EVENTS:
The Giving Up the Ghost Tour
May 31, 2026 — Berkeley, CA - UPCOMING
Bay Area Book Festival
Meet Sibylline Authors
May 6, 2026 — San Francisco, CA UPCOMING
The Best Bookstore in Union Square
The Mental Load of Grief: In conversation with Eve Rodsky
Book Talk and Signing
April 19, 2026 — Sacramento, CA UPCOMING
Sacramento Book Festival
Meet Sibylline Authors
March 14, 2026 — Sebastopol, CA UPCOMING
Books at the Source: Literary Arts Summit
Workshop: Memoir writing with Julia Park Tracey
Panelist: Connecting through Content & Causes
Sebastopol Center for the Arts
February 18, 2026 — Online via Zoom UPCOMING
Writers Forum with Marlene Cullen
Writing Truth in Memoir
2025 EVENTS
December 7 — Santa Barbara, CA
Godmother's Books
Book Talk and Signing: In conversation with Eve Rodsky
December 2 — Boulder, CO
Boulder Books
Book Talk and Signing: In conversation with Baruch HaLevi,
AKA "Rabbi B"
November 21 — Los Angeles, CA
Grieftastic Festival of Books
Featured Author
November 15, Oakmont, CA
Soroptimits Club Author Book Faire
Featured Author
November 10-11, New York City, NY
Gathering of the Ghosts
National Ghostwriting Conference
October 25, San Francisco, CA
Lit Crawl SF
Flash Book Bingo with Sibylline Authors
September 17, Petaluma, CA
Keller Co-Work
Do What Moves You Film Screening: Panel Discussion on Teen Mental Health
September 4, Petaluma, CA
Keller Co-Work
Book Talk and Signing: In conversation with Dana Christian Lee of Tell My Story
August 17 — San Jose, CA
San Jose Women's Club & Women's National Book Association
Panel: A Woman's Journey
Chill Out & Read with 30 Bay Area Authors
May 29 — San Francisco, CA
Bird & Beckett Books
Book Talk and Signing: In conversation with Susannah Kennedy, author of Reading Jane
May 25 — Occidental, CA
Occidental Center for the Arts
Book Talk and Signing: In conversation with Miriam Silver of the Press Democrat
May 17 — Sebastopol, CA
Sebastopol Lit Crawl
Panel: Writing “Truth” in Fiction & Memoir
April 27 — Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles Times Book Festival
Meet Sibylline Authors
April 26 — Los Angeles, CA
Studio Death Doula LA (DDLA)In conversation with Amanda Farrand, Imagine Entertainment
April 25 — Los Angeles, CA
Book Jewel
Book Talk and Signing: Publishing Hacks Over 50 with Sibylline Authors
April 6 — Sebastopol, CA
Rialto Cinemas
Book Talk and Signing
In conversation with Chris Smith of the Press Democrat
March 23 — Petaluma, CA
Da Salon at Life on Art
Book Reading
March 7 — Petaluma, CA
Copperfield’s Books
Book Talk and Signing: In conversation with ghostwriter Genevieve Field
February 25 — Santa Rosa
Imaginists Theater
Book Launch Party
MEDIA
"In Giving Up the Ghost, a daughter finds her way through living with loss"
"Petaluma author reflects on suicide, loss of mom Susan Swartz, in community talk"
Ep 077: Giving Up the Ghost with Samantha Rose
Godmothers Books: Sam Rose + Eve Rodsky
Behind-The-Scenes with a 3x NYT Bestselling Ghostwriter
"You do not have to prove to anyone that you stood beside the ghost of your mother. It is, in its own way, a truth."
"5-Star Review: Raw, deeply revealing, and with resilient humor throughout."
Review by Katherine Itacy
"A ghost story that reaffirms the living"
"Into the Light: Author Samantha Rose’s Giving Up the Ghost Event at OCA"
Live radio interview
Get Lit! Live with Samantha Rose
Ep 380: Giving Up the Ghost
Review by Leslie Lindsay
The Ghostwriters Podcast with Daniel Paisner
"Petaluma author shares grief, search for answers in mother’s suicide in new memoir"
Samantha Rose and Remembering Susan Swartz
Ep 528: Inspiring Conversations with Bestselling Authors
May 23 Live interview
Review: Must-Read Memoir!
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