Oceanside Library Welcomes Local Authors

The Oceanside Public Library will host Oceanside authors on three Saturday afternoons in September, according to a written news release by library officials.

All the appearances are scheduled at 1 p.m. in the Foundation Room, on the second floor of the Civic Center Library, 330 North Coast Highway in downtown Oceanside.

Author and ocean voyager Lori Lawson, scheduled for Sept. 14, penned the mystery Green Flash on a tiny island off Norway’s west coast, during a trip in which she and her husband transited over two hundred fifty locks on canals from the Netherlands to the Mediterranean.

Nicasio Latasa, author of a fictional surf adventure entitled Chasing Mowgli, wrote the book after traveling the globe searching for waves and exploring different walks of life. Latasa is scheduled to appear on Sept. 21.

Samurai descendant Masako Kimura Streling recounts her journey, from her childhood in wartime Japan to her arrival in America as a war bride, in I thought the Sun Was God. Streling will end the series on Sept 28.

This free event series is sponsored by the Friends of the Oceanside Public Library. For more information, please visit the library’s website, its Facebook page at or call (760) 435-5600.

-- Oceanside Public Library