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Bacopa Readings

Millhopper Library, Meeting Room A 3145 NW 43rd St,, Gainesville, FL, United States

Come hear readings from Bacopa Literary Review 2019, the print journal published by the Writers Alliance of Gainesville. Local 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 … Read More

Local Author Series – James Williams

Alachua County Library Headquarters, Meeting Room A 4th Floor, Rm. A, 401 E Univ. Ave., Gainesville, FL

Author James F. Williams will discuss and read from his first novel, The Pedestrians, a wry, social science-fiction thriller. Set in 2097's Manhattan Island City, a gated community, data hunter Dale Evans tracks evidence to solve a brutal murder on Wall Street, the city’s red-light district. A terrifying plunge from … Read More

Local Author Series – Cindy Bertelsen

Alachua County Library Headquarters, Meeting Room A 4th Floor, Rm. A, 401 E Univ. Ave., Gainesville, FL

Just in time for Thanksgiving, Cynthia Bertelsen will discuss the challenges of cooking with historic cookbooks, using hands-on instructions from her book A Hastiness of Cooks and examples from the first American cookbook, from 1796, Amelia Simmon’s American Cookery. A skilled cook and culinary historian, Bertelsen is also the author … Read More

Local Author Series – Gary Gordon

Alachua County Library Headquarters, Meeting Room A 4th Floor, Rm. A, 401 E Univ. Ave., Gainesville, FL

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