Author: Ohio Center for the Book

April is National Poetry Month, inaugurated by the Academy of American Poets in 1996. Ohio’s poetic lineage stretches back nearly to the founding of the state. Frances Ellen Watkins Harper – poet, author, lecturer, and abolitionist – was the first female teacher at Union Seminary (a school for free African Americans) in Wilberforce, Ohio. Her …

Saturday, April 19, at 1:30 pm – Cleveland Public Library’s Main Library Ohio has a number of connections* to the horror genre, so on Saturday, April 19, at 1:30 pm, join us for a screening of the groundbreaking 1922 cinema masterpiece Nosferatu, Eine Symphonie des Grauens (Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror). We’re celebrating the film …

Join us Saturday, April 12, for a celebration of poetry and nature! For National Poetry Month, we are partnering with Kent State University Press and the Cleveland Cinematheque for a celebration of poetry and nature. Beginning at 4 PM at the Main Library of Cleveland Public Library, contributors to Light Enters the Grove (Kent State University Press, …

The Ohio Center for the Book is proud to collaborate with Ursuline College’s Rust Belt Humanities Lab, Case Western Reserve University, and the Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards to host a series of book discussions on three Award-winning titles at the Cleveland Public Library’s new Martin Luther King, Jr. Branch at 10601 Euclid Avenue. Wednesday, March 19, 4:00 …

Saturday, April 5 – 3:30 pm – Cleveland Public Library Main Library On Saturday, April 5, at 3:30 pm we are hosting a tour of our hame at Cleveland Public Library’s Main Library with rare and unique Scottish-related materials from the collections on display throughout the tour. Some items attendees will see include: Tour participants are …

This year, we’re expanding our horizons beyond our shores and taking an international look at the comics medium. From journalism to imaginary worlds, our featured creators provide gripping stories told through comics. Join us for lively conversations on our literary trip around the world! We’ll be meeting, as always, at Bookhouse Brewing in Cleveland at …

Join the Ohio Center for the Book and Clevo Books (1026 Euclid Ave in downtown Cleveland) a bookstore that specializes in translated literature, for engaging discussions of recent works of international literature. All discussions take place from 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm. Thursday, January 16 Kairos by Jenny Erpeneck (2023, translated from German by Michael …

Each season in our newsletter, we highlight a few literary and historical connections with Ohio with which readers may not be familiar. September 1, 1954, & September 12, 1825: Two Ohio Librarians of Congress Lawrence Quincy Mumford was the 11th Librarian of Congress, beginning his tenure on September 1, 1954. Mumford had several Ohio connections. …