Peter Wood

Appearances & Events

Beyond The Game - Peter Wood - Surviving Myself - The Making of a Middleweight

Teen Zone Author Talk with Peter Wood at the Chappaqua Library

Peter Wood on Street Wise TV Show with Lou Tulano

View a TV interview with Peter

Beyond The Game with John Vorporien (Watch the Video) - Peter Wood

October 28 the author of surviving myself on TikTok

Saturday, September 27 – book signing at Rudy’s Ristorante, 55 Vervalen St, Closter, NJ 07624 View photos

Friday, September 26, ’25–Book signing, Park Ridge Marriott, 300 Brae Blvd, Park Ridge, New Jersey
July 19, 2025–Guild Hall Art Show–158 Main St., East Hampton, New York — 9am–2pm View photos
 
But here it is again: CONTENDERS–Main Events XVII–May 30, 2025 View photos
 
NY Boxing trainers, Carl Hall & Maurice Johnson View photos
 

Contenders presents main event XVII Friday, May 30th Visit Event

Wood— Literary Conference May 1, 2025 View photos

Boxing historian Mike Silver & Real estate , Mogul, James Hoolihan with author View photos

March 13, 2025–Jake’s Steak House, Hempstead Turnpike, Long Island with book publisher Juliet Mauro & former World Middleweight Champion, Vito Antuofermo View photos

New York Athletic Club,  February 20–Ring presentation View video

Boces Young Adult Book Conference—May 1&2, 10-4, Yorktown Boces Campus

November 14– the New Jersey Boxing Hall of Fame The Venetian, River Road, Garfield, NJ – 5 PM – 10 PM View photos

The Oncenter, 800 S State St, Syracuse, NY 13202 Thursday, November 7th | 10:30 AM – 5:00 PMFriday, November 8th | 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM View photos

September 15–New York Boxing Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony–Russo’s on the Bay, 162-45 Cross Bay Blvd, Queens, NY –12:30–5:30

August 18 — Mt. Kisco Art Fair, Moger Ave–10-5pm View photos

The Artist’s & Writer’s Charity Softball Game, East Hampton, NY, Herrick Park, 2 PM till 6 PM – August 17th View photos

The Belski Art Museum, 280 High Street, Closter, NJ 07624 Saturday, July 28, 1pm–4pm View photos

Boxing Writers Association of America, was held June 6, 2024, at 583 Park Ave., New York City View photos

April 18, O’Neills, 7-9pm 64-21 53rd Dr., Queens, NY 11378 View photos

March 26, 2024–Romas, 29 Columbus Ave, Tuckahoe, NY — 7:00-9:00 pm

March 9, 2024, 2:00-4:00–Mount Kisco Library, 100 East Main Street, Mount Kisco, NY 10549 View photos

February 22, 2024– New York Athletic Club, 21180 Central Park South, NYC 10019– 7:30 PM View photos

January 25, 2024, Villa Mosconi, 69 MacDougal Street, NYC 12:30–2:30 View photos

November 18 — 9am-3pm — Saw Mill Club–East, 333 North Bedford Rd., Mt. Kisco, NY 10549 View photos

November 9 — 6pm-9-pm — New Jersey Boxing Hall of Fame, The Venetian, 564 River Road, Garfield, New Jersey 07026 View photos 

October 27 — 12:30-2:30 — Villa Mosconi, 69 McDougal Street, New York City 10012

September 30, 2023, 3:00-4:45–The Closter Library, 280 High Street, Closter, NJ 07624 View photos 

August 19,2023— East Hampton Artists & Writers Charity Softball Game, East Hampton NY — 11:30 am View photos 

August 18,2023—”Beyond the Game” with John Volporien–on Altice, Channel 76 and on FIOS channel 45

August 20, 2022 — East Hampton Artists & Writers Charity Softball Game, Herrick Field, East Hampton NY at 11:00 am

March 5, 2022 — “Writers & Artists” at Kathryn Markel Fine Arts Gallery, 2418 Montauk Hwy, Bridgehampton, NY 11932 (at 11-5, reception–7-9pm)

March 12, 2022 — Author book signing — Peter Wood’s, “The Boy Who Hit Back” at Kathryn Markel Fine Arts Gallery, 2418 Montauk Hwy, Bridgehampton, NY 11932 (10–3pm)

August 12, 2021 — East Hampton Artists & Writers Charity Softball Game, East Hampton NY at 11:00 am

March 27, 2020 — “Novelists’ Night”, Bookhampton, 41 Main St.  Easthampton, NY 11937 at 4:00pm

March 23, 2020 — “Heart of the East End with Gianna Volpe” WPPB FM. 88.3 at 11:00am

January 9, 2020 — Book Lecture at The Jewish Home Family, 10 Link Drive, Rockleigh, NJ — 2:30pm

December 7, 2019 — Riverhead Author Fair at Riverhead Library, Riverhead, NY — 12pm

September 16, 2019 — “Street Wise” TV Show with Lou Tulano (see above)

September 9, 2019 — “Street Wise” — 6:00pm to 7:00pm

August 12, 2019 — East Hampton Library’s Authors Night — View video — View photos

January 11, 2019 — The Chappaqua Library, Chappaqua, NY — at 3:30pm

February 9 — The Sawmill Athletic Club, Mt. Kisco, NY — 8:00am to 1:00pm

February 21, 2019 — New York Athletic Club, 21180 Central Park S., NYC 10019 — 7:30pm

February 23, 2019 — Gleason’s Gym, 130 Water Street, Brooklyn, New York, 11201 — 4: 00pm to 7:00pm

(On-Going) — (Both books and original art) The Eclectic Collector, 215 Katonah Ave., Katonah, NY 10536

March 5 — “THE BOB MARRONE SHOW”,  WVOX  Radio, (1469AM), New Rochelle, NY @ 7:24 am.

March 14 — Book Talk — “Beyond the Game” with John Vorperian — White Plains Public Access Cable Television — 2:00 to 2:30 pm

March 15 — Philipse Manor Railroad Station, Sleepy Hollow, NY 10591 — 7:30 pm

March 19 — “Favorite Sport-Related Books!” at the White Plains Library Theater, White Plains, NY 10601 — 6:00pm

April 9, 2019 — The Closter Library, 280 High Street, Closter, NJ 07624 — 7:00pm

April 18 — Northern Valley — Demarest Athletic Hall of Fame, at SEASONS, 664 Pascack Rd., Washington Township, NJ 07676  — 6:00pm

April 19— Ring Masters Finals — Madison Square Garden — 4 Pennsylvania Plaza, New York, NY 10001 — 7:00

April 27 — The East Hampton Library, The Baldwin Room — 1:00pm

May 1st — “Boxing—Historically, In the Media, & In the Ring” — Panel Discussion with authors Ronald K. Fried, Frederick Romano & Peter Wood. (Moderated by author Robert Mladinich) — The Katonah Library — May 1st @ 7:00 pm.

May  4 — The Scattered Books Book Store, Chappaqua, NY 10514 — 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm

May 17 —Peekskill Career Day — Peekskill Middle School, Peekskill, NY — 8:00 am to 2:00 pm

May 18 — Sleepy Hollow Lit Fest — Sleepy Hollow, NY — 10am to 5pm (Tentative)

May 18 — The First Annual Maspeth Book Festival — The Martin Luther School. 60-02 Maspeth Avenue, Maspeth, Saturday — 11 AM to 4 PM.

May 21 — RING 8 — O’Neil’s Restaurant, 4-21 53rd Drive, Maspeth, NY 11378

June 7 — Book Talk — White Plains Public Access Cable Television hosted by John Bailey — Featuring boxing writers Peter Wood & Robert Mladinich — 9:30 to 10:00 am

June 14 — Barnes & Noble—City Center, White Plains, NY 10601 — 7:00 pm

June 22 — Sunday’s on the East End — talk-show interview hosted by Bridget LeRoy & Alec Sokolow on 88.3 WPPB FM radio, Bridge Hampton, NY

June 24 & 25 — Jupiter Gardens Rehabilitation Center, 17781 Thelma Ave., Jupiter, FL at 1:00

July 20, 2019 — Levittown Public Library, 1 Bluegrass Lane, Levittown, NY 11756 — 2:00pm to 5:00pm

July 27, 2019 — The 73rd East Hampton Clothesline Art Sale — The Guild Hall, 158 Main St., East Hampton, NY 11937 — 9:00AM to 4:00PM

August 10 — 2018 East Hampton Artists & Writers Charity Softball Game, East Hampton NY — 11:00 am

November 8 — New Jersey Boxing Hall of Fame—Venetian, 546 River Drive, Garfield. New Jersey — 6:30 pm