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Annual Dayton Book Fair Sale is This Weekend

November 10, 2022 By Dayton937

This is the weekend Dayton Book Fair holds its annual book sale.  They collect books all year long and with the help of lots of volunteers they set up a 4 day event at the Montgomery County Fairgrounds that encourages book lovers to come shop from the 50 tons of books.  Oh we should also mention-they also have vinyl, movies, jigsaw puzzles, board games, holiday items and more. Books are broken down into 85 categories to help you find books that interest you. There are tons of children’s book ranging from board books to chapter books, and including picture books, beginning readers, elementary non-fiction and novels. They also have books for teens in a separate section near pop culture and graphic novels.

The proceeds from the sale are distributed in the form of grants to different organizations in the Miami Valley. Since 1970, the Dayton Book Fair has donated nearly two million dollars. New beneficiaries are chosen each year. In 2022, proceeds from the sale will benefit Crayons to Classrooms, Five Rivers MetroParks and Hannah’s Treasure Chest. Volunteers from these organization are required to help with the Book Fair, to help earn their grants.

Montgomery County Fairgrounds,
645 Infirmary Road, Dayton
Free parking

Hours for the Book Sale:

Friday, November 11, 2022
9 am to 7 pm

$10 admission, all day

Saturday, November 12, 2022
9 am to 5 pm

Free admission

Sunday, November 13, 2022
9 am to 5 pm
Bag Sale Day – Free admission – $10 per bag (sales tax included)

Monday, November 14, 2022
8 am to 11:30  am
Clean Sweep Day – Pay $1 admission, and take all the books you want

Food will be available. Some boxes and a small fleet of shopping carts— you’re welcome to bring your own. Scanners welcome.

 

Filed Under: Dayton Literati, The Featured Articles Tagged With: Book Fair, Book Fair Foundation, used book

Meet local author of “See You At San Diego: An Oral History of Comic-Con, Fandom, and the Triumph of Geek Culture”

November 3, 2022 By Dayton937

Local author Mathew Klickstein completes his national book tour promoting his latest pop culture history book, See You At San Diego: An Oral History of Comic-Con, Fandom, and the Triumph of Geek Culture, right here in Dayton!

Klickstein will be making appearances at stops throughout the Greater Dayton area during November. He is particularly looking forward to his author talk with Dayton937 writer and editor, Libby Ballengee from 6:30-8:30pm on Friday, November 4th at Omega Music (318 E. 5th St in Oregon District). He’ll also be signing books, which will be  available at the beloved local record store.

See list below for additional local dates to meet the author. More info on dates, special guests, and locations: www.MathewKlickstein.com

Local tour schedule includes stops at:

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Community, Dayton Literati, Downtown Dayton Tagged With: author, book, Dayton Ohio, downtown, Downtown Dayton, Events, literature, Oregon District, Things to Do, Things to do in Dayton

Dayton Literary Peace Prize: A Conversation with the Authors

November 4, 2021 By Dayton937

On Saturday, November 13, the Victoria Theatre stage will be graced by the presence of the national and international authors whose works are being recognized as advancing the cause of peace. The panel of winning authors will be moderated by Gilbert King, DLPP and Pulitzer winner for Devil in the Grove.  Send questions for any of the authors to Sharon Rab sharonrab@daytonliterarypeaceprize.org.

The panel will be followed by an interview of Margaret Atwood, the 2020-21 winner of the Ambassador Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award by the 2015 Holbrooke winner, Gloria Steinem.

Tickets range from $20-$150 and can be purchased by calling the Dayton Live ticket office at 937-228-3630 or online.

Filed Under: Dayton Literati, The Featured Articles

Global Threads: Stories from Around the World with Omope Carter-Daboiku

September 12, 2020 By Dayton Most Metro

To celebrate Welcoming Week, September 12 – 20,  the Dayton Metro Library has invited celebrated storyteller Omope Carter-Daboiku to share some of her favorite stories – some new, some old – that promote the universal values of cooperation, honesty, integrity and faith. All of her stories are adaptations of traditional ethnic folklore.

 

A different story will be posted on the Library’s Facebook page each day at 7:00 pm. The videos can be viewed anytime after the premier times listed below:

 

Tue., Sept. 15: Sky Blanket – cooperation between groups that don’t look alike

Wed., Sept. 16: 2 Good Yards of Cloth – honesty; appreciation for elders builds character

Thur., Sept. 17: The Seed – integrity means doing the right thing, even when no one is looking

Fri., Sept. 18: Mouse Seeks His Vision Quest – faith leads us to our destiny

 

Daboiku is an accomplished performance artist who has performed throughout the U.S. and internationally, including Turkey on behalf of the U.S. State Department. Her performances are lively, interactive, and uniquely designed from a global repertoire.

“Immigrants enrich our culture by adding their folklore and personal narratives of their journey to become citizens of the United States,” said Daboiku.

Daboiku’s affiliation with Dayton Metro Library began with “Jack and his cousin Brer Rabbit,” which explored traditional Appalachian tales. In 2019, she created “Star Stories and Constellations” for the Library’s Summer Challenge. This past February, she conducted the Muse Machine residency, “Making Art, Building Community,” with middle school students at Stivers and Ruskin. She wrote scripts from the students’ life stories, and staged an evening performance at the Main Library. Currently, she is a community producer with WYSO, vice-president of the Ohio Storytelling Network, and a published poet. Her other passions include textile art, writing about growing up in Appalachia, world history, and urban agriculture.

 

To view the Global Threads videos, visit the Dayton Metro Library’s Facebook page. For more information, visit DaytonMetroLibrary.org or call 937-463-2665.

Filed Under: Dayton Literati, The Featured Articles

Library Poetry Contest Goes Digital

April 10, 2020 By Dayton Most Metro

Residents of Montgomery and adjoining counties are invited to enter the Dayton Metro Library Poetry Contest, April 1 through April 30. Anyone residing in Montgomery and surrounding counties (Miami, Greene, Warren, Preble) in these age categories: Teen (Grades 7-12) Adult (age 18-59 ) Older Adult (age 60+) is eligible to enter. There are also two junior categories: Grades 3-4 and Grades 5-6. This year, due to COVID-19’s impacts on Library service, entries will only be accepted through email.

Entries must be emailed to contest@daytonmetrolibrary.org no later than midnight on Thursday, April 30, 2020. Contest details and fillable entry form are available at DaytonMetroLibrary.org/Poetry. Poems can be any subject but must be limited to one page, and only one poem per person. They will be judged by the editorial board of Mock Turtle Zine, an independent, nonprofit collaborative that promotes Dayton area writers and artists in both a print publication and online.

“The Library has hosted the Poetry Contest for many years, but this year we are asking everyone to enter through email,” said Julie Buchanan, Programming Manager. “We hope our contest can still provide a creative outlet for poets while they are spending more time at home. It’s also a great opportunity to fulfill an at-home school assignment,” said Buchanan.

Winners will receive Amazon gift cards. First Place is $100, Second Place $75, Third Place $50 in the Teen, Adult, and Older Adult Categories. Prizes for both junior categories will be Amazon gift cards of $50 for First Place, $35 for Second Place, and $25 for Third Place. First Place winners in all age categories will be published in an upcoming issue of Mock Turtle Zine.

For contest details, a printable entry form, and online entry, visit DaytonMetroLibrary.org/Poetryor call (937) 463-2665.

Filed Under: Dayton Literati, The Featured Articles Tagged With: dayton metro library, poetry contest

Dayton Book Fair Chooses Beneficiaries for 2020

February 6, 2020 By Dayton Most Metro

The Dayton Book Fair announced that they have chosen this year’s three beneficiaries to receive proceeds from their 50th anniversary Book Sale in November 2020. Each beneficiary will receive a grant of around ten thousand dollars.

This year the three beneficiaries are:

The Dayton International Peace Museum is the only brick and mortar Peace Museum in North or South America and the houses the only interactive exhibit on the Dayton Peace Accords in the world. They are the official repository for the Dayton Literary Peace Prize and run a very successful Peace Camp for children ages 5-12. They maintain changing exhibits on the many challenges to peace and peacemaking including the effects of violence and war, gun culture, poverty, bullying, the environment, and international cooperation.

The Xenia Area Community Theater is an all-volunteer theater and gallery space established in 2005 to serve area interests in performing and fine arts and stimulate community involvement in those areas. They produce eight fully staged plays during their regular season (to date more than 100 productions) along with several summer shows and youth camps. Their plans for the grant from the Book Fair Foundation include a week-long Special Needs Children’s Initiative workshop and performance for children on the Autism Spectrum, and to improve theatre accessibility to a variety of groups whose ability to attend live theater is hampered by ticket cost.

WYSO, the public radio station long-associated with Antioch College has recently separated their university relationship to become an independent entity. While much of their budget pays for nationally syndicated public radio programming, the grant from the Dayton Book Fair will enable them to fund grassroots programming in the Center for Community Voices, for the documentary and story-telling segments produced by Dayton Youth Radio, Women’s Voices (produced by female inmates at a Dayton correctional facility) and County Lines, focusing on the rural populations in our community.

“It is challenging to choose just three,” said Dayton Book Fair Executive Director Larkin Vonalt. “It is a multi-day project for the Foundation’s board to winnow down from dozens of excellent organizations all doing important work to just three.”

Asked about criteria that the board might consider in choosing the finalists, Ms. Vonalt noted that they examine the size of the organization, the need for funding, and how the board feels that the year-long partnership will work.

“There are so many intangibles,” she added, “and at the very end when we’ve narrowed it to just a few, it often comes down to what kind of fit it will be for all of us.”

The Dayton Book Fair board handles grant-making a little differently than other foundations, requiring a year-long informal partnership with the beneficiaries. Organizations chosen are asked to promote the sale through a variety of means, they are encouraged to hold a book drive and required to volunteer at least 40 hours over the year.

Since 2015 the Foundation has made grants to 16 different organizations in the Dayton Community, giving away more than $130,000 over the last five years. The Dayton Book Fair is Ohio’s largest used book sale and each year rehomes about 40 tons of books, records, puzzles, and games.

“While the grant-making is an essential part of our existence, and we are delighted to be able to support so many exceptional Dayton-area non-profits, we have discovered that we have another remarkably important mission in providing a meaningful and purposeful venue where people can donate their beloved books,” Ms. Vonalt commented, noting that they collect books all year round at their office at 2181 Embury Park Rd as well as offering a free pick up service for those who need it and collaborating twice a year with all the Dayton area Grismer Tire Stores for book “round-ups” the last week of May and August.

Those donated books are then sorted, priced and packed for the sale held each year the second weekend in November at the Montgomery County Fairgrounds, and the proceeds from that sale used in making grants to community non-profit organizations working in the areas of arts, education, social welfare, literacy and community development.

 

Filed Under: Dayton Literati, The Featured Articles Tagged With: Book Fair Foundation, Book Sale, Larkin Vonalt

Do You Have Something to Say About Dayton?

November 25, 2019 By Lisa Grigsby

Belt Publishing will be compiling an anthology of essays about Dayton in 2020 as part of our City Anthology Series.

It was one of America’s earliest centers of innovation, a hub of creativity in the early 20th century that made the name Dayton synonymous with progress.

The region’s close-knit communities facilitated an incubator of industrial and artistic development long before the concept became identified with 21st century tech hubs. People with big dreams rubbed shoulders with others who possessed big ideas, leading to the creation of the Wright brothers’ airplane, John H. Patterson’s cash register, Paul Laurence Dunbar’s poetry and Charles Kettering’s self-starting engine within a 20-year period in the early 1900s.

Even as Dayton began grappling with the ills that befell most Rust Belt cities in the second half of the century – factory shutdowns, racial tensions, a population exodus — Daytonians were still creating. A funk music movement emerged in the mid-1970s that followed the same pattern of its manufacturing predecessors – groups formed through high school music classes or the local music scene and artists stayed in town after achieving success, mentoring their younger counterparts as they all became architects of Dayton funk.

And now, Ohio’s sixth-largest city is ready to innovate again. How does Dayton’s past inform its current post-manufacturing era identity and its future? How will the city’s efforts to brand itself as a welcoming location for immigrants encourage a new era of innovation, and can its downtown revitalization be inclusive of all its citizens?

They are looking for stories, reflections, poems, and reported essays from the city and surrounding locales that put Dayton in perspective for both longtime residents, newcomers and outsiders.  Submissions can be related to a specific place, event (personal or historical), or personage, and must take place in or around the city. Stories from the area’s colleges and universities, including historically black Central State University and Wilberforce University, are very much welcome. All stories should evoke the feel of the city in a meaningful way.

They are actively looking for stories from African American, Latinx, Asian American, immigrant and LGBTQ+ communities, so please circulate. Stories that have a specific perspective and point of view, in which something happens, something changes, and/or something is lost or found, will be prioritized.

Authors can submit multiple pieces. We will accept previously published pieces, but the author must include the original publication information and have the rights to the piece. Accepted submissions will likely be edited in coordination with the author.

The anthology will be edited by Shannon Shelton Miller, a former newspaper journalist and nationally published author.

Submissions are due by December 1, 2019.

To submit an entry, please:

-Include author’s full name and contact information (phone, email, address and 3-4 sentence bio).

-Indicate where the author lives/where the piece takes place

-Write “SUBMISSION” on the subject line.

Submit all entries and questions to: DaytonAnthology@gmail.com

-Nonfiction essays between 300 and 5000 words.
-Poetry related to Dayton.
-Space pending, we may publish longform pieces over 2000 words. Query first.
-No Fiction, sorry!

Filed Under: Dayton Literati

Ta-Nehisi Coates to Receive Dayton Literary Peace Prize Award For Nonfiction

March 5, 2019 By Lisa Grigsby

TA-NEHISI COATES, winner of the 2018 Dayton Literary Peace Prize for Nonfiction for We Were Eight Years in Power, will receive the award at a special presentation at the new Kettering Fairmont High School Auditorium at 3301 Shroyer Road in Kettering at 7 pm on Thursday, March 21.  He was unable to attend the formal award ceremony last October.

The event, brought to you by The Dayton Literary Peace Prize Foundation,  is free, but requires a ticket.   The tickets are available via Eventbrite.    The doors will open at 6:15 pm on March 21.   Parking is available next to the school.

Books&Co. will have Ta-Nehisi Coates books available for sale at the auditorium.  A book signing will follow the program.   Books will be signed, but not personalized.

Ta-Nehisi Coates is a distinguished writer in residence at NYU’s Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute.   He is the author of the bestselling books The Beautiful Struggle,  We Were Eight Years in Power, and Between the World and Me, which won the National Book Award in 2015.  He is a recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship and is also the current author of the Marvel comics The Black Panther and Captain America.

 

 

Filed Under: Dayton Literati, The Featured Articles Tagged With: Dayton Literary Peace Prize, Ta-Nehisi Coates, We Were Eight Years in Power

SUNDAY MOVIES @ MAIN Free Films at the Main Library

January 13, 2019 By Dayton Most Metro

What better way to spend a winter Sunday afternoon than watching a cinematic gem on a big screen – for free? Dayton Metro Library began a new Sunday Movies @ Main series on January 6th. Each Sunday features a different film – from overlooked masterpieces and classics to foreign films, independent cinema and documentaries. All films start at 1:30pm in the Main Library’s Eichelberger Forum, 215 E. Third Street, and are free and open to the public.

 

Other films scheduled in January are the Dutch classic Antonia’s Line on January 13, and the Academy Award nominated documentary Faces Places on January 27 (the Library is closed on Sunday, January 20). Coming attractions in February are the original 1937 version of A Star is Born starring Janet Gaynor; Paper Moon, starring Ryan O’Neil and his then 9-year-old daughter Tatum; and the critically acclaimed 1979 film My Brilliant Career.

 

“It’s really an eclectic selection of films you’re not likely to find elsewhere,” said Chuck Duritsch, External Relations Manager and coordinator of the series. “I’m especially excited about showing the 1950 film noir Woman on the Run on March 3. This rediscovered gem was restored by the Film Noir Foundation, after the only American print had been destroyed in a fire.”

 

All of the films in the Sunday Movies @ Main series are from the Library’s Kanopy collection. Dayton Metro Library began offering Kanopy, an on-demand film streaming service, in July 2018. Kanopy offers what the New York Times calls “a garden of cinematic delights.” It showcases more than 30,000 films including award-winning documentaries, rare and hard-to-find titles, film festival favorites, indie films, and world cinema. Library cardholders can access Kanopy from DaytonMetroLibrary.org.

 

Inspired by the impressive variety of films in the collection, Duritsch coordinated the Sunday Movies @ Main series.

 

“We intentionally picked a variety of films to start with, so we can see what our audience responds to,” said Duritsch. “Our hope is that the series catches on, and we can form a selection committee that includes Library patrons as well as staff.”

 

The Main Library’s Eichelberger Forum features a DLP Laser Projector and a 226” screen with 18.8-foot diagonal viewing space.

 

“We have casual, flexible seating so people can make themselves comfortable, bring a snack, and enjoy these movies for free,” said Duritsch.

 

See the schedule below. A printed schedule for January-February, with descriptions of each film, is available at any Dayton Metro Library location. Descriptions for all films are also online at DaytonMetroLibrary.org/Events.

 

SUNDAY MOVIES @ MAIN

All films start at 1:30 PM in the Eichelberger Forum

Main Library, 215 E. Third Street, 45402

1/13 Antonia’s Line (1995)

1/20 Library Closed

1/27 Faces Places (2017)

2/3 A Star is Born (1937)

2/10 Paper Moon (1973)

2/17 My Brilliant Career (1979)

2/24 Charlotte’s Web (1973)

3/3 Woman on the Run (1950)

3/10 Seven Beauties (1975)

3/17 Anita: Speaking Truth to Power (2013)

3/24 Sudden Fear (1952)

3/31 Always at the Carlyle (2018)

4/7 The Florida Project (2017)

4/14 Purple Noon (1960)

4/21 Library Closed

4/28 Last Men in Aleppo (2017)*

 

*This film will be screened in the Bassani Theater Off Third, on the Main Library’s third floor.

For more information, visit the events calendar at DaytonMetroLibrary.org/Events, or call (937) 463-2665.

 

 

Filed Under: Community, Dayton Literati, The Featured Articles Tagged With: Dayton Library, Free Movies

Playwrights Wanted!

November 19, 2018 By Dayton Most Metro

Caesar’s Ford Theatre, Inc is pleased to announce a play writing festival for middle school and high school age students.

Caesar’s Ford Theatre, Inc is looking for short dramatic scripts based about Ohio history to be included in “History in ACTion: a Festival of New Historic Drama”, to be presented as staged readings in the summer of 2019. The festival will take place in an outdoor theatre venue in Greene County, Ohio. Original one-act plays, monologues, or scenes from longer works will be considered. Each script should require no more than 10 performers and run somewhere between 10 and 30 minutes in length. All scripts should be based on stories from the history and culture of Ohio. Visit www.caesarsford.com for some suggested subjects and further details. Fictional characters and incidents can be included but historical accuracy is a priority. Scripts should not be based upon previously published works.

Student writers should be residents of Ohio and attend a charter, parochial, private, or public middle school or high school in Ohio. Students who are homeschooled or students living out-of-state but have a significant tie to the State of Ohio are also invited to participate. The authors of scripts chosen for inclusion in the Festival will be offered compensation for performance rights, ranging from $25 to $100, depending on the length of the material. Caesar’s Ford Theatre, Inc is particularly interested in material that might further be developed into a trilogy of full length plays to be presented in an Ohio outdoor theatre venue in the future. Writers are permitted to submit more than one script.

There is no submission fee. Scripts can be submitted in an attachment to info@caesarsford.com , in Word or PDF format, or they can be sent in hard copy to Caesar’s Ford Theatre, Inc PO BOX C Xenia, Ohio 45385-0692. Electronic submission is preferred. The submission deadline for student playwrights is April 1, 2019. For more information please contact Caesar’s Ford Theatre, Inc at info@caesarsford.com .

Filed Under: Dayton Literati, The Featured Articles

Former Navy Seal Discusses His War Experience

May 28, 2018 By Dayton Most Metro

JAMES HATCH, former special ops Navy SEAL, will discuss his book Touching the Dragon: And Other Techniques for Surviving Life’s Wars on Wednesday, May 30 at 7 pm at Books & Co. at The Greene, 4453 Walnut Street, Dayton.   

After detailing many of his experiences during 24 years in service to our country, he writes of the harrowing mission when his SEAL team crew was attempting to rescue a rogue soldier – Pvt. Bowe Bergdahl – during which Hatch suffered severe wounds that ended his military career.  Coming home after all those years in special operations missions was difficult for him; leading to despair, alcoholism and the pull toward suicide.   Finally through the love of family, friends, soldiers, and his specially trained military dogs, he found a purpose in going on.  By “touching the dragon” he found his way back.

During his adjustment to life in the States, he realized how important his specially trained military dogs were to him in his war years and could be again.   He started the Spike’sK9Fund, which is dedicated to his K9 dog called Spike who was killed in war action.  This fund is a national 501©3 non-profit organization focused on providing protective vests for police and SWATK9s.  The fund also rehabs K9 agility courses used to train police dogs.  Information about this group will be available at the event.

Filed Under: Dayton Literati, The Featured Articles Tagged With: book tour, James Hatch, Navy Seal

DAYTON LITERARY PEACE PRIZE TO HONOR COLM TÓIBÍN

July 13, 2017 By Lisa Grigsby

Irish novelist, journalist, and essayist Colm Tóibín, whose fiction and nonfiction captures in heartbreaking detail the impact of exile and political conflict on individual lives, will receive the 2017 Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award, organizers of the Dayton Literary Peace Prize announced today.

Named in honor of the celebrated U.S. diplomat who played an instrumental role in negotiating the 1995 Dayton Peace Accords that ended the war in Bosnia, the award will be presented to Tóibín at the Dayton Literary Peace Prize Gala on November 5th. Founded in 2005, The Dayton Literary Peace Prize is the only international literary peace prize awarded in the United States. It honors writers whose work uses the power of literature to foster peace, social justice, and global understanding. The Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award recognizes authors for their complete body of work.

Born in Ireland in 1955, Colm Tóibín is widely recognized as one of today’s greatest living writers. His experiences as a gay man, an expatriate, and an international journalist have shaped his novels, which often explore themes of exile, homecoming, and reconciliation.

Tóibín spent his early twenties as an expatriate in Spain, where he witnessed the country’s return to democracy after decades of dictatorship and found the inspiration for his 1990 debut novel, The South. As a journalist he traveled to South America in the 1980s, which he later captured in his 1996 novel The Story of the Night, the story of a gay man coming of age in Argentina during the Falklands War. Three of his novels – The Blackwater Lightship (1999), about three generations of estranged Irish women coming together to care for a son who is dying of AIDS, The Master (2004), which explored the later life of Henry James, including his feelings of guilt and regret over his homosexuality, and The Testament of Mary (2012) – were short-listed for the Man Booker Prize. Other notable works include the novels Brooklyn (2009), which was adapted into a 2015 film nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture, and House of Names (2017), which explores how violence begets further acts of violence through a reimagination of the story of Clytemnestra. Tóibín is also the author of several nonfiction works, including 1987’s Bad Blood, which documents Tóibín’s summer-long walk along the violence-plagued border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, and the 2002 essay collection Love in a Dark Time: Gay Lives from Wilde to Almodovar.

“Colm Tóibín’s work invites readers to contemplate the deep sadness of exile – from mother or brother, from nation, from oneself – to understand how accidents of geography and family shape identity, and how quirks of circumstance can harden or soften hearts,” said Sharon Rab, founder and co-chair of the Dayton Literary Peace Prize Foundation. “The surprising turns in his fiction and nonfiction that illustrate the longings and complexity of his characters, even those whose actions we may deplore, remind us of our shared humanity and offer the possibility of reconciliation or simply of understanding, which are the first steps to making peace.”

Tóibín shared the following statement on winning the Holbrooke Prize:

“Our task as writers is to work on our sentences, pay close attention to the rhythm, texture and tone of prose. Mostly, our books will be read silently, as they are written silently. Our aim is to reach the reader’s imagination, have an effect on the nervous systems of other people. In ways that are both powerful and mysterious a book or a story can deepen the complexity of who we are in the world, how we feel, offering no easy resolutions, no simple images. Through fiction, we learn to see others. The page is not a mirror. It is blank when I start to write, but it contains a version of the world when I finish. It is there for others to be inspired by. Slowly then, a sentence or set of sentences that have their own integrity, their own sense of balance, their own striving towards worth, can become a sonorous metaphor for much else, including for how we might live in the world, how we might see others, what we might do. Good writing thus has elements and undercurrents that are moral as much as aesthetic. Good sentences offer us a way to imagine life in all its strangeness and ambiguity and possibility, alert us to the power of the imagination to transform and transcend our nature, offer us a blueprint not only for who we are but for who we might be, who we might become.”

Tóibín will join the ranks of past winners of the Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award, formerly called the Lifetime Achievement Award, including Studs Terkel (2006), Elie Wiesel (2007), Taylor Branch (2008), Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn (2009), Geraldine Brooks (2010), Barbara Kingsolver (2011), Tim O’Brien (2012), Wendell Berry (2013), Louise Erdrich (2014), Gloria Steinem (2015), and Marilynne Robinson (2017) .

Finalists for the 2017 Dayton Literary Peace Prize will be announced on September 13, 2017.

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The Antioch Writers’ Workshop Draws Stellar Faculty

May 23, 2017 By Dayton Most Metro

The Antioch Writers’ Workshop at the University of Dayton will hold its 32nd annual summer program July 8-14, 2017. This summer marks the workshop’s first summer program presented in partnership with University of Dayton, on the university’s campus.

Participants may opt for the Full Week experience, attending morning classes as well as selecting an afternoon seminar focused on fiction, creative nonfiction or poetry. Or, they may choose an A La Carte option, attending a smaller segment of the workshop. Options are available for all schedules, writing levels and budgets.

Registration for attending the full conference is open through June 16 on the workshop’s website, www.antiochwritersworkshop.com. A La Carte registration is open through July 5.

Keynoter and Sunday Morning Creative Writing Craft instructor is John Scalzi, a science fiction author and former president of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. He is best known for his Old Man’s War series, three novels of which have been nominated for the Hugo Award, and for his blog Whatever, at which he has written frequently on a number of topics since 1998. His novel Redshirts won the 2013 Hugo Award for Best Novel. John is also the recipient of the 2016 Ohio Governor’s Award for an Individual Artist.

Scalzi’s keynote, which will be delivered at University of Dayton, is Saturday July 8 at 7 pm, and is free and open to the public. The workshop is able to provide this free event, as well as faculty and participant readings July 9-13 and other free events throughout the year, thanks to a grant from the Ohio Arts Council.

A “Saturday Seminar” on July 8 will be held before the keynote as a “prologue” to the weeklong workshop, and may be attended by itself or as part of the workshop week. Featured speaker is Jessica Strawser, editorial director of Writer’s Digest magazine and author of the novel “Almost Missed You.”

Faculty from across the United States includes award-winning mystery novelist Lori Rader-Day (“The Day I Died”), best-selling nonfiction author Matthew Goodman (“Eighty Days”), novelist Crystal Wilkinson (“The Birds of Opulence”) and other instructors. Agent Kari Sutherland (the Bradford Literary Agency) and editor Kevin Morgan Watson (Press 53) will also be on hand to take pitches and answer questions about the business of publishing.

The workshop, originally started by Antioch College in 1987, has operated as an independent 501c3 nonprofit since 1992. In addition to its in-kind partnership with University of Dayton and grant support from the Ohio Arts Council, Antioch Writers’ Workshop at University of Dayton receives support and sponsorship from WYSO 91.3 FM, Books & Co. at The Greene, and local businesses in and Dayton.

Filed Under: Dayton Literati, The Featured Articles Tagged With: Antioch Writers Workshop, John Scalzi

The Book Fair Roundup- Donate Your Books* Now

May 16, 2017 By Lisa Grigsby

The Book Fair Foundation is comprised of a group of civic-minded people who work together collecting books to support community charities, carrying on the good works the group began in 1970. They  work all year collecting books, media and findings and resell those during their annual Book Fair held during the second weekend in November at the Montgomery County Fairgrounds.

Money raised from the sale of books is donated to selected Dayton-area nonprofit organizations. In 2017, proceeds from the sale will benefit the Artemis Center, Caesar’s Ford Theatre and Discover Classical -Dayton Public Radio.

 

Through the generosity and cooperation of Grismer Tires they are extending Round Up at every Grismer location in the Miami Valley, Springfield and Troy from Monday, May 15th through Monday, May 22nd. Just bring your books inside to the barrel in the waiting room– don’t forget to get your receipt and new bookmark from the Grismer staff while you’re there.

On Saturday, May 20th, they’ll  also be at all their regular locations as well, from 10 am to 1 pm, and at our Book Loft Location, 2181 Embury Park Road, Dayton at least ’till 3 pm and probably longer.

Please note that we will not be collecting at Montgomery County Fairgrounds this spring, even though it said so in the ad– but we WILL be at Fairgrounds for our annual sale, this year September 8 -September 11, 2017.

The Book Fair Foundation is a 501c3 registered charity, and your donations are tax-deductible. Proceeds from this year’s sale benefit Artemis Center, Caesar’s Ford Theatre Company and Dayton Public Radio.

*They welcome donations of books, vinyl records, VHS, DVD, CDs, puzzles, board games, prints and maps.

And if you can’t manage to bring your donations to them, give them a call to ask about their free pick-up service at 937.999.4491.

Filed Under: Dayton Literati, The Featured Articles Tagged With: Book Loft, Dayton Book Fair Roundup, The Book Fair Foundation

Understanding the Deeper Layers of Your Story

November 10, 2016 By Dayton Most Metro

14711199_10154714548058013_6930875647651795805_oOn November 12th, the Ohio Playwrights Circle, in association with The Human Race Theatre, will present a new workshop by local playwright Michael London, Understanding the Deeper Layers of Your Story. Designed for regional writers of all levels of experience, this workshop focuses on writing exercises that aid the writer in discovering deeper layers of their story. Understanding the deeper layers of story can be a powerful tool that enables the writer to create a more dynamic plot. These layers can provide the richness of plot that allows a story to be more meaningful and impactful.

This Saturday workshop will held at the Loft Theatre, 126 N. Main Street in downtown Dayton. The hours are 11:00am to 2:00pm and the fee is $50. Register online through the Human Race Theatre or call Marilyn Klaben at 937-461-3823, ext. 3132.
Mike London is Director of the Ohio Playwrights Circle and a playwright who has worked with the Ohio Arts Council’s Artist-in-Residence program for over thirty years. His plays have been produced in the US, Canada and the UK. He received a variety of awards for his novel, Dearest, and for editing a new publication of Jane Austen’s Lady Susan. His latest play in development is Last Night at Trevose.

The Ohio Playwrights Circle (OPC) exists to bring opportunities and education to Ohio playwrights. OPC is a project of the American Artworks Foundation.

Filed Under: Dayton Literati Tagged With: Ohio Playwrights Circle, The Human Race Theatre

Joel McHale Book Signing At The Greene

November 9, 2016 By Dayton Most Metro

image004JOEL McHALE, comedian, actor, writer, television producer, and television host, will introduce his memoir-self-help guide,  Thanks for the Money: How to Use My Life Story to Become the Best Joel McHale You Can Be, on Saturday evening, November 12 at 7 pm at books&co at The Greene.
(Line numbers beginning at 6 pm. Please show your books&co receipt for Thanks for the Money,  to get an autograph line number.)
The book features stories from McHale’s childhood and anecdotes about his image005professional “trials and tribulations.”  McHale goes on to say that it includes “every exciting, fascinating, troubling, and never-before-revealed detail” of his professional life,” including “unbelievably juicy celebrity anecdotes.”
McHale is known as the star of “Community” and host of “The Soup”.    He has appeared in such films as Spider-Man 2, Spy Kids: All the Time in the World, Ted, What’s Your Number?, and Blended.
For additional event information, please contact Sharon Kelly Roth at 937-429-6302 or rothsk@booksandco.com.

Filed Under: Dayton Literati, The Featured Articles Tagged With: books&co, JOEL McHALE.

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