Sit in as authors discuss their books during the free LitLIVE event.
The mutifaceted LitLIVE event in Davie includes panel discussions, author presentations and book sales.
The event is 12:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. March 4 at Nova Southeastern University library, 3301 College Ave.
For Information phone 954-357-5954 or browse the LitLive website.
Enjoy authors talking about about their books during the free LitLIVE event at Nova Southeastern University.
The muti-faceted LitLIVE event includes panel discussions, author presentations and book sales.
The event, which features 21 authors, is 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, March 20, at the university’s library, 3301 College Ave., Davie. For Information phone 954-357-5954 or peruse the LitLive website.
The writers of a book about raising kids with self respect and respect for others are speaking at a free program in Fort Lauderdale.
The program is 3 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 27 at the Broward Main Library, 100 Andrews Ave., Fort Lauderdale. For information, phone 954-357-7386.
More information about the Broward Library is available on the website.
The book featured at the program is Good Manners Are Contagious.
WLRN radio’s program Under the Sun is putting on free live “sneak previews” of its upcoming show on local writers and the zany things that inspire them this week.
Hosts Dan Grech and Alicia Zuckerman will host the two celebrations of South Florida’s literary voices.
The first event is at 8 p.m. Thursday, June 18, at Books and Books , 265 Aragon Ave., Coral Gables. It will feature interviews, readings and an animation premiere. Instant poems will be available for $2 from the Poem Depot.
The second event is at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, June 21, at the The Hollywood Library, 2600 Hollywood Blvd. The event will also include readings and interviews, plus the announcment of the winners of the show’s fiction writing contest.
The third episode of Under the Sun airs at noon Saturday, June 27, and at 7 p.m. Sunday, June 28, on WLRN-91.3 FM and WKWM-91.5 FM.
Listen to free talks by 24 nationally known authors as part of the Broward Public Library Foundations’s Lit LIVE! celebration from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, March 21.
Participating authors include Joyce Carol Oates, Rita Mae Brown, Steven Coonts, NPR’s Tom Gjelten and 2008 National Book Award winner for nonfiction
Annette Gordon-Reed. Find a schedule here.
The event will be at Nova Southeastern University’s Alvin Sherman Library in Davie. LitLIVE! is an event of the Broward Public Library Foundation’s Literary Feast, a two-day celebration of books and authors.
NSU is providing free shuttle buses from the Main Library in downtown Fort Lauderdale to the Alvin Sherman Library at 9:15 a.m. and at 10:45 a.m., returning to the Main Library at 12:45 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. For reservations, call the Literary Feast Hotline at 954-357-5954.
And now, the official Cities on the Cheap contest, South Florida-style.
To celebrate the national launch of Cities on the Cheap blogs, we’re giving away a few books about money by South Florida authors, plus a few Webkinz just because they’re cute and my brother sells them.
To enter the contest, add a comment to this post with your favorite On the Cheap tip for South Florida. It could be an upcoming free event, a place you like to visit that’s always free or cheap, an ongoing discount, a favorite happy hour, the best place for a cheap dinner, a favorite discount shopping site — you get the picture.
All valid posts from my five Florida sites will be entered into a random drawing, and the winners can choose their prizes.
We’re giving away three books, two music CDs and two Webkinz.: 1) Dave Barry’s Money Secrets Like: Why Is There a Giant Eyeball on the Dollar?; 2) Suze Orman’s 2009 Action Plan: Keeping Your Money Safe and Sound; 3) Lucky You, by Carl Hiaasen, a novel about a lottery winner; 4) Meet Me In Margaritaville: The Ultimate Collection, Jimmy Buffett CD; 5) Introducing Spam All-Stars CD; 6) Webkinz Bullfrog; 7) Webkinz Clydesdale.
If your tip is from Miami-Dade, Palm Beach, the Florida Keys or elsewhere in Florida, you can enter your comment at one of these sites:
Miami FL on the Cheap
Palm Beach on the Cheap
Florida Keys on the Cheap
Florida on the Cheap
The contest is open through midnight Eastern time Friday, March 20. Contestants must be over 13, and those between 13 and 18 need their parents’ permission to enter. Entrants must provide a valid email address, and winners will be notified by email. Only those entries that include a cheap tip will be entered in the drawing. Comments are moderated, so will not appear immediately.
