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-Kayla If you’ve ever seen the design of a Lindsay Ward book, you realize reality is overrated. Ward is an accomplished children’s book illustrator and author who published Please Bring Balloons, When Blue Met Egg, and Pelly and Mr. Harrison Visit the Moon. She illustrated A Garden for Pig, The Yellow Butterfly, and Star Academy. During her interview at […]
It’s Columbus’ third annual improv comedy festival, the Columbus Unscripted Improv Festival 2014. Hosted by Columbus Unscripted, the festival will include professional-level improvisational workshops as well as performances by over 15 local improv troupes and nationally acclaimed improvisers, Jamie Campbell, The Stevens Family and Hitch*Cocktails from the Annoyance Theatre Chicago. […]
Got an itch to buy some new art to go with your collection, but you’re not a Wexner? Make plans to attend One Night, the main fundraiser event for the Ohio Art League. One Night will happen on Friday, October 10, and you can learn more about it by listening to my talk with Ohio Art League board […]
Recently, I sat down with Cynthia Rosi and talked to her about being a spiritual cleanser as part of the Craft Halloween special. You can catch the special on midnight of October 31 or 3 pm on November 1 on the mighty WCBE, 90.5 FM, central Ohio’s NPR station. She trained as a spiritual healer […]
Brad Henry is a doctoral student at the Ohio State University, working with technology, as well as Director of Technology for eStudent Learning. We sat down to talk about computer programming, technology, and his project with Code.org that encourages students to work with code. Interested in code? Work in a central Ohio school system? Contact Brad to […]
On my drive into work this morning, I was listening to the amazing Vienna Teng song “Goodnight, New York,” which has these lines: I’ll see you all on the other side After I am a different man with different eyes It got me thinking about the difference between stasis and motion. Are we living out Bill’s […]
Several years ago, when Lee Child was in town with the Thurber House, I was scheduled to interview him. Unfortunately, I had to go out of town unexpectedly and missed him. Fortunately, I was able to catch up with him recently and talk to him about writing the Jack Reacher novels (including the most recent, 19th […]
Surgeon Kelly Parsons wrote Doing Harm in the off hours over the past 8 years to give an insider’s look at how murders are secretly committed in hospitals. Perhaps I should label the above [satire] like Facebook is apparently doing just to make sure that it’s clear Dr. Parsons has written a fiction novel. We talked […]
Thirsty for a great interview? Mindy McGinnis, a young adult librarian, author, and active blogger, is a must-meet individual whose talent and comical personality make for one refreshing conversation. In her two post-apocalyptic novels, Not a Drop to Drink and In a Handful of Dust, the world is faced with a shortage of water and […]
The 2014 Craft Halloween radio special will feature stories from listeners. What are your favorite scary stories? Maybe Edgar Allen Poe, maybe Christina Rossetti? Here’s a YouTube video to get you into the proper mood. In the comment below, let me know how to contact you and a little about your story: maybe it’s a time […]