The fourth program in The Other Book series, Civil Rights Era to the Present, will be held on April 12, 2025, from 10:00 a.m. to noon. Each program in this series has been held at a different location, and this one will be at The Cotton Club, 837 SE 7th … Read More
April is poetry month, and WAG has teamed up with ARTSPEAKSgnv for our April program. On Sunday, April 13, 2025, WAG members and guests are invited to the Bard & Broadside Poetry Festival and Workshop at the Alachua County Library Headquarters. It will begin at 1:00 p.m. There will be … Read More
For several years, the Writers Alliance of Gainesville (WAG) and the Gainesville Fine Arts Association (GFAA) have collaborated to produce an exhibition featuring both visual art and literary art.This year's theme is "Hidden Histories." Thirty GFAA artists created works of art, and for each work, a WAG member wrote a … Read More
Dan Sharp received the Outstanding Professor award at the University of Florida and has been to numerous countries around the world as an invited speaker. He is a member of WAG's speakers bureau, and on May 4, he will present the program, "How to Write Fight Scenes." He will point … Read More
Richard Gartee is the author of 32 published books—eight of them fiction. On Sunday, June 8, from 2:30 to 4:00 p.m. at the Millhopper Library, he will offer key tips for keeping readers entertained and engaged by sharing examples of these elements: Show, Don’t Tell: Rather than telling readers how … Read More
WAG's Sunday, July 13, program with Dr. Rik Stevenson is the perfect follow-up to our historical Fannie Lou Hamer presentation by Pamela D. Marshall and the WAG/GFAA "Hidden Histories" exhibit at the Gainesville Fine Art Association's gallery. Stevenson's presentation will discuss the concept of the "Other Book" and underrepresented historical … Read More
Author Judith T. Fisher will be WAG's guest speaker on Sunday, August 10. Her presentation, "Your road to securing an agent and a traditional publisher while avoiding pitfalls and scams," will begin at 2:30 p.m. in Room A of the Millhopper branch of the Alachua County Library. The discussion will … Read More
