By OCB Staff on
1/24/2012 10:46 AM
 Join the Literacy Cooperative of Greater Cleveland to explore strategies to help learners succeed. The Literacy Cooperative is offering free training workshops. Topics include: "Welcoming Autism" on February 24, 2012; "Classrooms without Conflict" on March 9, 2012; "See It, Read It, Know It" on August 17, 2012; "Turning Walls into Bridges" on November 9, 2012. To view the training calendar and for more information, visit the Literacy Cooperative. And check out the full training calendar 2012TrainingCalendar.pdf
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By OCB Staff on
1/23/2012 4:22 PM
Anisfield-Wolf Award Winner, Mary Helen Stefaniak will have a Reading and Lecture on Wednesday, February 1, 2012 at 6:00 pm at Case Western Reserve University's Wolstein Building Auditorium (2103 Cornell Road). This event is FREE and open to the public.
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By OCB Staff on
1/14/2012 3:18 PM
 With each careful fold of a page, Cleveland novelist and professional storyteller Christine Petrell Kallevig depicts a character or event out of the story till an animal or mythical creature appears out of her imagination and into those of her audience.
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By OCB Staff on
1/14/2012 2:07 PM
 On Tuesday, January 17th, Thirty Umrigar will be at the Books & Co. bookstore in Dayton, Ohio to not only introduce her latest novel, The World We Found, but to sign books as well!
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By OCB Staff on
1/3/2012 5:24 PM
 It is with pride and enthusiasm that the Ohio Center for the Book at Cleveland Public Library reveals the names of the nine individuals who have volunteered their time and service as Ohio Center for the Book Letters About Literature judges. Well known and highly regarded within their respective fields, author Tricia Springstubb, Professor Robert Noll, Linda Hengst, Janet Ingraham Dwyer, Nancy Eames, Cindy Lombardo, Aaron Mason, Annisha Jeffries, and Sandra Nosse each possess experience in their field that will give them perspective in judging this contest.
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By OCB Staff on
1/3/2012 5:23 PM
The Ohioana Library is currently accepting applications for the 2012 Ohioana Book Festival, which will take place on May 12, 2012. For detailed information and the application click here.
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By OCB Staff on
1/3/2012 5:21 PM
Author and Oberlin English professor T.S. McMillin will talk about his latest book – The Meaning of Rivers: Flow & Reflection in American Literature – at Visible Voice Books on December 10, 2011, from 7-8 p.m.
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By OCB Staff on
1/3/2012 5:18 PM
The 2011-2012 Letters About Literature contest is underway. Visit the Letters About Literature site for more information, or click here to visit The Ohio Center for the Book's page to download entry forms and the official rules.
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By OCB Staff on
1/3/2012 5:16 PM
On Saturday October 22, 2011, the Duke Energy Convention Center in Cincinnati will play host to the Books by the Banks book festival.
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By OCB Staff on
1/3/2012 5:12 PM
 In conjunction with Octavofest, The Northern Ohio Bibliophilic Society (NOBS)Cleveland Antiquarian Book & Paper Show returns to the Cleveland area on October 2nd, 2011, 10:00 am to 5:00 pm at the Cleveland Skating Club, 2500 Kemper Road, Shaker Heights, OH 44120.
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By OCB Staff on
1/3/2012 5:08 PM
 On September 15, 2011, the Cleveland Foundation will host the presentation of the 76th Annual Anisfield-Wolf Book prizes. The Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards recognize books that have made important contributions to our understanding of racism and our appreciation of the rich diversity of human cultures.
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