Lit

Girlfriending book release party at Gathering Volumes

Jason Webber

No one said love was easy— and more often than not, it is anything but. Just ask local author and retired educator Christopher Werkman,...

W. Kamau Bell at the Stranahan Theater

Jason Webber

W. Kamau Bell just may be one of the coolest people alive today. Not only is this Emmy-winning host of CNN’s The United Shades...

Problems? Go Ask Angela.

Emily Modrowski

Peter Parker leads a secret superhero life, much like Toledo’s largely unknown group of comic book writers.

The Frogtown Storytelling Guild celebrates the 17th annual Tellabration!

Athena Cocoves

The popularity of audiobooks confirms a childhood creature comfort— listening to a story is a magical experience. The Frogtown Storytelling Guild will celebrate the...

Local author Julie Arnold to read at Gathering Volumes

Jeff Klima

Treasure is at the center of author Julie Arnold’s novel Gold in the Dust— find out more when you head down to Gathering Volumes...

Meet your favorite local authors at the Glass City Author Event

Jeff Klima

Want to connect with your favorite local authors? There’s a good chance they will be at the two-day Glass City Author Event, as more...

Wil Haygood stops at the Toledo Lucas County Public Library

Jeff Klima

Ohio native Wil Haygood, a Washington Post journalist and author, is the latest focus of the Authors! Authors! series hosted by the Toledo Lucas...

Demanding and all around us: Poetry with Jim Ferris

A.S. Coomer

Holding The Ability Center Endowed Chair in Disability Studies, Dr. Ferris is privy to a unique worldview. He’s made a career of advocating for and studying disability: as president of the Society for Disability Studies, starting first-of-their-kind programs at universities, publishing essays and poems.

Gathering Volumes hosts two author events this month

Jeff Klima

Gathering Volumes is hosting two author events this month: Award-winning journalist Julia Torres will be doing a reading from her book Newyoricangirl…Surviving my Spanglish...

Become a better writer at the Toledo Writers Workshop

Jeff Klima

Want to become a professional writer? A City Paper contributor? You’re not alone. Join the Toledo Writers Workshop at its regular Tuesday meetings to...

Jack Kerouac readings at the Art and Performance Center of West Toledo

Jeff Klima

Fans of the beat movement will have reason to snap their fingers once again as Back to Jack sounds off at the Art and...

Sci-Fi author Terry W. Ervin II’s latest is set in Toledo

Jeff Klima

Terry W. Ervin II has quietly become one of NW Ohio’s most prolific authors. The scribe, who works most prominently in sci-fi and fantasy,...

Lucas County Poet Laureate Jim Ferris hosts poetry writing workshop

Jeff Klima

Would you like to find out how to more articulately compare the object of your affection to a summer’s day, a pearlescent moon or...

Heroin talk at the Toledo Lucas County Public Library

Jeff Klima

Need a sobering discussion about the damaging effects of the rampant opiate addiction facing our community? Author Sam Quinones discusses his tragic non-fiction work...

Bad is Good

Jeff Klima

Meet and hang out with bestselling author and motivational speaker Jen Sincero by joining Literati, the Toledo Lucas County Public Library’s premier book club,...

Become “Unfireable”: UT Professor Wants You To Be A Workplace Superstar

Jeff Klima

Successful people aren’t magically bestowed with special properties. Unless they hit that genetic lottery for exceptional beauty, brains or innate athletic ability, they have...

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