Author D. A. Belmont will discuss and read from his book Diamondacious! at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, May 18, at the Alachua County Library District Headquarters in downtown Gainesville. Diamondacious! sparkles like a bodacious diamond. It’s the funny, sexy, gossipy, tongue-in-cheek saga of Debbie DeVore, who begins her journey as … Read More
Note: Held in Meeting Room B of the Alachua Library Headquarters Branch Gail Rose Thompson will present her nonfiction Iran from Crown to Turban, relating tales of life in Iran during the time of the Pahlavi Crown, the revolution and post-revolutionary times. Her images of the country are far different … Read More
Author James F. Williams will discuss and read from his first novel, The Pedestrians, a wry, social science-fiction thriller. Set in 2097's Manhattan Island City, a gated community, data hunter Dale Evans tracks evidence to solve a brutal murder on Wall Street, the city’s red-light district. A terrifying plunge from … Read More
Just in time for Thanksgiving, Cynthia Bertelsen will discuss the challenges of cooking with historic cookbooks, using hands-on instructions from her book A Hastiness of Cooks and examples from the first American cookbook, from 1796, Amelia Simmon’s American Cookery. A skilled cook and culinary historian, Bertelsen is also the author … Read More
Author, musician, and former Mayor-Commissioner Gary Gordon grew up in Gainesville. His first novel, Crossfire Canyon, was published by Zebra Books; his two editions of Southern California Travel Smart were published by John Muir. Set in Gatorville and published last year in paperback, Chief Mican’s Revenge is the satirical tale … Read More
Julie Robitaille will present Romancing the Crime, the first book in her Gainesville female detective series. Cory Marin, head of homicide, is a strong woman with a diverse group of friends and a complicated love life. Her instinct and tenacity make her investigation into the murder of a young college … Read More
Ann~Marie Magné is excited to read from her book Almost Ticked Off, the story of the rare medical condition that put her husband at the brink of death. A love story. A survival story. A memoir. Ann~Marie Magné Ann~Marie is a past vice president of the Writers Alliance of Gainesville … Read More
