The Lynx Bookstore will hold its second annual citywide reading festival, Gainesville Reads, during the month of September 2025.
The festival will center around an essay collection by National Book Award finalist and MacArthur “Genius” Grant recipient Edwidge Danticat entitled “We’re Alone.”
The free programming begins at 8 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 1, with an outdoor party at Depot Park (874 SE 4th St., Gainesville). Click here to RSVP.
The festival culminates with a keynote talk with Danticat at 6 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 27, at Bo Diddley Plaza (111 E. University Ave., Gainesville).
Additional events will take place throughout the month with community partners such as Community Spring, The Hippodrome and Alachua County Library District. Click here to check out the other festivities during September on The Lynx’s events page.
“We’re honored to host Edwidge Danticat, a great Floridian and Haitian-American writer, whose brilliant essay collection ‘We’re Alone’ offers incredible insights on migration, the effect of climate change on vulnerable populations, the richness of Black literature and many other timely and important topics.” said The Lynx’s owner, Lauren Groff, in a press release. “We believe all of Gainesville will be deeply enriched by engaging in conversations about this beautiful book.”