Location: Berea, Ohio

Writing Knights is sponsoring a poetry reading series at Mac's on the last Saturday each month at 7 p.m.

Featured poets on Saturday, May 25th are Autumn Aki, Zack Ashley, Skylark Bruce, Shelley Chernin and Larry O. Dean. Open mic participants need to be at Mac's by 7 p.m.

Writing Knights was founded by Azriel Johnson in 2009 to publish poetry chapbooks. A supportive community of poets and writers has evolved to become an integral part of Cleveland's poetry scene. Writing Knights has published over 50 chapbooks and sponsors twice monthly readings in various locations. More info at
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Location: Street: 1820 Coventry Rd Additional: City: Cleveland Heights, Province: Ohio Postal Code: 44118 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)

Mac's staffer and storyteller John McMahon has developed a one-man dramatic performance of Merlin that he will present on Thursday, May 30th at 7 p.m.

Legendary sage and King Arthur confidant, Merlin tells his story in this fascinating and literary portrayal.

Location: Street: 1820 Coventry Rd Additional: City: Cleveland Heights, Province: Ohio Postal Code: 44118 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)

Meet author Shelley Shepard Gray, whose latest book is Ray of Light.

In book two of Shelley's Days of Redemption series, Roman Keim falls for a young widow while visiting the Amish snowbird community in Florida. As he faces his return to Ohio, can he ever forget Amanda Yoder and her daughter? After all the uproar over his grandparents' secrets and his younger sister's engagement, Roman can't wait to head to Pinecraft, the Amish Snowbird community in Florida. He plans to enjoy a week's vacation with Uncle Sam and Aunt Judith and his cousins. The warm weather is a welcome break from the bleak Ohio winters, and Roman is ready for a break from the drama.

But in the condominium next door is a young widow, Amanda, and her daughter, Regina. It soon becomes obvious that there's something special brewing between Roman and Amanda.

There's something attractive about Roman that Amanda can't deny. But in the two years since Wesley died, she's never looked at another man. She certainly doesn't intend to get married again. But as the week comes to a close, she knows she's given Roman part of her heart in spite of her attempt to remain distant. And Regina seems to have fallen in love, too.

Is there hope for a second chance at love for Amanda? Or will Roman return to Ohio, and forget about the two sweet girls who have captured his heart?

Shelley Shepard Gray is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the Sisters of the Heart, Seasons of Sugarcreek, Secrets of Crittenden County, and Families of Honor series. Before writing, she was a teacher in both Texas and Colorado. She now lives in Southern Ohio where she writes full time.

Location: Street: 204 N Main St City: Hudson, Postal Code: 44236-2826 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)

Meet Beth Hoffman, author of the New York Times bestseller Saving CeeCee Honeycutt. Her second novel, Looking for Me, will be released in May and delivers an unforgettable story full of Beth's signature heart, humor and Southern charm.

Books will be available for purchase and signing courtesy of the Friends of the Mayfield Branch Library and The Learned Owl Book Shop. Registration is required: visit cuyahogalibrary.org or call 440-473-0350.

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Mac's Backs and Lake Erie Ink will co-sponsor the Young Authors Give Back Tour on Friday, June 7th from 4-6 p.m at Lake Erie Ink, 2843 Washington Blvd. in the Coventry School Building.The event features four touring writers who will conduct writing workshops for aspiring young authors and then talk about their own careers. The writers will spend 1-2 hrs discussing craft, doing writing exercises and answering questions. Workshops will be open to registrants ages 13-22 (a little younger or a little older is ok) and space is limited. The workshops are free. Call or email Mac's or Lake Erie Ink to register.

The authors are all recently published and have been writing since their teens.

Erin Bowman, author of Taken, used to tell stories visually as a web designer. Now a full-time writer, she relies solely on words. She lives in New Hampshire with her husband and when not writing she can often be found hiking, commenting on good typography, and obsessing over all things Harry Potter.

Susan Dennard is a reader, writer, lover of animals, and eater of cookies. She used to be a marine biologist, but now she writes novels–and not novels about fish, but novels about kick-butt heroines and swoon-worthy rogues. Her debut novel is Something Strange and Deadly. She lives in the Midwestern US with her French husband and Irish setter.

Sarah J. Maas, author of Throne of Glass was born and raised in New York City, but after graduating from Hamilton College in 2008, she moved to Southern California. She’s always been just a tad obsessed with fairy-tales and folklore, though she’d much rather be the one slaying the dragon (instead of the damsel in distress). When she’s not busy writing, she can be found geeking out over things like Han Solo, gaudy nail polish, and ballet.

Kat Zhang is an avid traveler, and after a childhood spent living in one book after another, she now builds stories for other people to visit. An English major at Vanderbilt University, she spends her free time performing Spoken Word poetry, raiding local bookstores, and plotting where to travel next. What's Left of Me---about a girl with two souls—is her first novel.

Mac's Backs and Lake Erie Ink are sponsoring this event. Lake Erie Ink is a writing center for children and teens located in the Coventry School. They offer a full array of programming including summer writing camps. Info at
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The Learned Owl is happy to announce its Writers' Workshop! We will be kicking off the classes with a Summer Series, featuring four of our favorite local authors. These two-hour workshops will get your pens to the paper (or your fingers to the keyboard!). Our Summer Series includes:

* June 9, 5-7 PM - Writing Creative Non-Fiction with Varley O'Connor (author of The Cure and A company of three) * July 14, 5-7 PM - Putting the Story in Storybooks with Lindsay Ward (author of When Blue Met Egg) * August 4, 5-7 PM - Finding Your Inner Teenager: Writing Young Adult Fiction with Lisa & Laura Roecker (authors of The Liar Society)

Sign up for one class for $45 or all three for $100. Please call The Learned Owl for more information or to reserve your place - space is limited! 330-653-2252

Location: Street: 204 N Main St City: Hudson, Postal Code: 44236-2826 (added from IndieBound)… (more)

The Learned Owl is happy to announce its Writers' Workshop! We will be kicking off the classes with a Summer Series, featuring four of our favorite local authors. These two-hour workshops will get your pens to the paper (or your fingers to the keyboard!). Our Summer Series includes:

* June 9, 5-7 PM - Writing Creative Non-Fiction with Varley O'Connor (author of The Cure and A company of three) * July 14, 5-7 PM - Putting the Story in Storybooks with Lindsay Ward (author of When Blue Met Egg) * August 4, 5-7 PM - Finding Your Inner Teenager: Writing Young Adult Fiction with Lisa & Laura Roecker (authors of The Liar Society)

Sign up for one class for $45 or all three for $100. Please call The Learned Owl for more information or to reserve your place - space is limited! 330-653-2252

Location: Street: 204 N Main St City: Hudson, Postal Code: 44236-2826 (added from IndieBound)… (more)

Join local children's author and illustrator Betsy Snyder for a special story time and craft to celebrate the release of her newest books, It's a Firefly Night (by Dianne Ochiltree) and I Haiku You. Both books are a great choice to show some love on Father's Day.

Local author and illustrator Betsy Snyder got her start as a staff artist at American Greetings before leaving in 2007 to pursue publishing opportunities full-time. Today, she is an award-winning author and illustrator of children's books including I Haiku You, Haiku Baby, Have You Ever Tickled a Tiger?, and Sweet Dreams Lullaby. Most recently, her artwork for Tons of Trucks (by Sue Fliess) earned a place in the Society of Illustrator's The Original Art 2012 exhibition. Betsy lives in Independence, Ohio, where she shares a studio with her graphic-designer husband.

Location: Street: 204 N Main St City: Hudson, Postal Code: 44236-2826 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)

Steve Berry (The Alexandria Link, The Amber Room, The Charlemagne Pursuit, The Paris Vendetta, The Romanov Prophecy, The Templar Legacy, The Third Secret, The Venetian Betrayal, The Emperor's Tomb, The Jefferson Key, The Balkan Escape (Short Story), The Columbus Affair, The King's Deception, The Devil's Gold (Short Story), The Cotton Malone Series 7-Book Bundle)

Steve Berry is the New York Times and #1 internationally bestselling author of The King’s Deception, The Columbus Affair, The Jefferson Key, The Emperor’s Tomb, The Paris Vendetta, The Charlemagne Pursuit, The Venetian Betrayal, The Alexandria Link, The Templar Legacy, The Third Secret, The Romanov Prophecy, and The Amber Room. His books have been translated into 40 languages with more than 15,000,000 printed copies in 51 countries. History lies at the heart of every Steve Berry novel. It’s this passion, one he shares with his wife, Elizabeth, that led them to create History Matters, a foundation dedicated to historic preservation. Since 2009 Steve and Elizabeth have traveled across the country to save endangered historic treasures, raising money via lectures, receptions, galas, luncheons, dinners, and their popular writers’ workshops. To date, nearly 2,000 students have attended those workshops. In 2012 their work was recognized by the American Library Association, which named Steve the first spokesman for National Preservation Week. He was also appointed by the Smithsonian Board of Regents to serve on the Smithsonian Libraries Advisory Board to help promote and support the libraries in their mission to provide information in all forms to scientists, curators, scholars, students and the public at large. He was named Georgia Author of the Year (2005) and has received the Royden B. Davis Distinguished Author Award and the 2013 Writers for Writers Award bestowed by Poets & Writers. Steve Berry was born and raised in Georgia, graduating from the Walter F. George School of Law at Mercer University. He was a trial lawyer for 30 years and held elective office for 14 of those years. He is a founding member of International Thriller Writers—a group of more than 2,000 thriller writers from around the world—and served three years as its co-president. For more information, visit www.Steveberry.org. (added from Random House)… (more)

Taylor Stevens (The Informationist, The Innocent, The Doll)

Taylor Stevens is the New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of The Informationist and The Innocent, both featuring Vanessa Michael Munroe. They received critical acclaim and have been published in twenty languages. Raised in communes across the globe and denied an education beyond the sixth grade, Stevens broke free of the Children of God and now lives in Texas and is currently at work on the next Munroe adventure. (added from Random House)… (more)

Mac's Book Club will discuss Gone by Cathi Hanauer on Wednesday, June 19th at 7:30 p.m.

For the past fourteen years, Eve Adams has worked part-time while raising her two children and emotionally supporting her sculptor husband, Eric, through his early fame and success. Now, at forty-two, she suddenly finds herself with a growing career of her own—a private nutritionist practice and a book deal—even as Eric’s career sinks deeper into the slump it slipped into a few years ago.

After a dinner at a local restaurant to celebrate Eve’s success, Eric drives the babysitter home and, simply, doesn’t come back. Eve must now shift the family in possibly irreparable ways, forcing her to realize that competence in one area of life doesn’t always keep things from unraveling in another.

Gone is an outstanding novel about change and about redefining, in middle age, everything from one’s marriage to one’s career to one’s role as a best friend, parent, and spouse. It is a novel about passion and forgiveness and knowing when to let something go and when to fight to hold on to it, about learning to say goodbye—but, if you’re lucky, not forever.

Cathi Hanauer is the author of the novels My Sister's Bones and Sweet Ruin and the editor of the New York Times bestselling essay anthology The Bitch in the House: 26 Women Tell the Truth About Sex, Solitude, Work, Motherhood, and Marriage. Her articles, essays, and/or criticism have appeared in The New York Times, Elle, O, Glamour, Self, Parenting, Whole Living, and other magazines. She lives with her family in western Massachusetts. Visit her website at CathiHanauer.com.

Location: Street: 1820 Coventry Rd Additional: City: Cleveland Heights, Province: Ohio Postal Code: 44118 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)

The Learned Owl is happy to announce its Writers' Workshop! We will be kicking off the classes with a Summer Series, featuring four of our favorite local authors. These two-hour workshops will get your pens to the paper (or your fingers to the keyboard!). Our Summer Series includes:

* June 9, 5-7 PM - Writing Creative Non-Fiction with Varley O'Connor (author of The Cure and A company of three) * July 14, 5-7 PM - Putting the Story in Storybooks with Lindsay Ward (author of When Blue Met Egg) * August 4, 5-7 PM - Finding Your Inner Teenager: Writing Young Adult Fiction with Lisa & Laura Roecker (authors of The Liar Society)

Sign up for one class for $45 or all three for $100. Please call The Learned Owl for more information or to reserve your place - space is limited! 330-653-2252

Location: Street: 204 N Main St City: Hudson, Postal Code: 44236-2826 (added from IndieBound)… (more)

The Learned Owl is happy to announce its Writers' Workshop! We will be kicking off the classes with a Summer Series, featuring four of our favorite local authors. These two-hour workshops will get your pens to the paper (or your fingers to the keyboard!). Our Summer Series includes:

* June 9, 5-7 PM - Writing Creative Non-Fiction with Varley O'Connor (author of The Cure and A company of three) * July 14, 5-7 PM - Putting the Story in Storybooks with Lindsay Ward (author of When Blue Met Egg) * August 4, 5-7 PM - Finding Your Inner Teenager: Writing Young Adult Fiction with Lisa & Laura Roecker (authors of The Liar Society)

Sign up for one class for $45 or all three for $100. Please call The Learned Owl for more information or to reserve your place - space is limited! 330-653-2252

Location: Street: 204 N Main St City: Hudson, Postal Code: 44236-2826 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)