On Saturday, December 2nd, Bob Kealing will read from his book, Good Day Sunshine State: How the Beatles Rocked Florida, at 5:15 PM in the Main Auditorium F-128.

Kealing was a Five-time Emmy award-winning journalist with WESH-TV in Orlando from 1992 to 2017. He is Co-Founder of the Jack Kerouac Writer in Residence Project of Orlando and Consultant on the Gram Parsons Derry Down Project of Winter Haven. His books include: Good Day Sunshine State: How the Beatles Rocked Florida; Life of the Party; Elvis Ignited: the Rise of an Icon in Florida; Calling Me Home: Gram Parsons and the Roots of Country Rock; and Kerouacin Florida: Where the Road Ends.

JaxbyJax Literary Arts Festival X, a celebration of Jacksonville Writers Writing Jacksonville, will be held on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, December 1, 2, and 3, 2023 at FSCJ’s Kent Campus, 3939 Roosevelt Blvd, Jacksonville, FL, 32205.

JaxbyJax is grateful to our generous sponsors: FSCJ, Alternate Roots, Mellon Foundation, Ford Foundation, 904WARD, Chamblin’s Bookmine and Uptown Café, Delegal & Poindexter, Andres Rojas, Jacksonville Literary Arts Alliance, Babs’ Lab, JaxPsychoGeo, San Marco Books and More, Scribbles, and Brad Kuhn & Associates, LLC.