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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...