Who is reading when, and where? Glad you asked! The 2018 JaxbyJax Literary Arts Festival Event Guide is posted for your planning pleasure.

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We’re so happy that Emily K. Micheal will read with us at JaxbyJax Literary Arts Festival on Saturday, October 13th.

Emily K. Michael is a blind poet, musician, and writing instructor from Jacksonville, FL. She teaches creative and academic writing courses and delivers poetry workshops at the University of North Florida. Her poetry and essays have appeared in Wordgathering, The Hopper, Artemis Journal, The South Carolina Review, The Deaf Poets Society, Nine Mile Magazine, Bridge Eight, Narrative Inquiry in Bioethics, BREVITY’s Nonfiction Blog, and AWP Writer’s Notebook. Emily’s work centers on ecology, disability, feminism, and music. Find her on Twitter (@ModwynEarendel) and at her blog On the Blink. Watch her TEDx Talk, “The Confluence of Disability and Imagination.”

Photo of Jim Albiso by Micheal Glinski

Jim Alabiso is a writer, producer, columnist, and thalassophile. From his “Water Works” column at Arbus Magazine or as the former host and writer of the television show “Tonight! with Jim Alabiso”, Jim brings his unique brand to the arts and culture community.  He is the author of the serial novel “All the Angels Come,” Jacksonville’s epic fairytale.  Jim also wrote the theatrical script which was recently performed at Players by the Sea and directed by Barbara Colaciello and scored by Boja Kragulj.  A spin-off film “Masuyo” is currently in development.  Jim, in association with Players by the Sea and the Cummer Museum of Art, produced the play “To the Sea” written by Kelly Siddons based on his personal water stories. Jim produces collaborative projects through his company LEAP.  His current projects include a screenplay based on “All the Angels Come,” a new short story and interviews with artists from Jacksonville and around the world. He is also the director of JumpingFish, an advocacy organization with a mission to activate the St. Johns River. An open water swimmer at the core, water is in Jim’s heart and in his art.

We’re thrilled to have Jim reading with us at JaxbyJax Literary Arts Festival on Saturday, October 13th.