Farishta Books Talks and Presentations
2018
March 9
Mira Costa College, Oceanside, CA
2017
June 22
San Diego County Fair, Del Mar, CA
June 14
San Diego County Fair, Del Mar, CA
2016
June 17
Mira Costa College, Oceanside, CA
June 17
San Diego County Fair, Del Mar, CA
June 29
San Diego County Fair, Del Mar, CA
September 24
Be Ready Oceanside, CA
October 19
Wild Willow Farm, San Diego CA
2015
April 10
Union Co Library Indian Trail, NC
2014
December 2014
U.S. Consulate, Tijuana, Mexico
June 20, 2014
June 8, 2014
Keynote Speaker, Girl Scouts of San Diego Gold Award Ceremony
June 8, 2014
Book Club Discussion, Carmel Valley, California
Shepherd University, Eastern Panhandle, West Virginia
March 5, 2014
Presentation for Women’s History Month at Cal State San Marcos
March 21
2014 Keynote Speaker: San Diego Women's week
April 20, 2014
2013
August 19, 2013
--Skype book group discussion San Francisco, Ca.
October 10, 2013
--Sharjah International Book Fair, United Arab Emirates
March 9, 2013
February 7, 2013
--Book presentation, Kings Park Library, Fairfax, Virginia
February 11, 2013
--Book presentation, The Cosmos Club, Washington, D.C. (members only) (note this is a corrected date)
--Book Club discussion, Arlington, Virginia
February 12, 2013
--Book Club discussion, Bethesda, Maryland
2012
May 23, 2012
--Book club discussion, Arlington, Virginia
May 24, 2012
--Book Presentation, Executive Women's Group, U.S. Department of State, Washington, D.C.
--Book Presentation, Girl Scouts of America, DC Chapter, 100th anniversary program, Washington, D.C.
June 13, 2012
--Book club discussion, Fairfield, Virginia
June 20, 2012
--Book discussion, Pikes Peak library, Colorado Springs. Colorado (Via Skype video)
June 28, 2012
--Book club discussion, Arlington, Virginia
February 10, 2012
--NORML Women's Aiiance fundraiser, Washington, D.C.
July 16, 2012
--Book Club discussion, Arlington, Virginia
August 21, 2012
--Book presentation Arlington County Central Library, Arlington, Virginia
August 22
--Book Discussion, Foreign Service Institute, Department of State, Arlington, Va.
September 30, 2012
--Book Club discussion, Reston, Virginia
October 10, 2012
--Book presentation, Georgetown Senior Center, St. John's Episcopal Church, Washington, D.C.
October 11, 2012
--Book presentation, Ralph J. Bunche Library, U.S. Department of State, Washington, D.C.
October 16, 2012
--Book presentation via Skype Waterloo, Indiana Public Library
October 23, 2012
--Book presentation, The Avid Reader Book store, Sacramento, California
December 1, 2012
--Book Club discussion, Alexandria, Virginia
January 14, 2012
--Book club discussion, AAUW chapter, Iowa (via phone)
January 19, 2012
--Book club discussion, Dallas, Texas (via Skype video from Mumbai, India)
February 8, 2012
--Book club discussion, Arlington, Virginia
March 11, 2012
--Book club discussion, Washington, D.C.
March 18, 2012
--Book presentation, University of New Mexico DC Chapter, Fort Meyer, Virginia
March 19, 2012
--Book presentation, New York Public Library’s Author@The Library series
March 21, 2012
--Book presentation, Diplomatic and Consular Officers Retired, Washington DC
April 1, 2012
--Book presentation, Bethesda Writers Center, Bethesda, Maryland
April 13, 2012
--Book club discussion, Arlington, Virginia
April 23, 2012
--Book club discussion, San Francisco, California.
2011
July 12, 2011
--Book presentation, Girl Scout Council, Washington DC
August 3, 2011
--Book club discussion, Carlsbad, California.
August 17, 2011
--Book presentation, Foreign Service Institute, Department of State, Arlington, Virginia
September 27, 2011
--Book presentation, American Foreign Service Association, Washington Dc
--Book club discussion, Arlington, Virginia
September 28, 2011
--Book club discussion, Winchester, Virginia
October 11, 2011
--Book club discussion, Arlington, Virginia
October 19, 2011
--Book club discussion, Sacramento, California
October 26, 2011
--Book club discussion, Clipped Wings (retired flight attendants) Mercer Island, Washington
October 27, 2011
--Book club discussion, Mercer Island, Washington
November 14, 2011
--Book presentation, Quantico Marine Corps Base Library, Quantico, Virginia
December 7, 2011
--Book club discussion, San Diego, California (via phone)
In The Media
Patricia’s Renewable Energy You Tube Channel: solarwindmama
Girl Scouts: Ten Cool Women
Huffington Post Five Recommended books on Afghanistan
STAR-TIDES Interview with Solar Cookers International’s Pat McArdle
Ladybud Interview with Grand Prize Novelist
Emerald Planet Paving the Way to 2050
The Writers Center Success Stories
American Diplomacy Diplomats Who are Authors
Authorlink Patricia McArdle Discovers the Meaning of ‘Angel'
Pam Atherton Lifestyles Solar Cooking with Pat McArdle
Girl Scout Blog Patricia McArdle Cites Girl Scout Experience
Solar Household Energy Solar Cooking Expo at Northern Virginia Mosque
Publishers Weekly Amazon's Breakthrough Novel Award Gives Hope to New Authors
The Solar Cooker Review (Editor)
The Washington Post My Letter to Nora Ephron
Department of Defense, STAR-TIDES: Integrated and Solar Cooking
Voice of America: Afghan Women Urdu Service
San Diego Book Awards: Winner 2012, Farishta
The Washington Post In Baghdad, Sad Songs And a Discouraging Sign
The Washington Post-- Security through Solar
The Washington Post: The Fountain of Youth, Found
The Foreign Service Journal -- "The Roads Are Closing" a short story
The Splendid Table Patricia McArdle Talks about Solar Cookers
Prime Time Radio “Farishta” -- a compelling story
Reuters "Solar Ovens, Renewable Energy Offer Hope for Afghanistan"
Bookpage "Life in a War Zone Leads to Fiction"
The Kojo Naamdi Show Farishta - An American Diplomat in Afghanistan
The Takeaway, WNYC Radio: Finding Fiction from the Grim Realities of War: Patricia McArdle's 'Farishta'
The New York Times, op-ed 6/20/2011: Afghanistan’s Last Locavores
The Voice of America: U.S. Woman's Afghan Experience Inspires Novel
Stephanie Foster.com: Patricia McArdle’s Amazing Career
NPR Weekend Edition: “Farishta”, Afghan fiction from the Foreign Service
GoSol: Meet the Solar Lady
Oceanside Author Gets Girl Scout ‘Cool' Award
Facebook: Farishta
CBS Radio, Dan Raviv: Interview about Farishta, Afghanistan and Solar Cooking
Voice of America TV Urdu Service Renewable Energy For Afghanistan
University of New Mexico Alumni Stories
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