Designer Purse Bingo! All proceeds directly benefit the Northwest Ohio Teen Book Festival.
Join us for Designer Purse Bingo! All proceeds directly benefit the Northwest Ohio Teen Book Festival.
Purse Bingo is just Bingo where you can win designer purses! Your ticket buys you eight rounds of bingo, light appetizers, and two drink tokens. You can purchase an extra ticket book, dobbers, raffle tickets, and drink tokens at the event.
Doors open at 5:30pm and bingo begins at 6:00pm.
$35 Single Ticket
Northwest Ohio Teen Book Festival & JustWrite Ohio
Join us for the First Annual Goth Gala! A glamorous evening with dinner, dancing, live art, and silent auction benefiting teen literacy!
Proceeds to directly benefit the Northwest Ohio Teen Book Festival.
Keynote speaker Dirk Manning, writer/creator of comic series such as the supernatural noir Tales of Mr. Rhee, the genre-bending horror anthology Nightmare World, Buried But Not Dead, Twiztid Haunted High-Ons (nominated for three Ringo Awards, including Best Humor Comic of 2020), Hope, Butts in Seats: The Tony Schiavone Story, Love Stories (to Die For), and The Adventures of Cthulhu Jr. & Dastardly Dirk. Now predominantly publishing with Source Point Press, Dirk was an early adapter in using crowdfunding to launch pre-sales of his comics and graphic novels.
Saturday, October 1, 2022
SOFIA QUINTERO ART AND CULTURAL CENTER
Doors Open at 6:00pm
Black Carpet Photo Opportunity – 6:00pm
Take a picture with Robert Vantivelt’s Edgar Allen Poe and/or Ravens!
Live Art, Silent Auction, & Drinks – 6:15pm
Robert Vantivelt and Merrill Rainey will be creating at the Sofia Quintero Galleria
Silent Auction Items will be available for bidding in the Sofia Quintero Galleria
Drinks will be available in the Sofia Quintero Event Center and can be taken to the Galleria
Dinner & Keynote – 7:00pm
Dirk Manning will speak about the importance of teen reading
A Gothic inspired meal will be provided in the Sofia Quintero Event Center
Art Auction, Music, & Dancing – 8:00pm
Bid on the items created at the event, and enjoy music provided by DJ Shellie Shell
Closing – 8:45pm
$100 – $800 Tickets are sold in sets of 2 or full tables of 8 or 10
Northwest Ohio Teen Book Festival & JustWrite Ohio
Northwest Ohio Teen Book Festival is a book festival focused on teens and tweens of Northwest Ohio. The festival will be hosted at Rossford Junior/Senior High on Saturday, March 18, 2023 from 9 am to 3:30 pm. The festival will consist of 5 Sessions, with 5 Breakout options per Session. Each attendee will be scheduled for one Lunch Breakout, so they will be attending 4 Breakouts total. The event will end with a Book Signing session where participants can get their books signed by the authors!
The Northwest Ohio Teen Book Festival is a volunteer organization made up of lovers of literature, who have come together to create a fantastic opportunity for teens from Northwest Ohio and the surrounding area to meet their favorite authors and discover new authors.
If you are interested in volunteering for you event: https://nwoteenbookfest.com/how-to-help/
We are very excited to announce the breakout sessions that will be available at the Northwest Ohio Teen Book Festival! The sessions will be spread out across 4 breakouts, meaning there will be at least 7 options during each breakout. Lunch will be an option as well during the first 3 breakouts.
WE are so excited to announce the 2022 Northwest Ohio Teen Book Festival Authors! You can see the complete list, go to the authors’ official websites, and check out their books on our Meet the Authors page: https://nwoteenbookfest.com/meet-the-authors/
We are excited to host Darci Hannah for a discussion of her Beacon Bakeshop series and a Christmas Cookie Bake-Off to raise funds for the Northwest Ohio Teen Book Festival! Everyone is invited to participate! For a $10 donation anyone can taste test the cookies and vote for their favorite! Please register here as either a Baker, a Taster, or a Spectator so that we can ensure space for everyone.
The Northwest Ohio Teen Book Festival team will be selling hot dog lunches and kettle corn at the Fall Author Fair at 196 E. South Boundary in Perrysburg on Sunday, September 12 from 11 am to 3 pm! Join us for a $5 lunch to support the Northwest Ohio Teen Book Festival and stick around to meet over 20 local authors!
We are sorry to say that the Northwest Ohio Teen Book Festival will not be happening on May 2, 2020. We are planning to hold the festival once everything is up and running again post-corona virus pandemic, but at this time we don’t know when that will be. Keep an eye here for updates, and please stay safe!
