The Ohio Arts Council is inviting all Ohio high schools to register now for the 2017-2018 Poetry Out Loud National Recitation Contest. Registration Deadline is Friday, Dec 01, 2017 at 11:30 PM Poetry Out Loud is a free national program sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Poetry Foundation, and administered in …
Read More OHIO POETRY OUT LOUD REGISTRATION NOW OPENNovember is National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) and for many people it means writing, writing, and more writing, until they have written 50,000 words of a novel by the end of November. Now in its 19th year, NaNoWriMo challenges participants to write a new/original work in 30 days—between 12:00 a.m. November 1 and 11:59 p.m. …
Read More Ready for NaNoWriMo 2017? Let’s Prep Saturday, October 21, at Cleveland Public LibraryOn Saturday, November 4, 2017 at the Fisher Auditorium in Wooster, Ohio, the 30th Annual Buckeye Book Fair will be held from 9:30 am to 4:00 pm. It provides a forum for thousands of attendees from all over Ohio to mingle, shop for books, and celebrate the joys of reading and writing–and meet with their …
Read More Meet 100 Ohio authors & illustrators at the 30th annual Buckeye Book Fair Saturday, November 4, 2017On Saturday, October 21, 2017, the Columbus Ohio Fiction Writers chapter of RWA® will host an all-day (9 to 5) workshop featuring author Larry Brooks at the Courtyard Marriott in Columbus (2350 Westbest Drive). Although this workshop is sponsored by a Romance Writers of America chapter, Mr. Brooks’ books, Story Fix, Story Engineering and Story …
Read More Author Larry Brooks to speak in Columbus on October 21, 2017
Perhaps you’ve already seen “From Cleveland to Krypton,” the Superman exhibit running currently at Cleveland Public Library, and were impressed by the amount of influence this beloved American icon has had–and continues to have–in our culture. Maybe you left the exhibit wondering why it is that Superman, who has been incarnated in varying images since …
Read More Why Superman Matters? Award-Winning Comic Book Writer Mark Waid Will Answer in Lecture at Lake Erie College October 11, 2017
The impetus for The Dayton Literary Peace Prize was the 1995 Dayton Peace Accords that ended the war in Bosnia, It is the only international literary peace prize awarded in the United States. The Prize celebrates the power of literature to promote peace, justice, and global understanding. A winner and runner-up in fiction and nonfiction will …
Read More 2017 Dayton Literary Peace Prize Finalists Announced
Literary Cleveland‘s Read Ohio book talk and discussion series continues with “Fictionalizing Truth.” Authors Robin Yocum, Shelley Costa, and Casey Daniels will discuss how they draw on actual places and personal experiences in creating their work. This event will take place on Thursday, October 26 from 7-8:30 p.m. at Market Garden Brewery, 1947 W. 25th Street, Cleveland. …
Read More Read Ohio Book Talk with Authors Robin Yocum, Shelley Costa & Casey Daniels, October 26, 2017
From Cleveland Public Library Press Release Dated July 18, 2017 Cleveland Author’s Novel to be Featured at Sept. 2 Event in Washington, D.C. CLEVELAND, OH—The Ohio Center for the Book selected Moonpenny Island by Tricia Springstubb (HarperCollins, 2015) to represent Ohio’s literary heritage at the 2017 Library of Congress National Book Festival, which will be …
Read More “Moonpenny Island” by Tricia Springstubb to Represent Ohio at National Book Festival
From Literary Cleveland News Release, dated June 19, 2017: Literary Cleveland, a nonprofit organization committed to nurturing a vibrant community of readers and writers in Northeast Ohio, is hosting the third annual Cleveland Inkubator in partnership with Cleveland Public Library from Monday July 24th – Saturday July 29th. Cleveland Inkubator, Northeast Ohio’s largest free annual …
Read More Cleveland Inkubator, N.E. Ohio’s Largest FREE Annual Festival for Writers & Readers is Set for Mon. July 24 – Sat. July 29, 2017
On Monday July 24, 2017, Literary Cleveland, in partnership with the Ohio Center for the Book at Cleveland Public Library, will host Read Ohio, an author talk and book discussion series. Composer and poet Janice Lowe, author of Leaving CLE: Poems of Nomadic Dispersal will perform with a full band at Bop Stop at the …
Read More “Read Ohio” with Composer, Poet Janice Lowe to Kick Off Cleveland Inkubator 2017