Ohio Center for the Book at Cleveland Public Library

For better or worse, Wikipedia has become the first stop for information for many people. With that in mind, the Ohio Center for the Book, in collaboration with the State Library of Ohio, is encouraging people to add information about Ohio women to Wikipedia during Women’s History Month 2022 to celebrate their contributions to the …

Nancy Christie is the award-winning author of two short story collections: Traveling Left of Center and Other Stories and Peripheral Visions and Other Stories (both from Unsolicited Press); two books for writers: Rut-Busting Book for Authors and Rut-Busting Book for Writers (both from Mill City Press); and The Gifts Of Change (Atria/Beyond Words). Her newest …

Unfortunately, out of an abundance of caution due to COVID-19, we have had to cancel our Winter Get Graphic! book discussions. We hope to revisit each of these titles in the future! The Ohio Center for the Book will be hosting book discussions 6:00-7:00 pm on the first Thursday of January, February, and March at Bookhouse …

Laura Maylene Walter is the author of the short story collection Living Arrangements (BkMk Press 2011) and the novel Body of Stars (Dutton 2021). Her writing has appeared in Poets & Writers, Kenyon Review, the Sun, Ninth Letter, the Masters Review, the Horse Girls anthology (Harper Perennial 2021) and many other publications. She has been …

Cari Dubiel has been a reader since she was 2-1/2 years old. By the time she was six, she was reading chapter books, and her life as a writer started not long after. When Cari was in 3rd grade, her teacher gave writing journals to the class, and Cari took to it and never looked …

We would like to announce that Ohio author Laura Maylene Walter has been appointed the Ohio Center for the Book at Cleveland Public Library Fellow. Laura will be working to facilitate Center programming and other initiatives along with authors, aspiring writers, librarians, and readers across Ohio. Laura Maylene Walter is the author of the debut …

Michael Credico’s debut short story collection, Heartland Calamitous, was published at possibly the most unfortunate time possible. The book was released in early 2020, and he had a wonderful public reading in San Antonio in connection with the Association of Writers and Writing Programs annual conference… then the pandemic struck. Michael had to cancel all …

On Nov. 6, we had a wonderful chat with author as part of our celebration of National Novel Writing Month at our Come Write-In Online event. Abby L. Vandiver was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and has been a lifelong resident of Northeast Ohio. A former lawyer and college professor, she has a bachelor’s degree in …

Jumpstart Your Creativity Workshop with Author Nancy ChristieEvent Type: In-PersonDATE: Saturday, December 4, 2021TIME: 1:30 -2:30 p.m.Location: Literature Department, Main Library, 2nd FL Are you writing your heart out this month to complete the first draft of your novel and have been asking yourself, “What comes next?” For most of us writing means revision. If …