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SUMMARY:Local Authors Series - Elaine Beem Robinson
DESCRIPTION:Note this author reading will be held in the children’s department Story Woods Room. \nElaine 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 smarter\, swifter\, and more talented than he is. At least that’s what Marvin thinks. But then Marvin meets a brand-new friend who helps him realize just how gifted a modest little muskrat really is. This illustrated story is a tribute to bullied little critters everywhere—those with four feet\, or six feet\, or even only two feet. \n \nElaine Beem Robinson \nAn author and illustrator\, Elaine was born in New Haven\, Connecticut\, and moved to Florida as a child. She holds a BS from the Florida Institute of Technology and a MS from the University of Florida. As a young person\, she was advised against pursuing a career in the arts and instead was directed into the unforgivingly complex world of physics\, biochemistry\, and molecular biology\, where flights of fancy are actively discouraged. Many years followed at the University of Florida working as a research microbiologist\, where she contributed to the plethora of articles written on the misdeeds of bacteria. Now retired\, she is free to write about and draw a world of her own invention\, a world of utter fiction\, generally told in the form of children’s poetry. She lives in Gainesville\, Florida\, along with husband Ron\, Snuffy the Schnauzer\, and several retired racehorses who reside in the backyard and are not asked to do much else. \nUncommon Scents \nOf all the animals in the forest\, Marvin Muskrat was the poorest\, the lowliest and the saddest\, too  All the other animals picked on him because they were smarter\, swifter\, and more courageous than he was. Leastways\, that’s what Marvin believed. But was it really true? \nWith the help of a brand-new friend\, Marvin Muskrat learned just how special he really was. This illustrated story\, told in verse\, is a tribute to all the bullied little critters everywhere—those with four feet\, or six feet\, or even only two feet.
URL:https://writersalliance.org/event/local-authors-series-elaine-beem-robinson/
LOCATION:Alachua County Library Headquarters Downtown\, 401 E. University Ave.\, 4th Floor\, Gainesville\, FL\, 32601\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Discussion,Book Sale,Readings,Speaker
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SUMMARY:Local Author Series - Ann~Marie Magné
DESCRIPTION: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. \nAnn~Marie Magné \nAnn~Marie is a past vice president of the Writers Alliance of Gainesville and a current critique-pod leader. She is the mother of one daughter\, step-mom to two sons\, and Grammy to seven. She loves living in Gainesville\, FL\, with her husband. This is her first memoir. \nAlmost Ticked Off \nA survival story. A love story. A memoir. Retired police lieutenant Lee Schwartz teeters on the edge of death as his brain and body are ravaged by an insidious bacterial infection. Afraid to leave his hospital bedside\, Lee’s wife Ann~Marie keeps a journal of every horrible moment. One doctor had a theory: a tick bite\, and began treatment immediately. Was he right? Would it be soon enough to save Lee’s life?
URL:https://writersalliance.org/event/local-author-series-annmarie-magne/
LOCATION:Alachua County Library Headquarters\, Meeting Room A\, 4th Floor\, Rm. A\, 401 E Univ. Ave.\, Gainesville\, FL\, 32601
CATEGORIES:Book Discussion,Book Sale,Readings,Speaker
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200111T143000
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SUMMARY:Local Author Series - JW Robitaille
DESCRIPTION: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 professor a page-turner. Two of the novels in the series are finalists in the Royal Palm Literary Awards. Robitaille is a retired SF College English professor turned mystery writer. \nJW Robitaille \nJulie writes the Cory Marin Mystery series\, which features a strong female detective with a complicated love life and a diverse group of friends. Two of the four novels in the Cory Marin series are finalists in the 2019 Royal Palm Literary Awards. Julie has also published a number of literary novels and a book of short stories. In addition to writing\, Julie enjoys painting\, cooking\, gardening\, walking\, house restoration\, and travel. She lives in Gainesville\, Florida\, the setting of all her fiction. She has degrees in English from Emory University\, UNC-Chapel Hill\, and the University of Florida. \nRomancing the Crime \nSgt. Cory Marin\, head of homicide\, has her hands full. Not everyone on her squad is happy she’s in charge\, she’s still dealing with the break up of her marriage\, and wealthy residents are up in arms over the murder of a young professor in broad daylight in Ravine Creek\, a proposed city park where she jogs every day. Cory is convinced that what appears to be a random robbery gone wrong is premeditated murder. Her job is complicated by the appearance of Fletcher Manning\, a bestselling novelist who shadows her as research for a female detective novel he is writing. She has her guard up\, but as she gets to know him\, she softens and begins to fall for him.
URL:https://writersalliance.org/event/local-author-series-jw-robitaille/
LOCATION:Alachua County Library Headquarters\, Meeting Room A\, 4th Floor\, Rm. A\, 401 E Univ. Ave.\, Gainesville\, FL\, 32601
CATEGORIES:Book Discussion,Book Sale,Readings,Speaker
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SUMMARY:WAG's 10th Anniversary Party
DESCRIPTION:This year we celebrate a decade of the Writers Alliance\, writers helping writers\, with a pot luck dinner at the V Pizza Restaurant in Downtown Gainesville. Please bring a dish to share – WAG will provide soft drinks and water\, and the V Pizza Restaurant has a full bar\, if you’re interested. We will have readings and music. If you’re interested in reading from your work\, please contact Wendy Thornton by Sunday\, Dec. 8. This event is free and open to the public. Please bring friends\, family\, etc. This is an opportunity for everyone to get together and meet local authors. \nTo Bring: Bring a dish to share. Soft drinks are available via WAG – you may also purchase drinks from V Pizza. Please let Wendy know what dish you’re bringing. If you’d like to bring your books to sell\, you’re welcome to do so. Sales are the sole responsibility of the author.
URL:https://writersalliance.org/event/22865/
LOCATION:V Pizza\, 115 SE 1 St\, Gainesville\, FL\, 32601\, United States
CATEGORIES:Celebration,Readings
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191214T160000
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SUMMARY:Local Author Series - Gary Gordon
DESCRIPTION: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 of the clash between the Mican Indians and the Columbus-DeLeon Construction Company in what might be the first and last Great Mall & Indian War. \nGary Gordon \nGary grew up in Gainesville\, Florida\, worked as a waiter\, record store manager (at Hyde & Zeke Records)\, musician and activist after attending Emory U. and graduating with a journalism degree from Northwestern University in 1974. He served on the Gainesville City Commission and was Mayor-Commissioner from 1985 to 1986. He wrote and produced plays locally and produced the weekly Gary Gordon Comedy Hour on WUFT-FM. He was a writer\, musician\, spoken word artist and producer after moving to Los Angeles in 1991. Among his productions in L.A. was the critically acclaimed play “O.J. Law.” His first novel\, Crossfire Canyon\, was published by Zebra Books. He is the author of the first and second editions of Southern California Travel Smart\, published by John Muir. He is married and returned to Gainesville in October\, 2017. Chief Mican’s Revenge was published in paperback late last year. \nChief Mican’s Revenge \nChris Columbus is a developer with a passion to build malls. Appointed Admiral of the Ocean Prairie by Governor Job Sparky\, he’s all set to create his masterpiece on the vacant land just south of Gatorville. What he doesn’t know—what no one knows\, is that a Native American tribe has been living\, undiscovered\, in the woods by the prairie for over 200 years! When a Mican warrior shoots Columbus with an arrow\, the whole town\, the whole country soon find out\, and battle lines are drawn. And\, just like Romeo & Juliet\, Columbus’s assistant Zebulon Pike has fallen in love with Sarai\, Chief Mican’s daughter! \nChief Mican’s Revenge is the dramatic\, outrageous\, satirical tale of the clash between the Mican Indians\, the Columbus-DeLeon Construction Company\, and the citizens of Gatorville. Follow the exploits of Columbus\, Chief Mican\, Gov. Sparky\, Professor Paul Revere\, campus activist Sam Adams\, Sheriff Andy\, “Shotgun” Flora\, state legislators Speck and Manson\, banker D.B. Cooper\, renowned defense attorney Clarence Darwin\, and the young lovers as the national news media descends upon them to cover what could be the first\, and last\, Great Mall & Indian War.
URL:https://writersalliance.org/event/local-author-series-gary-gordon/
LOCATION:Alachua County Library Headquarters\, Meeting Room A\, 4th Floor\, Rm. A\, 401 E Univ. Ave.\, Gainesville\, FL\, 32601
CATEGORIES:Book Discussion,Book Sale,Readings,Speaker
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191124T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191124T160000
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SUMMARY:Local Author Series - Cindy Bertelsen
DESCRIPTION: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 of Mushroom: A Global History. \nCindy Bertelsen \nTrained as an historian\, librarian\, and nutritionist\, Cynthia D. Bertelsen is the author of Mushroom: A Global History (Reaktion Books U.K.\, 2013) and A Hastiness of Cooks: A Practical Handbook for Use in Deciphering the Mysteries of Historic Recipes and Cookbooks (Turquoise Moon Press\, 2019). She has also published essays\, articles\, book reviews\, and photographs in numerous print and online publications. Volunteering with the Peacock-Harper Culinary History Group at Virginia Tech for over ten years provided her with a deep knowledge of historic cookbooks. And her cooking skills blossomed through years of living and working in various countries\, specifically Mexico\, Paraguay\, Honduras\, Haiti\, Morocco\, and Burkina Faso. Cynthia also attended cooking classes in Paris\, France\, at Le Cordon Bleu École de Cuisine et de Pâtisserie. In 2011\, the International Association of Culinary Professionals (IACP) awarded her a Julia Child Independent Scholar grant to study the impact of immigration on the future of French cuisine.  \n­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­A Hastiness of Cooks: A Practical Handbook for Use in Deciphering the Mysteries of Historic Recipes and Cookbooks\, For Living-History Reenactors\, Historians\, Writers\, Chefs\, Archaeologists\, and\, of Course\, Cooks \nThanks to digitization\, hundreds of historic cookbooks are now available online. However\, several stumbling blocks―archaic language\, obtuse instructions\, bewildering ingredients\, etc.―prevent many dedicated cooks\, novelists\, historical reenactors\, researchers\, and others from benefiting fully from these resources. And that’s where Cynthia Bertelsen’s book comes in. A Hastiness of Cooks: A Practical Handbook for Use in Deciphering the Mysteries of Historic Recipes and Cookbooks\, For Living-History Reenactors\, Historians\, Writers\, Chefs\, Archaeologists\, and\, of Course\, Cooks shows readers step by step how to 1) recreate historic recipes and 2) analyze cookbooks for telling details that add hints of authenticity to the daily dinner table\, culinary reenactment at a Renaissance fair or historic site\, a banquet scene in a Tudor-era novel\, a Games of Thrones party\, or perhaps an unusual scholarly paper. Lavishly illustrated with black-and-white ink drawings by Chicago artist Courtney Nzeribe\, A Hastiness of Cooks brings the world of historic cookbooks to life. And to the kitchen.
URL:https://writersalliance.org/event/local-author-series-cindy-bertelsen/
LOCATION:Alachua County Library Headquarters\, Meeting Room A\, 4th Floor\, Rm. A\, 401 E Univ. Ave.\, Gainesville\, FL\, 32601
CATEGORIES:Book Discussion,Book Sale,Readings,Speaker
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191027T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191027T160000
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SUMMARY:Local Author Series - James Williams
DESCRIPTION: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 a flying taxi forces Evans to reconstruct his identity while working the brutal case. He and partner Jimmy Ha encounter lab-grown child clones\, fleets of self-assembling robots and an industrialist serial killer. Evans also finds love amidst masses of homeless Manhattanites\, which the immigrant one percent now mockingly call “the pedestrians.” \nJames Williams \nJames was born in Gainesville\, Florida\, and graduated from GHS with an Associates degree from UF before he began his travels. Since then\, he’s lived\, worked and published miscellanea in Wichita\, Kansas; Boston; New York City; and possibly Shanghai\, China. \nReturning to Florida\, he became writer and editor of The Lake Region Monitor (a Keystone Heights/Melrose weekly newspaper)\, serving for nine years. Since then\, he has served as stringer or substitute writer/editor for the Monitor\, the Bradford County Telegraph and the Union County Times until his semi-retirement in 2014. He writes occasional articles on business and local government. \nThe Pedestrians \nAuthor James F. Williams describes his first novel\, The Pedestrians\, as a wry social science-fiction thriller. He is proud to say it has all the clichés of 20th century sci-fi potboilers: flying solar cars\, robots\, clones\, mile-high buildings. Set in 2097\, thinly veiled\, the Big Apple is now Manhattan Island City\, rid of its needless boroughs. The Stock Exchange has fled to Washington to be near the power center and the national treasury. Crime and homelessness are rampant. \nData hunter Dale Evans tracks evidence to solve a bizarre murder on Wall Street\, the city’s red-light district. Moving around MIC\, a gated community\, Evans loses his identity and fights to regain it while encountering lab-grown clones\, fleets of robots and a murderous industrialist. Evans also finds love amidst the masses of homeless the immigrant one percent mockingly call “the pedestrians.” \n 
URL:https://writersalliance.org/event/local-author-series-james-williams/
LOCATION:Alachua County Library Headquarters\, Meeting Room A\, 4th Floor\, Rm. A\, 401 E Univ. Ave.\, Gainesville\, FL\, 32601
CATEGORIES:Book Discussion,Book Sale,Readings,Speaker
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191006T160000
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SUMMARY:Bacopa Readings
DESCRIPTION:Come hear readings from Bacopa Literary Review 2019\, the print journal published by the Writers Alliance of Gainesville. \nLocal authors who contributed to Bacopa Literary Review will be present to read from their 2019 contributions\, including Robbie Curry\, James Thompson\, Jennifer Grant\, Dror Abend-David\, Zachary West\, Grayson May\, Marie Q Rogers\, Jani Sherrard\, J. Nishida\, Oliver Keyhani\, and Creative Nonfiction First Prize Winner Hugh E. Suggs. \nCopies of the 2019 print issue will be available free to WAG members and $10 for non-members.
URL:https://writersalliance.org/event/bacopa-readings-2/
LOCATION:Millhopper Library\, Meeting Room A\, 3145 NW 43rd St\,\, Gainesville\, FL\, 32606\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Sale,Poetry,Readings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191002T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191002T190000
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SUMMARY:Lola Haskins to Read from New Book
DESCRIPTION:On Wednesday evening\, October 2\, Author Lola Haskins will read from her new book\, Asylum: Improvisations on John Clare\, published by the University of Pittsburgh Press (2019). Come enjoy the program\, which is free. A book signing will follow. \nHaskins’ other works include How Small\, Confronting Morning (Jacar\, 2016)\, The Grace to Leave (Anhinga\, 2012)\, and Still\, the Mountain (Paper Kite\, 2010)\, which won Florida Book Awards. Her in-print books of poems include Desire Lines\, New and Selected Poems (BOA Editions\, 2004)\, Extranjera (Story Line\, 1998)\, and The Rim Benders (Anhinga\, 2001). \nMs. Haskins’ prose writings include Fifteen Florida Cemeteries\, Strange Tales Unearthed (University Press of Florida\, 2011) and an advice book for people interested in poetry\, Not Feathers Yet: A Beginner’s Guide to the Poetic Life (Backwaters\, 2007).
URL:https://writersalliance.org/event/lola-haskins-to-read-from-new-book/
LOCATION:Alachua County Library Headquarters Downtown\, 401 E. University Ave.\, 4th Floor\, Gainesville\, FL\, 32601\, United States
CATEGORIES:Readings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190922T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190922T160000
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SUMMARY:Local Author Series - Gail Rose Thompson
DESCRIPTION:Note: Held in Meeting Room B of the Alachua Library Headquarters Branch \nGail 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 from what the press tells us. She lived there in the 1970s\, visited two years ago\, and is frequently in contact with friends living there now. Her entertaining stories depict a country of which we are misinformed. \nGail Rose Thompson \nGail grew up in Ontario\, Canada\, where as a young girl she became involved in riding and training horses. She graduated from Hamilton Teachers College and taught school for several years before she traveled to Iran\, where she worked for the Imperial Court of Shah Mohamed Reza Pahlavi during the “Golden Years” of the 1970s. While there\, she witnessed the country’s development as the leading power in the Middle East. Upon her arrival in Richmond\, Virginia from Iran\, she opened a riding school which\, over the next forty years\, developed into a renowned training facility for Hunter/Jumper horses and riders. She returned to Iran in the fall of 2017\, where she met up with old friends and spent time touring and learning about the life in the Islamic Republic of Iran as it is now. She currently lives in Ocala\, Florida. Her memoir All the Shah’s Horses has been well received. \nIran From Crown To Turbans  \nPeople are curious about how life in Iran today\, under the Islamic republic\, differs from life as it was during the reign of Shah Mohamad Reza Pahlavi. Gail Rose Thompson\, who lived there in the 1970s and worked for the imperial court as the Shah’s horse trainer\, has many tales about life during that time and also about the way of life in the country post-revolution. She visited Iran in 2017 after an absence of forty years\, the first ex-employee of the Shah to return. She paints a picture of a beautiful historic country that dates from the fourth millennium BCE\, when the Persian Empire was the most powerful kingdom in the ancient world. Iranians are proud of their heritage and are polite\, hospitable\, and extremely family-oriented. Iran from Crown to Turbans is a fascinating book of stories that will enlighten the reader about a country that has been misrepresented.
URL:https://writersalliance.org/event/local-author-series-gail-rose-thompson/
LOCATION:Alachua County Library Headquarters\, Meeting Room A\, Rm. B\, 401 E Univ. Ave.\, Gainesville\, FL\, 32601\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Discussion,Book Sale,Readings,Speaker
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190519T143000
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190224T050000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190224T190000
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SUMMARY:ARTSPEAKS Courageous Young Voices
DESCRIPTION:  \n\nWAG will provide refreshments for this event.
URL:https://writersalliance.org/event/artspeaks-courageous-young-voices/
LOCATION:The Historic Thomas Center\, 302 N.E. 6th Avenue\, Gainesville\, Florida\, 32601\, United States
CATEGORIES:Readings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181209T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181209T163000
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SUMMARY:Readings & Refreshments at the Rosa B. Williams Center
DESCRIPTION:WAG members and guests enjoyed an afternoon of readings and refreshments on Sunday\, December 9. Thanks to everyone who read: Charlotte Porter\, Eldon Turner\, Michael Correia\, Jess Elliott\, Peggy Cogar\, Mallory O’Connor\, Darlene Marshall\, Susie Baxter\, Jo Ann Lordahl\, Ed Suggs\, Ann~Marie Magné\, Pat Caren\, Maureen Malden\, and David Maas. \nMany who attended donated books and/or cash\, which will be given to Peaceful Paths\, a non-profit organization that helps children caught in the middle of stressful domestic-violence situations. Roz Miller organized the book donations and will deliver the goods to Peaceful Paths. \nThanks to Wendy Thornton for organizing the venue and the readings\, to Ken Booth for providing music and setting up the sound system (not to mention those mean meat balls he prepared!)\, and to Ann Bernert and Wendy who took dozens of photos. \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://writersalliance.org/event/readings-refreshments-at-the-rosa-b-williams-center/
LOCATION:Rosa B. Williams Center\, 524 NW 1st St.\, Gainesville\, FL\, 32601\, United States
CATEGORIES:Party,Readings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181104T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181104T160000
DTSTAMP:20260514T231504
CREATED:20180923T223149Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180924T011213Z
UID:10944-1541341800-1541347200@writersalliance.org
SUMMARY:Bacopa Readings
DESCRIPTION:Come hear readings from Bacopa Literary Review 2018\, the print journal published by the Writers Alliance of Gainesville. \nHundreds of works are submitted to the journal from around the world\, and the journal editorial team narrows it down to what they consider the best of the best. Prizes have been awarded in poetry\, prose poetry\, short story\, and creative nonfiction. \nSelections will be read by local authors or journal editors. After the program\, enjoy refreshments and conversation with editors\, poets and writers. \nWAG members receive a free copy of the journal. Copies will be available for pick up by members and for those who wish to purchase a copy ($10). \nNote:  Daylight Savings Time ends at 2:00 a.m. Nov. 4. \n  \n 
URL:https://writersalliance.org/event/bacopa-readings/
LOCATION:Millhopper Library\, Meeting Room A\, 3145 NW 43rd St\,\, Gainesville\, FL\, 32606\, United States
CATEGORIES:Readings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181028T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181028T153000
DTSTAMP:20260514T231504
CREATED:20180811T144425Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220306T164352Z
UID:10682-1540737000-1540740600@writersalliance.org
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:20181014T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181014T160000
DTSTAMP:20260514T231504
CREATED:20180811T141538Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180811T141538Z
UID:10673-1539527400-1539532800@writersalliance.org
SUMMARY:Richard Gartee to Read from His Latest Book
DESCRIPTION:Skating on Skim Ice is a biography of a time traveler who has journeyed ninety-three years from the past—from the age of Prohibition to the age of smart phones. \nRichard Andrew Gartee\, known to friends and relatives as Dick Gartee\, is the author’s father. He was born in the Roaring Twenties\, survived the Great Depression of the thirties\, enlisted in World War II in the forties\, and raised a family and learned engineering in the Fabulous Fifties. He watched men walk on the moon in the sixties\, constructed factories in the seventies\, designed robotics for manufacturers in the eighties\, and served as a hospital chaplain in the twenty-first century. \nHis biography is more than the story of one man’s trials and joys. It is a lens into life during transformative decades that altered America. Dick is among the dwindling few of his generation still alive. The eras he not only witnessed but he also actively participated in inform the reader’s understanding of the radical paradigm shift he has seen occur in nearly every aspect of our society: economics\, agriculture\, transportation\, education\, manufacturing\, and communications\, to name a few. \nNo matter what your age\, you will be charmed by Dick’s story and discover a man you wished you knew.
URL:https://writersalliance.org/event/richard-gartee-to-read-from-his-latest-book/
LOCATION:Millhopper Library\, Meeting Room A\, 3145 NW 43rd St\,\, Gainesville\, FL\, 32606\, United States
CATEGORIES:Readings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180414T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180414T160000
DTSTAMP:20260514T231504
CREATED:20180223T004451Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180223T011006Z
UID:9510-1523714400-1523721600@writersalliance.org
SUMMARY:Enjoy an Afternoon of Poetry and Prose
DESCRIPTION:Come join us!\n \nEditors of the Bacopa Literary Review will host an afternoon of readings at the Matheson History Museum\, 513 E. University Avenue\, in downtown Gainesville\, on Saturday\, April 14\, from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. \nThe event will feature a series of poetry and prose readings by Bacopa editors and Gainesville-area authors whose published works have appeared in Bacopa\, an international print journal published by the Writers Alliance of Gainesville (WAG). \nPresented by the Matheson History Museum\, Bacopa Literary Review\, and WAG\, this afternoon of readings will offer attendees a taste of the local talent reflected in Bacopa. The journal will also be available for purchase. \nWAG will provide light refreshments\, and members will be available to answer questions about WAG\, a Gainesville non-profit organization that promotes\, encourages\, and supports aspiring and experienced writers. \nThis event\, like most of WAG’s programs\, is free and open to the public. \nFor directions to the Matheson\, click on the Google map above right. \n 
URL:https://writersalliance.org/event/local-authors-read-poetry-prose-matheson-history-museum/
LOCATION:Matheson History Museum\, 513 E University Avenue\, Gainesville\, FL\, 32601\, United States
CATEGORIES:Readings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171210T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171210T163000
DTSTAMP:20260514T231504
CREATED:20171024T131647Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220306T164352Z
UID:8551-1512916200-1512923400@writersalliance.org
SUMMARY:Music\, Readings\, and WAG's 2017 Book Project
DESCRIPTION:A crowd turned out on a brisk Sunday afternoon to enjoy music\, readings by WAG members\, and food and drink at Sal’s Place\, a sports bar and restaurant in Northwest Gainesville. \nArthur Crummer\, Ken Booth\, and Janet Barrett Suggs provided the music\, and about a dozen WAG members read essays or selections in poetry\, fiction\, or memoir. \nA big thanks to Wendy Thornton for coordinating the event\, to Ken Booth for setting up the sound equipment\, and to Sal’s Place for providing the venue. \nDonated books\nWe are also grateful to Roz Miller who organized WAG’s Holiday Children’s Book Project. Many of those attending the Sal’s Place event donated books or cash. \nRoz (WAG)\, and Kristen (Peaceful Paths)\nOn December 18\, all donations were delivered to Peaceful Paths\, a non-profit organization that helps children caught in the middle of stressful domestic-violence situations. Peaceful Paths provides a safe place for women and their children\, away from their abusers. \n  \n 
URL:https://writersalliance.org/event/8551/
LOCATION:Sal’s Place\, 5109 NW 39th Ave\, Gainesville\, FL\, 32606\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Sale,Celebration,Readings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171209T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171209T153000
DTSTAMP:20260514T231504
CREATED:20171129T182214Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220306T164352Z
UID:8787-1512829800-1512833400@writersalliance.org
SUMMARY:Children Books . . . Readings at Local Author Series
DESCRIPTION:On Saturday\, December 9\, authors Bonnie T. Ogle and Judith A. Barrett discussed their new children’s books in the Story Woods room of the Alachua County Library Headquarters. \n \nBonnie Ogle reading from Arthur the Arthropod\nArthur the Arthropod by Ogle. Feeling quite vulnerable when his shell comes off\, the young centipede Arthur tries to overcome his feelings of inferiority by bragging. Along the way\, he discovers he is part of a very large family that includes his neighbors\, a mosquito\, a dragonfly\, and even a crawfish. He receives delightfully repetitive advice from his wise Mama\, and ultimately realizes that he has everything he needs! \nThe Sounds and Smells of Christmas by Ogle. Would a king be born in a dark\, moldy cave\, surrounded by smelly animals? Would shabby\, dirty people be allowed near a king? Only a king who loves His people\, young or old\, pretty or ugly\, rich or poor. Enter the stable and experience the real sounds and smells of the Nativity and discover that Jesus didn’t come to sit on a fancy throne. He came to be with ordinary people like me. \nOgle is a retired first grade teacher\, now teaching children at a natural history museum. She is a huge fan of lepidoptera (butterflies) and herptiles\, especially frogs. \nJudith Barrett reads from Pink Baby Alligator\nJudith Barrett’s first book\, Pink Baby Alligator\, is a story she told her young granddaughter\, who then requested the story be written down so she could read it for herself. Soon\, the story passed through many grandchildren\, proving particularly meaningful for her autistic grandchild. \nPink Baby Alligator by Barrett. Pink in a world of green. From the very beginning\, it’s obvious that Rose is different. As a lone pink alligator in a family of green ones\, she stands out when all she wants to do is blend in. With the support of Mama Alligator and her friends\, Rose sets off on an adventure to discover how to use her special gift to create a place where everyone is included! \n  \n 
URL:https://writersalliance.org/event/book-talks-new-books-children/
LOCATION:Story Woods Room\, Children’s Department\, Alachua County Library Headquarters\, 401 East University Avenue\, Gainesville\, FL\, 32601
CATEGORIES:Book Sale,Book Signing,Readings,Speaker
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171119T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171119T153000
DTSTAMP:20260514T231504
CREATED:20171024T140813Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171209T211530Z
UID:8563-1511101800-1511105400@writersalliance.org
SUMMARY:Susie H. Baxter\, Local Author Series
DESCRIPTION:On Sunday\, November 19\, Susie H. Baxter was the featured speaker in the Alachua County Library’s Local Author Series. She discussed her recently published book\, Pumping Sunshine. Believing that everyone has a story to tell\, Baxter also encouraged those in the audience to write about their own lives. \nAn Alachua County resident\, Baxter has deep roots in Suwannee County where she grew up on a farm near the Suwannee River\, and where she was known as Susanette Howell. \nAfter a career in health-science publishing as an acquisitions editor\, she now serves as creative nonfiction editor for Bacopa Literary Review and teaches memoir writing in the community education program at Santa Fe College. She is also the author of Write Your Memoir\, One Story at a Time and C.G. & Ethel\, A Family History. \nThe November 19 program was held at the Headquarters Library. Refreshments (homemade cookies made from a family recipe in the book) and a book signing followed the program.
URL:https://writersalliance.org/event/susie-h-baxter-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,Readings,Speaker
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171105T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171105T160000
DTSTAMP:20260514T231504
CREATED:20170725T180217Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171113T215755Z
UID:7557-1509892200-1509897600@writersalliance.org
SUMMARY:2017 Bacopa Literary Review Readings
DESCRIPTION:WAG members\, local authors with works in the 2017 journal\, and Bacopa editors read excerpts from winning entries: \n\n\n\n\nFLASH STORY \n“Excerpts From The Trakl Diaries” by Stephanie Emily Dickinson;\nCREATIVE NONFICTION \n“Caregiver’s Journal: How to Survive\, or Not” by Raphael Helena Kosek;\nFICTION \n“Ignis Fatuus\, and More\, at Eleven” by Chad W. Lutz;\nPOETRY \n“A Mote of Dust “by Claire Scott.\n\nProgram coordinated by Mary Bast\, Editor in Chief.
URL:https://writersalliance.org/event/readings-2017-bacopa-literary-review/
LOCATION:Millhopper Library\, Meeting Room A\, 3145 NW 43rd St\,\, Gainesville\, FL\, 32606\, United States
CATEGORIES:Readings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170916T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170916T153000
DTSTAMP:20260514T231504
CREATED:20170826T210237Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220306T164426Z
UID:7728-1505572200-1505575800@writersalliance.org
SUMMARY:Mallory M. O'Connor\, first author to present in new "Local Author Series"
DESCRIPTION:Mallory M. O’Connor is first on the program for the Alachua County Library’s new Local Author Series. \nOn September 16\, O’Connor will discuss her debut novel\, American River: Tributaries\, which follows the entwined lives of three immigrant families as they settle along this river in Northern California during the turbulent 1960s. \nO’Connor\, who grew up in Northern California\, has degrees in art\, art history\, and American history and taught art history at the University of Florida and Santa Fe College. \nShe is also the author of the non-fiction book\, Lost Cities of the Ancient Southeast\, and she and Gary Monroe coauthored Florida’s American Heritage River: Images from the St. Johns Region.  \nO’Connor resides in Micanopy and currently serves as vice president of the Writers Alliance of Gainesville. \nThis program will be held in Meeting Room A\, Fourth Floor\, of the Headquarters library\, 401 E. Univ. Ave.\, Gainesville\, FL. \nThe Local Author Series will feature a new author each month. \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://writersalliance.org/event/alachua-county-librarys-local-author-series-feature-mallory-m-oconnor/
LOCATION:Alachua County Library Headquarters\, Meeting Room A\, 4th Floor\, Rm. A\, 401 E Univ. Ave.\, Gainesville\, FL\, 32601
CATEGORIES:Book Discussion,Book Sale,Book Signing,Readings,Speaker
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170625T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170625T170000
DTSTAMP:20260514T231504
CREATED:20170508T170932Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220306T164426Z
UID:6678-1498399200-1498410000@writersalliance.org
SUMMARY:Fun on Sunday at Sal's Place!
DESCRIPTION:In a private room at Sal’s Place\, a sports bar and restaurant in Northwest Gainesville\, thirty-seven audience members enjoyed music performed by Janet Barrett Suggs and Ken Booth and readings by Writers Alliance of Gainesville (WAG) authors\, along with food and drink. \nJanet Barrett Suggs\nThe program was open to the public\, with no admission or cover charge. Sal’s Place\, 5109 NW 39th Avenue in Gainesville\, was pleased with the turnout and has offered their private room for future WAG events. \nA big thanks to Wendy Thornton who coordinated this program and who promises to plan another! Here’s her post on facebook: \nKen Booth\n“Thank you to all the writers who came out for our Writers Alliance reading at Sal’s. It was wonderful! Mary Bast\, J. W. Fishhawke\, David B. Maas\, Timothy Shamrock McShane\, Eddie Suggs\, Ann~Marie Magné\, Susie Baxter\, Jessica Lyn Elkins\, Richard Gartee\, you all were fantastic. We got great feedback from everyone. And thank you to Janet Barrett Suggs for providing musical entertainment and especially to Ken Booth for music and set up for our readings! And to the fantastic audience. Big success and we will plan another in the near future!” \n 
URL:https://writersalliance.org/event/readings-sals-place/
LOCATION:Sal’s Place\, 5109 NW 39th Ave\, Gainesville\, FL\, 32606\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Sale,Book Signing,Readings
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170325T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170325T140000
DTSTAMP:20260514T231504
CREATED:20170303T194629Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170519T145755Z
UID:6330-1490436000-1490450400@writersalliance.org
SUMMARY:Community-Wide Event at Depot Park
DESCRIPTION:WAG participated in 352Creates\, a community-wide event at Depot Park (located off South Main Street at SE Depot Road in downtown Gainesville)\, from 10 AM to 2 PM on Saturday\, March 25. \nOpen to all 352 (area code) residents\, the event is founded on the idea that anyone\, using even the simplest of materials\, can create something amazing. WAG members provided fun word activities for those who stopped by our table. Book sales were not allowed\, but WAG member authors donated books that were given as prizes.
URL:https://writersalliance.org/event/community-wide-event-depot-park/
LOCATION:Downtown Gainesville\, 111 East University Ave\, Gainesville\, FL\, 32627\, United States
CATEGORIES:Games,Readings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20161204T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20161204T163000
DTSTAMP:20260514T231504
CREATED:20160904T145844Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220306T164426Z
UID:5367-1480861800-1480869000@writersalliance.org
SUMMARY:Bacopa Literary Review 2016
DESCRIPTION:On the 1st Sunday in December\, Bacopa Literary Review’s editorial board and local writers read from the newly published edition of WAG’s annual literary journal. Editor-in-Chief Mary Bast and Associate Editor Susie Baxter facilitated the program. \nBacopa continues to garner national and international recognition with almost fifteen hundred submissions in 2016. \nEach WAG member receives a free copy of the journal\, priced at $10.
URL:https://writersalliance.org/event/bacopa-literary-review-2016/
LOCATION:Millhopper Library\, Meeting Room A\, 3145 NW 43rd St\,\, Gainesville\, FL\, 32606\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Sale,Party,Readings
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