On July 28, 2024, Festival Napa Valley held a book launch event to celebrate Gordon Getty’s new book Upon a Day: Verse and Other Writings (Authority Publishing) on the mezzanine of CIA at Copia in downtown Napa. The book is a compilation of his poetry and dramatic writing to date, including the libretti of his four operas. Lissa Gibbs, the festival’s senior director of Education & Communications, hosted the event, and musician friends Alexandra Armantrading, Lester Lynch and Bruce Rameker read selected excerpts. After the presentation, Gordon Getty met with guests and signed copies of the book.