The 2026 Columbus Book Festival will be held on Saturday July 11 and Sunday 12, 2026 at the Columbus Metropolitan Library 96 S. Grant Ave., Columbus, Ohio. Marketplace applications are open for...
By Jack Beresford, Newsweek Staff at an Ohio library (Columbus Metropolitan Library, Karl Road) were shocked to discover a note alongside something else unexpected in an overdue book returned by a young...
Sudi A. Mohamud of Apple Valley, Minnesota has been named a Woman of the Month for December 2025 by P.O.W.E.R. (Professional Organization of Women of Excellence Recognized). Chosen for...
Zaidaan Mubarok, 6th grade., Davis middle school, Dublin City Schools District. I am specifically into World War II. This topic is interesting to me because I read a lot...
By Hawa Toure, 9th Grade There are so many untold stories in the world just waiting to be heard. One of those stories is the story of my grandfather....
By Zaynab Harun, 4th Grade, DreamSafer School Once upon a time there was a cat named Midnight. She wasn’t your basic normal cat, because she was a super spy....
By Fatimah Bint Harun, 6th Grade, DreamSafer School Bothered By Raindrops He dumped my life like trash at dawn, then vanished fast, already gone. I requested the truth; he...
By Emmanuel Olawale I had the first book signing for the tenth year edition of The Flavor of Favor: Quest for the American Dream, A Memoir last Friday, October...
Pictures by Irina Perry Columbus, Ohio-based Attorney Emmanuel Olawale hosted winners of the K-12 New Americans Book Fair Essay, Short Story and Drawing competition, as they received their cash...
By Amirah Wilcox, 10th Grade, Acellus In kindergarten, the world was wide, Crayons danced and colors lied, Nap times under paper skies, Dreams as big as our sleepy eyes....