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The Key West Writers Guild will discuss and read selections from their anthology More Words from the End of the Road: An Anthology of Short Stories and Poems from the Key West Writers Guild.

Café con Libros is a weekly event featuring local and independent authors accompanied by coffee in the Key West Library’s beautiful Palm Garden. All presentations begin at 10am.

Novelist and journalist Robin Lloyd will give an illustrated talk about his new book, Hidden Cargo, at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, December 6 at the Key West Public Library.

Lloyd is also the author of Rough Passage to London: A Sea Captain’s Tale, and Harbor of Spies. Lloyd has been involved in television journalism for more than forty years, working on camera as both a news reporter on the local and national level. A veteran correspondent for NBC News for nearly fifteen years, he filed reports from more than thirty countries.

A book signing will follow the presentation, and copies of the new novel will be available for purchase. Free to attend. Seating is limited.

Jonathan Escoffery’s debut story collection IF I SURVIVE YOU has been long-listed for the National Book Award and short-listed for the 2023 Booker Prize. Jonathan appears courtesy of the Key West Literary Seminar.

For more information about individual speakers and their books, visit friendsofthekeywestlibrary.org. All speaker series events begin at 6:00 p.m. in the Palm Garden of the Key West Library, 700 Fleming Street. Speaker Series talks are free. Seating is on a first-come, first-seated basis. Gates open at 5:30 p.m. We will make every effort to seat everyone. In case of rain, the event will be held inside the library.

Elise Hart Kipness is a television sports reporter turned thriller writer. LIGHTS OUT is based on her experience in the high pressure, adrenaline-pumping world of live TV. Kipness divides her time between Stamford, CT, and Key West.

For more information about individual speakers and their books, visit friendsofthekeywestlibrary.org. All speaker series events begin at 6:00 p.m. in the Palm Garden of the Key West Library, 700 Fleming Street. Speaker Series talks are free. Seating is on a first-come, first-seated basis. Gates open at 5:30 p.m. We will make every effort to seat everyone. In case of rain, the event will be held inside the library.

KEY WEST SKETCHES – Writers at Mile Zero creates a mosaic of our unique island with a collection of short pieces by local writers. Editor Carey Winfrey’s 50-year career in journalism concluded with his decade as editor-in-chief of Smithsonian.

For more information about individual speakers and their books, visit friendsofthekeywestlibrary.org. All speaker series events begin at 6:00 p.m. in the Palm Garden of the Key West Library, 700 Fleming Street. Speaker Series talks are free. Seating is on a first-come, first-seated basis. Gates open at 5:30 p.m. We will make every effort to seat everyone. In case of rain, the event will be held inside the library.

Award-winning short story writer Anne Beattie has been included in five O. Henry Award Collections, and in The Best American Short Stories. Her book ONLOOKERS is a collection of linked stories set in Charlottesville, VA, in a moment of unrest.

For more information about individual speakers and their books, visit friendsofthekeywestlibrary.org. All speaker series events begin at 6:00 p.m. in the Palm Garden of the Key West Library, 700 Fleming Street. Speaker Series talks are free. Seating is on a first-come, first-seated basis. Gates open at 5:30 p.m. We will make every effort to seat everyone. In case of rain, the event will be held inside the library.

Lee Smith has written seventeen works of fiction. Her novel THE LAST GIRLS was a New York Times bestseller. Her latest novel SILVER ALERT is a funny and endearing novel of family, secrets, and aging.

For more information about individual speakers and their books, visit friendsofthekeywestlibrary.org. All speaker series events begin at 6:00 p.m. in the Palm Garden of the Key West Library, 700 Fleming Street. Speaker Series talks are free. Seating is on a first-come, first-seated basis. Gates open at 5:30 p.m. We will make every effort to seat everyone. In case of rain, the event will be held inside the library.

Judy Blume’s 29 books have been loved by millions of readers. They have also been banned. Judy will appear with a surprise guest in a lively conversation that will shed light on what’s happening with book banning, why it’s happening, and what we can do about it.

For more information about individual speakers and their books, visit friendsofthekeywestlibrary.org. All speaker series events begin at 6:00 p.m. in the Palm Garden of the Key West Library, 700 Fleming Street. Speaker Series talks are free. Seating is on a first-come, first-seated basis. Gates open at 5:30 p.m. We will make every effort to seat everyone. In case of rain, the event will be held inside the library.

Allegra Hyde is the author of the story collection THE LAST CATASTROPHE, an Editor’s Choice selection for The New York Times. Ariel Delgado Dixon’s first novel is DON’T SAY WE DIDN’T WARN YOU, published by Random House in 2022. Speakers courtesy of The Studios of Key West where they are in residency.

For more information about individual speakers and their books, visit friendsofthekeywestlibrary.org. All speaker series events begin at 6:00 p.m. in the Palm Garden of the Key West Library, 700 Fleming Street. Speaker Series talks are free. Seating is on a first-come, first-seated basis. Gates open at 5:30 p.m. We will make every effort to seat everyone. In case of rain, the event will be held inside the library.

Jean Hanff Korelitz’s latest novel, THE LATECOMER, was a New York Times Notable Book, and a New Yorker Best Book of 2022. Her previous novel, THE PLOT, was a New York Times bestseller. Several of her works have been adapted for the screen, including The Undoing starring Nicole Kidman and Hugh Grant and Admission starring Tina Fey, Lily Tomlin, and Paul Rudd.

For more information about individual speakers and their books, visit friendsofthekeywestlibrary.org. All speaker series events begin at 6:00 p.m. in the Palm Garden of the Key West Library, 700 Fleming Street. Speaker Series talks are free. Seating is on a first-come, first-seated basis. Gates open at 5:30 p.m. We will make every effort to seat everyone. In case of rain, the event will be held inside the library.