“When I get a little money I buy books; and if any is left I buy food and clothes.” —Desiderius Erasmus
IT’S A BOOK FESTIVAL!
We’re Pulling Out All the Stops
Join us this Saturday for our first annual Author Showcase and Book Festival
Dear friend:
We’ve been having so much fun preparing for our first annual Author Showcase and Book Festival for Women Authors this Saturday, May 14, 2022. This free one-day event will be open to the public and will be staged outdoors right on our front lawn. We will have authors reading in two different locations, a children's hour, and tours of the OCEANS Exhibition indoors. Join us as we celebrate the voices of diverse female authors on the First Coast. Below are all the details:
Location, Schedule of Events
Located on the campus of Women Writing for (a) Change at 1610 Osceola Street, Jacksonville, FL 32204
Begins at 11 a.m. and goes until 3 p.m.
Children’s hour will be held from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Author readings in two locations all day
Featured writer Cynthia Barnett to speak at 1 p.m.
Books will be in many genres for all ages
Enjoy our scavenger hunt and get to know all the authors
Visit with the kids from the W.I.L.D. Leadership program at the Jacksonville Zoo, who will be sharing fun facts about OCEANS
Meet and engage with the authors, purchase books, and get them signed.
Drawings will be held on the hour for free books.
Of course, our journals and anthologies will be for sale, also!
Off-street parking in the neighborhood but please car pool if possible!
Wednesday, June 22,Prepping Your Work for Publication Workshop, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Save the date!
We hope to see you!
Cheers,
Jennifer Wolfe, Executive Director,
Women Writing for (a) Change Jacksonville
p.s. male authors and allies welcome to attend the book festival, too!
After an interview with Melanie Lawson (WJXT) last week, I was a little less nervous to talk with Jordan Wilkerson (First Coast Living), and she made it easy. The segment ran Monday and you can watch it here! Plus you can hear us on Wednesday morning at 9 on First Coast Connect with Melissa Ross (WJCT), and watch us the same day on River City Livewith Rance Adams at 11 am. We’re going to enjoy our brief moment in the sun here! But more importantly...come on out for the book festival and let’s all have a good time.—JW
Jordan Wilkerson was a pleasure to talk to. Check out the video HERE.
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
Melanie Lawson made the interview easy! Check out the video HERE.
“We need to read women writers. We need their perspectives.... And we need to pay attention to further intersectionalism in our reading list. Are we reading women writers of color? queer women writers? those with a wide range of gender identities and expression? women writers of different income spectrums and with different bodily shapes and abilities? We need these perspectives in order to create a world that allows space for everyone, a world where having diverse perspectives is the norm rather than the exception. In these perspectives, we offer an opportunity for all those part of our community to be honored in their wholeness. —Lisa O’Neill, inWhy We Must Read Women Writers To Change the World
Women Writing for (a) Change®, Jacksonville, is a writing community for Jacksonville writers. We are here for one purpose:
“To nurture and celebrate the individual voice by facilitating supportive writing circles and by encouraging people to craft more conscious lives through the art of writing and the practices of community.”
We offer workshops, retreats, on-site writing circles and other classes for individual, community, and corporate clients. Contact us here.
