The Point: 03/21/17

Tuesday, March 21, 2017

PBS's Elizabeth Farnsworth to speak at Kaleidoscope Coffee Friday evening

POINT RICHMOND - Elizabeth Farnsworth, former substitute anchor for PBS's NewsHour with Jim Lehrer will be reading from her new memoir Friday night at Kaleidoscope Coffee in Point Richmond.
Farnsworth's new book is titled A Train Through Time: A Life, Real and Imagined.
The event - sponsored by the Café Society - starts at 7 p.m.
Ms. Farnsworth will be introduced by Charles Haas, author of The Enthusiast.
In addition to her work as a broadcast anchor with PBS, Farnsworth has been a filmmaker and foreign correspondent.
Attendance at the event is free. Beer, wine, tea and coffee - as well as food - will be available for purchase.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Michael J. Fitzgerald has been a journalist for 40 years, working as a writer and editor for newspapers, magazines and web publications. He writes or contributes to four blogs, including The Point.

In 2014 he published the novel, "The Fracking War." In 2015, he published his second novel, "Fracking Justice." His third novel, "The Devil's Pipeline," was published in November of 2018. He also writes a weekly column for the daily Finger Lakes Times newspaper in Geneva, NY as well as being a contributing writer for The Richmond Pulse newspaper.

He and his wife Sylvia Fox split their time between rural Oregon and the Bay Area. He can be contacted at: frackingjustice@gmail.com.