A conversation with Wade Rouse (writing as Viola Shipman)

Schedule

Tue Apr 15 2025 at 07:00 pm to 08:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

16699 Bagley Road, Middleburg Heights, OH 44130 | Middleburg Heights, OH

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Join us at our Middleburg Heights Branch for a conversation with Wade Rouse (who writes as Viola Shipman), author of "The Page Turner."
Register: https://attend.cuyahogalibrary.org/event/12608675
Shipman is the pen name of Wade Rouse, the USA TODAY, Publishers Weekly and internationally bestselling author of 17 books, including five memoirs and 12 novels. Wade’s books have been translated into nearly 25 languages and have been bestsellers across the world, and have been selected multiple times as Must-Reads by NBC’s Today Show as well as Michigan Notable Books of the Year. His memoirs and novels have been featured in the Washington Post, USA Today and on Chelsea Lately and chosen three times as Indie Next Picks by the nation’s independent booksellers. Wade hosts the popular Facebook Live literary happy hour, “Wine & Words with Wade,” every Thursday at 6:30 p.m. EST on the Viola Shipman author page.
In "The Page Turner," Emma Page grew up the black sheep in a bookish household, raised to believe that fine literature is the only worthy type of fiction. Her parents, self-proclaimed “serious” authors who run their own vanity press, The Mighty Pages, mingle in highbrow social circles that look down on anything too popular or mainstream, while her sister, Jess, is a powerful social media influencer whose stylish reviews can make or break a novel.
Hiding her own romance manuscript from her disapproving parents, Emma finds inspiration at the family cottage among the “fluff” they despise: the juicy summer romances that belonged to her late grandmother. But a chance discovery unearthed from her Gigi’s belongings reveals a secret that has the power to ruin her parents’ business and destroy their reputation in the industry—a secret that has already fallen into the hands of an unscrupulous publishing insider with a grudge to settle. Now Emma must decide—as much as she’s dreamed of the day when her parents are forced to confront their own egos, can she really just sit back and watch The Mighty Pages be exposed and their legacy destroyed?
📕 Books will be available for purchase courtesy of Mac's Backs - Books on Coventry.
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16699 Bagley Road, Middleburg Heights, OH 44130, United States

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