Tampa Book Buzz

what are you doing tomorrow?

The St. Petersburg Times‘ Festival of Reading is Saturday and I’m ready to go. I’ve charged the batteries in my digital camera and practically memorized the schedule on the Festival’s website. While there will be many authors there from Florida and across the U.S., I must admit that I’m most excited about meeting the authors from the Tampa Bay area who will be at the Festival.

Featured local authors include Gary Mormino (Land of Sunshine, State of Dreams), Jeff Klinkenberg (The Seasons of Real Florida), Marc D. Giller (Hammerjack), Lee Irby (7,000 Clams) and Raymond Arsenault (Paradise Lost? The Environmental History of Florida).

Among the local booksellers and exhibitors will be the Largo Area Historical Society, the Tampa Writers Alliance (where Skip Allen, author of Out of the Ashes, will be in the afternoon), the Literacy Council of St. Petersburg, and Hoyden Press, LCC (where Wendy Boucher, author of Parvenue Throws a Party, can be found).

This list is only partial; there’s no way I can post the complete list here. The Festival of Reading is from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. October 29 at the University of South Florida St. Petersburg campus and is FREE. Hope to see you there.