We’re taking literature to the streets – again! The highly successful SunLit Crawl returns with more exciting chapters in our moveable literary feast. The audience migrates among several downtown coffee shops, restaurants, and bars to hear authors read from their works and enjoy literary libations and metaphorical meals.
From the Foreword opening party, through the various Chapters, and the Epilogue closing party, it’s a night of letters and good times. You choose your own beginning, middle, and ending. Readers include such favorites as Sterling Watson, Lori Roy, Don Bruns, Lee Irby, members of the Horror Writers Association and Keep St. Pete Lit. FREE, but you are responsible for your own bar tab!
Sponsored by the Florida Antiquarian Book Fair. 100+ bookstores. Paradise.
VENUES
WINE MADONNA
111 2nd Avenue NE
Foreword Before Party — 6 p.m. to 7 p.m.
The story begins at the sophisticated uptown Wine Madonna wine bar with literary vintages, and a night ripe with possibilities. Sip poetic wines and get in the mood for literary revelry. From here, you decide what the story will be.
KINGS STREET FOOD COUNTER
937 Central Avenue
Chapter 1 — 7 p.m.
Jeff Strand, author of
Pressure,
I Have a Bad Feeling About This, and
A Bad Day for Voodoo
Chapter 2 — 7:30 p.m.
K.L. Nappier, author of the
Full Wolf Moon trilogy,
Strange Eight, and
Bitten.
Chapter 3 — 8 p.m.
Brad Preston, author of
Blood Trail.
Chapter 4 — 8:30 p.m.
Sally Bosco, author of C
ellar Door,
The Werecat Chronicles, and
Cevin’s Deadly Sin.
GENERO COFFEE COMPANY
1047 Central Avenue
Chapter 1 — 7 p.m.
Sterling Watson, author of
Suitcase City, Sweet Dream Baby, and
The Calling
Chapter 2 — 7:30 p.m.
Lori Roy, author of
Let Me Die in His Footsteps and
Until She Comes Home
Chapter 3 — 8 p.m.
Sterling Watson, author of
Suitcase City, Sweet Dream Baby, and
The Calling
Chapter 4 — 8:30 p.m.
Lori Roy, author of
Let Me Die in His Footsteps and
Until She Comes Home
THE AMSTERDAM
1049 Central Ave.
Chapter 1 — 7 p.m.
Lee Irby, author of The Up and Up and Seven Thousand Clams
Chapter 2 — 7:30 p.m.
Don Bruns, author of Stuff to Die For and Stuff Dreams are Made Of
Chapter 3 — 8 p.m.
Lee Irby, author of The Up and Up and Seven Thousand Clams
Chapter 4 — 8:30 p.m.
Don Bruns, author of Stuff to Die For and Stuff Dreams are Made Of
BODEGA ON CENTRAL
1120 Central Avenue
Chapter 1 — 7 p.m.
Barbara Riddle, author of
The Girl Pretending to Read Rilke
Chapter 2 — 7:30 p.m.
Jon Kile, author of T
he Grandfather Clock, and Nathan Van Coops, author of
In Times Like These and
The Chronothon
Chapter 3 — 8 p.m.
Matthew Jackson, author of
St. Patrick's Pub Poetry
Chapter 4 — 8:30 p.m.
Maureen McDole, author of
Longing for the Deep End, and recipient of St. Petersburg Arts Alliance 2016 MUSE Award for Literary Arts
OLD KEY WEST BAR & GRILL
2451 Central Avenue
Epilogue After Party — 9 p.m.
It all ends in a wild Key West bar. What a tale to tell! Enjoy a night cap after your literary evening or party into the night. Your choice.
Wednesday, March 9
6 - 10 p.m.
Various venues in the Downtown, Edge, and Central Arts Districts
Free, but you're responsible for your own bar tab.
Contact: T. Allan Smith - 727-365-3344, floridabookfair2@gmail.com
SunLit Festival is co-produced by the St. Petersburg Arts Alliance, Keep St. Pete Lit, and the Florida Antiquarian Book Fair, in cooperation with the program partners below. Funding support for family events comes from PNC Bank, Florida Division of Cultural Affairs, The DeBartolo Family Foundation, Barnes & Noble USFSP, and St. Petersburg Arts Alliance.
