The Ohioana Book Festival: A Volunteer’s Experience
The Ohioana Book Festival: A Volunteer’s Experience
By: claycormany in Books
The Ohioana Library’s annual book festival is one of the biggest events of its kind in the state. This year, over 130 Ohio-affiliated authors and illustrators gathered at the Columbus Main Library on Saturday, April 22, for the 17th annual edition of the festival. This particular festival was significant because — thanks to COVID — […]
Columbus Arts Festival Lets Me Bring The Bullybuster to the Word Is Art Stage
By: claycormany in Writing
The Columbus Arts Festival provides a showcase for just about every type of art imaginable. A wide range of paintings, photographs, ceramics, sculptures, wood carvings, glassworks, and mixed-media creations can be found inside tents or under awnings. But the festival isn’t just for makers of fine art; it also provides a stage for poets, authors, […]
Staffing the IWWG Table at “The Write Stuff”
By: claycormany in Books
The Upper Arlington public libraries hold a special place in my heart. Their books provided me with much of my early reading and gave me, as a child, a more realistic window to the world than television did. I still have memories of walking with my friend, Mike Havener, to the little Miller Park branch, […]
Teen Book Festival Follow-Up
By: claycormany in Writing
In some ways, my presentation at the Lennox Center Barnes & Noble Teen Book Festival was a disappointment. Only five people attended and two of those – Rita Bova and Nora Holt – were friends. who came to support me. Moreover, as far as I can tell, no sales resulted from what I had to […]
Barnes and Noble Teen Book Festival
By: claycormany in Books
Next weekend (June 10-12), Barnes and Noble bookstores across the nation will be holding a teen book festival. The event will involve a few hundred YA authors taking part in workshops, readings, giveaways, and games. One of those authors will be me. I learned about the book festival when my publisher asked me to find […]
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