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Toledo City Paper’s Bookstore Roundup
Toledo is home to a variety of bookstores which afford an opportunity to escape everyday life, learn new information or fall in love with...
New Work Writers’ Series Brings African American Drama to the Stage
New Works Writers Series, Northwest Ohio’s oldest independently operating African American theater organization, is coming back to the Maumee Indoor Theatre this May after...
Toledo Journalist’s New Audiobook and Memoir of Confessions
The date is April 21, 2016. Rumors abound. Misinformation and speculation spread like wildfire. In the wake of conflicting hearsay, the world holds its...
City Pages: Bowling Green Writers’ Workshop
One of the biggest reasons to join a writers’ workshop is networking — an opportunity to hone the craft and to gain new perspectives....
Book Notes May 2023: Round Barns history, Beer & Books in Perrysburg
Get Your Round Barns of America Book Signed
Fans of the “Round Barns of America & Historic Barns of Ohio” book can meet the author...
On Drowning Rats Book Launched at Gathering Volumes
What do you do when you have been the victim of sexual harassment in the workplace? Cami Roth Szirotnyak and Rachel Richardson decided when...
Feminist Library Collection Growing
A new book club, a new collection librarian and expansion of media offerings are all part of the Steinem Sisters Collection at the Toledo...
Regency Ball, a Unique Event for Attendees Who Embrace History and Costumes
April 29th marks the second Jane Austen Regency Ball at the Toledo Club — the passion project of Austen enthusiast Alana Ellyn. For those...
Book Notes: April 2023
Poetry & Soul Colors
On Thursday, April 13 from 7-10pm, poet Kay Renee and The Truth Gallery present Poetry & Soul Colors, an evening of...
Northwest Ohio Teen Book Festival in Rossford
Second annual festival showcases authors
Organized by JustWrite Ohio partnering with Gathering Volumes in Perrysburg, the second Northwest Ohio Teen Book Festival will be held...
Love Jones Redux: Spoken Word with a Twist
Since its founding in fall 2021, the private club, TolHouse, has been finding its bearings. Lucille’s, the on-premises jazz club, has been a welcome...
Remembering Sunday Afternoons: Ohio-born author shares stories of tragedy, love and divorce
Ben Ewell grew up on a small farm near Brighton, Ohio, 45 miles southwest of Cleveland in Lorain County. One of five children, with...
Vistula Revival: Big Changes and Renovations in Toledo’s Oldest Neighborhood
In 1837, two villages along the Maumee River decided to come together to form Toledo, the city we all know and love. While that...
Good Choices Create Compelling Rift: Toledo woven throughout Nathan Elias’ first novel
Can a futuristic story drawing from the lifestyle and allure of its Southern California setting have a “419” vibe? It turns out that yes,...
A Living Legacy: Kenneth Spruce’s “I Apologize: A Black Man’s Plea for Forgiveness”
Throughout his lifetime Kenneth Spruce has been a City of Toledo official, Associate Professor of Political Science, Baptist Deacon, political activist, student government leader, author and CEO/founder of his own agency.
CITY PAGES: Toledoan’s Life of Deception Profiled in New Book
Cassie Chadwick was a woman way ahead of her time in the 1880s. Intelligent, clever and possessing an uncanny understanding of human nature, Chadwick...
Living Poetry: Local author publishes first novel
Full of hardships, poverty, drugs, profanity and hope, Dan Denton’s first published novel deserves to be classified as “living poetry," as described in the...
100 Things to Do in Toledo Before You Die
Maybe you’ve lived in Toledo a long time, and you think you’ve been everywhere and seen everything in the area. Maybe you’re a newbie...
Book Notes – November 2021
Back to Mackinac
A pair of first-time novelists separated by more than 8,000 miles have collaborated on a new book that tells a story about...
Book Notes – October 2021
The Right stuff
Toledo author Michael Zermer inspires readers to learn and grow through yoga in “Your Other Right: Thoughts on Living a Successful and...
Local author tackles time travel and food deserts
There’s nothing quite as disheartening as being bedridden by an injury such as a slipped disc. Sarah Charles, a Toledoan who has spent years...