An Evening with the Authors (Ticketed Event, Purchase Required)

Program Type:

Authors & Writing

Age Group:

Adults

Program Description

Event Details

Join us at the gorgeous Burroughs Home and Gardens for An Evening with the Authors and enjoy an unforgettable dining experience with hors d’oeuvres, a cash bar and a waterfront sunset on the Caloosahatchee River.

Meet and mingle with the featured lineup of Southwest Florida Reading Festival authors. Tickets include a delicious buffet dinner. Vegan meals upon request. *Please note that some authors may not be in attendance due to unavoidable travel delays.

New this year, a silent auction will take place at the dinner. Snag spring training baseball tickets, day cruises along the Gulf of Mexico, weekend getaway hotel packages, jewelry and more!

Guests can enjoy a bonus hour with the authors on a self-guided tour of the historic home, a Georgian Revival-style mansion built in 1901. Tours begin at 4:30 p.m. for an additional cost of $25.

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An Evening with the Authors
Dinner: $90 / Dinner & Self-Guided Home Tour: $115
Sales close midnight January 30.

 

Dinner Image with people dining

 

Proceeds benefit the 26th annual Southwest Florida Reading Festival, to be held on Saturday, March 1 at the Fort Myers Regional Library. For more information and to view the author lineup, please download the mobile app or visit the festival's website at www.ReadFest.org. 

 

 

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