{"id":7210,"date":"2022-04-13T12:07:30","date_gmt":"2022-04-13T16:07:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lucysnyder.com\/?p=7210"},"modified":"2022-04-13T12:07:30","modified_gmt":"2022-04-13T16:07:30","slug":"2022-ohioana-book-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lucysnyder.com\/index.php\/2022-ohioana-book-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"2022 Ohioana Book Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday, I and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.efschraeder.com\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EF Schraeder<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.markdawidziak.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mark Dawidziak<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leannareneehieber.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Leanna Renee Hieber<\/a> recorded the &#8220;Don\u2019t Turn Out the Lights!&#8221; panel on writing horror for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ohioana.org\/programs\/ohioana-book-festival\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2022 Ohioana Book Festival<\/a>. Our panel will stream on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ohioana.org\/programs\/ohioana-book-festival\/schedule\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube<\/a> at 2pm on Sunday, May 1st.<\/p>\n<p>Since 2007, the Ohioana Book Festival has given readers the opportunity to connect with their favorite Ohio writers. Held each spring, the Festival welcomes roughly 140 authors and more than 3,000 visitors every year.<\/p>\n<p>The organizers say:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>As we have done for the past two years, we decided to present the festival in an online format to keep everyone safe as the pandemic continues. We\u2019re delighted that we will still be able to share with you all the things you love about the Ohioana Book Festival, straight to your home: a fun-filled weekend featuring panel discussions, conversations, and readings. We\u2019ll also have a number of virtual outreach programs with community partners from all around Ohio leading up to the main event.<\/p>\n<p>110 Ohio authors and illustrators will be featured in the festival\u2019s virtual programs. See the full list below. We\u2019re sure you\u2019ll see some of your favorites in this stellar lineup!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The 2022 Book Festival will be held virtually from Friday, April 29 to Sunday, May 1, 2022. Click on the logo below to check out their schedule:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ohioana.org\/programs\/ohioana-book-festival\/schedule\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"285\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.lucysnyder.com\/index.php\/2022-ohioana-book-festival\/obf\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.lucysnyder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/OBF.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"177,121\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"OBF\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.lucysnyder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/OBF.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-285 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lucysnyder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/OBF.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"177\" height=\"121\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Yesterday, I and EF Schraeder, Mark Dawidziak, and Leanna Renee Hieber recorded the &#8220;Don\u2019t Turn Out the Lights!&#8221; panel on writing horror for the 2022 <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lucysnyder.com\/index.php\/2022-ohioana-book-festival\/\" title=\"2022 Ohioana Book Festival\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7211,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[18,35,70,17,4],"tags":[9,180,6],"class_list":["post-7210","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-convention","category-horror","category-interview","category-writing","category-writing-advice","tag-horror","tag-ohioana-book-festival","tag-writing"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.lucysnyder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Horror-panel-screencap-2.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8qT6f-1Si","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5215,"url":"https:\/\/www.lucysnyder.com\/index.php\/2020-ohioana-book-festival\/","url_meta":{"origin":7210,"position":0},"title":"The 2020 Ohioana Book Festival","author":"Lucy A. Snyder","date":"August 27, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"This year, because of COVID-19, the Ohioana Book Festival is being held in a virtual format from Friday, August 28 through Sunday, August 30th. I'm participating in the \"Adventures in Speculative Fiction\" panel, which will go online at 2pm Eastern on Sunday. Adventures in Speculative Fiction The best speculative fiction\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;bookstores&quot;","block_context":{"text":"bookstores","link":"https:\/\/www.lucysnyder.com\/index.php\/category\/bookstores\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Ohioana Book Festival Cartoon","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lucysnyder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Ohioana2020.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lucysnyder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Ohioana2020.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lucysnyder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Ohioana2020.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lucysnyder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Ohioana2020.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lucysnyder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Ohioana2020.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":2090,"url":"https:\/\/www.lucysnyder.com\/index.php\/garden-of-eldritch-delights\/","url_meta":{"origin":7210,"position":1},"title":"Garden of Eldritch Delights","author":"Lucy A. 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The first two, While the Black Stars Burn and Soft Apocalypses,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;My Books&quot;","block_context":{"text":"My Books","link":"https:\/\/www.lucysnyder.com\/index.php\/category\/my-books\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lucysnyder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/EldritchDelights-e1533052283615.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lucysnyder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/EldritchDelights-e1533052283615.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lucysnyder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/EldritchDelights-e1533052283615.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lucysnyder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/EldritchDelights-e1533052283615.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":14902,"url":"https:\/\/www.lucysnyder.com\/index.php\/columbus-book-festival\/","url_meta":{"origin":7210,"position":2},"title":"Columbus Book Festival","author":"Lucy A. 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