Mallory M. O’Connor is first on the program for the Alachua County Library's new Local Author Series. On September 16, O'Connor will discuss her debut novel, American River: Tributaries, which follows the entwined lives of three immigrant families as they settle along this river in Northern California during the turbulent … Read More
Summary of M. W. Gordon's talk by Penny Church-Pupke. Retired UF law professor turned mystery writer Michael Gordon (pen name M.W. Gordon) presented a program entitled “Ask not for whom the pen writes, it writes for me.” A published author of nonfiction and fiction, Gordon’s debut novel Deadly Drifts, the … Read More
On Sunday, October 22, Gene Cowell was the featured speaker in the Alachua County Library’s Local Author Series. Cowell discussed the evolution of popular crime fiction from its Nineteenth-Century roots through classic British “cozy” mysteries of the early Twentieth-Century, and the enduring noir novels of famous American authors from Raymond … 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 Sunday, December 3, as part of the Local Author Series, Richard Gartee discussed his latest book, Lancelot’s Disciple. Frith, a student of Sir Lancelot, leaves the Christian abbey he has always called home, to join a caravan on the ancient Silk Road. While staying with a Sultan in Central … 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
Presentation Summary* by Art Crummer With 15 years of experience as an accountant for CRI, Riggs & Ingram, LLC, it’s no wonder Lorie Keegan was able to use simple terms to outline accounting requirements for small businesses such as those of authors. Salient features of her presentation included the following: … Read More
