Sticks of Fire: a Tampa blog

What do you call an intensive writers’ workshop held annually in sunny Florida?  Writers in Paradise, of course.  The third annual Writers in Paradise conference will be held at Eckerd College January 20-28.

For those of us who are more readers than writers, or who couldn’t take time off of work to attend, there’s a special reading series that’s free and open to the public. Readings are scheduled from 8-9 p.m. in Miller Auditorium at Eckerd College. Authors’ books will be available for purchase before and after each program.

• Saturday, January 20 — Tom Perrotta
• Sunday, January 21 — Les Standiford and Sterling Watson
• Monday, January 22 — Beth Ann Fennelly and Laura Lippman
• Tuesday, January 23 — Tom Franklin and Thisbe Nissen
• Thursday, January 25 — David Simon
• Friday, January 26 — Roland Merullo and Peter Meinke
• Saturday, January 27 — Dennis Lehane, “Best Of” nominees announced

Visit www.writersinparadise.com for more info.

(cross-posted at www.tampabookbuzz.com)