About this Event
Welcome to the Northwest Ohio Teen Book Festival! Join us for a day filled with your favorite authors, book signings, panels, and more. This year, we're excited to host the event at the Toledo School For the Arts. Get ready to meet fellow book lovers and immerse yourself in all things YA literature. Don't miss out on this fantastic opportunity to celebrate the magic of storytelling with us!
Agenda
🕑: 09:00 AM
Doors Open
Info: At 9 am we will begin to check in participants and invite you to participate in our scavenger hunt, which will allow you to get a lay of the land and to enter to win a book by keynote Susan Dennard!
🕑: 09:30 AM
Doors Open for Keynote & Author Introductions
🕑: 10:00 AM
Keynote
Host: Susan Dennard
🕑: 11:10 AM
Breakout Session 1
Info: 2026: Artistic Workshop - Making Comics with Mark Crilley
Panel Discussion - Main Character Energy
Panel Discussion - Down a Rabbit Hole: The Merit of Research
Panel Discussion - Love is in the Air
Writing Workshop - From Fanfiction to Best Seller with Natalie D. Richards
🕑: 12:00 AM
Breakout Session 2
Info: 2026: Panel Discussion - Visual Storytelling in Comics, Zines, and Memoir
Panel Discussion - Braving the Elements
Writing Workshop - 101 on Traditional Publishing with Meriam Metoui
Artistic Workshop - Collage Workshop: Visual Poetry
Panel Discussion - The Importance of Place: Why Setting Matters in Storytelling
🕑: 12:50 PM
Breakout Session 3
Info: 2026: Artistic Workshop - Creating Characters with Scoot McMahon
Panel Discussion - A Shake of Suspense, A Chill of Thrill, and A Dash of Mystery: A Recipe for Page-Turners!
Writing Workshop - Zine-Making Workshop with Jesse Callans
Writing Workshop - Romance Writing: A Workshop with Paul Coccia
Panel Discussion - Slice of Life: The Reality of Fiction
Community Read - The Executioners Three by Susan Dennard
🕑: 01:40 PM
Breakout Session 4
Info: 2026: Panel Discussion - When Magic and Fantasy are Reality
Writing Workshop - Writing the Hard Things
Writing Workshop - The Reader Writes Back: Letters to Authors and Characters with Kelcey Ervick
Panel Discussion - Here’s Your Seat at the Table
Board Games with Scoot & Crilley
🕑: 02:30 PM
Author Alley Book Signing
Event venue & nearby stays
Toledo School For the Arts, 333 14th Street, Toledo, United States
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