Events
2025
March 30, 5:30-6:30 p.m.
Bookshop Benicia
636 1st Street
Benicia, CA
April 6, 11 a.m.
Congregation B'nai Israel
1256 Nebraska Street
Vallejo, CA
April 27, 4-5 p.m.
Congregation Beth Emek
3400 Nevada Court
Pleasanton, CA
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Previous Events
2025
March 2, 3 p.m.
Congregation B'nai Shalom
74 Eckley Lane
Walnut Creek, CA
2024
March 3, 5-6:30 p.m.
Bookshop Benicia
636 1st Street
Benicia, CA
Books, Inc.
1491 Shattuck Avenue
Berkeley, CA
May 11, 3 – 4:30 p.m.
Michael J. Cooper will be interviewed by Claire Johnson, author & president of NorCal Mystery Writers of America
Reasonable Books
3645 Mt. Diablo Blvd
Lafayette, CA
Free event with refreshments
May 26, 4 – 8 p.m.
Fundraiser Benefitting School Health Clinics of Santa Clara County
featuring Wages of Empire by Michael J Cooper
Testarossa Winery
300 College Avenue
Los Gatos, CA
August 14, 7 p.m.
Congregation B'nai Shalom
74 Eckley Lane
Walnut Creek, CA
November 8, 1 p.m.
St. Louis JCC - Book Fair
Under auspices of Jewish Book Council
Panel discussion of historical fiction
Michael J Cooper - Wages of Empire
Emily Matcher - In the Shadow of the Greenbrier
September 15, 11 a.m.
Michael J. Cooper will speak about his new historical fiction WW1 novel, Wages of Empire, in context of the vital need to learn from history and avoid its repetition.
Congregation B'nai Israel
1256 Nebraska Street
Vallejo, CA
Free event with refreshments
2023
December 24, 3-4:30 p.m.
Afikomen Judaica & Bookshop
Cookie reception & shmooze with the Author
Register for free here
3042 Claremont Ave
Berkeley, CA
2019
May 25
Barnes & Noble
Concord, CA
October 25
Public Library
Lafayette, CA
2018
February 3
Congregation Beth Israel
Carmel, CA
April 8
Hadesh Yamaynu
Santa Cruz, CA
August 31
Bat Yam
South Lake Tahoe, CA
2017
February 12
Temple Emanu-El
Reno, NV
February 15, 10:30 AM
Jewish Book Group with Rabbi Judy Shanks
Temple Isaiah
Lafayette, CA
October 17
Davis Library
Davis, CA
December 7
Luminata Books & Gifts
Monterey, CA
2016
January 19, 6 PM
Tmol Shilshom Bookshop
Jerusalem, Israel
February 9, 7:30 PM
Public Library
East Meadow, NY
February 25, 1:30-2:30 PM
Left Coast Crime
Panel: "History with mystery; what historicals add to the genre"
Phoenix, AZ
March 1, 7 PM
Books, Inc.
Berkeley, CA
March 28, 5:30 PM
Commonwealth Club
San Francisco, CA
April 15, 11:30 AM
Commonwealth Club
San Francisco, CA
May 15
Orinda Books
Orinda, CA
June 19, 9:30 AM
Congregation Agudat Achim
Little Rock, AR
July 27, 6 PM
The American Colony Hotel
East Jerusalem
August 5, 5:30 PM
Hebrew Congregation of North Lake Tahoe
Tahoe Vista, CA
November 19, 10:30 AM-Noon
Book Group
Hebrew Congregation of North Lake Tahoe
Trukee, CA
November 27, 10 AM
Vancouver Jewish Book Festival
Vancouver, BC, Canada
2015
October 3, 7 PM
Annie's Book Stop
Worcester, MA
October 4, 4 PM
Powell's Bookshop
Chicago, IL
October 18, 3 PM
Afikomen Judaica
Berkeley, CA
November 14, 9-4:30 PM
Men of Mystery
Irvine, CA
November 15, 4 PM
Bookshop Benicia
Benicia, CA
November 22, 10 AM
Congregation B'nai Shalom
Walnut Creek, CA
December 10, 6 PM
The Mysterious Bookshop
New York, NY
December 18, 6 PM
Woodlands Community Temple
White Plains, NY
2016
February 24, 7 PM
The Poisoned Pen
Scottsdale, AZ
February 25-28
Left Coast Crime Convention
Phoenix, AZ
February 26, 9:30-10:30 AM
Panel: "Jewish Noir"
September 17, 4:30-5:30 PM
Bouchercon Panel
"Who lives, who dies, who tells your story"
New Orleans, LA
November 28, 8 PM
Vancouver Jewish Book Festival
Vancouver, BC, Canada
2015
May 15
Left Forum
New York, NY
October 1, 6:30 PM
The Mysterious Bookshop
New York, NY
October 22, 7 PM
Book Soup
Los Angeles, CA
October 24, 2 PM
Brentwood Library
Los Angeles, CA
October 25, 10:30 AM
Book Carnival
Orange, CA
October 25, 2 PM
Mysterious Galaxy
San Diego, CA
October 28, 7 PM
Books Inc.
Berkeley, CA
October 29, 7 PM
Janet Rudolph Salon
Berkeley, CA
October 30, 7 PM
Green Apple
San Francisco, CA
October 31, 1 PM
Books Passage
Corte Madera, CA
November 1, 3 PM
Congregation B'nai Shalom
Walnut Creek, CA
December 9, 7 PM
City Lights
San Francisco, CA
2014
November 16, 8:30 AM
Bouchercon
Long Beach, CA
2013
November 5, 7 PM
St. Andrew's Scots Memorial Church
West Jerusalem
July 13
Bookshop Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, CA
April 29, 5:30-7 PM
Commonwealth Club
595 Market Street, 2nd floor
San Francisco, CA
April 23, 7 PM
Ludwig-Mayer Books
Shlomtzion Hamalka St. #4
Jerusalem
April 21, 7 PM
Sipur Pashut Bookshop
36 Shabazi St.
Tel Aviv, Israel
April 19, 7 PM
The Garden Tomb
East Jerusalem
April 18
Private Event in Haifa
March 11, 7 PM
Bnai Shalom Ladies Book Group
Walnut Creek, CA
February 14-17
San Francisco Writer's Conference
Mark Hopkins Hotel
San Francisco, CA
2012
December 2, 10:30 AM
Congregation Bnai Shalom
74 Eckley Ln.
Walnut Creek, CA
November 1, 6:30-8 PM
Pasha Room
American Colony Hotel
Jerusalem
October 31, 7 PM
Ludwig-Mayer Books
Shlomtzion Hamalka St. #4
Jerusalem
October 10, 7 PM
Congregation Beth El
1301 Oxford St.
Berkeley, CA
October 7, 10:45 AM-Noon
Congregation B'nai Israel
1256 Nebraska St.
Vallejo, CA
October 31, 7 PM
Ludwig-Mayer Books
Shlomtzion Hamalka St. #4
Jerusalem
September 30, 5 PM
Pathways Faith Community (private)
2311 Walnut Blvd.
Walnut Creek, CA
September 22, 4:30-6 PM
Crowne Plaza Hotel
46 John Glenn Dr.
Concord, CA
September 20, 7 PM
Bookshop West Portal
80 West Portal Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94127
August 30, 7 PM
Time Tested Books
1114 21st St.
Sacramento, CA
August 19, 3-4 PM
Afikomen Judaica
3042 Claremont Ave.
Berkeley, CA
July 29, 1-2 PM
Copperfield's Books
3900 Bel Aire Plaza
Napa, CA
July 24, 6-9 PM
Mount Diablo Peace and Justice Center
55 Eckley Ln.
Walnut Creek, CA
July 17
Congregation Beth Chaim Sisterhood Book Group
July 12, 6:45-8 PM
Read Booksellers
3630 Blackhawk Plaza
Danville, CA
June 21, 7-9 PM
Temple Sinai
2808 Summit St.
Oakland, CA
June 19, 7-9 PM
Congregation Ner Tamid
1250 Quintara St.
San Francisco, CA
June 16, 1-2 PM
Orinda Books
276 Village Square
Orinda, CA
May 20, 4-5 PM
Bookshop Benicia
856 Southampton Rd.
Benici
April 9
Orinda Men's Book Group
February 17-18, Noon
San Francisco Writers Conference
Mark Hopkins Hotel
San Francisco, CA
