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Student Winners Read, Honored at Ohio’s 2017 Letters About Literature Ceremony

Evone Jeffries May 14, 2017May 14, 2017

The Center for the Book in the Library of Congress, in partnership with and in cooperation with affiliate state centers for the book, invites readers in grades 4 through 12 to enter Letters About Literature, a national reading-writing contest. To enter, readers write a personal letter to an author, living or dead, from any genre– …

FREE Monthly Writing Workshops

Evone Jeffries May 2, 2017May 3, 2017

Have you ever wanted to learn how to use your life experiences to express, in writing, your own unique view of the world? Have you ever wanted to learn to craft and perform poetry? You have the opportunity to realize your writing goals through a series of writing workshops sponsored by Ohio Center for the Book at …

FREE Comic Book Day at Cleveland Public Library: Saturday, May 6, 2017

Evone Jeffries April 28, 2017April 29, 2017

On Saturday, May 6, beginning at 12:00 p.m., Cleveland Public Library is celebrating the 16th anniversary of Comic Book Day! Visit participating CPL branches where you will have a chance to celebrate all your favorite comics and characters, enjoy super-heroic activities and pick up a free comic book to add to your collection (while supplies …

Braunbeck, Gary A.

Ohio Center for the Book April 14, 2017June 28, 2021

Born: 1960 Ohio connection: Birth Columbus Born in Newark, Ohio (the city that serves as the model for the fictitious Cedar Hill in many of his stories), Gary Braunbeck writes in a number of different genres, but principally horror. He is the author of more than 18 books; his fiction has been translated into Japanese, French, …

Superman: From Cleveland to Krypton, An Exhibit, Opens May 6 at Cleveland Public Library

Evone Jeffries April 14, 2017April 27, 2017

The Cleveland Public Library is renowned for its special collections—the unique treasures acquired through the generosity of donations. Once again the Library is the recipient of a substantial gift: The Mike Curtis Collection of Superman Memorabilia. Mike Curtis, writer of the syndicated Dick Tracy comic strip, is the third largest collector of Superman memorabilia in the United States. …

“Read Ohio” Author Talk at AHA! Festival 2017

Evone Jeffries April 13, 2017May 12, 2017

On June 7, 8 and 9, 2017 Cleveland State University inaugurates Arts and Humanities Alive! (AHA!) Festival. The AHA! Festival brings world renowned authors, performers and celebrities for a celebration of Storytelling and a wide ranging exploration of what our stories tell us about ourselves. On the first day of the AHA! Festival, which is …

Bujold, Lois McMaster

Ohio Center for the Book March 22, 2017July 2, 2021

Born: 1949 Ohio connection: Birth Columbus Lois McMaster Bujold, winner of numerous Nebula and Hugo awards for her outstanding science fiction and fantasy writing, was born in Columbus, Ohio. She credits her father, Robert Charles McMaster, a former engineering professor at The Ohio State University, for introducing her to science fiction novels and magazines when she …

Philip Brady

Ohio Center for the Book March 3, 2017September 28, 2021

Born: 1955 Ohio connection: Resident Youngstown Poet, publisher, educator, and writer Phillip Brady was born and raised in New York City. Brady received a B.A. from Bucknell University, M.A.’s from the University of Delaware and San Francisco State University, and a Ph.D. in English from SUNY Binghamton; he has been an Ohio resident since 1990. Brady …

Dwight Boyer

Ohio Center for the Book March 3, 2017November 18, 2021

Born: November 18, 1912Died: October 15, 1978 Ohio connection: Birth Elyria It was perhaps fate that an Elyria native, born in the same year as the tragic sinking of the Titanic, should devote his life to authoring books about life and death onboard ships. Dwight Boyer was born in Elyria, Ohio, on November 18,1912, and …

William Riley Burnett

Ohio Center for the Book March 3, 2017August 3, 2021

Born: November 25, 1899Died: April 25, 1982 Ohio connection: Birth Springfield Although an author of Westerns and a successful screenwriter, William Riley Burnett is best known as the originator of the gangster novel. The underworld icons of sleek cars, flashy clothes, bootleg liquor, and tommy guns find their origins in Burnett’s first novel, Little Caesar (1929). The …