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JANUARY 13, 2008 - 4:00 pm
Get Satisfied Reading and Book Signing
Featuring author Katherine Hauswirth

Burgundy Books
4 Norwich Rd.
East Haddam, CT 06423
860-873-9312

For further information, contact Katherine Hauswirth at 860-526-3453 or This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it


JANUARY 27, 2008 - 1:00 to 5:00 pm
20th Anniversary of Sensations Magazine, three-consecutive-year national award winner in the American Literary Magazine Awards, including two First Place Awards

Featured readers include Get Satisfied author Galen Warden, who has been published in Sensations several times over the years and who is reciting her "favorite recent poem" among others -- The Sweetness in You from her chapter in Get Satisfied.  She is speaking briefly about the Satisfaction movement, the book, and the various other contributed stories in the book.

Route 15
Lafayette, New Jersey 07848
For further information, contact Galen Warden at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
 


MARCH 28-30, 2008
Get Satisfied Promotion featuring author Derek Hambrick

Oglethorpe University Alumni Weekend
4484 Peachtree Road NE
Atlanta, GA 30319

For further information, contact Derek Hambrick at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
 


JUNE 21, 2008 - 1:00 pm
Author panel and booksigning

Includes Get Satisfied author Jon Myhre from Ojai, California

Barnes & Noble
4820 Telephone Rd.
Ventura, CA 93003
805-339-0990

For further information, contact Jon Myhre at 805-640-7493

 

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Get Satisfied AuthorsAUGUST 25, 2007 - 2:00 pm
WE MET 4 GET SATISFIED AUTHORS  

Michael Beck -
Glendale, California
Tamsen Butler -
Papillion, Nebraska
Fred Ecks -
South San Francisco, California
Jon Myhre -
Ojai, California

Plus Introduction by Carol Holst

Plenty of discussion and Q&A after brief talks


8/25 EVENT PHOTOS BY THURMAN COUCH PHOTOGRAPHY:


Michael Beck


Jon Myhre


Tamsen Butler


Fred Ecks



OCTOBER 14, 2007 - 1:00 to 4:00 pm
LIVING LIGHTLY: FINDING SIMPLICITY IN A COMPLEX WORLD
Speakers include Get Satisfied author Jon Myhre

Woodward Park Library Conference Room
944 E. Perrin Ave.
Fresno, CA 93720

For further information, contact Michael Wesson on behalf of Fresno Cohousing at 559-779-4763 or This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it  


 

OCTOBER 26, 2007 - 10:30 am to 12:30 pm Session
KAISER PERMANENTE 2007 BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SYMPOSIUM

“Mental Health and Simple Living”
Speakers:  Peter C. Whybrow, M.D.; Yukio Okano, Ph.D.; Cecile Andrews, Ed.D.; Carol Holst

Pacific Palms Conference Resort
One Industry Hills Parkway
Industry Hills, CA 91744
Maps at www.pacificpalmsresort.com/findus.htm

CME credit for Kaiser physicians and health care professionals, as well as other physicians and health care professionals
Anyone from the public may attend the Symposium upon submission of registration and payment of fees to Kaiser (includes lunch):  On or before 10/12/07 - Physicians $95, Non-Physicians $75. After 10/12/07 - Physicians $125, Non-Physicians $105. Register at http://www.kpsymposia.com/



NOVEMBER 17, 2007 - 4:00 pm
Get Satisfied Book Signing
Featuring authors Jon Myhre and Michael Beck

Ojai Table of Contents Bookstore
208 Ojai Avenue
Ojai, California
805-640-9250

For further information, contact Jon Myhre at 805-640-7493



NOVEMBER 25, 2007 - 10:00 am
Get Satisfied Author's Presentation
Featuring Tamsen Butler during the worship service

Papio Creek Church
225 Washington Avenue
Papillion, Nebraska 68046

For further information, contact Tamsen Butler at 402-871-9872



DECEMBER 1, 2007 - 7:30 pm
JOINT EVENT WITH MORGAN SPURLOCK'S PRODUCTION CO, WARRIOR-POETS
SPECIAL SCREENING OF NEW MOVIE, "WHAT WOULD JESUS BUY?"
Simple Living America hosts a Q&A with director Rob VanAlkemade,
Get Satisfied publisher David Wilk and Get Satisfied co-author
Katherine Hauswirth following the show

Criterion Cinemas
86 Temple Street
New Haven, CT 06510
203-498-2500

For further information, contact Carol Holst at 1-877-Unstuff 



DECEMBER 1, 2007 - 3:00 to 5:00 pm
GET SATISFIED HOLIDAY PARTY
Celebrate The Satisfaction of Enough during the holidays!

Magdalene Cultural Arts Center
4822 Vineland Ave.
No. Hollywood, CA 91601
(just north of Lankershim Blvd., street parking)

Enjoy a moment of sanity during the holiday season.  Anyone bringing a gift will be tied to a chair with 100% recycled rope fiber in front of TV reruns featuring "Dialing for Dollars."

However, for those who want holiday gifts for themselves or others, Get Satisfied: How Twenty People Like You Found the Satisfaction of Enough will be available at the party: $14 each payable to Easton Studio Press, $7 each for Simple Living America members.

Questions?  Call or email Michael Beck at 818-246-3661 or This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it  


 
DECEMBER 7, 2007 - 7:00 pm
Get Satisfied Author's Presentation
Discussion with Jon Myhre

Ojai Library
111 East Ojai Avenue
Ojai, CA 93023
805-646-1639

For further information, contact Jon Myhre at 805-640-7493


FORTHCOMING EVENT DETAILS FOR THESE AND ALL AUTHORS FEATURED IN THE BOOK WILL BE ANNOUNCED ON THIS WEBSITE:

Tamsen ButlerTamsen Butler (photo by Cole Settle Photography)
Tamsen is working toward book signings and talks about Simple Living through her local bookstore, church, library, and clubs in the Papillion, Nebraska area.

Bob HinschlägerBob Hinschläger
Postponed until after canning season, Bob plans a limited series of small discussion groups in the Central Ohio area to encourage others in their simplification efforts.

Liz MilnerLiz Milner
Philadelphians are invited to bring useless clutter they can't bear to part with to readings/book signings by H.R.H. Liz, the Clutter Queen, for Clutter Show-and-Tell.  Venues, dates and times will be posted later on this web site.  Please bring nothing larger than a toy poodle, nothing animate, nothing smelly, nothing obscene, nothing that causes a public nuisance…

Todra PayneTodra Payne
Based in central Pennsylvania, Todra is laying groundwork for potential book signings, print media coverage and TV/radio appearances.

Ruth PittardRuth Pittard
Ruth is excited about participating in outreach for the Get Satisfied campaign, and is including it in a Pachamama Alliance symposium the first week in August 2007 in Black Mountain, NC, called “Awakening the Dreamer, Changing the Dream.”

MANY GET SATISFIED AUTHORS ARE AVAILABLE TO SPEAK ABOUT THE BOOK AND SHARE THEIR DIVERSE INSIGHTS ON ‘THE SATISFACTION OF ENOUGH’ IN VARIOUS AREAS OF THE COUNTRY, ESPECIALLY REACHING OUT TO AUDIENCES WITH DIVERSE OPINIONS.  CECILE ANDREWS, WANDA URBANSKA, AND FRANK LEVERING ARE ALSO EXTRAORDINARY SPEAKERS.  CALL CAROL HOLST AT 1-877-UNSTUFF FOR CONTACT INFORMATION.