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.
Orlando FWA meeting, Wednesday, March 7th from 6:30 to 8:30 pm at the University Club in Winter Park.
Spy vs. counterspy – separating fact from fiction
From national security to eternal security, author Jeff Walton melds his decades of experience in national security work into a primer on protecting our nation’s secrets and a quest to confirm that there is life after death.
Walton will discuss: 1) Who the real players are on our country’s national security team, 2) How they really operate – with an emphasis on NCIS, and 3) What basic facts about national security every American should know – particularly writers.
If you want to understand national security issues in today’s politically-charged environment and how you can apply that information to your writing, you’ll want to hear multi-award winning author Jeff Walton.
This meeting is free and open to the public. For more information contact Rik Feeney at usabookcoach@gmail.com.
Directions to Orlando FWA Meeting
(The University Club of Winter Park, 841 N. Park Ave., Winter Park, FL 32789)
From I-4 East or West, take the Lee Road exit and head East toward the Atlantic Ocean. After going over 17-92 (Orlando Ave.) Lee Road will dead end at Webster Ave., where you will make a left turn, Follow Webster through a light at Denning, then another light at the railroad tracks, then you will come to a stop sign, actually stop, then before the next stop sign (which is Park Ave) you will turn left into the University Club. Go up the ramp to the side door, then keep going to your left inside to the library where we hold the meeting.
Rik Feeney
407-529-8539
Author: Writing Books for Fun, Fame & Fortune!
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!
