The Poetry Forum We’re ba-ack! Mondays at 7pm on Zoom. The Poetry Forum offers a featured reader and open mic on the second Monday of the month at 7 PM. Email Steve Abbott at abbott4949@gmail.com for log in info. Check out the group’s FB page.
Poetry Night Featuring Ohio Poet Laureate Kari Gunter-Seymour and Poet, Translator, and Environmentalist Hussain Ahmed, in Conversation with Noted Poet and Educator David Baker! Wednesday, February 1, 2023 - 7:00pm Gramercy Books 2424 East Main Street Bexley , OH 43209 More Info Here Join Ohio Poet Laureate Kari Gunter-Seymour (Alone in the House of My Heart), and Nigerian poet, translator, and […]
Firepit Writers Workshop Thursday, February 2, 2023 6:00pm-7:00pm More Info Here Inspired by Philadelphia's Backyard Writers Workshop, the Firepit Writers Workshop is a monthly meetup of fiction writers looking to share their work and receive constructive feedback from their peers. The Firepit Writers Workshop will be run by unicorn-level HQ staffer Lucy Caborn. Before joining HQ, […]
READING: Kevin Maloney, author of The Red-Headed Pilgrim Thursday, February 2, 2023 8:00pm-9:00pm Register for event. Doors 7:30pm | Event 8pm More Info Here Join us for an extra special event with Kevin Maloney, author of the latest Two Dollar Radio title, The Red-Headed Pilgrim. Provocative, poignant, and resoundingly hilarious, The Red-Headed Pilgrim is the tragicomic tale of […]
Author Visit - Chiquita Mullins Friday, February 03 4:00pm - 5:00pm More Info Here Shepard Meeting Room 1 Create your own art with authors Chiquita Mullins Lee and Carmella Van Vleet as they share their new picture book biography, You Gotta Meet Mr. Pierce! The Storied Life of Folk Artist Elijah Pierce!
Author Visit: Carmella Van Vleet & Chiquita Mullins Lee and illustrator Jennifer Mack-Watkins Saturday, February 04 10:00am - 11:00am More Info Here Tremont Road Library Friends Theater Authors Carmella Van Vleet and Chiquita Mullins Lee and illustrator Jennifer Mack-Watkins will talk about their book, You Gotta Meet Mr. Pierce! Presented in partnership with Cover to […]
The Poetry Forum We’re ba-ack! Mondays at 7pm on Zoom. The Poetry Forum offers a featured reader and open mic on the second Monday of the month at 7 PM. Email Steve Abbott at abbott4949@gmail.com for log in info. Check out the group’s FB page.
Improv for Writers More Info Here Melissa L Weber, MA & Elaine Miracle Spark your creativity and improve your writing by playing with theater techniques! Join equity actress Elaine Miracle and creative writer Melissa Weber in a two-week improvisation class. Participants learn about relaxation, observation and character development through improvisation exercises and scene practice. We […]
An Evening with PEN/Bellwether Prize winner Jamila Minnicks in conversation with Civil Rights Scholar Hasan Jeffries! More Info Here Tuesday, February 7, 2023 - 7:00pm Gramercy Books 2424 East Main Street Bexley , OH 43209 TICKETS Jamila Minnicks, recipient of the 2021 PEN/Bellwether Prize for Socially Engaged Fiction, will be in conversation with noted Ohio State University civil rights […]
An Evening with Joy Harjo: Women’s Empowerment, Indigenous Poetry, and Native Literature More Info Here February 7, 2023 / 7:00pm - 8:00pm EST Denison University’s Laura C. Harris Series and Beck Series welcome Joy Harjo. Location: Michael D. Eisner Center for the Performing Arts - Sharon Martin Hall Ticket Info: See event registration page for details. Questions: […]
GRANDVIEW HEIGHTS WRITERS GROUP WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 08 6:00PM - 8:00PM More Info Here Conference Room B Second & Fourth Wednesdays 6:30 - 8:30pm Are you a pensive poet? A scribbling screenwriter? Or perhaps a wizardly wordsmith, noirish novelist, or ecstatic essayist? Whatever your format, bring it along to the GHPL Writers Group to share with […]
More Info Here Award-winning novelist, screenwriter, and television writer Neal Shusterman will discuss his popular "Arc of a Scythe" series as well as his personal story in a highly-engaging keynote presentation. A storyteller and dynamic speaker, Neal Shusterman will discuss writing at the beginning and the positive influence of school and teachers on his life. […]
More Info Here Michael Nye will tell his story about reviving the literary journal Story, here in Columbus. The original magazine (1931 – 1967) published authors such as Nelson Algren, Sherwood Anderson, John Cheever, Truman Capote, Nary O’Hara, Carson McCullers, Norman Mailer, Anaïs Nin, William Saroyan, and Richard Wright.
Author Event - Kerry Winfrey More Info Here Author Event - Kerry Winfrey Join us at the store as we host Kerry Winfrey the weekend leading up to Valentines Day. Her latest book, Just Another Love Song, is a perfect Valentines read!
From Photography to Poetry: Ekphrastic Flowers Creative Writing Workshop (Winter Session 2023) More Info Here From Photography to Poetry: Ekphrastic Flowers Creative Writing Workshop Saturday, February 11, 2023, 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM Instructed by Poet and Master Gardener Dr. Susann Moeller An Ekphrastic poem is a poem inspired or stimulated by a work of art. As […]
Join the Department of English and the Creative Writing Program for a reading by Visiting Assistant Professor Scott Minar. Scott Minar is a poet, essayist, songwriter, and performing musician. He has collaborated with scholars and writers in the U.S., Sweden, Syria, Israel, England, Norway, and elsewhere and his work has been published in English, Arabic, […]
The Poetry Forum We’re ba-ack! Mondays at 7pm on Zoom. The Poetry Forum offers a featured reader and open mic on the second Monday of the month at 7 PM. The calendar says we should all be suffering from the midwinter blahs, but The Poetry Forum keeps pushing back with one impressive reader after another. […]
Upcoming Workshops MORE INFO HERE Session One June 11-17, 2023 Session Two July 9-15, 2023 Overview Join us for our week-long, residential writing workshops in fiction, nonfiction, and poetry with acclaimed faculty in beautiful Gambier, Ohio. Unlike other writing workshops, the Kenyon Review Writing Workshops are generative, focused on giving writers time and space to […]
Celebrating Toni Morrison With Hanif Abdurraqib and Dionne Custer Edwards More Info Here Thursday, February 16 6:30pm - 8:00pm Bexley Public Library Bexley Library Auditorium, BPL Virtual Programs Toni Morrison Day is celebrated on February 18th in Ohio, commemorating the birth of the literary giant and possibly “the greatest Ohioan we’ve ever had,” as Hanif […]
#KnoxWrites Revision Workshop More Info Here WhenThu, February 16, 6:30pm – 7:30pm WherePublic Library of Mount Vernon & Knox County, 201 N Mulberry St, Mt Vernon, OH 43050, USA (map) Description#KnoxWrites Revision Workshop Thursdays, January 19-February 23, 2023 from 6:30-7:30 PM at the main library in the Solarium. All writers age 18+ welcome! #KnoxWrites Revision […]
An Evening with Bret Baier, Fox Anchor & Best-Selling Author Thursday, Feb 16, 2023 7:00 PM More Info Here Through its New Albany Lecture Series, The New Albany Community Foundation presents Bret Baier, prominent news and broadcast journalist who is known for his objective reporting. Bret Baier is a prominent journalist in the news and […]
February 18 10 AM-5 PM More Info Here Main Street Ravenna Winter Writing Festival 2023 Get ready for workshops, student writing contest, and inspiring speakers. Want to learn more about or write poetry, graphic novels, mysteries, children’s books, self-publishing, etc.? After two years of virtual gatherings, join the Winter Writing Festival in downtown Ravenna. As […]
More Info Here Date: February 18th 2023 Time: Networking at 12:00 pm, Business meeting at 12:30 pm, Speaker at 1:30 pm Location: Zoom meeting and Columbus Public Library South High Street Branch, 3540 S. High Street, Columbus, OH 43207 Speaker: Donna MacMeans Topic: How to Write a Sizzling Hot Sex Scene Books across the centuries have included sex, or, at least […]
Nita Sweeney at Writers' Ink Sunday, February 19 at 1:30pm Upper Arlington Public Library - Meeting Room C Join award-winning author Nita Sweeney. She'll talk about her three books, her long road to getting a traditional publishing contract, and share a few realities about the traditional publishing process. Nita Sweeney is the award-winning wellness author […]
Author Talk with Leonard S. Marcus Sesquicentennial Author Series Sunday, February 19 2:00pm - 4:00pm More Info Here Main Library Reading Room Sesquicentennial Author Series featuring Leonard S. Marcus. In partnership with Columbus Museum of Art. SESQUICENTENNIAL AUTHOR SERIES Author Talk featuring Leonard S. Marcus Sunday, Feb. 19 Main Library 1 p.m. | Library opens 1:30 […]
Peripatetic Poets Featured Reader & Open Mic Peripatetic Poets (Virtual) Featured Reader and Open Mic. meets on the 3rd Sunday every month at 6:30 pm. per•i•pa•tet•ic: A person who walks or travels from place to place, or (P) one who follows the teachings of Aristotle, who taught philosophy while walking about the Lyceum of Athens Please […]
AUTHOR VISIT PAIGE CHRISTINE WARDEN MONDAY, FEBRUARY 20 1:00PM - 2:00PM More Info Here THE PLAIN CITY PUBLIC LIBRARY Jane Taylor Storytime Room Paige will share her newly released title Hello, Moon and sign copies after the reading. Please join us for a book reading and signing with local author Paige Christine Warden, author of […]
Creative Writing (and More!) for Seniors More Info Here Creative Writing (and More!) for Seniors Monday, February 20, 2023 Add to Calendar 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM Westerville Senior Center Description Share your life experiences and creativity while encouraging others as you develop writing skills along with your fellow Westerville Senior Center members. Led by Marie C. Membership […]
The Poetry Forum We’re ba-ack! Mondays at 7pm on Zoom. The Poetry Forum offers a featured reader and open mic on the second Monday of the month at 7 PM. Email Steve Abbott at abbott4949@gmail.com for log in info. Check out the group’s FB page.
More Info Here Professor Mark Allison is our distinguished 2022-2023 Benjamin T. Spencer Lecturer. A member of the OWU faculty since 2007, Allison specializes in the literature and culture of 19th-century Britain. His research interests include utopian literature and theory; socialism, working-class political culture, and Marxism; and the British novel. A member of the OWU […]
Poetry Discussion & Open Mic More Info Here Poetry Discussion & Open Mic Tuesday, February 21, 2023 Add to Calendar 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM Westerville Public Library Meeting Room C Description Share your work with members of the Westerville Poetry Group and discover ways others are writing and publishing poetry. Following an open discussion, you are […]
GRANDVIEW HEIGHTS WRITERS GROUP WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22 6:00PM - 8:00PM More Info Here Meeting Room Second & Fourth Wednesdays 6:30 - 8:30pm Are you a pensive poet? A scribbling screenwriter? Or perhaps a wizardly wordsmith, noirish novelist, or ecstatic essayist? Whatever your format, bring it along to the GHPL Writers Group to share with other […]
KnoxWrites Revision Workshop More Info Here WhenThu, February 23, 6:30pm – 7:30pm WherePublic Library of Mount Vernon & Knox County, 201 N Mulberry St, Mt Vernon, OH 43050, USA (map) Description#KnoxWrites Revision Workshop Thursdays, January 19-February 23, 2023 from 6:30-7:30 PM at the main library in the Solarium. All writers age 18+ welcome! #KnoxWrites Revision […]
Obituary Writer to Present New Book at the Book Loft of German Village James R. Hagerty, the Wall Street Journal’s lead obituary writer, will present his new book, “Yours Truly,” a guide to writing life stories, at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 23, at the Book Loft of German Village. Hagerty’s humorous and upbeat book […]
Smile for We: Seeing Black Men in a Different Light Damon Mosley Author Event More Info Here Thursday, February 23 7:00pm - 8:00pm Bexley Public Library Bexley Library Auditorium, BPL Virtual Programs Damon Mosley was tired of seeing the negative stereotypes of Black men portrayed in the media and sensationalized nightly news cycles. He turned […]
More Info Here The 2023 New York Conference is virtual as well as in person! If you can’t make it to New York City, you can register for this virtual event, which features: Insightful keynotes Illuminating panels of industry pros Immersive craft sessions called Creative Labs Networking breaks The Golden Kite Awards presentation Conference Highlights […]
Author reading with John Kropf February 25 at 6pm Kafe Kerouac Join John Kropf, author of COLOR CAPITAL OF THE WORLD for this event at Kafe Kerouac. Delve into the colorful history of crayons and learn more about the American Crayon Company that has rightfully claimed the title "Color Capital of the World." Description Following […]
2/26 Walking Poetry Workshops More Info Here We take you out of classroom mode and into the creative wild! Interested poets will meet at a designated starting location and will be led on a writing tour with multiple stops along the route to take in a view or point of interest, writing a poem on […]
An Afternoon of Poetry with Mimi Chenfeld and Friends Sunday, February 26 3:00pm - 5:00pm More Info Here Bexley Public Library Bexley Library Auditorium Experience the joy and beauty of poetry with an afternoon of readings from Mimi Chenfeld and friends. Poet Bios: Mimi Chenfeld was born and raised in New York City, Mimi Brodsky Chenfeld […]
Beck Series: Tomás Q. Morín More Info Here February 27, 2023 / 4:30pm - 5:30pm EST The Beck Series welcomes poet Tomás Q. Morín. Location: Museum Ticket Info: Free Questions: Anneliese Deimel Davis davisa@denison.edu 740-587-6207
The Poetry Forum We’re ba-ack! Mondays at 7pm on Zoom. The Poetry Forum offers a featured reader and open mic on the second Monday of the month at 7 PM. Email Steve Abbott at abbott4949@gmail.com for log in info. Check out the group’s FB page.
Join Erin Jamieson, author of Clothesline, for a virtual poetry reading! Presented by Niftylit Zoom Link to Register: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcsdemsqD4rGdGt9p6gsEs1OpB6e-dgwsyG Her Work: https://marketplace.niftylit.io/nft-batch/96edbced-5846-4c52-ad85-ab62c03601e7 Do you have an event to share?
Village Poetry Workshop Tuesday, February 28, 2023 6:00pm-7:00pm More Info Here The Village Poetry Workshop is a monthly meetup of poets looking to share their work and receive constructive feedback from their peers. The Firepit Writers Workshop will be run by HQ's Operations Manager Nathan McDowell. Space and time at workshops is limited, so if you […]
Unpacking Bob Dylan’s The Philosophy of Modern Song: An evening with Singer-Songwriters Parker MacDonell & Keith Larsen More Info Here Tuesday, February 28, 2023 - 7:00pm Gramercy Books 2424 East Main Street Bexley , OH 43209 TICKETS Join acclaimed singer songwriters Parker MacDonell and Keith Larsen as they unpack Bob Dylan’s extraordinary compilation of essays, The Philosophy of Modern Song, a collection of […]