Most programs are held at the Millhopper Branch of the Alachua County Library, 3145 NW 43rd Street, Gainesville, FL 32606, on the second Sunday of each month from 2:30 to 4:00 p.m. Exceptions are noted below in blue.
These programs are open to the public and free. For details about the programs, check Upcoming Events on the Home page.
2026
January 11, 2026 – Dr. Michelle Dunlap, Trauma-Informed Writing and Character Development
February 8, 2026 – Scott Ellis, Ins & Outs of Getting Your Book in Audio
March 8, 2026 – Pamela Marshall-Koons, Freedom in the Voices: Black Women Writers’ Amplified
April 12, 2026 – Aliesa Zoecklein, Poetry Play: The Journey of Finding Surprise
May 3, 2026 – First Sunday – Ben Coward, How to Write Environmental Scenes
June 14, 2026 – Kathy Dobronyi, Trauma Part II: Trauma as a Character in Writing
July 12, 2026 – Jaiime Engle, The Writer in the Machine: Collaborating with AI
August 23, 2026 – Fourth Sunday, Coleen DeGroff, My Process of Writing and Publishing About African American Enslavement in Alachua County
September 13, 2026, Julia Sander, Create a Compelling Elevator Pitch
October 11, 2026 – Pat Caren, Improving Your Prose
November 8, 2026 – Debut of the 2026 Bacopa Literary Review
December 13, 2026 – Holiday Social, Readings
