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SUMMARY:3rd Annual Sunshine State Book Festival
DESCRIPTION:Bringing Readers and Writers Together\nThe third annual Sunshine State Book Festival will be held in Gainesville\, Florida\, on Saturday and Sunday\, April 9 and 10. \nOaks Mall\nSaturday’s festival begins at 11:00 a.m. and goes until 5:00 p.m. in the spacious Oaks Mall on Newberry Road near I-75. Admission is free. Since the festival is completely indoors\, it will be held rain or shine. \nAttendees will have an opportunity to meet and engage with authors\, purchase books\, and have them signed. \nBring the kids or grandkids. They will enjoy the children’s area with storytellers and activities. There will also be hourly drawings for free books. \nThe Matheson History Museum\nSunday’s program will take place at the Matheson History Museum\, 513 E. University Avenue in downtown Gainesville from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Festival attendees will enjoy four presentations by well-known authors and subject-matter experts. \nThe festival is sponsored by the Writers Alliance of Gainesville. \nFor full details of the two-day event\, visit this website: SunshineStateBookFestival.com. \n 
URL:https://writersalliance.org/event/3rd-annual-sunshine-state-book-festival/
LOCATION:Oaks Mall\, 6019 W. Newberry Rd.\, Gainesville\, FL\, 32605
CATEGORIES:Book Sale,Book Signing,Festival,Readings,Speaker
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SUMMARY:Susie Baxter to Speak on Book Design
DESCRIPTION:Note: Daylight savings time begins Sunday\, March 13. Move clocks ahead one hour.\n\n\nOn Sunday\, March 13\, at 2:30 p.m.\, Susie Baxter will share tips she has learned from independently publishing four books in various formats\, from paperback and ebook to hardcover and audible. \nThe main focus of her talk will be on book design using Microsoft Word\, InDesign\, Bookow\, and Vellum software for formatting. But she will also discuss: \n\nFree resources that can help us improve our writing and the final manuscript (critique pods\, Aztekera\, Hemingway\, Grammarly\, and beta readers)\nAdvantages and disadvantages of working with a local printer versus a book publisher\nDifferences between vanity publishers\, hybrid presses\, traditional publishing\, and print-on-demand (POD)\nCosts and tasks associated with independent publishing\, such as the purchase of ISBNs and applying for a Library of Congress Control Number\nHiring editors and proofreaders\nWorking with a narrator on an audible book\n\nA fifth-generation Floridian\, Baxter grew up on a farm in north Florida. In adulthood\, she attended Louisiana State University in New Orleans and the University of South Alabama in Mobile where she earned a BFA. After working for a few years as a graphic artist\, she landed a job with a health-science publishing house in St. Louis. There\, she advanced from editorial assistant to acquisitions editor and finally to the publisher of primary care. During her career\, she commissioned dozens of successful clinical reference books authored by world-renowned physicians. \nShe has now written four books of her own: C.G. & Ethel: A Family History (2008); Write Your Memoir: One Story at a Time (2017)\, a nonfiction how-to book; Pumping Sunshine: A Memoir of My Rural Childhood (2018)\, which won that year’s Royal Palm Literary Award for Memoir and was named 1st runner-up for the Published Book of the Year; and her latest\, I\, Susanette… (2022)\, a coming-of-age memoir. \nBaxter believes that everyone has a story to tell\, and she drives that point home in the memoir-writing course she teaches annually at Santa Fe College in Gainesville. Information on her next course can be found on her website: susiehbaxter.com. \n 
URL:https://writersalliance.org/event/book-design-word-to-vellum/
LOCATION:Millhopper Branch\, Alachua County Libraries\, 3145 NW 43rd St.\, Gainesville\, FL\, 32606\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Design,Book Signing
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SUMMARY:Writer’s Talks at Rawlings House Series Returns to Cross Creek
DESCRIPTION:The Writer’s Talks at Rawlings House Series returns to Cross Creek; under a magnolia tree almost in the shadow of the Pulitzer Prize winner’s home. \nAnn McCutchan brings us her critically acclaimed\, often revealing\, sometimes deeply moving biography of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings herself—The Life She Wished to Live. \n“Come to this biography for the outsized personality\,” Dwight Garner writes in the New York Times. “Stay for a portrait of a woman whose writing meant everything to her.” \nLight refreshments and music begin at 1:30 p.m.; Writer’s Talk at 2:00 p.m. Free with standard park admission. Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Historic State Park at Cross Creek\, Florida. Call 352-466-3672 for more details. \nMade possible by the Friends of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Farm\, the Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Society\, and Florida State Parks Department. \nWhat emerges after seven years is the most complete portrait of a very complex life: the long sojourn in Florida’s backcountry and her instinctive affinity for the place and its people; astonishing encounters\, and endearing friendships with the literary galaxy including Ernest Hemingway\, F. Scott Fitzgerald\, Thomas Wolfe\, Robert Frost\, Margaret Mitchell\, and her “magnificent editor\,” Maxwell Perkins; the relationships which helped shape her— from her hugely ambitious mother Ida to her insecure but surprisingly courageous husband Charles Rawlings\, and finally Zora Neale Hurston\, who would bring her to a new understanding of African Americans. Above all\, there is the furiously driven writer. “Rawlings cleared through life as though armed with a machete\,” Jonathan Miles writes in Garden and Gun. “McCutchan gracefully records every chop.” \n\n\n\n\n\n\nAnn McCutchan is the author of five previous books\, most recently Where’s the Moon? A Memoir of the Space Coast and the Florida Dream. She is also a professional musician\, lyricist\, and librettist. Ms. McCutchan lives in Laramie\, Wyoming.
URL:https://writersalliance.org/event/writers-talks-at-rawlings-house-series-returns-to-cross-creek/
LOCATION:Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Historic State Park\, 18700 S CR 325\, Cross Creek\, FL\, 32640\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Signing,Speaker
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SUMMARY:Sunshine State Book Festival — Main Event
DESCRIPTION:This all-day event will include free programs for adults\, activities for children\, and a book sale where attendees can meet more than seventy regional authors and have books signed. \nWAG\, which is producing the festival\, has received support from Santa Fe College and the SF Foundation\, who are giving us use of the beautiful Santa Fe College Fine Arts Hall to hold Saturday’s Book Festival. \nSanta Fe Fine Arts Hall\nFor more details\, visit www.sunshinestatebookfestival.com.
URL:https://writersalliance.org/event/sunshine-state-book-festival-main-event/
LOCATION:Santa Fe College Fine Arts Hall\, 3000 NW 83rd St\, E-127\, Gainesville\, FL\, 32606\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Sale,Book Signing,Festival,Speaker
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190714T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190714T160000
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SUMMARY:Create Your Legacy: E-Publishing
DESCRIPTION:Four authors with recently published e-books will discuss the approaches\, research\, and writing techniques used to successfully prepare and conserve their own stories and those of their families.\nMost of us share a strong core value regarding the importance of better understanding our roots and family histories. Those who come after us will want to know about us. Times are changing more rapidly than ever\, and unless we capture and share the stories that relate the history and lifestyles of our generation and those before us\, they will be lost forever. \nThe four authors—Nick West\, Ginny Brinkley\, Faith Connors\, and Tracy Connors—invite you to join them for a panel discussion and informal “workshop” colloquy to explore the how-to’s and why’s of legacy e-publishing. The authors will talk for about fifteen minutes each about their personal e-publishing experiences. Then\, the four will assemble as a panel to answer\, individually or collectively\, any questions posed. Feel free to submit your questions in advance to the WAG Program Coordinator\, Kimberley Mullins. The panel will also welcome questions from attendees on any aspect of legacy publishing and/or e-publication. \nFaith R. Connors\, a retired Associate Professor\, University of Maryland (UM)\, directed and managed community service clubs and educational youth programs for UM’s Cooperative Extension Service. She attended the University of Oslo’s International Summer School\, and completed other graduate level studies at Bowie State University\, the University of Maryland\, and Hood College. Her work has been published in British Business Today\, All Hands Magazine (U.S. Navy’s flagship publication)\, and the Longman Dictionary of Mass Media and Communication. She is the author of three books\, Love Midgie\, Flavors of the Fjords\, and Clark’s Hill Cat. \nGinny Brinkley has been writing almost her entire life. As a young girl growing up in Virginia\, she composed stories about her dog and cat\, illustrating them with photos from her Brownie Hawkeye camera. Her sci-fi novel\, EarthQuest\, was begun by her “mad scientist” uncle\, and completed by Brinkley and a fellow writing group member after her uncle became incapacitated. Her most recent book is Goddess: A Child of the Sixties\, which looks back on her life and the excitement of her first love against a backdrop of the Vietnam War and the iconic music of the 1960s. \nNick West\, a Gainesville native\, attended Gainesville High School and the University of Florida. He is a veteran of the United States Navy and\, together with his family\, has owned and operated a landscape business in the area for over forty years. He began his writing career in 2010 when his first novel\, The Great Southern Circus\, was published. His other print books include The Long Road Home\, The Sandspur Special\, and To Light A New Fire. He recently published an e-book of historic fiction\, The Great Southern Circus: From the Big Top to Gettysburg\, which incorporates\, expands\, and updates The Great Southern Circus and its sequel\, The Long Road Home.\n \nCaptain Tracy D. Connors\, USN (Retired)\, graduated from the University of Florida (BA) and the University of Rhode Island (MA)\, followed by graduate study in public communications at the University of Maryland and human resource development at Bowie State University. In 2013\, he was awarded a Ph.D. with distinction in Human Services at Capella University. Connors has published two major military history works: Baited Trap\, the Ambush of Mission 1890 and Truckbusters from Dogpatch\, the Combat Diary of the 18th Fighter-Bomber Wing in the Korean War. He served as editor of Leading at the Strategic Level\, published by the National Defense University. He published the first volunteer resource management handbook in 1995 and has published eight major handbooks for nonprofit organization management. \n 
URL:https://writersalliance.org/event/create-your-legacy-e-publishing/
LOCATION:Millhopper Library\, Meeting Room A\, 3145 NW 43rd St\,\, Gainesville\, FL\, 32606\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Signing,Panel Discussion,Speaker
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SUMMARY:Author Jo Ann Lordahl to Speak at the Alachua County Library Headquarters
DESCRIPTION:Jo Ann Lordahl will present her book\, Princess Ruth: Love & Tragedy in Hawaii on Saturday\, June 22 at 2:30 p.m. in the Foundation Room of the Alachua County Library Headquarters. \nLordahl says\, “Princess Ruth had my heart as soon as I saw her on the cover of The High Chiefess: Ruth Keelikolani. This is the story of Princess Ruth\, a little-known princess\, but the richest woman in Hawai‘i.* Ruth stopped a volcano\, her money built the Bishop Museum\, and her second husband hit her in the face\, making her ugly! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“It is also the story of how Samantha\, a recent widow and a haole newcomer to the island\, settles into renewed love and life on Kauai\, the oldest\, most spiritual of the islands. The story is told through the eyes of Samantha. As she journeys through the soulful island of Kauai\, we visit jungles and beaches\, and sample Hawai‘ian culture\, both ancient and modern. Samantha\, working for Purity Corporation\, learns of and faces the dangers of genetically modified organisms (GMOs)\, and still finds happiness. Major topics in the book are GMOs\, Hawai’i’s fateful history\, and women’s special stories\, including the one about Princess Ruth stopping a fiery volcano cold in its tracks. Kauai’s natural beauty\, places\, and the forbidden island of Niihau are interwoven. Princess Ruth: Love and Tragedy in Hawaii features a map of Hawai‘i\, many factual endnotes\, a book list of resources\, and a chronology of Hawai‘ian royalty from antiquity\, including Princess Ruth’s dates. And for Princess Ruth\, she can—at long last—rest peacefully; her story is told.” \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAfter fourteen years in Hawai‘i\, Lordahl now lives in Gainesville\, Florida. She is also the author of A Secret Kept in Hawaii\, which is the sequel of Princess Ruth. Delightfully combining facts\, fiction\, and romance\, Lordahl uses her women’s stories to give the reader historic and modern insights on a present-day environmental threat that is not confined to Hawai‘i. \n\n_____________ \n* Hawai‘i vs Hawaii
URL:https://writersalliance.org/event/author-jo-ann-lordahl-to-speak-at-the-alachua-county-library-headquarters/
LOCATION:Alachua County Library Headquarters\, Foundation Room
CATEGORIES:Book Signing,Speaker
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SUMMARY:Speaker Gary Gordon: From Politician to Author
DESCRIPTION:Gary Gordon\, writer\, musician\, spoken word artist\, and producer\, will talk at the monthly meeting of the Writers Alliance of Gainesville about his journey from the Gainesville City Commission (Mayor-Commissioner 1985-86) to author of two novels\, Crossfire Canyon and Chief Mican’s Revenge.  \nOn the way\, Gordon has written and produced numerous plays and programs in Gainesville and Los Angeles including the weekly Gary Gordan Comedy Hour on WUFT-FM and the critically acclaimed play O.J. Law in Los Angeles. Following the June 9 program\, he’ll sign books. \nBorn in Gainesville\, Gordon earned a degree in journalism at Northwestern University. He returned to Gainesville with his wife in October 2017.
URL:https://writersalliance.org/event/from-politician-to-author/
LOCATION:Millhopper Library\, Meeting Room A\, 3145 NW 43rd St\,\, Gainesville\, FL\, 32606\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Signing,Speaker
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SUMMARY:Author Gary G. Steele to speak at the Alachua County Library Headquarters
DESCRIPTION:Gary G. Steele will discuss his book\, The Gypsy Family Circus of 1933: Stories from a Long-Gone Era on Saturday\, June 1\, at 2:30 p.m. in the Foundation Room of the Alachua County Library Headquarters in downtown Gainesville. \nWeaving together a vast and varied tapestry of people\, places\, animals\, and events selected from stories heard in childhood\, the author will rely on his “Gypsy story-telling gene” to bring back to life a different world\, a world of his Gypsy family\, their circus life\, and the struggle they and all Americans faced in the Great Depression. \nHis presentation will illustrate interactively some themes of the book\, explain cultural and ethnic perceptions\, and respond to questions and interests of those attending. It will be a sort of “coming-out” event\, in that it has never really been beneficial to admit being Gypsy. The usual result has been either prejudice or peculiar questions and comments. But maybe it’s time. \nCare to have your fortune told or learn how to spin cotton candy the fast and easy way? How about some insider tips on riding jumping horses under the big top\, or maybe handling a spooked elephant in a parade? Even free pony rides for all with a fertile enough imagination. We’ll see what old family secrets are of greatest interest. \nSteele uses historical fiction to recreate the life his older relatives lived during the Great Depression. He feels fortunate to have a Gypsy heritage\, to have grown up on circuses (when not in boarding school)\, and to have the chance to interpret that life to a wider world.
URL:https://writersalliance.org/event/author-gary-g-steele-to-speak-at-the-alachua-county-library-headquarters/
LOCATION:Alachua County Library Headquarters\, Foundation Room
CATEGORIES:Book Signing,Speaker
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190519T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190519T153000
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SUMMARY:Author Richard Gartee to Speak at Millhopper Library
DESCRIPTION:Richard Gartee will present his award-winning novel\, Ragtime Dudes in a Thin Place\, on Sunday\, May 19\, in Meeting Room A of the Millhopper Library from 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. The reading is free and open to the public. \nPrepublication\, the book won the Royal Palm Literary Award First Place in the fiction category of humor. Set in 1904\, it tells the story of three New York dandies\, who\, promising to bring metropolitan culture and the latest wonders from the St. Louis World’s Fair\, introduce ragtime music and new century ideas to the nascent art colony of Taos\, New Mexico. \nRichard Gartee\, a member of Writers Alliance of Gainesville\, has also authored seven college textbooks\, five collections of poetry\, and a biography\, Skating on Skim Ice. His previous novels include Lancelot’s Grail and Lancelot’s Disciple.
URL:https://writersalliance.org/event/author-richard-gartee-to-speak-at-millhopper-library/
LOCATION:Millhopper Library\, Meeting Room A\, 3145 NW 43rd St\,\, Gainesville\, FL\, 32606\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Signing,Readings,Speaker
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190518T153000
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SUMMARY:Author D. A. Belmont to Speak at Library
DESCRIPTION: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. \nDiamondacious! sparkles like a bodacious diamond. It’s the funny\, sexy\, gossipy\, tongue-in-cheek saga of Debbie DeVore\, who begins her journey as a plain brunette from the wrong side of town and rises to wealth as an icy\, blonde accounting wiz. Was it so bad she cut a few corners to get there?  \nThis frothy beach read begins in Fort Lauderdale but sweeps to New York\, Las Vegas\, and the capitals of South America. It will make you laugh\, make you cry\, and make you jealous. You’ll recognize some of the characters from the boldface names of newspapers if you read gossip\, the financial pages\, and even the political news. But you have never heard these stories with the spin D. A. Belmont gives them in this tautly rendered and remarkably nuanced page-turner. It’s an atmospheric and propulsive chronicle of a time\, a place\, and a way of life. \nDebbie’s friends are fascinating. Beautiful Arden Sloane lives a life of glamor and success but hides the saddest childhood a poor little rich girl could possibly know. Handsome\, brilliant\, ambitious Peter Pelligrino is both highly educated and accomplished. But his heritage holds him back from happiness with Arden. Karal\, a fabulous high-end hairdresser to the rich and infamous of Fort Lauderdale\, is the true friend who helps Debbie become a swan. \nDiamondacious! is a crazy\, sexy\, laugh-out-loud satire. It’s in turn shocking\, poignant\, and uproarious—written with an eye for detail\, an ear for dialogue\, and a knack for comic timing. It’s full of the straight story and the other one too. At the same time\, it’s never graphic\, and the good guys always come out on top—financially at least. Debbie is a woman who loves life and who reaches out to help herself (and her true friends) to all the world has to offer. \nD. A. Belmont knows Fort Lauderdale intimately\, what goes on undercover as well as under the covers. Belmont’s wisely squandered youth was spent in Florida’s “Venice of America” and wildly in other enthralling fleshpots north and south of the equator.
URL:https://writersalliance.org/event/author-d-a-belmont-to-speak-at-library/
LOCATION:Alachua County Library Headquarters\, Meeting Room A\, 4th Floor\, Rm. A\, 401 E Univ. Ave.\, Gainesville\, FL\, 32601
CATEGORIES:Book Discussion,Book Signing
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190511T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190511T160000
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SUMMARY:I ♥ Books  -  A Book-Signing Event
DESCRIPTION:The Florida Writers Association (FWA) is sponsoring a multi-genre book-signing event in Gainesville to bring readers and authors together. This is the FWA’s fourth annual I ♥ Books but the first time in Gainesville. \nCome meet more than forty authors including some new-to-you writers and perhaps a few favorites! \nCheck out the I ♥ Books page of the FWA website for the schedule. \n 
URL:https://writersalliance.org/event/i-%e2%99%a5-books-a-book-signing-event/
LOCATION:Alachua County Library Headquarters Downtown\, 401 E. University Ave.\, 4th Floor\, Gainesville\, FL\, 32601\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Signing
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190505T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190505T160000
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SUMMARY:The Courage to Tell Your Story
DESCRIPTION:Our appreciation to Kimberley Mullins for writing this summary of Kandra Albury’s talk.\nKandra Albury\, president and founder of Kids ‘n Capes\,* said to Writers Alliance members and guests\, “You must have the courage to tell your story\,” emphasizing how sharing one’s story empowers others. \nShe grew up in a single-parent household\, one of five children. Her mother’s goal for them all was to graduate from high school and go to college or into the military. \nShe chose college and\, after graduating\, started her career in journalism. However\, that wasn’t her love. She asked herself\, “Why write other people’s stories\, when I can write my own?“ Hence her first book\, From Food Stamps to Favor\, a memoir of her journey as a child in a single-parent home and a victim of sexual abuse. \nAfter the publication of her memoir\, she turned her attention to marketing the book. With a background in journalism\, she reached out to many channels. She went out on a limb\, proposing her book to the Christian Broadcast Network (CBN) because she felt the book would inspire others in the church setting\, mainly because it is a place where victims and predators co-exist. Unfortunately\, CBN was not interested. But a month or so later\, they called her and asked for an interview. \nNext\, Albury ventured into writing children’s books to make youngsters aware of sexual predators. First in The Feisty Four Children’s Book Series is Don’t You Dare Touch Me There. This book makes kids aware of predators and how to get the courage to fight back. At her presentations in schools\, she gives each child a cape for the new superpower\, Courage. The other two books in the series\, Leave Us Alone You Mean ‘Ole Bully!! and No! address bullying and drugs. The later book was dear to her heart\, she said\, since her older sister became addicted to drugs. \nPassionate about writing\, Albury teaches a class at Santa Fe College\, “Let’s Write Your Book Now.” And during her talk\, she highlighted ten important tips for writing: \n\n\n\nSchedule time to write. Don’t just make time.\nSet a deadline.\nHave an accountability partner.\nEnjoy the process and all that comes with it.\nList all of your chapter titles or at least seven\, so if you have writer’s block later\, you can move on to another chapter.\nWrite about what makes you\, you — your passion.\nTell your story unapologetically.\nInclude humor\, pain\, fear\, and shame.\nInvest in your project: you must be the first investor.\nDon’t forget marketing: Business cards/Flyers/Promo cards/Social Media – It’s up to you to get your name out there.\n\n\n\nAlbury serves as Training Facilitator for Darkness to Light\, a non-profit organization committed to empowering adults to prevent child sexual abuse. Her literary and children’s advocacy work has been featured in numerous print publications and on television networks such as WCJB-TV-20 and WUFT\, \n_____________________ \n* Kids’n Capes\, Inc.\, is a sustainable non-profit whose mission is to prevent and raise community awareness of child sexual abuse\, bullying\, and illegal drug use. \n  \n 
URL:https://writersalliance.org/event/the-courage-to-tell-your-story/
LOCATION:Millhopper Library\, Meeting Room A\, 3145 NW 43rd St\,\, Gainesville\, FL\, 32606\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Signing,Speaker
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190323T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190323T153000
DTSTAMP:20260514T173827
CREATED:20190223T170622Z
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SUMMARY:Author Dwight Bennett (aka Sam Berretti) to Speak at Library Headquarters
DESCRIPTION:Dwight Bennett\, who writes under the pen name Sam Berretti\, will present the second in his Seekers Mystery Series\, Good Girl Gone at the Alachua County Headquarters on Saturday\, March 23\, at 2:30 p.m. \nDoris Watson works as engineer\, designing kitchen appliances such as microwave ovens. Ex-military\, she appears to lead a solitary life in Maryland\, surrounded by books\, a few close friends and her cat. When she gets an emergency late night message\, her mundane existence takes a decided turn into the bizarre and deadly realm of human trafficking as her secret\, second job summons. She is an on-call agent for a firm named Seekers Worldwide\, a front for a loose group of high-tech mercenaries\, managed by Della Jamay Charboneau and run by NSA agent Sam Namath. \nSomeone made the truly epic mistake of kidnapping Della Jamay Carboneau’s niece\, and Della is no ordinary aunt. She is an assassin with a very short temper and a very large arsenal. Doris Watson’s assignment from Sam: to handle her handler and keep Della’s body count low. Plagued by prophetic dreams and embroiled in Della’s most private matters\, rookie Doris finds herself in way over her head. Together they fight for their lives against ruthless New Orleans criminals and a mysterious Voodoo priestess claiming to be stealing souls with fire in this non-stop action story of family love versus true evil. \nDwight Bennett\, who writes under the pen name Sam Berretti\, was born and raised in the High Plains city of Lubbock\, Texas. Cotton was king\, and oil wells and cattle were close by. The land was as flat as his mother’s tattered ironing board\, and spring was always ushered in with dust storms\, tumble weeds and tornadoes. Dwight moved to Florida to attend the University of Florida\, met a woman who he says was gracious enough to allow him to marry her\, and raised two amazing children. Dwight is an avid naturalist and photographer as well as an author. Although writing started at an early age and took many forms\, mystery fiction has always been a favorite.
URL:https://writersalliance.org/event/author-dwight-bennett-aka-sam-berretti-to-speak-at-library-headquarters/
LOCATION:Alachua County Library Headquarters\, Meeting Room A\, 4th Floor\, Rm. A\, 401 E Univ. Ave.\, Gainesville\, FL\, 32601
CATEGORIES:Book Discussion,Book Signing
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190223T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190223T153000
DTSTAMP:20260514T173827
CREATED:20190126T155831Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190108T160645Z
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SUMMARY:Author Kassandra Lamb to Speak at Library Headquarters
DESCRIPTION:Author Kassandra Lamb will discuss To Kill A Labrador (no\, the dog does NOT die) at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday\, February 23\, at the Alachua County Library Headquarters. \nThe book is the first of her cozy mystery series about Marcia Banks\, who has both an unusual name (Marcia is pronounced Mar-see-a\, not Marsha) and an unusual vocation. She trains service dogs for veterans with PTSD. \nWhen a former Marine\, the new owner of Marcia’s first trainee dog\, Buddy\, is accused of murdering his wife\, Marcia gets sucked into an even more abnormal avocation—amateur sleuth. Called in to dog-sit Buddy\, a Labrador\, she’s outraged that his veteran owner is being presumed guilty until proven innocent. With Buddy’s help\, she tries to uncover the real killer. Even after the hunky local sheriff politely tells her to butt out\, Marcia keeps poking around. Until the killer finally pokes back. \nKassandra Lamb is a retired psychotherapist and college professor turned mystery writer. She spends most of her time with her characters in an alternate universe\, the magic portal to which (i.e.\, her computer) is located in North Central Florida\, where her husband and dog catch occasional glimpses of her. In addition to her Marcia Banks and Buddy cozy mysteries\, Lamb is the author of the Kate Huntington mystery series and a guidebook for novice writers\, Someday Is Here! She also writes romantic suspense under the pen name Jessica Dale.
URL:https://writersalliance.org/event/author-kassandra-lamb-to-speak-at-library-headquarters/
LOCATION:Alachua County Library Headquarters\, Meeting Room A\, 4th Floor\, Rm. A\, 401 E Univ. Ave.\, Gainesville\, FL\, 32601
CATEGORIES:Book Discussion,Book Signing
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190126T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190126T153000
DTSTAMP:20260514T173827
CREATED:20190108T042206Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190121T192147Z
UID:11394-1548513000-1548516600@writersalliance.org
SUMMARY:Author K.E. Mullins to Speak at Downtown Library
DESCRIPTION:“Please join The Opinionated Ladies Book Club and The Friends of the Library\,” says Cynthia Chestnut\, “as we present Gainesville author K.E. Mullins\, on January 26\, 2:30 p.m. at the downtown library. \nMullins\, immediate past president of the Writers Alliance of Gainesville\, will discuss her books\, Thinking Aloud: Dimensions of Free-Verse\, and her novels: The Friends and Family Connection: Get Unplugged\, In the Company of Strangers\, and Murder: Another Name for Revenge.  \nMullins began her writing career while in the Navy by venturing into poetry. Her first piece\, “My One Last Cent\,” was published in the literary journal\, Amistad. She currently works as a Navy Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (NJROTC) Instructor in Gainesville.
URL:https://writersalliance.org/event/author-k-e-mullins-to-speak-at-downtown-library/
LOCATION:Alachua County Library Headquarters\, Meeting Room A\, 4th Floor\, Rm. A\, 401 E Univ. Ave.\, Gainesville\, FL\, 32601
CATEGORIES:Book Discussion,Book Signing
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190126T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190126T150000
DTSTAMP:20260514T173827
CREATED:20190108T020341Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190122T174000Z
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SUMMARY:Author Vrinda Sheth to Speak at Downtown Library
DESCRIPTION:Join Author Vrinda Sheth on Saturday\, January 26\, at 2 p.m. in the Foundation Room of the Alachua County Library Headquarters downtown. She will discuss her latest book for young readers\, Shadows of the Sun Dynasty\, An Illustrated Series Based on the Ramayana\, \nAmazon describes the book as “A truly original reimagining of the classic Indian epic\, the Ramayana\, as told primarily through the eyes of the women behind the throne. Shadows of the Sun Dynasty reveals an entirely new perspective on an ancient story.”\n \nFrom Kirkus Review: “Sheth offers young readers a Ramayana with all the grandeur of myth but also with rounded\, relatable human characters who give the story some needed emotional weight. An impressive recounting of an ancient South Asian legend.” \nA graduate of the University of Florida\, Sheth was born in Sweden and raised on stories from ancient India. She began writing while studying classical dance in Kalakshetra\, South India. \nThe book is heavily illustrated\, thanks to Anna Johansson\, Sheth’s mother\, a watercolor artist. Johansson’s artwork is inspired by the mystical yoga tradition of ancient India. \nThe mother-daughter team has worked together on the Sita’s Fire trilogy for over a decade. Their first book won an Independent Publisher Book Award\, received an honorable mention at the New York Book Show\, and was a finalist in the USA Best Book Awards.
URL:https://writersalliance.org/event/author-vrinda-sheth-to-speak-at-downtown-library/
LOCATION:Alachua County Library Headquarters\, Foundation Room
CATEGORIES:Book Discussion,Book Signing
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190119T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190119T153000
DTSTAMP:20260514T173827
CREATED:20181208T214723Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181208T215518Z
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SUMMARY:Author Jay Hamilton's Talk & Book Signing
DESCRIPTION:As part of the continuing Local Author Series\, Jay Hamilton will discuss his book How To Buy a Car Without Losing Your Shirt at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday\, January 19. The talk\, at the Alachua County Library headquarters\, is free and open to the public. \n“When you walk into a car dealership to look for a car\, who do you think has the advantage?” Hamilton asks. This book will tell you what to watch out for\, and how the salesperson is trained to control the customer. \nHamilton was a freelance photojournalist specializing in motorsports through most of the 1970s. His work was published in national magazines\, such as Cycle Guide and Modern Cycle\, and in smaller publications. \nHe got into motorsports when his father gave him a Travis motorized bicycle after he obtained his driver’s license. That old Iver Johnson frame had been brazed several times because it could not stand the vibration of the Travis motor\, which mounted on the front fork and drove the front wheel with a “stone” held against the tire by the weight of the motor. He had to climb a mile-high mountain to get to school\, so he got a lot of exercise pushing the pedals fast enough to maintain 20-25 mph up that hill. \nHe then got a Honda CL360\, which he still owns\, along with a 1983 Honda Shadow 750 that he will proudly tell you is the bike which made Harley-Davidson cry “uncle.” They asked Uncle Sam to put a tariff on Japanese motorcycles over 700cc. A few years ago\, Hamilton rode the Shadow 750 over 3000 miles to a class reunion. \nHe is also a geek — has a Samsung Tab S 8.4 (wifi only)\, an old Gateway wide-screen laptop\, and a P4 Desktop he built from parts found online. He has several Calico cats\, and he misses his Chocolate Lab pup that was stolen a few years ago. He had a color photo lab in his home back in the day\, but now uses digital cameras and seriously wants one of those new Microsoft Lumia 950 phones from AT&T. He has an old Chrysler Town and Country van for general transportation and occasional sleeping quarters\, and he still has an old Honda Wagovan. He says his home is “wherever I happen to be.” He stays in touch mostly over the Internet. He has a small travel trailer which stays in a campground\, and the other vehicles are kept in a rented storage unit near his parents’ home.
URL:https://writersalliance.org/event/author-jay-hamilton-to-speak-at-the-alachua-county-library-headquarters/
LOCATION:Alachua County Library Headquarters\, Meeting Room A\, 4th Floor\, Rm. A\, 401 E Univ. Ave.\, Gainesville\, FL\, 32601
CATEGORIES:Book Signing,Speaker
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181202T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181202T153000
DTSTAMP:20260514T173827
CREATED:20181112T043230Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181112T043230Z
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SUMMARY:Author Cassie Dandridge Selleck to Speak
DESCRIPTION:The Local Author Series presents Cassie Dandridge Selleck.\n \nSelleck is the author of three novels\, including Amazon best seller The Pecan Man\, its sequel The Truth About Grace\, and the first in her Beanie Bradsher Series\, What Matters in Mayhew. A native Floridian\, originally from Leesburg\, Selleck is an avid reader\, storyteller and photographer. She and her husband Perry now live on the Suwannee River near Mayo. \nThe Pecan Man is a work of Southern fiction set in the 1970s in what locals recognize as Leesburg. Its protagonist Ora Lee Beckworth narrates the story of why an innocent black man dies in prison for a crime he didn’t commit. In the retelling Ora learns much about herself and what it means to be a family. The novel has sold over 200\,000 copies on Amazon\, has been chosen by book clubs across the country\, and has been optioned for film rights by BCDF Pictures. \nIn the summer of 1976\, recently widowed Ora Lee Beckworth hires a homeless black man to mow her lawn. The neighborhood children call him the Pee-can Man; their mothers call them inside whenever he appears. When he is arrested for murder\, only Ora knows what really happened in the woods where Eddie lived. But truth is a fickle thing\, and a lie is self-perpetuating. Ora and her housekeeper Blanche soon find themselves in a web of lies that send an innocent man to prison for the rest of his life. Twenty-five years later\, Ora sets out to tell the truth about The Pecan Man.
URL:https://writersalliance.org/event/author-cassie-dandridge-selleck-to-speak/
LOCATION:Alachua County Library Headquarters\, Meeting Room A\, 4th Floor\, Rm. A\, 401 E Univ. Ave.\, Gainesville\, FL\, 32601
CATEGORIES:Book Signing,Speaker
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181118T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181118T153000
DTSTAMP:20260514T173827
CREATED:20181106T030128Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181106T030250Z
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SUMMARY:Author Frank Fiordalisi to Speak at Library
DESCRIPTION:Frank Fiordalisi will read from and discuss his novel Ichabod Wolfe\, a page-turner filled with surprise and a deep understanding of the human condition\, on Sunday\, November 18\, 2018\, at the Alachua County Library Headquarters. \nIchabod Wolfe\, a thirteen year old boy\, is orphaned when his parents and siblings are murdered in the months preceding the War Between the States. While trying to avenge the death of his family\, Ichabod makes powerful enemies that vow to kill him. He journeys to a remote town on the Colorado frontier\, where he is mentored by the town’s sheriff and becomes a deputy. \nMatured and at the top of his craft\, Ichabod becomes the Chief Deputy Sheriff of Iron Horse\, a Wyoming cow town. Long a bachelor\, he falls in love with a green-eyed beauty married to another man. His longing for the love of his life and his thirst for justice\, mixed with romance\, humor and murder\, lead him into the modern era of law enforcement. \nFiordalisi was born in NYC and received a B.S. from St. John’s University. After teaching high school and a brief stint as a retail pharmacist\, he moved to Miami\, Florida\, where he joined the Miami-Dade County Police Department. He participated in a number of assignments\, retiring as a Detective Sergeant after twenty-nine years of service. He has a daughter Jacqueline\, and a son\, Francis. He currently lives with his wife\, Christine\, in Gainesville\, Florida. \n  \n 
URL:https://writersalliance.org/event/author-frank-fiordalisi-to-speak-at-library/
LOCATION:Alachua County Library Headquarters\, Meeting Room A\, 4th Floor\, Rm. A\, 401 E Univ. Ave.\, Gainesville\, FL\, 32601
CATEGORIES:Book Signing,Speaker
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181109T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181109T193000
DTSTAMP:20260514T173827
CREATED:20181007T140124Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181007T234052Z
UID:10967-1541781000-1541791800@writersalliance.org
SUMMARY:Matheson Museum Sponsors Book Launch for Mallory O'Connor
DESCRIPTION:The Matheson History Museum is sponsoring a book launch for Mallory M. O’Connor\, the author of “The American River Trilogy” (Archway Publishing) on Friday\, November 9\, beginning at 4:30 p.m. (‘60s attire is optional!) \n American River: Confluence\, book three of O’Connor’s American River Trilogy\, is the culmination of a compelling historical drama about the lives\, loves\, triumphs and sacrifices of the descendants of three immigrant families who settled along California’s American River\, and who are called upon to put aside a decade full of grievances and betrayals to save the history and legacy of their ancestral home\, Mockingbird Valley Ranch. \nAward-winning author Mallory O’Connor is a writer\, an art historian\, and a musician. Raised on a ranch on the American River in Northern California\, she spent her childhood exploring the land along the river\, and the diverse cultures that were drawn to this beautiful and historic place. \nA book signing will follow her presentation.
URL:https://writersalliance.org/event/matheson-museum-sponsors-book-launch-for-mallory-oconnor/
LOCATION:Matheson History Museum\, 513 E University Avenue\, Gainesville\, FL\, 32601\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Signing,Party
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181028T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181028T153000
DTSTAMP:20260514T173827
CREATED:20180811T144425Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220306T164352Z
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SUMMARY:J. Elliott to Read at Downtown Library
DESCRIPTION:Just in time for Halloween\, author J. Elliott will read from and discuss her latest book of paranormal stories. \nTales From Kensington & Other Macabre & Unsettling Offerings is a collection of spooky stories\, sometimes amusing\, assuredly disquieting. Join a group of college kids telling ghost stories on Halloween night. Follow a famous photographer to an NPR-like radio interview. Why won’t he answer the big question: Why did he give up photography? A long-vacant home in a historic district is finally purchased. The owners plan to open a candy store. How sweet. What could be better?  Nurses in a hospital notice some unusual qualities about some of the patients—haunted people\, haunted houses. \n \nElliott is an artist and author living in Alachua\, Florida. Tales From Kensington is her second collection of ghost stories\, following Ghost Lite. She is working on a humorous women’s fiction series\, the “Haint Blue\, Adventures Along the Way\,” books set in High Springs\, Florida. \nThe author notes that Tales From Kensington is adult fiction and suggests the appropriate age is 17+.
URL:https://writersalliance.org/event/j-elliott-to-read-at-downtown-library/
LOCATION:Millhopper Library\, Meeting Room A\, 3145 NW 43rd St\,\, Gainesville\, FL\, 32606\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Sale,Book Signing,Readings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180930T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180930T153000
DTSTAMP:20260514T173827
CREATED:20180805T122525Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180811T171804Z
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SUMMARY:Author and Musician Arthur Crummer
DESCRIPTION:  \nArthur Crummer will entertain the audience when he discusses his new book\, Floating Island\, on Sunday September 30\, 2018\, at 2:30 p.m.\, at the Alachua County Library headquarters\, meeting room A. He will read passages and poetry and perform songs written by characters in the new novel\, a metafictional mystery set in an area similar to Paynes Prairie. \nIn Floating Island\, Paul Bradley’s life is adrift. Disturbing rumors compel him to canoe onto his beloved Lake Lacuna. He capsizes near a floating island and sleeps free of mosquitoes under a layer of sand beside a misty Florida swamp. At dawn the island is gone. \nTwo weeks later his wife disappears. Blood-soaked parts of her shredded clothes float in Lacuna’s tannic\, gator-infested waters. But things aren’t as they seem: strange encounters . . . under surveillance . . .  disappearing journals . . . and then the phone rings. \nCrummer\, who holds a Ph.D. in mathematics and a BS in Mechanical Engineering\, has won numerous blue ribbons from music competitions. He performs with his band at folk festivals\, has authored instructional music booklets\, and since 1995\, has led music workshops in Dobro\, slide guitar\, Flat-pick and Finger-style guitar\, and gospel singing. He writes songs and poetry chapbooks\, and he won the Edward Lee Flemming\, Jr. Florida Old Time Music Championship Award in 2008\, presented by the Friends of Florida Folk. \nHe served as the second president of the Writers Alliance of Gainesville\, was published in the first edition of Bacopa Literary Review\, and was twice selected in the Hippodrome Theater’s monologue competitions. His first novel\, Wrestling God\, was published in 2013.
URL:https://writersalliance.org/event/author-musician-arthur-crummer/
LOCATION:Alachua County Library Headquarters\, Meeting Room A\, 4th Floor\, Rm. A\, 401 E Univ. Ave.\, Gainesville\, FL\, 32601
CATEGORIES:Book Signing,Speaker
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180923T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180923T153000
DTSTAMP:20260514T173827
CREATED:20180729T220557Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180811T145045Z
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SUMMARY:Karen Porter\, Local Author Series
DESCRIPTION:WAG’s 2018-2019 Local Author Series\, in partnership with the Alachua County District Library\, kicks off its new season on Sunday September 23\, 2018\, at 2:30 PM in the Story Woods room in the Children’s Department of the Alachua County Library Headquarters. \nChildren’s book author Karen Porter will read from the latest book in her Emotatude series\, designed to help children understand and deal with their emotions. So\, bring your children and grandchildren. \nAnne and Amy’s Anger is an imaginative tale that shows how two children honor their feelings and decide what to do with the anger they feel. You will see Anne and Amy allow their emotions to guide their actions\, while they give themselves time to decide what to do. Dr. Kich\, an imaginary doctor\, helps these children do this. \nKaren White Porter M.Ed. NBCT is a Director of Loga Springs Academy Homeschool Cooperative and a Nationally Board Certified Teacher. After graduating from Rutgers University with a Masters Degree in language education\, she started teaching children. It was then that she realized the importance of emotional intelligence among her students. From teaching around the world\, she gained insight into the importance of  emotional underpinnings of how people learn. She taught at East China Normal University in Shanghai\, P.R. China\, Hofstra University in Hempstead N.Y.\, Hillside Public Schools in New Jersey\, Saint Andrews University in Saint Andrews Scotland\, Belcher Elementary in Clearwater Florida\, The University of South Florida\, and The State University of Florida. She started her own school Loga Springs Academy Homeschool Cooperative in Gainesville\, Florida\, because she wanted to establish her own curriculum aimed at building children’s emotional intelligence.
URL:https://writersalliance.org/event/karen-porter-local-author-series/
LOCATION:Alachua County Library Headquarters\, Meeting Room A\, 4th Floor\, Rm. A\, 401 E Univ. Ave.\, Gainesville\, FL\, 32601
CATEGORIES:Book Signing,Speaker
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180901T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180901T160000
DTSTAMP:20260514T173827
CREATED:20180813T111226Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180813T111226Z
UID:10693-1535814000-1535817600@writersalliance.org
SUMMARY:Author Debra Segal to Speak in Melrose
DESCRIPTION:Author Debra Segal and the authentic Idylwild Cowgirls will give an entertaining book presentation at the Melrose Bay Art Gallery on Saturday\, September 1\, at 3:00 p.m. \nRefreshments and a book signing will follow.
URL:https://writersalliance.org/event/author-debra-segal-to-speak-in-melrose/
LOCATION:FL
CATEGORIES:Book Signing,Speaker
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180512T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180512T153000
DTSTAMP:20260514T173827
CREATED:20180501T150837Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180501T150837Z
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SUMMARY:Author K. E. Mullins to speak
DESCRIPTION:K. E. Mullins will discuss her book\, In the Company of Strangers in the ongoing Local Author Series at the Alachua County headquarters library in downtown Gainesville. \nIn the book\, Detective Anita Johnson along with her partner Chloe and boss\, Tseudo\, are close to capturing suspect\, Gabrielle\, the alleged mastermind of a criminal operation\, and her team of ruthless prospects. They will take you on the ride of your life as they weave in and out of scenarios in their attempt to avoid the DEA\, FBI\, and the local police. \n \nMullins began writing during her 20-year career in the Navy. She has published a book of poetry\, Thinking Aloud: Dimensions of Free-Verse\, and two novels: The Friends and Family Connection: Get Unplugged\, and In the Company of Strangers. She is a graduate of National University with a MBA from the University of Central Florida\, and currently works as a Navy Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (NJROTC) Instructor in Gainesville\, Florida. \n 
URL:https://writersalliance.org/event/author-k-e-mullins-to-speak/
LOCATION:Alachua County Library Headquarters\, Meeting Room A\, 4th Floor\, Rm. A\, 401 E Univ. Ave.\, Gainesville\, FL\, 32601
CATEGORIES:Book Signing
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SUMMARY:Author Daniel Blumberg to speak at Alachua County library headquarters
DESCRIPTION:Daniel Blumberg\, the author of The Rise & Fall of MechaniKalle will discuss and read from the book at the library on Saturday\, April 21\, at 2:30 p.m.\n \nKalle Talbot has always wanted to be a superhero. When her sixteenth birthday passes without her developing any powers\, she decides to create her own power armor suit. Follow Kalle as she grows as a hero\, all while attempting to keep things from blowing up around her. \n \n“Daniel Blumberg is incredibly imaginative and original\,” writes one reviewer. “Great premise. Refreshing to see a self-made superhero.” \nBlumberg has lived in the Gainesville\, Florida\, area since 1980 and enjoys fantasy and sci-fi. This is his second published book. Two to three times a month\, he works to save the world in weekly pen and paper superhero games. \nHis talk is part of the ongoing Local Author Series\, sponsored by the Alachua County Library and Writers Alliance. Join Blumberg at the downtown library in Meeting Room A\, fourth floor. \n 
URL:https://writersalliance.org/event/author-daniel-blumberg-speak-alachua-county-library-headquarters/
LOCATION:Alachua County Library Headquarters\, Meeting Room A\, 4th Floor\, Rm. A\, 401 E Univ. Ave.\, Gainesville\, FL\, 32601
CATEGORIES:Book Discussion,Book Signing
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SUMMARY:Florida Book Awards Program by Drs. Noll and Gallman
DESCRIPTION:Summary of the April 8 program by Mallory M. O’Connor \nThe Florida Book Awards is an annual awards program that honors\, recognizes\, and celebrates literature by Florida authors and books about Florida that were published in the previous year. Established in 2006\, the program now gives awards in eleven categories with bronze\, silver and gold medals. According to Dr. Steven Noll\, one of two presenters on April 8\, it is the nation’s most comprehensive state book awards program. \nThe awards program is coordinated by the Florida State University Libraries and has a number of co-sponsors including the Florida Center for the Book\, the State Library and Archives\, the Florida Humanities Council\, and the Florida Writers Association. Submissions are read by juries of three members for each of eleven categories: Younger Children’s Literature\, Older Children’s Literature\, Cooking\, Florida Nonfiction\, General Fiction\, General Nonfiction\, Popular Fiction\, Spanish Language\, Visual Arts\, Young Adult\, and Poetry. \nThe jurors are nominated by the co-sponsoring organizations from across the state. Jurors are authorized to select up to three medalists in each category (one gold\, one silver\, and one bronze). The jurors are also authorized to make no selections in any given year. Winning authors from across the state are honored at an annual awards banquet in Tallahassee. Previous winners include such well-known authors as Cynthia Barnett whose book Rain: A Natural and Cultural History was a 2015 gold medal winner. \nAnother 2015 winner was J. Matthew Gallman. His book\, Defining Duty in the Civil War\, was a silver-medal winner for nonfictiion. Dr. Gallman spoke about how his book progressed from intended satire to a more nuanced account of the concept of “duty” among Northerners during the Civil War period. \nHe pointed out the problems faced by men and women as they grappled with the unprecedented decision associated with taking sides in a divided nation. He also discussed the issues of gender and ethnicity as women and African-Americans struggled to understand their role in the conflict. Dr. Gallman used a number of visual images in the form of political cartoons to support and augment his discussion. \nA juror in the non-fiction category\, Steven Noll\, PhD\, University of Florida\, is a master lecturer and author of three books including co-author of Ditch of Dreams\, a history of the ill-fated cross-Florida barge canal project. Dr. Noll was named one of the 300 best professors in the US by the Princeton Review in 2012. His writing interests include many topics of Florida history including sports history and the environment. \nJ. Matthew Gallman earned his PhD in American History from Brandeis University and taught at Loyola College\, Gettysburg College\, and Occidental College before joining the Department of History at the University of Florida in 2003\, where he teaches\, reads\, and writes about the American Civil War. \n  \n 
URL:https://writersalliance.org/event/nollgallman-florida-book-awards/
LOCATION:Millhopper Library\, Meeting Room A\, 3145 NW 43rd St\,\, Gainesville\, FL\, 32606\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Discussion,Book Signing
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SUMMARY:Wendy Thornton Discussed Her Latest Book: Sounding the Depths
DESCRIPTION:Author Wendy Thornton discussed her latest book\, Sounding The Depths\, as part of the ongoing Local Author Series at the Alachua County Library headquarters on Saturday\, March 17. \n“Music creates memories\,” Thornton said\, “even for those who are on the verge of losing theirs forever. You hear an old song and it transports you back into the past.” \nThrough humorous essays and remembrances in Sounding the Depths\, Thornton has explored the past fifty years of music\, the way it has changed\, and the many ways it has remained the same. \n  Thornton\, signing a book for Mallory O’Connor\nNear the end of her talk\, Thornton said her all-time favorite musician is Gainesville’s beloved Tom Petty\, who died on October 2\, 2017\, at age 66. She mentioned the city’s plan to honor Petty and the possible options: rename a city street\, park\, or facility; add a statue to a city park or facility; host an annual concert or music festival; proclaim his birthday\, Oct. 20\, as Tom Petty Day; dedicate the month of October to his legacy. Want to vote? Go to www.surveymonkey.com/r/TomPettyMemorial. The survey ends April 16. \nA book signing followed Thornton’s talk and included her other books: Dear Oprah Or How I Beat Cancer and Learned to Love Daytime TV (2013) and a  mystery\, Bear-Trapped: In a Trashy Hollywood Novel (2015). She also had a number of journals on exhibit to show the opportunities that exist for writers. \nThornton’s stories and essays have been published in a variety of journals and books including Riverteeth\, Epiphany\, and MacGuffin. She was nominated for a Pushcart Prize\, has been Editor’s Pick on Salon.com multiple times\, and has received numerous awards. Her works have been published in England\, Ireland\, Scotland\, Australia and India. \n 
URL:https://writersalliance.org/event/wendy-thornton-speak-alachua-county-library-headquarters/
LOCATION:Alachua County Library Headquarters\, Meeting Room A\, 4th Floor\, Rm. A\, 401 E Univ. Ave.\, Gainesville\, FL\, 32601
CATEGORIES:Book Discussion,Book Signing
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SUMMARY:Book Talk by Robert Crow: Nudge and Boost for Better Living
DESCRIPTION:Robert Crow will discuss and read from his book\, Nudge & Boost for Better Living\, A Semi-Autobiographical Novel on Using the ABCs of Human Behavior.  \nIn the book\, Frasier and friends explore uses of principles of human behavior to improve people’s lives. Their discussions of successes for better living and tools called nudge and boost are described in engaging stories. \n \nCrow has a PhD in behavioral science and 35 years’ experience in systems of education\, community development and higher education where he applied principles of science and life-lessons to promote the development of human potential.
URL:https://writersalliance.org/event/book-talk-robert-crow-nudge-boost-better-living/
LOCATION:Alachua County Library Headquarters\, Meeting Room A\, 4th Floor\, Rm. A\, 401 E Univ. Ave.\, Gainesville\, FL\, 32601
CATEGORIES:Book Signing
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SUMMARY:Award-Winning Author Darlene Marshall: The Bride and the Buccaneer
DESCRIPTION:Darlene Marshall writes award winning historical romance\, mostly about pirates\, privateers\, smugglers\, and the occasional possum. \nOn Sunday\, January 21\, she discussed her book\, The Bride and the Buccaneer\, winner of the First Coast Romance Writers Award for historical romance. Two adversaries squabble their way across Florida Territory following the clues on their pirate treasure map. They know that before they’re through they’re either going to kiss each other\, kill each other\, or both. \nMarshall lives in North Central Florida\, perfect for hopping into the convertible\, driving to the beach\, drinking mojitos and calling it research. \nThis program was part of the ongoing Local Author Series. \n 
URL:https://writersalliance.org/event/author-darlene-marshall-speak-about-romance-novel/
LOCATION:Alachua County Library Headquarters\, Meeting Room A\, 4th Floor\, Rm. A\, 401 E Univ. Ave.\, Gainesville\, FL\, 32601
CATEGORIES:Book Signing,Speaker
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