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  • Bard & Broadside Festival & Poetry Workshop

    Alachua County Library Headquarters Downtown 401 E. University Ave., 4th Floor, Gainesville, FL, United States

    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

  • GFAA-WAG Collaborative Exhibit

    Gainesville Fine Arts Association Gallery 1314 S. Main St., Gainesville, FL, United States

    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: How to Write Fight Scenes

    Millhopper Branch, Alachua County Libraries 3145 NW 43rd St., Gainesville, FL, United States

    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

  • 8 Book-Writing Tips from an Award-Winning Novelist

    Millhopper Branch, Alachua County Libraries 3145 NW 43rd St., Gainesville, FL, United States

    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

  • U.S. History that All Writers Should Know – by Dr. Rik Stevenson

    Millhopper Library, Meeting Room A 3145 NW 43rd St,, Gainesville, FL, United States

    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

  • Your Road to Traditional Publishing

    Millhopper Library, Meeting Room A 3145 NW 43rd St,, Gainesville, FL, United States

    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

  • How to Fit Writing into a Vibrant Life (without going bananas)

    Millhopper Library, Meeting Room A 3145 NW 43rd St,, Gainesville, FL, United States

    A Workshop Do you have major responsibilities? Perhaps you are raising children or grandchildren, holding down multiple jobs, caring for aging parents, trying to make the world better through volunteerism, or dealing with health issues that sap your strength. How can we also fit productive writing into our lives? And … Read More