“Trouble in mind, I’m blue
But I won’t be blue always,
’cause the sun’s gonna shine
In my backdoor some day.”

Jacksonville Singer/Songwriter Jesse Montoya lends her talent to JaxbyJax VII. Save the dates!

Author Tim Gilmore, Founder and Director Emeritus of the JaxbyJax Literary Arts Festival, will read from his newest book, Murder Capital: 8 Stories 1890s-1980s in the documentary film of JaxbyJax VII being produced by Brad Kuhn & Associates, LLC .

Equally fascinated by Jacksonville’s legacy of light and goodness, Gilmore often explores the city’s dark underbelly and the people who have inhabited it. Tune in to one of the watch parties to hear one of 8 stories that will have you checking under the bed before you go to sleep.

From 2014-2017, Gilmore and his wife, Professor Jo Carlisle, directed JaxbyJax I-IV, before asking Brad and Darlyn Kuhn to take the reins in 2018.

JaxbyJax Literary Arts Festival VII is a celebration of Jacksonville Writers Writing Jacksonville. Generous sponsors include Baptist Health, Chamblins Uptown & Bookmine, Delegal & Poindexter, PA; Scribbles, and Brad Kuhn & Associates, LLC.

The 2020 festival will take the form of a documentary video, with watch parties at noon on Saturday, October 17th and 7 p.m. on Sunday, October 18th. For details, see jaxbyjax.com.

Tricia Booker, a/k/a Bellatrix Wild, is an award-winning journalist who has written for Folio Weekly, Southern Living, Notre Dame Magazine, and other publications around the country. She teaches journalism at the University of North Florida and writes a popular blog about topics ranging from politics and literature to adoption and manners.

Her first book, The Place of Peace and Crickets, is a memoir about adopting and raising three children. JaxbyJax is tickled pink to have Booker read to us at JaxbyJax VII.

JaxbyJax Literary Arts Festival VII is a celebration of Jacksonville Writers Writing Jacksonville. Generous sponsors include Baptist Health, Chamblins Uptown & Bookmine, Delegal & Poindexter, PA; Scribbles, and Brad Kuhn & Associates, LLC.

The 2020 festival will take the form of a documentary video, with watch parties at noon on Saturday, October 17th and 7 p.m. on Sunday, October 18th. For details, see jaxbyjax.com.

It’s always thrilling to welcome new voices to the JaxbyJax Literary Arts Festival!

Lex Hamilton is a poet and essayist born and raised in Jacksonville. As a Douglas Anderson School of the Arts alumni, Lex has been growing her passion for writing for many years. More recently, her work explores the intersectionality of her life as a woman, a person of color, and an artist. Currently, Lex is a student at the University of North Florida, studying the ways in which writing can help others to heal from trauma. She dreams of creating programs, utilized in the public school system, that promote writing as a means of expression and healing for all children. 

JaxbyJax Literary Arts Festival VII is a celebration of Jacksonville Writers Writing Jacksonville. Generous sponsors include Baptist Health, Chamblins Uptown & Bookmine, Delegal & Poindexter, PA; Scribbles, and Brad Kuhn & Associates, LLC.

The 2020 festival will take the form of a documentary video, with watch parties at noon on Saturday, October 17th and 7 p.m. on Sunday, October 18th. For details, see jaxbyjax.com.