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Virtual Event: Alafaya Book Club
Registration Required
Thursday
August
11
7:00​pm
Online
(Virtual Room - Alafaya)
Event Category: Authors, Books, Writing
The Alafaya Book Club's August selection is "The Department of Rare Books and Special Collections" by Eva Jurcyk.
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Virtual: Discussion of the Hugo Finalists
presented by The Orlando Area Science Fiction Society
Registration Required
Sunday
August
14
1:30​pm
Online
(Virtual Room - EPD)
Event Categories: General Events; Authors, Books, Writing
The Hugo Awards are annual awards given for excellence in the field of science fiction and fantasy. Join OASFiS for a discussion of the Hugo finalists in the Novel, Novella, and more categories.
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Virtual: OCLS Writer's Group
Registration Required
Sunday
August
14
4:00​pm
Online
(Virtual Room - EPD)
Event Category: Authors, Books, Writing
Join your fellow writers for critique, discussion, and camaraderie. Writers of all genres and experience are welcome. Please attend one meeting before submitting a piece for critique.
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Virtual: Hiawassee Book Club
Registration Required
Monday
August
15
7:00​pm
Online
(Virtual Room - Hiawassee)
Event Category: Authors, Books, Writing
In August the Hiawassee Book Club will discuss Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead.
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Virtual: Worldbuilding for Writers
Registration Required
Saturday
August
20
4:00​pm
Online
(Virtual Room - EPD)
Event Category: Authors, Books, Writing
Cass Morris, author and host of the Worldbuilding for Masochists podcast, will teach you how to develop a fictional world that will make sense and immerse your readers.
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Virtual: Author Talk with Michele Harper
Registration Required
Monday
August
22
9:00​pm
Online
Event Category: Authors, Books, Writing
This author talk with Michele Harper will cover many of the lessons she’s learned on her inspiring personal journey and the success of her New York Times bestselling memoir, The Beauty in Breaking.
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Virtual: Southwest Book Club
Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law
Registration Required
Tuesday
August
23
7:00​pm
Online
(Virtual Room - Southwest)
Event Category: Authors, Books, Writing
Join Southwest Book Club to discuss Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law. America's funniest science writer, Mary Roach investigates the unpredictable world where wildlife and humans meet. 18+
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Virtual: Author Talk with Liz Wiseman
Impact Players
Registration Required
Thursday
August
25
12:00​pm
Online
Event Category: Authors, Books, Writing
Join us as we sit down in conversation with Liz Wiseman, New York Times Best Selling author, researcher, and executive adviser to talk about her latest book, Impact Players.
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Virtual Event: Winter Garden Book Club
Registration Required
Thursday
August
25
6:00​pm
Online
(Virtual Room - Winter Garden)
Event Category: Authors, Books, Writing
Join us as we discuss The Nickel Boys: a novel by Colson Whitehead. Copies will be available at the Winter Garden front service desk.
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In-Person: Orlando Literary Expo
Registration Required
Saturday
August
27
2:00​pm
Orlando Public Library
(Library Central)
Event Categories: Community & Citizenship; Authors, Books, Writing
Connect in-person with Orlando-area literary organizations. Learn what they do, the resources available to local writers, and how you can get more involved in our local literary community.
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