The Central Florida Center for the Literary Arts

The Central Florida Center for the Literary Arts A networking group for book, writing, and publishing people in Central Florida

Authors, agents, editors, book sellers, librarians, book bloggers, book reviewers, illustrators, publishers and voracious readers are all welcome to join us! We host events like networking events, book signings, literature discussions, and more.

08/10/2023

Learn the pros and cons of traditional publishing (both big publishers and small presses) and self-publishing.

At Loose Lips tonight!
09/07/2022

At Loose Lips tonight!

September starts tomorrow! Here are writing & author events taking place around the Orlando area this month. As always, ...
08/31/2022

September starts tomorrow! Here are writing & author events taking place around the Orlando area this month. As always, please share and post events I missed in the comments!

9/6: Loose Lips: The September Edition
9/9: Open House for Rollins Book Arts Collection https://www.rachelsimmons.net/bookartsguildcf
9/10: Sounds of Voices, Sounds of Strings at Winter Park Library
9/10: Writing Riveting Romantic Suspense: Simple Steps to Pen a Nail-Biting Book with Denise N. Wheatley by Writer's Atelier
9/10: An Evening with Local Authors at Enterprise Museum
9/11: How to Keep Your Villain Hidden Until the Big Reveal! by Citrus Crime Writers
9/14: Short Attention Span Storytelling Hour at Stardust Video & Coffee
9/18: Wordplay: Authentic Selves Poetry Reading & Open Mic
9/18: You Have a Movie Script Idea: Now What at Orange County Library System (FL) https://attend.ocls.info/event/6872225
9/28: Orlando WordLab by Writers of Central Florida or Thereabouts...

Virtual Workshops at OCLS: www.ocls.info/writerscorner

The Orlando Literary Expo is going strong! One hour to go!
08/27/2022

The Orlando Literary Expo is going strong! One hour to go!

At the Rachel Kolman's Farewell Reading at Kerouac House tonight!
08/14/2022

At the Rachel Kolman's Farewell Reading at Kerouac House tonight!

Stopped by the The Short Attention Span Storytelling Hour last night, made some plans for the In-Person: Orlando Literar...
08/11/2022

Stopped by the The Short Attention Span Storytelling Hour last night, made some plans for the In-Person: Orlando Literary Expo, and poet Peter M Gordon posed for a photo!

At the Grand Opening:  Zeppelin Books Presents Autofocus Live! Tonight at Zeppelin Books at Downtown CREDO
08/07/2022

At the Grand Opening: Zeppelin Books Presents Autofocus Live! Tonight at Zeppelin Books at Downtown CREDO

Don't miss Writing the Collage Essay, a free talk at the Orange County Library System (FL) downtown tomorrow, Saturday 8...
08/05/2022

Don't miss Writing the Collage Essay, a free talk at the Orange County Library System (FL) downtown tomorrow, Saturday 8/5 at 3pm from Rachel Kolman, Kerouac House writer-in-residence!

https://attend.ocls.info/event/6776679

Kerouac House writer-in-residence Rachel Kolman will provide tips for writing a collage essay—a discontinuous essay form made up of discrete bits of discourse: description, dialogue, narrative, etc.

Loose Lips: The August Edition tonight! Smaller crowd due to gross weather, but some great readings!
08/03/2022

Loose Lips: The August Edition tonight! Smaller crowd due to gross weather, but some great readings!

It's August! Here are writing & author events taking place around the Orlando area this month. As always, please share a...
08/01/2022

It's August! Here are writing & author events taking place around the Orlando area this month. As always, please share and post events I missed in the comments!

8/2: Loose Lips: The August Edition
8/2: Book Release Party: Invisible by Christina Diaz Gonzalez at Winter Park Library
8/3: Orlando Story Club: TBD by Orlando Story Club
8/6: Writing the Collage Essay by Rachel Kolman at Orange County Library System (FL) (https://www.ocls.info/writers-corner)
8/10: The Short Attention Span Storytelling Hour by Writers of Central Florida or Thereabouts...
8/13: Rachel Kolman's Farewell Reading at Kerouac House
8/14: Building Distinct Alien Cultures at Central Florida Inklings
8/14: A Discussion with NYT Best-Selling Author, Lisa Unger by Citrus Crime Writers
8/16: Brews & Books at Sanford Brewing Maitland at Sanford Brewing Company
8/19: CAMP OPEN MIC NIGHT
8/21: Virtual Adult Writing Workshop at Maitland Public Library
8/21: Wordplay: Authentic Selves Poetry Reading & Open Mic at Timucua Arts Foundation
8/27: In-Person: Orlando Literary Expo at Orange County Library System (FL)

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Orlando Literati seeks to bring together the many disparate writing communities in the greater Orlando area. We plan and promote events for those in the literary, poetry, slam, short fiction, romance, science-fiction, fantasy, mystery, young adult, middle grade, and children’s books communities and more.

Authors (whether indie or traditional), agents, editors, book sellers, librarians, book bloggers, book reviewers, illustrators, publishers and voracious readers are all welcome to join us!