Book bazaar features special programs

Special programs are planned throughout the day at the first Mahoning Valley Book Bazaar on Saturday. The program schedule features: 10 a.m. — “Publishing Poetry: Polishing Your Poems Until They Squeak and Then Sending Them Out into the World” with Barbara Sabol of Lit Youngstown 11 a.m. — “True Crime: From Front Page to Cultural Cornerstone” with Laura Beadling and authors Eliza Osborn and Michael Prelee 1 p.m. — “Young Adult Lit” presented by the Youngstown State University English Festival staff 2 p.m. — “Fantasy Panel” with author Kara Zone and special guests Zephyr Carioscia, Ciara Hartford, Samantha Jo, Anne Natalie and Layla Nox 3 p.m. — “Pages of Terror: Horror through Eras and Veins” presented by YSU with Frank Bell, Isabella Davis and Justin Gonatas 4 p.m. — “The Books That Surprised Us” with Russell Brickey and Jimmy Frohman of YSU and Eric Harper of Neighborhood Bookstore author interview podcast The Mahoning Valley Book Bazaar runs 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday at Holiday Inn