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• Fourth annual Florida Heritage Book Festival

  Sep 23 2011, 2:05 PM EDT (view original item)

  Sept. 23, 2011 12:56 p.m. | 0 comments The 2011 Florida Heritage Book Festival will showcase Florida’s rich and diverse literary legacy on Friday, Sept. 23, and Saturday, Sept. 24, in St. Augustine. This yearly event is a delight for book lovers and an inspiration for aspiring authors.

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• 2011 Literary Legends Banquet

  Sep 19 2011, 3:05 AM EDT (view original item)

  The Florida Heritage Book Festival invites you to join the celebration to honor Florida authors Peter Matthiessen and Randy Wayne White at a gala Literary Legends Banquet. The event takes place Friday, September 23, 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm. at the Renaissance Resort at World Golf Village.

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• Brooksville Elementary kids lead national reading challenge

  Sep 7 2011, 11:29 AM EDT (view original item)

  Students at Brooksville Elementary School sure did take Florida's Just Read! mantra seriously this summer. They entered Scholastic's summer challenge to log in the most minutes of reading, and beat out all other schools in the country. Can you say 3,176,409 minutes? That's nearly 713,000 minutes more than the next closest school, which also was in Florida (Beacon Cove Intermediate in...

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• Looking at Our Libraries: NoveList a great tool for our local book clubs

  Jul 1 2011, 4:13 PM EDT (view original item)

  Are you in a book club? Some of my friends are in multiple clubs, but one is enough for me. We get together on the first Friday of each month to have lunch and a discussion led by one of us about a book. As to the discussion, each person has her own style, with some delving deep into the plot, others devoting most of the time to the author, and occasionally we get a bit off track by confessing ...

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• Historical Society recognizes Pioneer Day in rib cook-off

  Mar 7 2011, 11:46 AM EST (view original item)

  An official Florida Heritage Month event, this annual festival celebrates the history and heritage of DeSoto County by showcasing pioneer skills and crafts, traditional food, and old-fashioned family fun. Our celebration features “whip crackers,” visits from legendary characters, entertainment, Florida authors and artists, a representative of the Seminole Tribe of Florida, vintage cars...

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• West Volusia weekend calendar — Plays, farmers markets, lectures, music and more

  Mar 4 2011, 3:21 PM EST (view original item)

  Friday, March 4 Fat Friday Dinner and Silent Auction 6:30 p.m. in the John Bosco Center at St. Peter Catholic Church, 359 W. New York Ave., DeLand. A fundraiser for Visitation House, a home for unwed pregnant women. Dinner is free; donations accepted. Call 386-822-6000 or 386-822-6014. Movies in t ...

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• Indian River Community Calendar, updated Feb. 11

  Feb 11 2011, 11:56 AM EST (view original item)

  Indian River Community Calendar

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• Indian River Community Calendar Updated Feb. 9

  Feb 9 2011, 9:34 AM EST (view original item)

  Indian River Community Calendar

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• Prolific poet: Naples senior closes out the world in her closet

  Oct 19 2010, 3:32 PM EDT (view original item)

  When Barbara Hoff is ready to write, she steps into her closet and shuts out the world. As the writer of more than 16,000 poems, Hoff could likely be one of the most prolific writers in south Florida. Recently, the nationally syndicated television talk show, “It’s Time for Herman and Sharron,” which airs on the Christian Television Network, interviewed Hoff about her new book of...

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