Schedule:

Friday evening, November 8, 2024

At 4:30 PM, you can sign up to read at the Open Mic.

The festival kicks off at 4:30 p.m. with a reading by Jennifer Chase, author of "I Can Smell You From Here: Thirty Years, Seventeen Letters to My Town." 

?At 5:00 PM, Michael Wiley will read from "Find Your Own Way Home", followed by a Q&A session, meet & greet, and book signing.

At 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM, the JaxbyJax Open Mic will be held.

List of Events by Venue/Room:

Main Auditorium - Zimmerman Overhang

4:30 Open Mic signup

4:30 Jennifer Chase

5:00 Michael Wiley

6:30 Open Mic

Saturday, November 9, 2024 

From 10:00 AM– 11:00 AM Women Writing for a Change with Jennifer Wolfe will host a breakfast for the writers in Multipurpose Room 3.)

At 11  AM, enjoy the Student Showcase, featuring talented student writers from Douglas Anderson School of the Arts, Florida State College at Jacksonville, and the University of North Florida as they read poetry and prose. Andres Rojas and Darlyn Finch Kuhn will host in the Main Auditorium - Zimmerman Overhang, and award cash prizes to the winners of the Dr. James Robert Cobb Student Writer Awards. (See the Student Showcase tab for the list of students, their schools, and their works.)

At 11 AM, five fiction writers will read in the Adult Learning Center: Andrea LeDew, Bill DeLaney, Sohrab Homi Fracis, Abel Harding, and Victoria Nations. (Hosted by Tim Gilmore)

At 11:45 AM, five poets will read in the Poetry lounge: Heather Stafford, Maxwell Carrillo, Phoebe Mullins, Lynn Skapyak Harlin, and Schynell Walker. (Hosted by Taryn "Love Reigns" Wharwood)

At 1:00 PM, two nonfiction writers and a graphic novelist will read in the Adult Learning Center: Jim Draper, Tim Gilmore, and James Greene. (Host TBD)

At 1:45 PM, five poets will read in the Poetry Lounge: Jenny Noble Anderson, Dimitri McCloghry, Princess Simpson Rashid, Nicole Zwolinski, and Shutta Crum.  (Hosted by Keri Foster)

At 2:30 PM, five memoirists will read in the Adult Learning Center: Rebecca Craig, Damon Thomas, Tricia Booker, Michael Walsh, and Jeff Whipple. (Hosted by Jenn Chase)??

?From 1 PM-5 PM, meet & greets, book sales, and signings willl be held by the JaxbyJax writers in the Conference Level Hallways outside the Main Auditorium & Multi-Purpose Room 3

From 4:30-6:00 PM, Tia Levings will read in the Multi-Purpose Room 3, followed by a Q&A, meet & greet, and book sales and signing.

List of Events by Venue/Room:

Main Auditorium - Zimmerman Overhang

Saturday, November 9, 2024:

11:00 – Student Showcase (10 readers)

plus Dr. James Robert Cobb Student Writer Awards

?Poetry Lounge

11:45 Heather Stafford

12:00 Maxwell Carrillo

12:15 Phoebe Mullins

12:30 Lynn Skapyak Harlin

12:45 Schynell Walker

1:45 Jenny Noble Anderson

2:00 Dimitri McCloghry

2:15 Princess Simpson Rashid

2:30 Nicole Zwolinski

2:45 Shutta Crum

Multi-Purpose Room 3

10:00 – 11:00 AM Women Writing for a Change

(Jennifer Wolfe hosts breakfast)

4:30 - Tia Levings reading, Q&A, Book signing, Meet & Greet

Adult Learning Center

11:00 Andrea LeDew

11:15 Bill DeLaney

11:30 Sorhab Homi Fracis

11:45 Abel Harding

12:00 Victoria Nations

1:00 Jim Draper

1:15 Tim Gilmore

1:30 James Greene

2:30 - Rebecca Craig

2:45 - Damon Thomas

3:00 - Tricia Booker

3:15 - Michael Walsh

3:30 - Jeff Whipple

Conference Level Hallways outside Main Auditorium & Multi-Purpose Room 3

1:00 - 5:00 PM  Book Sales

Date: November 8 - 9, 2024

Location: Jacksonville Public Library - Main Library

303 N. Laura St. Jacksonville, FL 32202

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