Tricia Booker is an award-winning journalist who has written for Folio Weekly, Southern Living, Notre Dame Magazine, and other publications around the country. She currently 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 is a memoir about how Tricia and her husband adopted and are raising three children.

We are so happy Tricia will read with us on Saturday, October 13th at the JaxbyJax Literary Arts Festival!

Andres Rojas has an M.F.A. from the University of Florida and is the author of the audio chapbook The Season of the Dead (EAT Poems). His poetry has been featured in the Best New Poets series and has most recently appeared or is forthcoming in, among others, AGNI, Barrow Street, Colorado Review, Massachusetts Review, New American Writing, New England Review, Notre Dame Review, and Poetry Northwest.

We are delighted that Andres will read at JaxbyJax Literary Arts Festival on Saturday, October 13th.

Riverside Liquors is a beautiful retail shop, with a focus on fine wine & boutique spirits. They also have great food & a full service bar, with craft cocktails, wines by the glass & local brewery draft beers.

Born out of a love of fine wines and delicious food, Riverside Liquors is quickly becoming the premiere location for the most complete food and beverage experience in Riverside.  They have a team of talented chefs, bartenders, sommelier, and dining staff.

We are so pleased that Riverside Liquors is a venue for JaxbyJax 2018!

Sharon Scholl will read at JaxbyJax Literary Arts Festival on Saturday, October 13th near the corner of Park and King Streets. We can’t wait!

Sharon Scholl,PhD is professor emerita from Jacksonville University.  Active as a church musician and composer, she enjoys the fine poets in A Gathering of Poets local group.  Two chapbooks, Summer’s Child and Eat Space, are in circulation.  Full length collections include All Points Bulletin, Timescape, and Unauthorized Biographies.