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Damon Thomas – JaxbyJax Featured Memorist to Lead Workshop

Damon Thomas is a sixth-generation Floridian who grew up on the banks of the Suwannee in rural Dixie County, FL. A kid there once burned down the Scout Hut, an old log cabin in the Cross City park. When asked why he just said that he was bored. All from the area could relate.

Small town boredom. Rural gloom. Damon has released 22 Spoken Word albums and 6 books on life in that Southern Gothic setting.

Damon will give a workshop entitled, “Writing Flash Memoir” at 10 AM on Saturday, October 29 in Training Center Room 042.

Then he will read from his work in the Lecture Hall at 4:00 p.m.
To see the Event Guide, click here.

JaxbyJax Literary Arts Festival IX, a celebration of Jacksonville Writers Writing Jacksonville, will be held on Friday, October 28 and Saturday, October 29, 2022 at the Jessie Ball duPont Center, 40 East Adams Street, Jacksonville, Florida 32202. Click here for directions and parking information.

JaxbyJax is grateful to our generous sponsors: JaxNEXT100Jessie Ball duPont CenterMoving the Margins904WARDHappy Tapir PressBabs’ LabJacksonville Literary Arts AllianceThe VolsteadJaxPsychoGeoScribbles, and Brad Kuhn & Associates, LLC. Please click on their names to learn more.

JaxbyJax Welcomes Wyne Karnath, Reader and Workshop Leader

Wyne Karnath is a writer of both fiction and non-fiction who writes every day, and posts at findyournation.org, to inspire and connect people of like minds, especially those who want to make a positive change.
His fiction is often set in the near future. Mankind’s unsteady and problematic relationship to technology is central to his work. His brand of fiction is speculative, not fantasy.Karnath is a finalist for the Florida Writers Association Royal Palm Literary Award for short fiction.

Wyne will give a workshop entitled, “Emerging Technologies in Sci-Fi-Writing” at 10 AM on Saturday, October 29 in Training Center Room 042.

Then he will read from his work in the Lecture Hall at 11:15 a.m.
To see the Event Guide, click here.

JaxbyJax Literary Arts Festival IX, a celebration of Jacksonville Writers Writing Jacksonville, will be held on Friday, October 28 and Saturday, October 29, 2022 at the Jessie Ball duPont Center, 40 East Adams Street, Jacksonville, Florida 32202. Click here for directions and parking information.

JaxbyJax is grateful to our generous sponsors: JaxNEXT100Jessie Ball duPont CenterMoving the Margins904WARDHappy Tapir PressBabs’ LabJacksonville Literary Arts AllianceThe VolsteadJaxPsychoGeoScribbles, and Brad Kuhn & Associates, LLC. Please click on their names to learn more.

Alias Anna Book Event

Greg and Candy Dawson sent a note to the Scribblers:

Hello, Friends!  We would be honored to have you attend a special event at Winter Park Library on Saturday, October 15 at 2:00.  Greg is the co-author of Alias Anna:  A True Story of Outwitting the Nazis. Prize winning children’s author Susan Hood adapted Greg’s book, Hiding in the Spotlight, into a creative biography in verse for ages 10 through adult. Aimée, who brought her grandmother Zhanna’s story into the light because of a social studies assignment at Glenridge Middle School in 1994, is the audiobook narrator (sample on the Amazon site linked above).  Candy’s documentary filmed in Ukraine in and around Kharkiv, Zhanna’s hometown, will be shown.  You will see Ukraine in her pristine beauty before today’s war-torn images so sadly portrayed in the news.

Bonus:  Aimée’s 2 and a half year old daughter Félicité will make a cameo appearance—Zhanna’s legacy lives on! 

Hope to see you on October 15th!  Bring your tween and teen friends.  This event is Family Friendly!!

The event is free but has limited seating. Please register here:  

https://www.winterparklibrary.org/author-event-greg-dawson-alias-anna

Take care, 

🌻Candy 🇺🇦Greg 💛Aimée & 💙Félicité 🌻

Books available for purchase and signing at the event. 

Yvette Angelique to Hold Workshop at JaxbyJax

Poet and storytelling facilitator Yvette Angelique runs Narratives for Change, an art, culture, and social change practice. Studying at the University of Denver and Goddard College, Yvette completed her graduate work to produce poetry and prose that speak to the context and complexity of Black women’s lives. She works with women and girls to use storytelling for healing, literary art-making, consciousness-raising and advocacy.

Yvette will give a workshop entitled, “Writing the Bop Poem ” at 10 AM on Saturday, October 29 in Training Center Room 039.
To see the Event Guide, click here.

JaxbyJax Literary Arts Festival IX, a celebration of Jacksonville Writers Writing Jacksonville, will be held on Friday, October 28 and Saturday, October 29, 2022 at the Jessie Ball duPont Center, 40 East Adams Street, Jacksonville, Florida 32202. Click here for directions and parking information.

JaxbyJax is grateful to our generous sponsors: JaxNEXT100Jessie Ball duPont CenterMoving the Margins904WARDHappy Tapir PressBabs’ LabJacksonville Literary Arts AllianceThe VolsteadJaxPsychoGeoScribbles, and Brad Kuhn & Associates, LLC. Please click on their names to learn more.