Schedule of Events

Saturday, March 29
10 a.m. - 3 p.m.     Festival of Reading Opening Day
Displays from libraries, local chapters of the Romance Writers of America, Books-r-Fun Fair and free romantic desserts from the American Culinary Federation, Gulf to Lakes Chefs and Cooks Association....
Lake Sumter Community College Leesburg
4 to 6 p.m.     Champagne & Truffles Reception
As part of Cooper Memorial Library's Festival of Reading Program, join the library for a champagne and truffles reception with guest author Janice Sims. Champagne provided by Bacchus Vino and truffles...
Bacchus Vino Etc. Clermont
Sunday, March 30
2 p.m.     Jazz in the Library
Dr. Scott Simon, Assistant Professor of Library and Information Science at the University of South Florida, will debut his "Library Jazz" series at the Leesburg Public Library. Simon will give a brief...
Leesburg Public Library Leesburg
2 p.m.     Out of This World Tea
W.T. Bland Public Library will host Out of this World, a tea with three award winning authors, Linnea Sinclair (Science Fiction Romance), Heather Waters (Paranormal Romance) and Elizabeth Sinclair...
W.T. Bland Public Library Mount Dora
Monday, March 31
10 a.m. to 12 p.m.     Clermont Quilters
As part of our Festival of Reading Program, the Clermont Quilters will have a presentation and display of their quilts.
Cooper Memorial Library Clermont
2 p.m.     A Timeless Tea
Fruitland Park Library invites the public to A Timeless Tea with Christian Romance author Louise M. Gouge. Ms. Gouge is the winner of the 2006 Reviewers Choice Award from The Road to Romance for her...
Fruitland Park Library Fruitland Park
4 p.m.     Romancing the World with Aleka Nakis and Lyn Armstrong
Paisley County Library will host authors Aleka Nakis and Lyn Armstrong. Nakis, a Greek author, shares her passion for story telling, travel and exotic cultures, and how she writes romance novels for a...
Paisley County Library Paisley
7 p.m.     Women of Mystery - Authors Panel
Leesburg Public Library will present Women of Mystery, a panel of best selling authors including: Jo Dereske (Mystery, Science Fiction]; Claire Matturro, (Legal thrillers) and Kathryn Hall Page...
Leesburg Public Library Leesburg
7 p.m.     Poetry Night
East Lake County Library will host Poetry Night with Colleen Avelli, Patty Fletcher and Diane Ackerman. Come and experience wonderful works by these authors and share a poem of your own. Entries will...
East Lake County Library Sorrento
Tuesday, April 1
10 a.m.     Auhor Everett Kelly
Lady Lake Public Library presents former State Rep. Everett Kelly. His novel, "The Atlatl," is the story of a nation of people who inhabited the southern third of Florida when Columbus first touched...
Lady Lake Public Library Lady Lake
10 a.m. to 1 p.m.     Local Authors' Day
This popular event will feature Michael Suib, Cliff Halford, Stella Balandram, Colleen Avelli and Jeffrey Lamb. Author and owner of The Book Muse, Nancy Butler-Ross will speak on editing the novel.
Umatilla Public Library Umatilla
2 p.m.     Tea at the Scene of the Crime
W.T. Bland Public Library will present a Tea at the Scene of the Crime featuring a trio of best selling HarperCollins authors Jo Dereske (mystery and science fiction), Claire Matturro, (legal...
W.T. Bland Public Library Mount Dora
6 p.m.     The Vocal Express
Cooper Memorial Library will present local singing group, The Vocal Express, in a special musical program "Romancing the Song."
Clermont Woman's Club Clermont
7 p.m.     Authors Lyn Armstrong and Aleka Nakis
The City of Tavares Public Library will host "The Celtic Witch" author Lyn Armstrong and "Eyes of the Dead" author Aleka Nakis. Join the library for a paranormal experience in a unique environment.
PJ's Wine & Coffee Bar Eustis
7 p.m.      The Movie That Painted Mount Dora Pink
The library will be showing the infamous movie, which briefly painted Mount Dora, starring Beau Bridges, William Devane, Hume Cronyn and Terri Garr directed by Academy Award winner John Schlesinger. A...
W.T. Bland Public Library Mount Dora
Wednesday, April 2
10:30 a.m.     Brunch with the Lady of Light and Shadows
C.L. Wilson, NY Times and USA Today bestselling author will discuss the magic of her unique world while you enjoy delicious food and champagne. Wilson’s debut novel, "Lord of the Fading Lands", was...
Leesburg Library Leesburg
2 p.m.     Tea & Bullets
Roxanne St. Claire will introduce "First You Run," her latest release in the Bullet Catcher series. A recent review for the series from "Romance Reviews Today" states, “quick-paced writing and twists...
W.T. Bland Public Library Mount Dora
5 p.m.     Heartbeats
Heartbeats is a special event with musician Fred Harvey, who features country and soft rock love songs and romantic tunes, that is followed at 6 p.m. by Pillow Talk with dynamic authors Connie Mason,...
Clermont Woman's Club Clermont
6 to 8 p.m.     Pillow Talk: Author Panel
Join in on some Pillow Talk with this dynamic authors panel Connie Mason, Pam LaBud and Dara Edmondson. Preceding the panel discussion at 5 p.m. is the "Heartbeats" musical event with musician Fred...
Clermont Women's Club Clermont
6:30 p.m.     Southern Comforts
Learn about “Southern Comforts: Rooted in a Florida Place” with author Sudye Cauthen – a Florida Humanities Council Road Scholar program. Cauthen, a fifth-generation Floridian, explores the tensions...
W.T. Bland Public Library Mount Dora
7 p.m.     Writer's Cafe
The Writer’s Cafe will explore fantasy romance writing with international authors Lyn Armstrong and Aleka Nakis.
East Lake Library Sorrento
7 p.m.     Coffeehouse Romance
City of Tavares Public Library will host the Coffeehouse Romance, a panel of award winning authors who will discuss the infinite possibilities of writing the romance novel. 2007 RITA award winner...
Tavares Civic Center Tavares
Thursday, April 3
12 p.m.     Annual Literary Luncheon
This luncheon includes special guest Angela Hunt, the best-selling author of "The Tale of Three Trees," "The Debt," "The Note" and "The Nativity Story," with more than three million copies of her...
Lake Receptions Mount Dora
6 p.m.     Cooper @ Cooper
This Author Tea is with Ron Cooper who has a doctorate in philosophy and has written a comic drama about philosophy, family, religion and, of course, professional wrestling. According to Booklist,...
Cooper Library Clermont
6:30 p.m.     Sweets and Romance In the Dark
Astor County Library will host Sweets and Romance In The Dark with local paranormal romance author Elise Van Cise.
Astor County Library Astor
6:30 pm     Romantic Secrets Tea
The Fruitland Park Library will be under the magical spell of romance and imagination (also known as writers' trance) with popular historical romance novelist Sandra Madden and romantic suspense...
Fruitland Park Public Library Fruitland Park
7 p.m.     Romantic English Tea
This High Tea features Janice Sims and Caridad Ferrer. Sims has 17 romance novels under her belt and goes about Groveland with few aware that a nationally published author is in their midst. In 2004,...
Marion Baysinger Memorial Library Groveland
Friday, April 4
2 p.m.     An Afternoon Romance
Cooper Memorial Library will present a program entitled An Afternoon Romance: Music with Olesya Pankiv, flute.
Cooper Library Clermont
3 p.m.     Hume's Fork
The Lady Lake Public Library presents author Ron Cooper. His humorous novel "Hume's Fork" has been described as what Jean-Paul Sartre would have written had he grown up in the Deep South, as Walker...
Lady Lake Public Library Lady Lake
6 p.m.     A Wine-derful Evening with Chocolate
The W.T. Bland Library will be hosting a free wine and chocolate pairing at the chamber of commerce. This five course sampling will be opened to the first 50 people who sign up in person at the...
Mount Dora Chamber of Commerce Mount Dora
7 p.m.      Writing the Historical, Contemporary and Futuristic Romance
Panel will feature Nancy J. Cohen author of futuristic romance novels written as Nancy Cane and nine Bad Hair Day Mysteries , Lisa Manuel author of three historical romances with one new historical...
Leesburg Library Leesburg
Saturday, April 5
10 a.m. to 3 p.m.     Bluegrass Festival
The event will feature an appearance by author Leigh Greenwood and will offer face painters as well as food. The Friends of the East Lake County Library will have their spring book and bake sale,...
East Lake County Library Sorrento
10 a.m. to 3 p.m.     Fiction Writing Seminar
Cooper Memorial Library will present the first annual Fiction Writing Seminar featuring Nancy J. Cohen, Lisa Manuel and Cynthia Thomason. The day will cover Elements of Fiction Writing in the morning...
Clermont Woman's Club Clermont
11 a.m.     The Woodlea House, Author Bob Grenier
Astor County Library features historian and author Bob Grenier speaking about his latest book, Woodlea: Life on the Lake of the Dancing Sunbeams.
Astor Library Astor