Event Recap: Killing Sadie by Rachel Peterson On August 2nd, The Bookloft hosted a soft launch of Killing Sadie by Rachel Peterson, moderated by Natalie D. Richards. Rachel opened by talking about what it meant to finally hold the book in her hands, a lifelong dream made real, which we […]
The Columbus Book Festival is July 11th and 12th and we are very excited to share that I am back moderating a panel this year! Horror That Haunts You is on Saturday July 11th at 4pm on Author Stage 1 and it is free to attend with book signings to […]
Event Recap: FanExpo Cleveland FanExpo Cleveland is exactly what you want from a pop culture convention. Celebrities, panels, vendors, cosplay, and the kind of crowd energy that comes from being surrounded by people who are completely unashamed about the things they love. Star Wars fans next to Twilight fans next […]
Event Recap: 2025 Columbus Book Festival This past July, the Columbus Book Festival returned for its third year of celebrating readers, writers, and the joy of reading at Columbus Metropolitan Library (Main) and Topiary Park. The free, two-day event brought 200+ national and local authors, a variety of panels, community […]
Event Recap: GalaxyCon Columbus & Fandom, Storytelling, and the Joy of Being a Little Obsessed GalaxyCon Columbus proved why it’s one of the most beloved fan conventions in the Midwest. Equal parts celebrity access, creator celebration, and community gathering, the weekend brought together film, television, books, comics, cosplay, and pop […]
Celebrate Independent Bookstore Day 2025 We should not have to tell you, in these times, how important Independent Bookstores are, right? Plus, as a nation we are trying to levy our buying power to those stores & businesses who have the most impact on our communities, and we can wholeheartedly […]
Events: SDCC 2024 Event Recap San Diego ComicCon 2024 is in the books. Christy and Kelly hit the convention center for the 4 day event and tried to be more present in panels this year, than on the show floor. I think it worked, we only bought books, which is […]
Event Recap: The Z Word by Lindsay King-Miller It’s been so long since I’ve been to a regular book event so when I saw that Old Firehouse, my local indie, was hosting Lindsay King-Miller’s queer zombie book, I had to go! I grabbed an audio ARC of this book (narrated […]
Event Recap: YallWest 2024 We’ve been attending and blogging about YallWest for all 10 years of the festival and were thrilled to attend again this year! This annual pilgrimage to Santa Monica means not only connecting with authors but with fellow bookish people, publishers, and other book aficionados! It’s been […]
Feature: Celebrate Little Free Library Week I remember the first time I heard of Little Free Library. An early childhood research project included them as a way to improve the community reading level (and they were built by Google employees!). This was 10 years ago, just two years after Little […]