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  • Children Books . . . Readings at Local Author Series

    Story Woods Room, Children's Department, Alachua County Library Headquarters 401 East University Avenue, Gainesville, FL

    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

  • Music, Readings, and WAG’s 2017 Book Project

    Sal's Place 5109 NW 39th Ave, Gainesville, FL, United States

    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

  • Writing as a Small Business

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

    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

  • Award-Winning Author Darlene Marshall: The Bride and the Buccaneer

    Alachua County Library Headquarters, Meeting Room A 4th Floor, Rm. A, 401 E Univ. Ave., Gainesville, FL

    Darlene Marshall writes award winning historical romance, mostly about pirates, privateers, smugglers, and the occasional possum. On Sunday, January 21, she discussed her book, The Bride and the Buccaneer, winner of the First Coast Romance Writers Award for historical romance. Two adversaries squabble their way across Florida Territory following the … Read More

  • Mary Sue Koeppel’s Talk: Compiling a Group Memoir

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

    Talk summarized by Roz Miller Mary Sue Koeppel, one of the four editors of No One's Easy Daughter, Our Journeys of Transformation. discussed how she and the other editors collected the stories of 39 nuns and former nuns of the School Sisters of St. Francis in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with the … Read More

  • Book Talk by Robert Crow: Nudge and Boost for Better Living

    Alachua County Library Headquarters, Meeting Room A 4th Floor, Rm. A, 401 E Univ. Ave., Gainesville, FL

    Robert Crow will discuss and read from his book, Nudge & Boost for Better Living, A Semi-Autobiographical Novel on Using the ABCs of Human Behavior. In the book, Frasier and friends explore uses of principles of human behavior to improve people’s lives. Their discussions of successes for better living and … Read More

  • Bacopa Submissions Are Open

    The 2018 contest is open through May 31. We expect to award a $250 prize in each of four genres (poetry, prose poetry, short story, and creative nonfiction) plus a $25 payment for each published work. The submission fee is $3 (first submission is free for members of the Writers … Read More