FSCJ Sponsors JaxbyJax Literary Arts Festival

WHAT:  JaxbyJax, Jacksonville Writers Writing Jacksonville, the annual literary arts festival sponsored by Florida State College at Jacksonville (FSCJ), will re-introduce the city of Jacksonville to its own literary voice when it returns on November 12, 2016. The event features 25 local writers in 12 venues across Riverside to showcase the city’s own thriving writing scene.

Guests are invited to choose their own adventure at their leisure as they wander from venue to venue enjoying the works of local playwrights, poets and novelists, which include faculty and staff of FSCJ.

Writers participating in JaxbyJax 2016 include:

• Jim Alabiso
• Tricia Booker
• RaeJeana Brooks
• Fred Dale
• Frances Driscoll
• Bill Ectric
• Katherine Espano
• Joe Flowers
• Sohrab Fracis
• Liz Gibson
• Tim Gilmore
• Nan Kavanaugh
• Grant Kittrell
• Matt Lany
• Johnny Masiulewicz
• Emily K. Michael
• Marcus Pactor
• Ebony Payne-English
• Heather Peters
• Andres Rojas
• Caleb Sarvis
• Sean T. Smith
• Mark Stewart
• Marisella Veiga
• Jeff Whipple

For more information on JaxbyJax, visit jaxbyjax.com or contact Tim Gilmore, FSCJ professor of English, at (904) 616-3884.

WHEN/ WHERE:  Saturday, November 12, 2016, from 2 - 9 p.m.

Student Showcase: 2 p.m.

·       Il Desco Italian Restaurant, 2665 Park Street, Jacksonville, FL 32202

Readings of featured writers: 3 - 6 p.m.

Venues across the King Street District, including:

• Beer:30
• Cool Moose Café
• Flaire Celebrations
• Il Desco Italian Restaurant
• Jacksonville Magazine
• Nourish: A Juice Café
• Riverside Liquors
• Silver Cow Watering Hole
• Sunday Tattoo Gallery
• The Mazer
• True-Blue Hair Studio
• Whiteway Conference Room

After Party and Book Signing ($10): 6:30 p.m.

·       CoRK Arts District, 2689 Rosselle Street, Jacksonville, FL 32204