WAG members, local authors with works in the 2017 journal, and Bacopa editors read excerpts from winning entries: FLASH STORY "Excerpts From The Trakl Diaries" by Stephanie Emily Dickinson; CREATIVE NONFICTION "Caregiver’s Journal: How to Survive, or Not" by Raphael Helena Kosek; FICTION "Ignis Fatuus, and More, at Eleven" by … Read More
On Sunday, November 19, Susie H. Baxter was the featured speaker in the Alachua County Library’s Local Author Series. She discussed her recently published book, Pumping Sunshine. Believing that everyone has a story to tell, Baxter also encouraged those in the audience to write about their own lives. An Alachua … Read More
On Saturday, December 9, authors Bonnie T. Ogle and Judith A. Barrett discussed their new children's books in the Story Woods room of the Alachua County Library Headquarters. Bonnie Ogle reading from Arthur the Arthropod Arthur the Arthropod by Ogle. Feeling quite vulnerable when his shell comes off, the young … Read More
A crowd turned out on a brisk Sunday afternoon to enjoy music, readings by WAG members, and food and drink at Sal's Place, a sports bar and restaurant in Northwest Gainesville. Arthur Crummer, Ken Booth, and Janet Barrett Suggs provided the music, and about a dozen WAG members read essays … Read More
Come join us! Editors of the Bacopa Literary Review will host an afternoon of readings at the Matheson History Museum, 513 E. University Avenue, in downtown Gainesville, on Saturday, April 14, from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. The event will feature a series of poetry and prose readings by Bacopa … 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
