Readings

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

Note this author reading will be held in the children’s department Story Woods Room. Elaine Robinson will read from her illustrated poetic story, Uncommon Scents, which tells the tale of Marvin, a polite but bullied and lonely little muskrat, who lives in a forest where all the other animals are … Read More

The link to this Zoom program is shown at the end of the article. Author Marie Q. Rogers asks you to imagine yourself taken without warning from all you know—family, home, friends—to a distant world where people possess abilities you didn’t know existed. Such is Fern’s experience in Trials by … Read More