Category Archives: JaxbyJax

JaxbyJax Welcomes Ben Atkinson

Ben Atkinson’s first collection, Spider Lightning (Hidden Owl), will be released at JaxByJax this year. His poems have appeared in Cadence, Chelonian Conservation and Biology, Facets, FM Quarterly, and Stockpot. Ben has read for the JaxByJax Literary Arts Festival, Sing Out Loud Festival, and the Southeastern Sister Cities Reading Tour. 

We are very happy to have Atkinson read with us on Saturday, November 16th. See the JaxbyJax event page for schedules for all the readers.

Meet the Guy Who Started It All

Photo of Tim Gilmore by James Hunter

Tim Gilmore is the author of 19 books, including Channeling Anna Fletcher and Repossessions: Mass Shooting in Baymeadows. Director Emeritus of JaxbyJax Literary Arts Festival and creator of jaxpsychogeo.com, Gilmore was named Jacksonville’s 2018 Literary Artist of the Year by the Cultural Council. He teaches writing at FSCJ.

Lynn Skapyak Harlin to Read at JaxbyJax

Lynn Skapyak Harlin, poet, writer and editor has led Writers Workshops for 30 years. Her writing and poetry appeared in textbooks, trade magazines, literary magazines, newspaper articles and features. Her first published poem “War Waste,” 1970 appeared in Time. Her latest collection of poems, Twists and Turns, 2019 was published by Hidden Owl Books. Poetry gives her light.

You can pre-order Twists and Turns at Art City Books.

JaxbyJax is tickeled pink to have Harlin reading with us.