Journalist and author Mindy Eun Soo Pennybacker will be signing her new book, “Surfing Sisterhood Hawai‘i: Wahine Reclaiming the Waves,” and giving talks at several free events throughout the summer.

Chaminade University will be hosting the first meeting from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the Ching Conference Center at its campus at 3140 Waialae Ave. The book was just released by Mutual Publishing for $21.85. Light refreshments will be served.

“Surfing Sisterhood ­Hawai‘i” includes myriad color photos and a history of women’s surfing, including recent watershed events in which women surfers received equal prize money in 2020 and made a mark in world champion contests that previously excluded them.

Pennybacker is a surfing columnist at the Honolulu Star-Advertiser and has written for national publications, including The Surfer’s Journal. She is also the author of “Do One Green Thing: Saving the Earth Through Simple Everyday Choices.”

Other events are scheduled for 2 to 4 p.m. June 24 at da Shop, 3565 Harding Ave.; noon to 1 p.m. July 1 at BookEnds, 600 Kailua Road; and 2 to 4 p.m. July 22 at Barnes & Noble, Ala Moana Center.