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2020 Sunshine State Book Festival
January 24 – 26, 2020
The 2020 Sunshine State Book Festival celebrated Gainesville’s amazing literary history and culture with three days of events.
Friday, January 24, 2020
A Friday night reception at the Matheson Historical Museum culminated with the presentation of Ernest Hemingway’s letters to Santa Fe College.
Hilary Hemingway presented 75 of Ernest Hemingway’s letters to Santa Fe College.
Saturday Presentations
Saturday, January 25, 2020
The Saturday Book Festival at the beautiful Santa Fe College Fine Arts Hall brought 3,000 readers to meet 75 authors and hear presentations by six well-known authors.
Additional Saturday Presenters
Sunday, January 26, 2020
The Sunday literary heritage tour portrayed three notable authors who wrote and lived in the area, William Bartram, Robert Frost, and Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings.
Saturday at Santa Fe College Fine Arts Hall
Photos by David Campione, Dwight Bennett, Bonnie Ogle & Karen Porter
