This summary provided by Connie Morrison. Toastmaster award winners Terry Martin-Back and Roz Miller tag-teamed their way through a variety of questions and answers on "professional public speaking with the goal of selling books." As members of the same organization, they have competed against each other in numerous Toastmaster contests, … Read More
WAG’s 2018-2019 Local Author Series, in partnership with the Alachua County District Library, kicks off its new season on Sunday September 23, 2018, at 2:30 PM in the Story Woods room in the Children’s Department of the Alachua County Library Headquarters. Children’s book author Karen Porter will read from the … Read More
The Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) of Florida is sponsoring a Character-Building Boot Camp in several Florida cities, including Gainesville, on September 29, at St. Leo University. For more information and to register, go to Florida SCBWI website. Presenter: Margaret Mincks, author of Payback on Poplar Lane, her … Read More
Arthur Crummer will entertain the audience when he discusses his new book, Floating Island, on Sunday September 30, 2018, at 2:30 p.m., at the Alachua County Library headquarters, meeting room A. He will read passages and poetry and perform songs written by characters in the new novel, a metafictional … Read More
Books by WAG members will be sold at the Art Festival at Thornebrook, October 13-14. WAG's booth, #128, will be in the same spot as last year, facing NW 43rd Street. The festival features music, food, and the works of about 130 artists, including writers. Mark your calendar now so … Read More
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. Richard Andrew Gartee, known to friends and relatives as Dick Gartee, is the author's father. He was born in the Roaring … Read More
Just in time for Halloween, author J. Elliott will read from and discuss her latest book of paranormal stories. Tales 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. … Read More
