Author: Ohio Center for the Book

Public invited to Siegel and Shuster Induction Ceremony into the Jewish-American Hall of Fame, Sunday, Nov. 14

Public invited to Siegel and Shuster Induction Ceremony into the Jewish-American Hall of Fame, Sunday, Nov. 14

The November 14th program will feature Don Boozer, Manager of the Literature Department at Cleveland Public Library (home to one of the largest Superman memorabilia collections in the country) and Coordinator of the Ohio Center for the Book speaking on Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster’s connection to Cleveland, Ohio, and their lasting legacy to the …

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Creative Writing Motivation Workshop

Creative Writing Motivation Workshop

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 …

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Get Graphic! Book Discussions 2021

Get Graphic! Book Discussions 2021

The Ohio Center for the Book will be hosting book discussions 6:00-7:00 pm on the first Thursday of October, November, and December at Bookhouse Brewing in Cleveland, Ohio. The Get Graphic! book discussions encourage attendees to engage in conversation about comics in all genres including journalism, memoir, sci-fi, fantasy, and many more. Our selections for …

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Ohio Center for the Book at the National Book Festival 2021

Ohio Center for the Book at the National Book Festival 2021

The National Book Festival, sponsored by the Library of Congress, takes place from September 17 to 26, 2021. The great thing about having so much happen online this year is that you can “attend” anytime, either during or after the festival! Some in-person events are taking place in DC, too, like an event with Ohio’s …

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In Conversation with Jasmine Warga and Paula Brehm-Heeger

In Conversation with Jasmine Warga and Paula Brehm-Heeger

Click on the image above to view the video on Facebook! To celebrate our selection of Other Words for Home as our 2021 National Book Festival Great Reads from Great Places choice, we hosted a conversation between Jasmine Warga and her “hometown librarian” Paula Brehm-Heeger, the Eva Jane Romaine Coombe Director of the Cincinnati and …

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Thomas Boyd

Born: July 3, 1898Died: January 1935 Ohio connection: Birth Defiance Writer, novelist, and journalist Thomas Alexander Boyd was born in Defiance, Ohio, the only child of Alice (nee Dunbar) Boyd and James Alexander Boyd. Due to his father’s death three months before he was born and his mother’s move to Chicago, Illinois, to pursue a nursing …

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Deborah Fleming

Born: 1950 Ohio Connection: Birth | Resident Steubenville | Perrysville Deborah Fleming is the quintessential Ohio author: born in Steubenville, raised in Bloomingdale, and residing in Perrysville. She is a poet, essayist, novelist, and scholar as well as the current editor (2002-present) and director (2016-present) of the Ashland Poetry Press. Earning her Ph.D. at Ohio …

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