Come out on Saturday, November 16th to hear 31 Jacksonville writers writing Jacksonville, as well as over 20 student writers reading their work. This includes the return of Howard Denson!

Howard Denson, a 50-year resident of Jacksonville, quit being a “flunky journalist” for The Pensacola News Journal, Tallahassee Democrat, and The Birmingham News because he wanted to write stuff that might be read a year or decades later. He spent 38.5 years as a humanities-English instructor for Florida State College. As an indie author of about 15 books, he has written novels (mysteries, fantasies, SF, and regular fiction), humor (fables and parables), political commentary in The Wild-Eyed Moderate series, etc. He and spouse of 43 years, Michele Boyette, have 11 four-legged children who meow and bark. His website: http://howarddenson.webs.com

The JaxbyJax Literary Arts Festival is grateful to owner Ron Chamblin, manager Jennifer O’Donnell, and the entire staff at Chamblin Bookmine for their generous support of Jacksonville writers writing Jacksonville.

Visit Chamblin’s Uptown bookstore at 215 N. Laura Street (in the block next to the Jacksonville Public Library) to purchase the books of JaxbyJax authors, then bring them to the festival on Saturday, November 16th to have them signed after hearing the authors read.

Join us for the author meet-n-greet at MOCA from 5-7 pm. We can’t wait to say hello.

We are honored to welcome Sarah Maples to the JaxbyJax Literary Arts Festival.

Sarah Maples is a United States Air Force veteran and a recent transplant to Jacksonville. She holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Fairleigh Dickinson University and is currently pursuing a master’s degree in Publishing from George Washington University. Her work has appeared in The Atlantic, Task & Purpose, Rally Point, Line of Advance, and on her veterans resource blog, After the DD-214.

(We meant to post this on Veteran’s Day; sorry! But we’re grateful for her service every day.)

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We want to publicy state our gratitude to the Jacksonville Public Library for hosting the JaxbyJax Literary Arts Festival on Saturday, November 16. Special thanks go out to Shawana Brooks and Lisa Buggs, who have worked diligently to ensure all the Jacksonville writers writing Jacksonville – and all their fans – will have a wonderful experience. C’mon out and enjoy. And while you’re there … pick up a library card. It’s a passpost to anywhere the world of books can take you.