The 25 finalists for this year’s National Book Awards have officially been announced! Finalists for Fiction: Jamel Brinkley, A Lucky Man Graywolf Press Lauren Groff, Florida Riverhead Books / Penguin Random House Brandon Hobson, Where the Dead Sit Talking Soho Press Rebecca Makkai, The Great Believers Viking Books / Penguin Random House Sigrid Nunez, The Friend Riverhead Books / …
Read More 2018 National Book Awards FinalistsBook lovers from Cleveland Public Library (CPL) and Literary Cleveland will discuss Benjamin Percy’s fiction, comics, and essays in anticipation of his appearance in Cleveland on August 3rd and 4th. Pull up a chair (and a book) and join this literary chat! 12:00 noon Monday, July 30th. In partnership with Literary Cleveland and in celebration of …
Read More Writers & Readers Facebook Live Book Club with CPLJuly 31st, 2018 will mark the 200th anniversary of the first edition of the Cleaveland Gazette & Commercial Register. To celebrate the event, Cleveland Public Library, in partnership with Cleveland State University, will host an exhibit at the Main Library Building on the 2nd floor until the end of November. Come learn about the storied history Cleveland has with print …
Read More When the News was NewCalling all Ohio scholars! Our Scholar-In-Residence position is open to applicants! Goal to form and expand communities of learning with the Scholar-In-Residence at the Ohio Center for the Book @ Cleveland Public Library: A key objective in the Library’s strategic plan is to form communities of learning. This objective will be fulfilled by seeking leadership and programming …
Read More Ohio Center for the Book Scholar-In-ResidenceDid you know that May 5th, 2018 is Free Comic Book Day? Ohio Center for the Book and several other Cleveland Public Library branches are celebrating the day with free comics, movies, activities, and CAKE! Join the Ohio Center for the Book for these films that celebrate the spirit of FCBD. The following two film …
Read More Free Comic Book Day 2018Last night, Emmy and Tony Award winning actress Cynthia Nixon hosted the 2017 National Book Awards in New York City. Below is a full list of nominations and winners from the ceremony. Fiction Elliot Ackerman, Dark at the Crossing Lisa Ko, The Leavers Min Jin Lee, Pachinko Carmen Maria Machado, Her Body and Other Parties: Stories WINNER: Jesmyn Ward, Sing, …
Read More National Book Awards 2017Brews + Prose is a monthly Author reading series that happens on a Tuesday every month at 7:00 p.m in the Ohio City Room at Market Garden Brewery located at 1947 W 25th St, Cleveland, OH 44113. On Tuesday, November 14th at 7:00 p.m the featured authors will be John Freeman and Adam Giannelli John Freeman is an …
Read More Brews + Prose: John Freeman and Adam GiannelliMeet Celeste Ng, author of Little Fires Everywhere. Celeste’s second novel is set in Shaker Heights and explores the weight of secrets, the nature of art and identity, the ferocious pull of motherhood – and the danger of believing that following the rules can avert disaster. A member of the SHHS Class of 1998, Celeste …
Read More A Visit From Celeste NgWilmington Born: October 5, 1878 Dead: June 24, 1948 Ohio connection: Birth Karl (originally spelled with a K, later changed to Carl) Everton Moon was born in Wilmington on October 5, 1878, to Sylvester Bronson Moon, a medical doctor, and Lucy (Brunette) Moon. He attended public school and graduated from Wilmington High School, class of 1897, soon …
Read More Carl MoonUrbana Born: March 4, 1869 Ohio connection: Birth Brand Whitlock was born in 1869 in Urbana, Ohio, to the Rev. Elias and Molly Lavinia (Brand) Whitlock. He was raised in the Methodist Church and was greatly influenced by the church and his father. He was first educated at home and later at a public high school in …
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