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The semi-finalists for the 2026 Thurber Prize for American #Humor! 📖🎉

thurberhouse.org/2026-thurber-prize-in-writing-semifinalists

@riverheadbooks.bsky.social @henryholtbooks.bsky.social @crownpublishing.bsky.social @putnambooks.bsky.social @saggingmeniscus.bsky.social @amistadbooks.bsky.social

Hold it, folks: TOMORROW 10/8 is #Book Bar!!! 🎉🥂 And guess what: attendees will get the first-ever look at the 2026 Thurber Prize for American #Humor in #Writing semi-finalists! 😲🤩🥳

See ya tomorrow at 6 pm at Seventh Son Brewing!

Get tix ➡️ www.thurberhouse.org/fall-events-2025/october-book-bar

#ICYMI: October 5-11 is #BannedBooksWeek. 📚 Here are the top 10 most challenged #books of 2024, according to the @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social. How many have you read?

Learn more about Banned Books Week here ➡️ bannedbooksweek.org

And here ➡️ ala.org/bbooks

#book #read #reading #amreading

SURPRISE!!! 😁 Attendees at our Oct 8 #Book Bar will get a sneak peek at the 2026 Thurber Prize for American #Humor in #Writing semi-finalists! 😲🤩🥳

OCT 8 = BE THERE.

Get tickets ➡️ www.thurberhouse.org/fall-events-2025/october-book-bar

#reading #amreading #books #booklover #bookworm #columbus

#Humor writers, your bathrobe awaits! 😌 Applications are due this Monday, Oct 6 by midnight ET for A Hotel Room of One's Own, the Erma Bombeck #Writers Workshop's #Humorist-in-Residence Program.

Apply ➡️ humoristinresidence.submittable.com/submit

#writing #amwriting #writer #ohio #dayton #icymi

Discover #Columbus' rich #literary history with the new Columbus Booklovers Trail from Experience Columbus! 📚

Thurber House is excited to be one of the bonus stops! 🥳😁

Download your free pass ➡️ www.experiencecolumbus.com/marketplace/booklovers-trail

#cbusbooklovers #reading #amreading #books

THEY'RE FINALLY BACK!!! 😮😍😁🎉 After a 3 year hiatus, our Pen & Tell It! fall creative #workshops for grades 2-8 have returned! 🎨🖍

Learn more & register! ➡️ www.thurberhouse.org/pen-and-tell-it

#asseenincolumbus #asseenincbus #columbus #cbus #columbusohio #columbusmakesart #artmakescbus #icymi

"One more of these & I'll spill the beans about everybody here." 😉🍸

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#jamesthurber #thurber #funny #humor #lol #asseenincolumbus #asseenincbus #columbus #cbus #columbusohio #614columbus

James Thurber drawings are © Rosemary Thurber & may not be reproduced.

2025 Ohio Author Festival Join us for the 2025 Ohio Author FestivalSaturday, October 11th Crossroads Branch Library 12PM-4PM Image Image   Image    

Author fest shout out: Guernsey County District Public Library in Cambridge, OH is hosting their 2025 #Ohio #Author Festival on Sat, Oct 11, featuring Ohio #authors you know and love—plus panels, children's workshops, & more. 📖📚

Check it out: guernseycountylibrary.org/authorfest

😎 Up next: MORE #workshops! 😎

🎓 OCT 2: Writing for #Television 8-Week Master Course (#Virtual) 🎓
Register ➡️ thurberhouse.org/master-course-writing-for-television-fall-2025

✍️ SEPT-NOV: Adult #Writing Workshops (In-Person/Virtual) ✍️
Register ➡️ thurberhouse.org/adult-writing-workshops-fall-2025

Happy release day to "Thurber kid" Ellen O'Clover for her new #novel, The Heartbreak Hotel! 🎉

Ellen is a former Thurber House Young Docent, Young Writers' Studio participant, & reader at our 2011 New Voices picnic—& now a 3 TIME published #author. 📕📗📘 We're SO proud of your success, Ellen! 🥹

Meg isn't dead! ☠️ We just had the first rehearsal for our murder mystery event & she's pretending to be a ghost. 👻😁

Don't miss our adult/teen #Halloween event on Oct 18—it's a twofer with a murder mystery & a spooky social! 🔎🍩🍭🎃

Register ➡️

Last week, #volunteers from Columbus Gives Back transformed our outdoor spaces by removing the summer overgrowth, making our landscaping & Dog Garden beautiful once again! 🌿🌳🏡 #Thanks, kind friends! 🙌

#thankyou #asseenincolumbus #asseenincbus #columbus #cbus #614columbus #columbusohio #ohio

✅ My #anxiety/#stress are at an all-time high
✅ I'm struggling to make time for #selfcare
✅ I really need a creative boost

If you agreed with any of these statements, don't walk, RUN to #Laughter #Wellness next Thurs 9/25 at 6 pm! 🏃💨

Register ➡️ thurberhouse.org/laughter-wellness

#columbus #cbus

Writers and Author Symposium Writer & Author's Symposium September 20, 2025, 10am - 5pm We look forward to seeing you at our 2025 Symposium! Dayton…

Hey #writers, we're headed to #Dayton! 🚗 Thurber House is part of Dayton Metro Library's #Writer & #Author Symposium this Saturday, Sept 20. 😁 Our instructors @shelleymannhite.bsky.social & Jen Knox are teaching workshops on publishing & promotion. ✍️📖

Info ➡️ daytonmetrolibrary.org/symposium

The week is here! 😮😁 This Thurs 9/18 - Sun 9/21, don't miss the FREE @cartooncrossroads.bsky.social Festival in #Columbus. 🎨✍️ The #Cartoon Crossroads Columbus Festival is PACKED w/ special guests & programs!

Info ➡️ cartooncrossroadscolumbus.org

#cartoons #cartooning #comics #manga #columbusohio

Reading: Kinsey Cantrell with Hanif Abdurraqib cells, fully differentiated is an account of non-diagnosis, an experiment in mining memory and parsing trauma in an ultimately failed attempt to construct narrative. against a backdrop of social and economic precarity, the narrator’s effort to understand becomes cyclical. fully differentiated cells are cells that have been defined, cells that have an explicit role in the functioning of the human body. if understanding and diagnosis are in service of the larger structures of capitalism, then ultimately cells, fully differentiated rejects that understanding.Kinsey Cantrell is a Brooklyn-based poet. Her debut collection of poetry, cells, fully differentiated (Noemi Press, 2025) won the 2023 Noemi Press Book Award. Her work has appeared in Protean Magazine, Electric Literature, SICK Magazine, Booth, Black Warrior Review, and elsewhere, and has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net. She studied epidemiology and biostatistics at the City University of New York.

"Thurber kid" Kinsey Cantrell is launching her #book on Sept 24 at @twodollarradiohq.bsky.social w/ Hanif Abdurraqib! 🎉📖

Kinsey is a former Young Docent, camper, & camp counselor. 🤯📙 SO happy for you, Kinsey! 😁

Info ➡️ twodollarradiohq.com/event/2025-09-24/reading-kinsey-cantrell-hanif-abdurraqib

You know you're #haunted when...

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Want to schedule your own private investigation? We're booking 2025-2026 dates! Contact us ➡️ thurberhouse.org/contact-us

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#haunting #ghost #ghosts #ghostinvestigation #ghosthunt #paranormal #asseenincolumbus #columbus #columbusohio

Uh oh... what are these two devising?! A murder mystery?! At Thurber House?! 😱

PSA: Kathy & Fredrich advise that you do NOT miss our #Halloween event on Oct 18. We've got a murder mystery & a #spooky social! 🔎🎃🍩🍭

👻 Register ➡️ thurberhouse.org/fall-events-2025/halloween-adults-teens

#columbus

Fall season is (almost officially) here, and that means the return of Young #Writers' Studio and Adult #Writers' Studio! 🍂 Both programs kicked off last week with guest teacher Robert Loss and facilitators Marty Ross-Dolen and Jen Knox. ✍😀

#writing #asseenincolumbus #columbus #columbusohio #cbus

Happy National #Read a #Book Day! 😉📚📖 Tell us what you're #reading in the comments! ⤵️

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#nationalreadabookday #amreading #books #booklover #bookworm #writing #amwriting #writer #writers #write #writingcommunity #writerslife #author #authors #funny #lol #humor #meme #memes

Hey, #Columbus! 👋 Thurber House & Basi Italia are partnering! 😁 During September, ALL cannoli sales at Basi will be donated to Thurber House to support our programs. 🥹🙌

Make a reservation at basi-italia.com or grab a seat at the bar. 😋

#Thankyou, Basi! ❤️

#asseenincolumbus #cbus #columbusohio

🚨 20% OFF early bird special extended to Sept 13 for our #virtual 8-week #Writing for #TV master course! 😮

🎓 The course is led by TV industry veteran Bo Kaprall (Laverne & Shirley / The Carol Burnett Show).

Register ➡️ thurberhouse.org/master-course-writing-for-television-fall-2025

#screenwriting

'Tis the season! 🏈 #GoBucks

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#football #gameday #ohiostate #osu #ohiostatefootball #buckeyes #osubuckeyes #ohiostatebuckeyes #buckeyenation #dog #dogs #doglover #thurber #asseenincolumbus #asseenincbus #columbus #cbus #columbusohio

#JamesThurber drawings are © Rosemary Thurber.

Gail Gauthier Visits James Thurber or Pictures From My Vacation! Yes, I'm still talking about my vacation. Have I mentioned that I had a great time? While planning this thing, I decided that I wanted to ...

More of my #literarytourism. This time to @thurberhouse.bsky.social I no longer have the furniture I discuss in this essay. I'm a minimalist now. blog.gailgauthier.com/2014/10/gail...

Deadlines to register coming up soon! 🚨

🎓 Master Course: #Writing for TV: 20% off special ends Sept. 1! ⚠️

✍️ Adult #Writers' Studio: starts Sept. 2-3! Limited spots left.

💸 Scholarships are available for both programs. 💸

Register ➡️ www.thurberhouse.org/current-even...

#amwriting #writer #virtual

We've got 4 NEW events! 🎉

🟠 Oct 11: FREE Family-Friendly #Halloween 🎃
🔴 Oct 18: Halloween Murder Mystery & Spooky Social 👻
🟢 Nov 13: Essayist Sarah Chihaya
🔵 Nov 19: @newyorker.com Cartoonist Tom Toro @tbtoro.bsky.social (Event & Workshop) 🎨

Register ➡️ www.thurberhouse.org/current-events-programs

Wow! Did you make that?

Beware of #dog... it's the infamous Muggs Thurber, "the Dog That Bit People"! 🐶☠️

Also pictured: the statue of Muggs at the #Thurber family gravesite in #Columbus's Green Lawn Cemetery, which is based on #JamesThurber's drawing of Muggs in My Life & Hard Times. 📖

#dogs #doglover #columbusohio #cbus

Fall 2025 Adult #Writers' Studio is filling up fast! 😮 This supportive group for serious writers begins Sept 2-3. ✍️

Only a few spots remain for in-person AWS. 🏠 Don't live in #Columbus? Try virtual AWS! 💻

Register ➡️ www.thurberhouse.org/adult-writer...

#writing #icymi @martyrossdolen.bsky.social