Amelia Island Book Festival presents "Books & Bites"

September 18, 2019

BOOKS & BITES

A partnership between The Book Loft bookstore, Nassau County Public Library at Fernandina Beach, and the Amelia Island Book Festival brings you two new events in 2019:

Ribbons of Scarlet

Monday, October 7, 2019

11:30 am - 1:30 pm

Peck Center Auditorium, 516 S. 10th Street, Fernandina Beach

Six bestselling and award-winning authors illuminate the hopes, desires, and destinies of six unforgettable women whose paths cross during the tumultuous and transformative time of the French Revolution.

Reservations are required. Refreshments served. Your $10 donation supports the AIBF Authors in Schools Literary Program that provides books to every student in Nassau County.

TICKETS ON SALE NOW: https://www.ameliaislandbookfestival.org/book-bites

Tell Me a Story: My Life with Pat Conroy

Thursday, November 14, 2019

The Book Loft Bookstore

214 Centre St., Fernandina Beach

Cassandra King was a debut novelist when she met Pat Conroy. Their friendship bloomed into a long-distance relationship, and ultimately a marriage that would last 18 years, until the beloved literary icon’s death from pancreatic cancer in 2016.

In this poignant, intimate memoir, the woman he called King Ray looks back at her love affair with a natural-born storyteller whose lust for life was fueled by a passion for literature, food, and the Carolina Lowcountry that was his home. She reveals how she came to understand the man beneath the legend—her husband, the original Prince of Tides.

Reservations are required. Refreshments served. Your $20 donation supports the AIBF Authors in Schools Literary Program that provides books to every student in Nassau County.   TICKETS ON SALE SEPTEMBER 23

Short Story Writing Contest

The Amelia Island Book Festival’s Short Story Writing Contest is an important way we connect students, authors and books for life-long learning. This year’s contest will launch in September for middle and high school students, with the theme of ‘Once Upon a Time.’

As in prior years, each short story must be between 500-1,000 words, and must be a new, original work. The submission deadline for all entries is Friday, December 15, 2019, no later than 5:00 p.m. Late submissions will not be accepted.

Judges will be local area literary experts and board members/leaders with the Amelia Island Book Festival. First and second-place winners receive cash prizes. Additional prizes are offered for creativity and style, and there are special prizes earmarked for winners from Boys & Girls Clubs of Nassau County.

Winning entrants also will meet a New York Times best-selling author during the Authors Expo and will have an opportunity for their work to be published. Prizes will be announced/awarded during the Authors Expo, Saturday, February 15, 2020, in the Fernandina Beach Middle School Auditorium.

MORE INFO HERE: https://www.ameliaislandbookfestival.org/short-story-writing-contest