Take your pick of over 46 ways to celebrate all things literary. The Sunlit Festival starts March 4 and runs through the 13, with a veritable cornupcopia of bookish events. Might we suggest The Dark Arts: Authors of the Horror Writers Association Shine a Light on Dark Fiction and Horror. Meet at the coziest wine bar we know — which also happens to be the wine bar of celebrated author Kris Radish — Wine Madonna for dark conversations with published horror writers. authors and screenwriters of supernatural thrillers, horror and dark fantasy. Writers include Kurt Fawver, Lynne Hansen, Mary-Jo Holmes, K.L. Nappier, Peter Salomon and Jeff Strand. Free. March 6, 2 p.m. Wine Madonna, 111 2nd Ave. N.E., St. Petersburg. sunlitfestival.org.
This article appears in Feb 25 – Mar 2, 2016.