In December 2020, Governor DeWine signed House Bill 325 which officially designated February 18th, the birthday of the Nobel-Prizewinning author, as Toni Morrison Day. When President Obama presented the Medal of Freedom to Toni Morrison in 2012, he described Toni Morrison as follows: Toni Morrison. The first African American woman to win a Nobel Prize, Toni Morrison …
Read More Celebrate Toni Morrison Day in Ohio!Born: 1954 Ohio connection: Birth Youngstown Nancy Christie is the award-winning author of seven books, including her two most recent: Reinventing Rita (the first in her Midlife Moxie Novel Series), published by BookBaby, and Mistletoe Magic and Other Holiday Tales published by Unsolicited Press—both released in 2023. Finding Fran, her second Midlife Moxie novel, is …
Read More Nancy ChristieBorn: January 10, 1872 or 1873Died: March 3, 1952 Ohio connection: Birth Zanesville Howard Chandler Christy was born in 1873 in Morgan County and grew up in Duncan Falls in nearby Muskingum County. He grew up on his parents` farm, but showed more interest in adventures in and around the Muskingum River. He also took …
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April 2022 marks the 26th anniversary of National Poetry Month! Established in 1996 by the Academy of American Poets, this month-long celebration of poetry and poets is one of the world’s largest literary celebrations. Check out their website for more ideas on how to celebrate National Poetry Month. We hope you will join us as …
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Black History Month provides Ohioans with a chance to either revisit or to learn about all the exciting and important writers, poets, playwrights, essayists, and important literary figures that were born in Ohio or have called Ohio home. And before you say, “What about….?!” We acknowledge this is ONLY a selection! We encourage you to …
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Nancy Christie is the award-winning author of two short story collections: Traveling Left of Center and Other Stories and Peripheral Visions and Other Stories (both from Unsolicited Press); two books for writers: Rut-Busting Book for Authors and Rut-Busting Book for Writers (both from Mill City Press); and The Gifts Of Change (Atria/Beyond Words). Her newest …
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Unfortunately, out of an abundance of caution due to COVID-19, we have had to cancel our Winter Get Graphic! book discussions. We hope to revisit each of these titles in the future! The Ohio Center for the Book will be hosting book discussions 6:00-7:00 pm on the first Thursday of January, February, and March at Bookhouse …
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Laura Maylene Walter is the author of the short story collection Living Arrangements (BkMk Press 2011) and the novel Body of Stars (Dutton 2021). Her writing has appeared in Poets & Writers, Kenyon Review, the Sun, Ninth Letter, the Masters Review, the Horse Girls anthology (Harper Perennial 2021) and many other publications. She has been …
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Cari Dubiel has been a reader since she was 2-1/2 years old. By the time she was six, she was reading chapter books, and her life as a writer started not long after. When Cari was in 3rd grade, her teacher gave writing journals to the class, and Cari took to it and never looked …
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We would like to announce that Ohio author Laura Maylene Walter has been appointed the Ohio Center for the Book at Cleveland Public Library Fellow. Laura will be working to facilitate Center programming and other initiatives along with authors, aspiring writers, librarians, and readers across Ohio. Laura Maylene Walter is the author of the debut …
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