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January 27–28, 2023

Bringing Readers and Writers Together in ‘23

Book Festival Book Festival
Trinity building

Held at Trinity United Methodist Church

Ilene Silverman

The Ilene Silverman Show dedicated an entire episode to the 2023 Sunshine State Book Festival broadcast on five Gainesville-area TV stations. Click to watch on YouTube. Many thanks to Ilene!

The 2023 Sunshine State Book Festival brought readers and writers together again for the fourth year. The festival featured 150 authors writing in 15 genres. Over a third of them have won literary awards.

A celebration of learning and literacy

A book festival is a celebration of learning and literacy that should be fun as well as educational, bringing together people of all ages who share a love of reading and who will leave the event inspired by their experiences.

studends seated reading

This year ten high school students each won a $100 scholarship in our essay contest.

Keynote Speaker

This year’s keynote address was given by notable author Janis Owens.

Janis Owens

See the list of presentations below to view her keynote address.

Author readings and panel discussion

In addition to the keynote address by Janis Owen, the 2023 program featured readings by ten festival authors, and a panel discussion. each presentation was recorded and may be played by clicking on the presenter's photo.

 

2023 Photo Album

Photos by Allison Durham, Jenny Dearinger, Alycin Hayes, Martha Louise, Laura Robb, Lorilyn Roberts, Wendy Thornton, and Win$ome Bentley.

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The Sunshine State Book Festival

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