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Sunshine State Book Festival — Literary Heritage Tour

The Thomas Center 302 N.E. 6th Avenue, Gainesville, Florida, United States

The Sunshine State Book Festival will end on Sunday, the 26th, with a caravan tour of sites associated with Gainesville’s literary heritage, including: Robert Frost reading at the Thomas Center where he resided William Bartram at Paynes Prairie* Field trip to Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings’ home For more details, visit www.sunshinestatebookfestival.com. … Read More

Marketing Coalition Meeting

The Library Partnership: A Neighborhood Resource Center 912 NE 16th Avenue, Gainesville, Fl

The February WAG Marketing Coalition meeting will review the Sunshine State Book Festival to determine what worked and what needs to be improved for 2021. All participants in the Festival, whether volunteers or exhibiting authors, are encouraged to attend and provide feedback. This WAG Marketing Coalition meeting is on February 1, 2020, 1:00–3:00 … Read More

E. Stanley Richardson, Poet Laureate

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

Soundtrack / The Inspiration Behind The Poetry  E. Stanley Richardson, Alachua County’s first Poet Laureate and an advocate for social justice, will be WAG’s guest speaker on Sunday, February 9, at 2:30 p.m., at the Millhopper Library. Richardson is the author of Hip Hop Is Dead - Long Live Hip … Read More

Local Author Series – Ann~Marie Magné

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

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