CLEVELAND – Cleveland Book Week is underway, with a full schedule of far-ranging programs that are nearly all free to the community.
Cleveland Book Week is a series of literary events presented by the Cleveland Foundation and community partners, including Literary Cleveland, Cleveland Public Library, and the Great Lakes African American Writers Conference.
The year’s events are anchored by the 89th annual Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards – the only national juried prize for literature that confronts racism and celebrates human diversity – featuring 2024 Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards (AWBA) winners and renowned authors Ned Blackhawk, Teju Cole, Monica Youn and Maxine Hong Kingston.
NEW this year, the Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards will host a community symposium bringing together AWBA winning authors and jurors at 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 28 at The City Club of Cleveland. When Artists Go to Work: The 2024 Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards Author Symposium will spotlight these powerful literary voices ` and offer unique insights and perspectives into their work and the legacy of the awards.
A full schedule of events with links to additional information is included below.
Schedule of Events – Cleveland Book Week
Monday through Wednesday, September 16-18
Literary Cleveland Inkubator Virtual Events
Tuesday, September 17
2024 AWBA Book Discussion (Ohio Center for the Book in partnership with Ursuline College and Case Western Reserve University)
Friday and Saturday, September 20-21
Literary Cleveland Inkubator Writing Conference
Sunday, September 22
Books at the Market: Book Giveaway at the West Side Market
Friday, September 27
Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards City Club ForumThe Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History
A Conversation with Ned Blackhawk
Friday, September 27
Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards Ceremony
Featuring 2024 AWBA winning authors:
- Ned Blackhawk, “The Rediscovery of America,” Nonfiction
- Teju Cole, “Tremor,” Fiction
- Monica Youn, “From From,” Poetry
- Maxine Hong Kingston, Lifetime Achievement
*Media interested in attending the ceremony: please RSVP to abaker@clevefdn.org.
Saturday, September 28
When Artists Go to Work: The 2024 AWBA Author SymposiumTuesday, October 1
#CLEreads Young Adult Book Festival
Saturday and Sunday, October 5-6
Great Lakes African American Writers Conference (GLAAWC)
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