Authors you know will be at Buckeye Book Fair

Nearly 100 Ohio authors and illustrators will be at the annual Buckeye Book Fair from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, November 5, in Wooster to sell and autograph their work.

Among them are three current and three former Beacon Journal staffers plus a couple of other names you will recognize–all hoping you will buy their book. We have a summary below, but you really should download a PDF file of the authors with photos. There are many more familiar names there.

The Book Fair is in Fisher Auditorium OSU/OARDC, 1680 Wales Ave., Wooster. It is the largest one-day literary event in Ohio. Its mission is to promote work by Ohio authors and to support literacy efforts in the state by providirig grants to schools, libraries, and literacy programs. Since inception as a nonprofit entity in 1987.the Buckeye Book Fair has awarded $196,491.96 in 247 grants.

The three Beacon Journal staffers are:

Lisa Abraham & Catherine St. John write about Famous Chefs and Fabulous Recipes: Lessons Learned at One of the Oldest Cooking Schools in America. The book by the BJ food editor and co-author contains recipes from all of them.
[Table 15]

Rick Amon His Ohio Breweries is a comprehensive guide to Ohio’s forty-nine regional breweries, microbreweries, and brewpubs. He writes a brew column and a few other things for the BJ [Table 44]

Phil Trexler Cleveland Indians: Yesterday & Today gives you the inside scoop on the franchise’s storied history. He also has written Ballparks, Yesterday & Today. Phil and wife, Nancy, met in a concession line at Jacobs Field. He also is a BJ staff writer.
[Table 38]

The former BJ types are:

Regina Brett God Never Blinks: 50 Lessons for Life’s Little Detours. Regina is a columnist, writer, and radio host of the “The Regina Brett Show” on NPR. She will be giving a talk for the Book Fair audience at 20 p.m. on “Lesssons from the Detours of Life.” [Table 2]

Paul J. Bauer & Mark Dawidziak Jim Tully: American Writer, Irish Rover, Hollywood Brawler compellingly describes Tully’s hardscrabble life. Dawidzak is the PD television critic. [Table 41]

Kymberli Hagelberg Wicked Akron: Tales of Rumrunners, Mobsters, and Other Rubber City Rogues explores Akron’s darker days. She was at the BJ for 16 years and is now, editor of the Fairlawn-Bath Patch. [Table 24]

Others you will recognize:

Dick Goddard & Vicki Stracensky Six Inches of Partly Cloudy, a grab-bag of personal stories, witty cartoons, fun facts, and essays about weather and pets, by Cleveland TV weather guy Dick Goddard. He’s been on the screen for 50 years.
[Table 2]

Jeff Iula & Bill Ignizio My Photographic Memory of the Soap Box Derby about the Soap Box Derby of course.
[Table 30]

Tom Wilson Jr. Collection of the best of his Ziggy comic panels 1971-2011.
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Don Cockroft The 1980 Kardiac Kids: Our Untold Stories is the most complete and comprehensive account of this miracle season for the Browns. [Table 30]

See the Book Fair website which contains a map, floor plan, order form and other information.

Also click on the BJ authors label at left to read about other BJ authors who will not be at the book fair.