The Florida Writers Association is proud to present the Third Annual I Heart Books Event from noon-4 p.m. on May 19, 2018 at the Schultz Center in Jacksonville.
Free to attend, the public can visit with dozens of authors in every genre. Giveaways, activities for kids, and more. Spread the word!
For details and author registration info, click here.
On Tuesday, March 6th at 7:00 pm, Valencia College, in partnership with Writer’s Block Bookstore, will host author Brian Turner for a reading of essays and poetry, and a Q&A session at Valencia’s Winter Park Campus, located at 850 W Morse Blvd, Winter Park, FL 32789 in room 242. Brian Turner will be talking about his newest book, The Kiss, a “deliciously diverse anthology of essays, stories, poems and graphic memoirs, where writers explore the deeply human act of kissing.”
The event is FREE and open to the public.
About the book: From Sioux Falls to Khartoum, from Kyoto to Reykjavik; in taxis and at bus stops, haystacks and airports around the globe—people are kissing one another. The sublime kiss. The ambiguous kiss. The kiss we can’t take back. The kiss we can never give. The kiss that changes a life. In this anthology, writers and thinkers share their thoughts on a specific kiss—the unexpected and unforgettable—in an attempt to bridge the gulf, to connect us to one another on a deeply human level, and to explore the messy and complicated intimacies that exist in our actual lives, as well as in the complicated landscape of the imagination.
About the author: Brian Turner earned an MFA from the University of Oregon and lived abroad in South Korea for a year before serving for seven years in the U.S. Army. His first book Here Bullet chronicles his time in Iraq, and his memoir My Life as a Foreign Country has been called a “stunning war memoir” by the New York Times. Turner taught English at Fresno City College. He has received a NEA Literature Fellowship in Poetry, the Amy Lowell Traveling Fellowship, and a fellowship from the Lannan Foundation.
About the series: The Humanities Speakers Series at Valencia College brings in the most exciting and innovative writers, musicians, scientists, and activists in the country, emphasizing on connecting students directly to the great minds of today and inviting the Central Florida community to participate in events. Past speakers include Dr. Azar Nafisi, Will Schwalbe, James McBride and other award-winning writers and musicians. For more information, email Jeremy Bassetti, Ph.D., Professor of Humanities, jbassetti@valenciacollege.edu. Also, visit http://valenciacollege.edu/east/humanities/speaker-series/about.cfm.
About Writer’s Block Bookstore: We are Central Florida’s only full-service, independent community bookstore, located just one block east of Park Avenue in beautiful downtown Winter Park. Serving the Orlando area since 2014, we have all your favorites, New York Times best-sellers, and Indie Next picks. We host author events, monthly book clubs, coordinate author school visits and offer discounts for educators and loyalty club members.
Tricia and Buddy
Join Tricia Booker, that ruthless truth-teller, and your Scribbler, who thinks any story is improved with a bit of exagerration, as we debate how you should best relate YOUR stories to the world – memoir, or fiction “based on a true story.” Sunday, February 25th, from 3-6 p.m. at the beautiful San Marco Books and More.
This is a FREE workshop full of practical tips, and while you’re there, you can pick up a signed copy of Tricia Booker’s devastatingly honest memoir, The Place of Peace and Crickets, and a copy of Darlyn Finch Kuhn’s novel, Sewing Holes. (Based on a true story. Honest.)
Don’t make me come get you!
Have you heard about the FREE and open-to-the-public Winter Park Library Book Festival happening Saturday, March 10, 2018, from 10:00 am until 4 pm? Mark your calendars!
This is a day for authors and readers to discuss all things book-related: writing, reading, and publishing books.
For instance, Keynote speakers Greg and Candy Dawson will talk from 10-11 a.m., and from 11 a.m. until 12 noon, Charlene Edge will join three other local authors–Linda Dunlap, Paul Butler, and Rik Feeney–for a discussion and Q&A session titled, “Publishing: Traditional, Self, or Electronic. Which is Write for You?”
For the complete schedule, visit the WPPL’s events calendar at http://www.wppl.org/events/day/2018-03-10.
Hope to see you there!