Every year since 2002, the Ohio Center for the Book has had 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 annual National Book Festival in Washington, DC, as well as being placed on the permanent list of honoree …
Read More 2023 Great Reads from Great PlacesOn the occasion of what would have been Harlan Ellison’s 89th birthday, the Ohio Center for the Book at Cleveland Public Library is proud to share rare archival videotape footage of the renowned author’s last public appearance in his hometown. (Click on the still image below to experience the event on the library’s YouTube channel.) …
Read More Harlan Ellison in Cleveland, 2007
Saturday, July 22, 2023 The Ohio Center for the Book is pleased to host acclaimed Native Hawaiian and Ohio-resident poet/musician/artist Joe Balaz for a performance of “Hawaiian in Ohio: A Celebration of ‘Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander and Asian American Heritage Month’“ on Saturday, July 22, 2023, at 3:30pm in the Cleveland Public Library Auditorium in the …
Read More Hawaiian in Ohio: A Celebration of “Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander and Asian American Heritage”Saturday, June 24 – 2pm at Cleveland Public Library’s downtown Louis Stokes Wing Auditorium Join us in celebrating the completion of the Poem for Cleveland project with Cleveland Heights Poet Laureate, Ray McNiece, and his team of young poets along with the contributors who added their voices to the story of Cleveland this past year …
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Call for Presentations Conference Location: Cleveland Public Library at 325 E. Superior Ave Cleveland, OH 44114 Conference Date: October 14, 2023 In honor of the 85th anniversary of the creation of Superman in Cleveland, Ohio, Ursuline College and the Ohio Center for the Book at Cleveland Public Library are organizing a conference dedicated to exploring …
Read More Superman’s Cleveland Conference: It’s a Bird! It’s a Plane! It’s a Cultural Icon!
Come grab a beverage and pull up a seat to discuss the best graphic novels on the first Thursday of each month at Bookhouse Brewing at 1526 W. 25th St., Cleveland, OH 44113. Registration is not required! Superman is the theme of our summer reading in anticipation of this fall’s celebration of the 85th birthday of Ohio’s own superhero! Look …
Read More Get Graphic! Graphic Novel Book Club: Summer 2023
Saturday, May 20, 3:30 pm At Cleveland Public Library’s historic downtown Main Library (325 Superior Ave. E, Cleveland, OH 44114), 2nd floor, join us for a discussion of… The “painful, thought-provoking apocalypse noir” novel by Ohio author Alison Stine… TRASHLANDS A few generations from now, the coastlines of the continent have been redrawn by floods …
Read More Read Ohio Book Discussion: Trashlands
The Ohio Center for the Book is celebrating National Poetry Month in April with two programs to inspire writers and lovers of poetry and the spoken word. We encourage you to attend and to spread the word! We’ll also be highlighting Ohio poetry and poets on our social media channels in April, so follow us …
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…Even if you no longer live in Northeast Ohio! We are looking for former Cleveland residents, aged 50 and older, now living outside the area to add their voice to a “Poem for Cleveland,” a project documenting the experience of those who grew up in Northeast Ohio. Whether you live somewhere else in Ohio, have …
Read More Add Your Voice to the “Poem For Cleveland”
Did you know the wildly popular and critically-acclaimed sitcom How I Met Your Mother has an Ohio connection? Read on to find out more about multi-talented Ohio-born writer and producer Carter Loard Bays. Co-creator, screenwriter, showrunner, and executive producer of the Emmy Award winning CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother, Shaker Heights native Carter Loard Bays …
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