All readers and aspiring writers are welcome to attend the 2018 half-way party with the author of the critically acclaimed books All the Way Home, The Hard Way on Purpose, and Furnishing Eternity. Purchase copies of his books and have them autographed. Challengers who have reached the half-way mark of 25 books will receive a special prize, but there will be refreshments and prizes for all!

The Learned Owl Book Shop is excited to host award-winning author, Thrity Umrigar, for an intimate chat and book signing on Wednesday, June 27th, from 5:30-7pm.  Thrity will be discussing her latest work, The Secrets Between Us.  She is currently a professor at Case Western Reserve University.  After earning a M.A. in journalism, Thrity worked for several years as an award-winning reporter, columnist and magazine writer. She also earned a Ph.D. in English.

Kate Harvie, author of BELIEVE IT AND BEHAVE IT:  HOW TO RESTART, RESET, AND REFRAME YOUR LIFE, will be at The Learned Owl on Friday, May 18^th from 4:30-6:30 pm to sign her book.

Scott Edwards, author of QUINTESSENTIAL JACK:  THE ART OF JACK NICHOLSON ON SCREEN will be at The Learned Owl Book Shop on Saturday, May 12, from 1-3pm to sign his new book. Despite the usual tightly controlled protection of the superstar, Edwards uses interviews and comments by many Nicholson colleagues to present an analytical yet accessible view of one of the most popular and respected actors of the past fifty years. “When I spoke with Mr.

Cuyahoga Falls graduate, Patrick Parr, will be at the Learned Owl Book Shop Sun. April 29th from 2 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. to discuss his book, The Seminarian.  The Seminarian: Martin Luther King Jr. Comes of Age (Chicago Review Press; April 1, 2018) by Patrick Parr is a groundbreaking look at King’s three years at Crozer—how they shaped his views and expanded his horizons. Never before has a book closely examined this pivotal time in King’s life when he began to see America in a new light.