This episode is dedicated to the teens and tweens of Perrysburg and their families. It is my hope that this episode will inspire you to read, write, and/or draw AND attend this year’s Northwest Ohio Teen Book Festival. To read the FULL show notes, visit https://www.perrysburgpodcast.com/143.
The Northwest Ohio Teen Book Festival is Saturday, April 25, 2026 at the Toledo School for the Arts. To learn more about it, I sat down with Denise Phillips (Teen Book Festival Committee Member and Gathering Volumes Bookstore Owner) and 7 authors who will participate at the festival by giving talks and/or signing books.
You can learn more about the festival and register online at https://nwoteenbookfest.com/.
If you find this episode after the festival, or you live outside Northwest Ohio, I hope this episode still inspires you to read, learn, and create. See below for a list of books mentioned.
There are 8 interviews in this episode. Denise Phillips kicks off the episode with general information about the Northwest Ohio Teen Book Festival. Then, we have 7 author interviews. They’re all around 12 minutes each.
GUEST NAMES AND TIME STAMPS
Denise Phillips 3:33 Chelsea Bobulski 30:14 Paul Coccia 42:25 Mark Crilley 55:29 Scoot McMahon 1:08:07 Abbey Nash 1:19:44 Natalie D. Richards 1:31:18 Suja Sukumar 1:45:39
Links from this episode
Northwest Ohio Teen Book Festival website https://nwoteenbookfest.com/ Gathering Volumes Bookstore website https://gatheringvolumes.com/ Scoot McMahon on Instagram @scootcomics https://www.instagram.com/scootcomics/ Email the Host - Kim Newlove, kim@perrysburgpodcast.com Sign up for our weekly newsletter on https://www.perrysburgpodcast.com/newsletter Follow the podcast on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@perrysburgpodcast
Books mentioned in this episode
Truthwitch by Susan Dennard The Luminaries (trilogy) by Susan Dennard The Executioners Three by Susan Dennard Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling Don’t Get Caught by Kurt Dinan The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton Rumble Fish by S.E. Hinton Dungeons and Drama by Kristy Boyce How Girls Are Made by Mindy McGinnis Stuart Gibbs books (Spy School, Moon Base Alpha Series, and more) How to Tell a True Story by Trisha Springstubb The Keeper by Kelcey Ervick A Deal with a Debutante by Chelsea Bobulski The Wood by Chelsea Bobulski Remember Me by Chelsea Bobulski All I Want for Christmas (series) by Chelsea Bobulski Little Women by Louisa May Alcott Berenstain Bears books Little Critter books by Mercer Mayer The Bear Fairy by Paul Coccia On the Line by Paul Coccia and Eric Walters Recommended Reading by Paul Coccia Leon Levels Up (Middle grade VR video game book) by Paul Coccia Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte The Golden Compass series by Philip Pullman Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum The Shining by Stephen King Akiko by Mark Crilley The Comic Book Lesson: A Graphic Novel That Shows You How to Make Comics by Mark Crilley The Two Pencil Method by Mark Crilley The Drawing Lesson by Mark Crilley Ninja Kaiju by Scoot McMahon Agents of Slam by Scoot McMahon Wrapped Up by Scoot McMahon Classic Comics: Archie and Jughead, Batman, The Fantastic Four, and X-Men Breathing Underwater by Abbey Nash Lifeline by Abbey Nash Little House on the Prairie (Series) Laura Ingalls Wilder The Chronicles of Narnia (Series) by C.S. Lewis 49 Miles Alone by Natalie D. Richards Goosebumps (Series) by R. L. Stine The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald Other authors mentioned by Natalie D. Richards: Stephen King, Dean Koontz, Walt Whitman, Ernest Hemingway, Toni Morrison, and Barbara Kingsolver. When Mimi Went Missing by Suja Sukumar Authors mentioned by Suja: Enid Blyton, Agatha Christie, and Nancy Drew Hardy Boys by Franklin W. Dixon
