The News Herald (Willoughby, OH)
Library sets date for ‘Books & Cooks!’
Madison Library has announced that its 14th annual “Books & Cooks!” event will take place from 6 to 8 p.m. April 9.
Attendees will be able to meet local authors — learn of their inspiration, joy, trials, and tales of writing and publishing their works — and sample items from local cooks, according to a news release. Signed copies of their books may be purchased, too.
Several authors are new to “Books & Cooks!” this year.
Jane Helen Cooper, author of “Willie and the Tomato Garden,” will be there and so will Michael Hale, author of “North Wind.” Ryan Kinney, from Madison High School’s class of 2000, will have his books “The Pieces,” “Jigsaw” and “Suicidal Poems.”
J. Everett Prewitt and Pheba Smith have also signed up to attend, and Margie DeLong is back after missing last year.
Returning authors will include Barbara Hacha, author of “Line by Line,” “Mulligan Stew” and “Sidetracks”; Tom Swope, author of “LEGACIES: Stories from the Second World War” and “Confession of a Housedaddy.” KRASH will be back with his illustrated books, too.
Mary Lu Warstler, author of “The Yellow Butterfly, a Short Story Collection” and “Rainbows, Butterflies and Songs in the Night – meditations, poems and prayers” also is slated to attend as will Tam Polzer, author of “The Kitchen Fairy” and Frank Monastra, author of “Brancato Mafia Boss,” “King of Clubs” and “Gangland Cleveland Style.”
Other authors will include Carl Feather, Millie Dennis, Chery Casebeer, Lonnie-Sharon Williams, Don Lee, Mary Lewis, and Jennifer Priester.
The Madison Historical Society also will have its books on Madison’s history and a new “Walking Tour Pamphlet.”
Nancy Gottron from Upscale Eats Bakery and Catering is ready to have patrons sample her treats, too.
There is still time and space for more authors and cooks to be part of this year’s “Books & Cooks!” Stop in at the library, 6111 Middle Ridge Road; or call the library at 440-428-2189 to register.