Ohio Center for the Book at Cleveland Public Library

Mark your calendars! We hope to see you at one of our many events! Check out the inspirational, educational, and motivational workshops and get-togethers in support of National Novel Writing Month this season both in-person and online. Registration is not required for programs unless otherwise noted. For full details and times, just scroll down, contact …

The Ohio Center for the Book, in collaboration with Cleveland State University and Celebrating Cleveland’s Past Masters*, are honoring the life and legacy of Harlan Ellison: speculative fiction author, screenwriter, social critic, and self-described “troublemaker, malcontent, desperado” on Saturday, Sept. 17, 1:00 pm at Cleveland Public Library’s Louis Stokes Wing, 2nd floor, 525 Superior Avenue …

The Library of Congress wants this year’s National Book Festival held in Washington, DC, on Saturday, September 3, to be truly National — and would love your help in making this happen in our state. As a state affiliate of the Library of Congress Center for the Book, the Ohio Center for the Book is …

On July 13, the Ohioana Library and the State Library of Ohio, in collaboration with the Ohio Center for the Book and Choose to Read Ohio advisory council members, hosted a reception of recent Floyd’s Pick Book Award winners and honorees at the State Library of Ohio in Columbus. Ohio Center for the Book Coordinator …

A selection of novelists, poets, and essayists to explore as we commemorate Juneteenth… Frances Ellen Watkins Harper (1825-1911) was the one of the first Black women to be published in the United States with her Poems on Miscellaneous Subjects, published in 1854. See a selection of her poems at The Poetry Foundation. Langston Hughes (1901-1967), …

Every year since 2002, the Ohio Center for the Book has the honor of selecting a book to represent our state in the national Great Reads from Great Places initiative. Those titles are highlighted at the National Book Festival in Washington, DC, every year, as well as being placed on the permanent list of honoree …

Pride Month provides Ohioans with a chance to either revisit or to learn about all the LGBTQ+ literary figures who were born in Ohio or have called the Buckeye State home. And before you say “What about….?!”, we acknowledge this is ONLY a very small selection! Consider this an enticement for you to explore well …

Download the new Choose to Read Ohio Booklist The State Library of Ohio, the Ohioana Library Association, and the Ohio Center for the Book along with the Choose to Read Ohio Advisory Council has announced the 2023 & 2024 Choose to Read Ohio (CTRO) booklist. The CTRO 2023 & 2024 booklist was developed by an …