Lit

Toledo’s own Steven Athanas returns to promo new book release

Jason Webber

Steven J. Athanas is a Toledo institution unto himself. A generation ago, you could find him leading Toledo's ultimate party band The Homewreckers on...

City Pages: Pages of Glass: Romancing The Glass City

Melissa Lee

A Growing Literary Celebration in Northwest Ohio Sisters Kersten Davis and Ashley Boggs are bringing their shared vision to life with Pages of Glass: Romancing...

Book Notes July 2026

TCP Staff

The Lord of the Wood Book Release Celebration Celebrate the release of The Lord of the Wood with author E M Anderson at Gathering Volumes...

City Pages: Beating the Odds Inspires Healing, Growth and Intentional Living

Kristi Sellers

Somica Alexander blends personal experience, reflection and empowerment to move beyond survival mod For Somica Alexander, known as Coach Milli, writing a book was not...

Curtain Call: Author Dave Eggers welcomed to the Peristyle

Jennifer Kellow-Fiorini

Discussing his new novel Contrapposto Dave Eggers, award-winning writer and editor, visits the Toledo Museum of Art’s Peristyle Theater, Thursday, June 11. Eggers rose to...

City Pages: Former Jeep Union Steward Publishes First Poetry Collection

Jennifer Ellison

A Toledo autoworker channels working class grit and lived experience into his debut standalone poetry collection No matter the choices we make and the paths...

Book Notes June 2026

TCP Staff

Authors! with Natasha Lester: Main Library The Toledo Lucas County Public Library hosts Authors! with Natasha Lester, a discussion with the bestselling author about her...

Toledo-based author releases latest book called “Zombie Seagulls”

Kurt Anthony Krug

For years, Jim Bolone has wanted to publish “Zombie Seagulls and 13 Other Spine-Chilling Tales” (Mission Point Press $13), his collection of horror short...

Local Author’s Book Hits the Shelves

Jennifer Ellison

Toledo has a plethora of talented writers to call its own yet another has seen her work debut to the eager readers of the...

Coach Milli’s Beating the Odds Inspires Healing, Growth and Intentional Living

Kristi Sellers

New Book By Somica Alexander Blends Personal Testimony, Reflection And Empowerment To Help Readers Move Beyond Survival Mode For Somica Alexander, known by many as...

Book Notes May 2026

TCP Staff

Wild Reads Book Club: Toledo Zoo The Toledo Zoo hosts Wild Reads Book Club, a nature-inspired gathering for book lovers featuring engaging discussions, light drinks...

City Pages: Explore Toledo’s Extensive Jazz Scene

Julie Pompa

Toledo today is a very different place than in the 1950s, or the 1920s, but not everything changes over time. A different landscape and...

At the Corner of Memory and Belonging-Carryout at the Heart of the City

Melissa Lee

On May 5, the University of Iowa Press will release Carryout, a debut collection of linked short stories by journalist and writer Hasan Dudar....

Book Notes April 2026

TCP Staff

Authors! with Lindy Ryan – Dollface The Toledo Lucas County Public Library welcomes horror author Lindy Ryan, as part of the Authors! series, for a...

Ode To The Zipcode Finalists 2026

TCP Staff

Five digits can say a lot about who we are, and for 10 years, Toledoans have been turning their zip codes into artwork. The...

#5poets5parks

Christy Frank

A moment in the prairie On an early fall afternoon at Cannonball Prairie Metropark, poet Charles Malone started on the Leopard Frog Trail, admiring the...

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