The Ohio Center for the Book marked National Novel Writing Month again this year by hosting two online conversations with acclaimed Ohio novelists Alison Stine and Pete Beatty. We also offered writers a quiet and safe space to draft their novels through our Saturday Come Write Ins on November 4th, 18th, and 25th from 12:30 …
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Join us for a Coffee & Comics in-person workshop with the one and only Tony Isabella on Saturday, October 28 at 10am at Rising Star Coffee Roastery located at 3617 Walton Avenue in Cleveland (click address for a Google Map) Tony Isabella is the creator of many comics characters, including Black Lightning, Misty Knight, and …
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Click the image below to view the recording on YouTube! On Saturday, October 7, 2023, we hosted an online conversation between acclaimed comics creator Mark Waid and Ed Gross, veteran entertainment journalist and author of Voices from Krypton: The Complete, Unauthorized Oral History of Superman. In its over 700 pages, Gross’s Voices from Krypton has …
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Let’s face it: the publishing industry is complex and often seems impenetrable, and being a writer can be difficult, lonely, and positively stuffed full of rejection. Well, Page Count, the official podcast of the Ohio Center for the Book at Cleveland Public Library, is here to help by answering your most pressing questions about writing …
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On Saturday, October 14, we’ll be hosting It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane, It’s a Cultural Icon: A Superman Conference, an all-day academic conference, as part of Superman’s Cleveland: Lineage and Legacy, at Cleveland Public Library’s Louis Stokes Wing, 525 Superior Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44114. The conference will feature lectures and panel presentations by scholars …
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On August 12, the National Book Festival, the premier event highlighting the nationwide Centers for the Book network, took place on August 12 in Washington, DC, with the Ohio Center for the Book proudly taking part in the festivities. The National Book Festival weekend is the only time where all the Centers for the Book …
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This year marks the 85th anniversary of the creation of Superman in Cleveland, Ohio. Thanks to a grant by the Ohio Humanities Council through National Endowment for the Humanities: Democracy demands wisdom and numerous sponsors, he Ohio Center for the Book at Cleveland Public Library and Ursuline College’s Rust Belt Humanities Lab will host a …
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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.) …
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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’“ on Saturday, July 22, 2023, at 3:30pm in the Cleveland Public Library Auditorium in the Lower …
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