Reading by Michael Leong & Tomás Q. Morín Co-sponsored by the Kenyon College English Department and the Richard L. Thomas Professor of Creative Writing at Kenyon College 5:00 p.m. Cheever Room, Finn House All events sponsored in whole or in part by the Kenyon Review, the Kenyon College English Department, GLCA New Writers Award, Ohio Arts […]

Please join us for a special reading with some of Central Ohio's finest: Ira Sukrungraung, Travis Lau, and Sam Risak all reading from new material. Ira Sukrungruang is the author of four nonfiction books This Jade World, Buddha’s Dog & other Meditations, Southside Buddhist, and Talk Thai: The Adventures of Buddhist; the short story collection […]

Please join the Department of English Visiting Writers Series for a reading and Q&A with author Jamel Brinkley. Jamel Brinkley is the author of A Lucky Man: Stories (Graywolf Press, 2018) and the forthcoming collection, Witness: Stories, which will be released in August 2023 by FSG. His writing has appeared in A Public Space, The Paris Review, Ploughshares, Gulf Coast, The […]

Kelly Muir, founder of Excel Karate Systems, shares her new memoir, Lessons from Nowhere.  She will be in conversation with Bryan Drewry, Executive Director of the Bexley Area Chamber of Commerce.  Lessons from Nowhere is the crazy, messy story of Kelly Muir, who moved on average once every seven months for the first twenty years of her life. When asked […]

Welcome back Columbus author Dr. Carlotta Penn in celebration of her latest picture book, Bright Boy ABCs. At his soccer game or cello recital, gardening with Grandma or coding a space mission, and even when he makes mistakes, this "kool boy" embodies all the joy and brilliance of boyhood! Celebratory couplets and expansive illustrations go […]

Steve Harpster, comic book author, and children's educational presenter, will guide children in the development of their own published books. Each child will receive a professionally bound book with a duplicate copy added to the Delaware County District Library collection! Two sessions will take place: 10:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. 1:30 - 4:00 p.m. Pre-registration […]

Join us as Marie Weller and Paula Vertikoff read and talk about their picture book "Cranium Critters: Paws at the Pause Place"! "Cranium Critters" is available in-store now! This event is free and open to folks of all ages. No registration required. See you there! More info on the book can be found here. Check out […]

OPA is partnering with Pennington Custom Art Services in Columbus to present a very special ekphrastic show. During "Call and Response: Intersections of Art and Poetry," OPA members and Ohio poets-at-large will share ekphrastic poems written in response to artwork selected for Pennington's spring exhibition. Poems selected for the show will be displayed alongside their […]

A party to celebrate the book release of Mindy McGinnis's newest YA thriller, A Long Stretch of Bad Days! Mindy will talk about her books, answer audience questions, and sign books.  You can always count on Mindy’s books to deliver grit, truth, and an unflinching look at humanity and the world around us. A Long […]

Teen Night with YA author Mindy McGinnis at Cover to Cover.  More details coming soon! Award-winning author Mindy McGinnis delivers a thrilling and gripping YA mystery about two teen girls who start a podcast investigating an infamous series of events from their small town’s past, setting in motion an unraveling of secrets that someone will […]

Our next Writers’ Ink meeting will be third Sunday, March 19, 2023 at Northside Library, North High Street, meeting room 3 from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Charlene Fixx, American Poet, Author, Critic, Professor, and Co-coordinator of hospital Poets at OSU is our Guest Speaker.  We will have open mic and please bring a pen if […]

Join us for a special visit with Candace Hartzler, author of the children's chapter book, Theopatra: More Than Just A Mouse. She will be discussing where the idea for Theopatra originated, how the name of the mouse was given to her many years ago, and how brave we must be to try new things and meet those who are […]

Join us to celebrate the release of A Long Stretch of Bad Days, the new release from Ohio author Mindy McGinnis! More information here. Share your event with us!

The Beck Series welcomes GLCA Prize Winners for Nonfiction and Fiction Melissa Valentine and Michael X. Wang at Denison University. Valentine is an award-winning writer from Oakland, CA whose work explores themes of race, trauma, and healing. Her debut memoir, The Names of All the Flowers, was the winner of the Louise Meriwether First Book Prize, […]

This free public lecture will be followed by a conversation between Dr. Kimmerer and interdisciplinary artists Cadine Navarro and Brian Harnetty, whose 2021-22 Otterbein exhibitions, It Sounds Like Love and Common Ground: Listening to Appalachian Ohio, involved deep listening to the natural world and, in some cases, have been informed by themes in Braiding Sweetgrass. […]

Meet teen fiction authors J.C. Peterson and Kristy Boyce at the Bexley Public Library. J.C. Peterson is the author of Being Mary Bennet and Lola At Last. Kristy Boyce is the author of Hot British Boyfriend. Kristy's latest book, Hot Dutch Daydream will be released April 18, 2023 and Lola at Last will be hot […]

Join author Libby Kay for an evening all about romance novels. Libby will discuss her contemporary romance series, Buckeye Falls, including her latest release Falling for You. She’ll also share her writing journey, including working with a small publisher, the authors who inspire her, and her writing routine. There will be time for a Q&A […]