Page Count

Page Count

Ohio Center for the Book

Episodes 100
Avg. Duration 44m
Activity Highly Active
Apple Rating 5.0 (5)
Since Aug 2022
Latest Episode May 2026

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Every 2 Weeks
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Page Count, presented by the Ohio Center for the Book at Cleveland Public Library, features interviews with authors, librarians, booksellers, illustrators, publishing professionals, and literary advocates in and from the state of Ohio.

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Recent Episodes

Lights, Camera, Action with Lake Erie Ink

May 05, 2026 10m Transcript

It’s a podcast takeover! Five young writers—Moriah, Malikye, Victoria, Jordan, and Wilma—share poems and a story excerpt, all of which are about to be published in Lake Erie Ink’s 10th annual Teen…

Rediscovering Andre Norton with Dr. Jeff Karem

Apr 21, 2026 56m Transcript

Andre Norton is one of the pivotal figures in the history of science fiction and fantasy and remains eminently relevant for modern readers. She was a prolific writer, authoring more than 300 titles…

Ghost Hunting Overnight at the Thurber House

Apr 07, 2026 32m Transcript

In this supernatural spectacular, Laura is joined by her spouse, Peter, for an overnight ghost-hunting expedition at the Thurber House in Columbus. Do they experience any paranormal phenomena? Do…

AWP 2026 Recap

Mar 24, 2026 31m Transcript

Laura sits down with Tiffany Graham Charkosky, Director of Arts and Culture at Cleveland Public Library, to recap the 2026 Association of Writers & Writing Programs (AWP) Conference in Baltimore…

Literary Screening: Heated Rivalry with Sonia Feldman

Mar 10, 2026 58m Transcript

Grab your ginger ale, your hockey pucks, and your intense sense of longing, because we’re heading to the cottage. Cleveland author Sonia Feldman joins us to discuss the Heated Rivalry phenomenon—the…

Horror & Hoodoo with Tracy Cross

Feb 24, 2026 47m Transcript

Welcome to the dark world of horror author Tracy Cross! In this episode, Cross discusses her Conjure series trilogy, which follows a young girl developing into a powerful Hoodoo practitioner in…

Ohio Celebrates Toni Morrison

Feb 10, 2026 32m Transcript

It’s the year of Toni Morrison! Our friends at Literary Cleveland, in partnership with Ohio Humanities, are leading a yearlong, statewide celebration of the life, literature, and legacy of Toni…

Cross-Cultural Character Exploration with Daniel Tam-Claiborne

Jan 27, 2026 52m Transcript

Daniel Tam-Claiborne recently appeared at Mac’s Backs Books in Cleveland to discuss his debut novel, Transplants, which surrounds a Chinese college student and a Chinese American teacher who find…

The Art of Sports Journalism with Christine Brennan

Jan 13, 2026 1h Transcript

Sportswriter Christine Brennan discusses her latest book, On Her Game: Caitlin Clark and the Revolution in Women’s Sports, including how she came to conceive, research, write, and publish the book as…

Bloopers!

Dec 30, 2025 12m Transcript

We’re leaving 2025 on a note of failure, mishaps, and shame. That’s right: we have bloopers! Listen in to discover that Laura is incapable of saying the word “archivist,” she asks hopelessly clunky…

NO NO NO NO NO NO: The Rejection Show

Dec 16, 2025 19m Transcript

It’s December, it gets dark in the afternoon, and it’s freezing here in Ohio…what better time to dive into the cheery topic of rejection? Better yet, how about a clip show of rejection goodies? LOL,…

Holiday Gift Recommendations from Little Professor

Dec 02, 2025 24m Transcript

You’ve just been handed a rectangular-shaped gift with the telltale heft and size of a book. Who knows what worlds might be contained in that one little object? This holiday season, you can give that…

Publishing a Debut Memoir with Tiffany Graham Charkosky

Nov 18, 2025 54m Transcript

Debut memoirist Tiffany Graham Charkosky discusses the story behind LIVING PROOF: How Love Defied Genetic Legacy, from the medical journey she embarked on after learning she carried a genetic…

Illuminating the Origins of the Tiffany Lamps with Sandra Nickel

Nov 04, 2025 41m Transcript

In her new picture book, Sandra Nickel reveals the true genius behind the iconic Tiffany stained glass lamp designs: Clara Driscoll, an Ohio-born artist who managed the “Tiffany Girls” in Louis…

Deliciously Creepy: Celebrating 100 Episodes with Dan Chaon

Oct 21, 2025 1h 7m Transcript

For our 100th episode, we’re traveling back in time: to 1915, the setting of Dan Chaon’s latest novel, One of Us, and to September 13, 2025, when this conversation was recorded in front of a live…

Literary Screening: The Wild Robot with Tricia Springstubb

Oct 07, 2025 39m Transcript

Cleveland-based children’s book author Tricia Springstubb takes listeners on an adventure through the wilderness via The Wild Robot—how her granddaughter introduced her to Peter Brown’s story, why…

Speculative Fiction at the Columbus Book Festival

Sep 23, 2025 49m Transcript

Listeners, you’re about to slip through a portal to arrive at the 2025 Columbus Book Festival, where Megan Giddings, Ruben Reyes Jr., and Edward Underhill discussed the ins and outs of speculative…

The Art of Editing with The Cincinnati Review

Sep 09, 2025 50m Transcript

Lisa Ampleman, Managing Editor of The Cincinnati Review, offers a behind-the-scenes glimpse into a literary magazine’s submission review process. By using one poem and one short story recently…

Celebrating Virginia Hamilton with Julie K. Rubini

Aug 26, 2025 48m Transcript

Julie K. Rubini discusses her biography for young readers, Virginia Hamilton: America’s Storyteller, which surrounds one of the most honored American children’s book authors of all time. Rubini sheds…

Exploring Cuyahoga Valley National Park through Poetry

Aug 12, 2025 50m Transcript

This episode celebrates poetry, local voices, parks, biodiversity, and the art of paying attention to the natural world around us. Carrie George and Charles Malone, two co-editors of Light Enters the…

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