Category Archives: Celebrations

JaxbyJax Welcomes Wyne Karnath, Reader and Workshop Leader

Wyne Karnath is a writer of both fiction and non-fiction who writes every day, and posts at findyournation.org, to inspire and connect people of like minds, especially those who want to make a positive change.
His fiction is often set in the near future. Mankind’s unsteady and problematic relationship to technology is central to his work. His brand of fiction is speculative, not fantasy.Karnath is a finalist for the Florida Writers Association Royal Palm Literary Award for short fiction.

Wyne will give a workshop entitled, “Emerging Technologies in Sci-Fi-Writing” at 10 AM on Saturday, October 29 in Training Center Room 042.

Then he will read from his work in the Lecture Hall at 11:15 a.m.
To see the Event Guide, click here.

JaxbyJax Literary Arts Festival IX, a celebration of Jacksonville Writers Writing Jacksonville, will be held on Friday, October 28 and Saturday, October 29, 2022 at the Jessie Ball duPont Center, 40 East Adams Street, Jacksonville, Florida 32202. Click here for directions and parking information.

JaxbyJax is grateful to our generous sponsors: JaxNEXT100Jessie Ball duPont CenterMoving the Margins904WARDHappy Tapir PressBabs’ LabJacksonville Literary Arts AllianceThe VolsteadJaxPsychoGeoScribbles, and Brad Kuhn & Associates, LLC. Please click on their names to learn more.

Alias Anna Book Event

Greg and Candy Dawson sent a note to the Scribblers:

Hello, Friends!  We would be honored to have you attend a special event at Winter Park Library on Saturday, October 15 at 2:00.  Greg is the co-author of Alias Anna:  A True Story of Outwitting the Nazis. Prize winning children’s author Susan Hood adapted Greg’s book, Hiding in the Spotlight, into a creative biography in verse for ages 10 through adult. Aimée, who brought her grandmother Zhanna’s story into the light because of a social studies assignment at Glenridge Middle School in 1994, is the audiobook narrator (sample on the Amazon site linked above).  Candy’s documentary filmed in Ukraine in and around Kharkiv, Zhanna’s hometown, will be shown.  You will see Ukraine in her pristine beauty before today’s war-torn images so sadly portrayed in the news.

Bonus:  Aimée’s 2 and a half year old daughter Félicité will make a cameo appearance—Zhanna’s legacy lives on! 

Hope to see you on October 15th!  Bring your tween and teen friends.  This event is Family Friendly!!

The event is free but has limited seating. Please register here:  

https://www.winterparklibrary.org/author-event-greg-dawson-alias-anna

Take care, 

🌻Candy 🇺🇦Greg 💛Aimée & 💙Félicité 🌻

Books available for purchase and signing at the event. 

Vic DiGenti to Lead Workshop at JaxbyJax

Whether you call them ghostwriters, collaborators, or biographers, these writers often work anonymously to pen books for others. Along with his six novels, Vic DiGenti (aka Parker Francis) has written client biographies for multi-millionaires, jazz musicians, and retired executives. In this eye-opening workshop, Vic will share what he’s learned about the demands and rewards of writing biographies, illustrate examples with excerpts from his books, and answer questions about the ghostwriting.

Vic will give a workshop entitled, “The Not-So-Secret Life of a Ghostwriter ” at 10 AM on Saturday, October 29 in Training Center Room 044.
To see the Event Guide, click here.

JaxbyJax Literary Arts Festival IX, a celebration of Jacksonville Writers Writing Jacksonville, will be held on Friday, October 28 and Saturday, October 29, 2022 at the Jessie Ball duPont Center, 40 East Adams Street, Jacksonville, Florida 32202. Click here for directions and parking information.

JaxbyJax is grateful to our generous sponsors: JaxNEXT100Jessie Ball duPont CenterMoving the Margins904WARDHappy Tapir PressBabs’ LabJacksonville Literary Arts AllianceThe VolsteadJaxPsychoGeoScribbles, and Brad Kuhn & Associates, LLC. Please click on their names to learn more.

JaxbyJax Welcomes Workshop Leader Jennifer Wolfe

Executive Director Jennifer Wolfe established the Jacksonville affiliate of Women Writing for (a) Change® in 2013, adding a non-profit foundation in 2018. A writer, facilitator, business owner, and community leader, she’s helped facilitate change for people and organizations for the past 25 years. She is a journalist by training, a licensed affiliate owner for Women Writing for (a) Change®, and a certified instructor for The Center for Journal Therapy.

Jennifer will give a workshop entitled, “Women Writing for a Change: This is Jacksonville” at 10 AM on Saturday, October 29 in Second Floor Conference Room 202.
To see the Event Guide, click here.

JaxbyJax Literary Arts Festival IX, a celebration of Jacksonville Writers Writing Jacksonville, will be held on Friday, October 28 and Saturday, October 29, 2022 at the Jessie Ball duPont Center, 40 East Adams Street, Jacksonville, Florida 32202. Click here for directions and parking information.

JaxbyJax is grateful to our generous sponsors: JaxNEXT100Jessie Ball duPont CenterMoving the Margins904WARDHappy Tapir PressBabs’ LabJacksonville Literary Arts AllianceThe VolsteadJaxPsychoGeoScribbles, and Brad Kuhn & Associates, LLC. Please click on their names to learn more.