UPCOMING TALKS

Monday, March 22 and Tuesday, March 23
LAKE AUSTIN SPA

“I’m Turning into My Mother. I’m Turning into My Daughter.” and “Friends for Life” with special guests Izzy Rose and Susan Swartz

“Susan gave a funny, heartwarming and inspiring presentation at our Women’s Night Out series.” - Nancy Bouffard, Womens’ Health Education Coordinator, Kaiser Permanente

” You are resilient, informative, entertaining and the knowledge and wisdom you offer is important to this (over 50) generation of Baby Boomers.” - Sandra Call Sultan, Call Productions, Napa, CA

To book Susan for a talk or workshop, contact her at susan@juicytomatoes.com

What do I talk about?

Just about anything to do with women and the media. Since writing books on women over 50, I specialize in women of a certain age. And how the media sees us, which I often accompany with images to illustrate the many faces that advertising, TV and the movies give us.

I talk about how far women have come and how much more we have to do. And what feminism has to do with our lives, including how we age.

Beyond that I lead panel discussions on the latest encouraging news for women about our bones and hearts, the necessity of girlfriends and the brave new things we get to do now that we’ve stopped being timid and worrying what the world thinks.

I talk about how far women have come and how much more we have to do.

Since leaving my newspaper job I’ve been giving a talk called “Are You Still Somebody” which has to do with how we identify with our job and how that changes. I speak about the “R” word – and how Boomers are tweaking retirement.

I’ve given talks around swimming pools, inside boutiques and in convention halls. I do book readings and lead writing workshops on how to tell your own story. I do “in conversation with” interviews on stage with authors, like Isabel Allende and Mollie Katzen.

Those are some ideas, but frankly I can talk about anything.

Susan with three tomatoes: From left- TV Anchor Barbara Rodgers, Travel Expert Marybeth Bond and Fashion Diva Brenda Kinsel at a panel discussion at Book Passage in Corte Madera, CA.

Talks and Topics with Author Susan Swartz

Blue Thong Society
Marriott Hotel Mission Valley, San Diego, Ca.

Meet the Authors
Sonoma County Library Fund-raiser
Santa Rosa, Ca.

“Kissing Aging Stereotypes Goodbye”
Changing Hands Bookstore, Tempe, AZ

How Far Have We Come…How Far Have We Still to Go?
Women’s History Month 28th anniversary, Santa Rosa Junior College

“Who You Calling Invisible?”
Cloverdale, Ca.

Authors Lunch
Oakmont Women, Santa Rosa, Ca.

“Am I Still Somebody”
Performing Arts Center benefit, Occidental, Ca.

Going for the Boomer Market: Celebrate Her Changing Image
AICI SFBA Annual Education Conference, San Francisco

Kaiser’s Women’s Night Out Series: Surviving Stress
with Becky Jandrey, Clinical Psychologist, Kaiser Permanente Santa Rosa

Women Writing About Women
Sonoma County Book Festival

How the Media Sees Us
Redefining Aging Conference, Mont La Salle, Napa Valley

Juicy Tomatoes book signing
Eileen Fisher store, Walnut Creek, CA

A Lighthearted Look at Life After 50
Sonoma Valley Hospital Foundation Benefit, Sonoma Mission Inn

Juicy Discussions for Women Only
No Boys Allowed, Benefit for Sonoma County CASA

Panel on Ripe Living After 50
San Francisco Junior League, Fort Mason, San Francisco.

Juicy Tomatoes talk and book signing
Sonoma County Book Festival, Santa Rosa, Ca.

Juicy Tomatoes talk and book signing
Book People, Austin, TX

Panel on the Ripe Stuff After 50 with Mary Beth Bond, travel writer;
Brenda Kinsel, image consultant and writer, Barbara Rodgers, TV anchor.
Book Passage, Corte Madera, CA

The Ripe Stuff After 50
American Heart Association Benefit, Houston, TX

Susan was recently honored at “Women in the Literary World” hosted by Congresswoman Lynn Woolsey (right) with former Congresswoman Pat Schroeder, president of the Association of American Publishers. The two get mistaken for each other so often, they decided to wear matching outfits.