Pre-Recorded readings will take place between panel sessions throughout the day. Showfloor and check in will be open from 9:00am to 5:00pm.
Pre-Conference Workshop: Book Banning: What Can I Do?
Lynn Ames, Erin Decker, Barbara Mellen
Pre-Conference Workshop: The Role of Indie Bookstores in Local Communities
Book + Bottle, White Rose Books, Black English Books / AALBC.com, and More
CANCELED: Silver Foxx and Court: Birthdays Are a Drag!
Catherine A. Hickman Theater 5501 27th Ave S, Gulfport, Florida, United States18+. Join Silver Foxx and his ComeOUT St. Pete 2023 court for a suave celebration of author and ReadOUT volunteer Mercedes Lewis’ birthday.
Young Adult Panel
David Berger, Kate Castle, Maria Ingrande Mora, Ginny Myers Sain
Saturday Video Readings
● 9:50 - BARBARA LYNN MURPHY: Romance - Two Lives, One Heart ● 9:55 - NAOMI RIVERS: Romance - This: A Simple Complex Love Story ● 10:50 - ANNA LARNER: Romance - Invisible ● 10:55 - MARIANNE K. MARTIN: Romance - The Liberators of Willow Run ● 1:50 - ALEXIS WESTMORE: SciFi - The Hidden Relic ● 1:55 - BATYA WEINBAUM: FemSpecFic - Sasha’s Magnum Opus ● 2:50 - LARA ZIELINSKY: ShortStory - Galway Gateway ● 2:55 - JACOB BUDENZ: Short Story - Tea Leaves ● 3:50 - E.F. SCHRAEDER: Poetry - The Price of a Small Hot Fire ● 3:55 - PATRICIA GRAYHALL: Romance - Golden Years and Silver Linings ● 4:00 - RUTH A. ROUFF: Bio - Lone Star
Romance: Group 1 Panel
Nan Campbell, Macon Leigh, Milena McKay, Stephanie Shea
Keynote Speaker: Lynn Ames
Horror/Paranormal Panel
Elle Ire, Cathy Pegau, Kayla Upadhyaya
Fiction/Short Fiction Panel
Kristen Arnett, José Iriarte, Jeffrey Dale Lofton
Poetry/Memoir Panel
Jillian Abby, Lauren Eve, Tyler Gillespie
Tret Fure: Lavender Moonshine and You
Catherine A. Hickman Theater 5501 27th Ave S, Gulfport, Florida, United StatesJoin celebrated women’s music icon and folk artist Tret Fure at the Hickman Theater in her first appearance in Gulfport since 2017.
Sci-Fi Panel
S.W. Andersen, K. Aten, Virginia Black
Sunday Video Readings
● 9:50 SUZANNE LENOIR - Fantasy: A Talent Within ● 9:55 CAROL ANNE DOUGLAS - Fiction: Choosing Yellowstone ● 10:50 ALICIA GAEL - Mystery: Murder on Castaway Island ● 10:55 DARLENE DUNCAN - Mystery: A New Beginning in Coventry Beach ● 11:50 ROSE NORMAN - Non-Fiction: The Pagoda ● 11:55 J.E. LEAK - Historical Fiction: In The Shadow of the Past ● 1:50 LYN HEMPHILL - Fantasy: Drifting ● 1:55 ANN APTAKER - Mystery: A Crime of Secrets ● 2:50 ANN MCMAN - Romance: The Blackbird of Chernobyl ● 2:55 FAY JACOBS - Comedy: Big Girls Don’t Fry ● 3:50 RENEE JAMES - Fiction: BeatNikki’s Cafe ● 3:55 JAMISON GREEN - Anthology: Surviving Trans Phobia
Mystery Panel
Becky Bohan, Carolyn Elizabeth, Sheree L. Greer
Romance: Group 2 Panel
Georgia Beers, Melissa Brayden, Kat Jackson
Fantasy Panel
David Slayton, Barbara Ann Wright
Romance: Group 3 Panel
Luc Dreamer, Morgan Lee Miller, Sander Santiago, Tagan Shepard, JJ Arias
New Adult Panel
Ana Hartnett, Kristen Zimmer