North Florida’s art scene swings into high gear on Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. with the highly acclaimed 38th Annual Downtown Festival & Art Show. The streets of historic downtown Gainesville, Florida from City Hall to the Hippodrome State Theatre will be transformed into a celebration of … Read More
Just in time for Thanksgiving, Cynthia Bertelsen will discuss the challenges of cooking with historic cookbooks, using hands-on instructions from her book A Hastiness of Cooks and examples from the first American cookbook, from 1796, Amelia Simmon’s American Cookery. A skilled cook and culinary historian, Bertelsen is also the author … Read More
Book reading events are an effective way to introduce your work, sell books, and win new fans. The WAG Marketing Coalition meeting for December will follow up on Nancy Quatrano’s November WAG presentation on public speaking with a panel discussion specifically focused on author readings. A panel of authors who … Read More
Author, musician, and former Mayor-Commissioner Gary Gordon grew up in Gainesville. His first novel, Crossfire Canyon, was published by Zebra Books; his two editions of Southern California Travel Smart were published by John Muir. Set in Gatorville and published last year in paperback, Chief Mican’s Revenge is the satirical tale … Read More
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 … Read More
Topic of discussion is author websites. Members of the Marketing Coalition meet monthly to discuss and share successful marketing ideas and strategies for their books. If you are a WAG member interested in promoting your book(s), we invite you to attend to see what the Marketing Coalition is all about. … 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
