nevada
  • April 1
  • Carson City, Nevada Public Library presentation "Ghost Towns of the West"
  • April 2 The Bookcellar, Carson City, book signing

2003

  • March 6 & 7 Educational Service District 113 Workshops (Grays Harbor, Lewis, Thurston, Mason & Pacific Counties)
  • April 10 Young Authors Conference, Bridgeport, WA
  • April 14 Virginia Grainger School, Okanagan School District
  • April 14 Okanagan School District, Malott Elementary
  • April 15 Ephrata Middle School, Ephrata WA
  • April 16 Parkway Elementary, Ephrata WA
  • April 18 Evergreen Elementary School, Shelton, WA
  • May 17Collage of the Gorge, White Salmon, WA
  • May 19 Glenwood School, Glenwood, WA
  • June 21 Book 'n Brush, Chehalis WA, book signing
  • August 23 Barnes & Noble, Olympia WA , book signing
  • October 16 Tonasket Elementary, Tonasket, WA
  • October 17Oroville Elementary, Oroville, WA
  • November 20 Village Books, Bellingham WA, book signing


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graphic of book cover of Shadow of Shaniko, by Calamity Jan

graphic of book cover The Haunted Horse of Gold Hill, by Calamity Jan