From Ohio author... P.J. O'Rourke
Driving Like Crazy
"Driving Like Crazy : Thirty years of vehicular hellbending, celebrating America the way it's supposed to be-- with an oil well in every backyard, a Cadillac Escalade in every carport, and the Chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank mowing our lawn" is a collection that chronicles famed humorist and gearhead P.J. O'Rourke's love affair with the automobile from the mid-twentieth century to now from heyday to sickbay. 

An Interview with Dr. Carolyn S. Brodie

2009 Ohio Advocate of Literacy Award Winner

The 25th Annual Virginia Hamilton Conference

Dr. Carolyn S. Brodie, Director 

An Interview with Judith Mansour-Thomas, Executive Director of The Lit: Cleveland's Literary Center


2009 Winner 

Ohio Advocate of Literary Arts Award

2008-2009 Ohio Letters About Literature

2008-09 Ohio Winners with Ohio's First Lady 

Ohio Advocates of Literacy and the Literary Arts Award Winners Announced

The LIT and the Virginia Hamilton Conference have been awarded the Ohio Center for the Book at Cleveland Public Library's Ohio Advocates of Literacy and the Literary Arts Awards.

An Interview with Brad Meltzer

The Ohio Center for the Book interviewed Brad Meltzer about his newest novel, The Book of Lies, influenced by the life of Cleveland Ohio native Jerry Siegel, the creator of Superman.  Meltzer is a #1 bestselling author of The Tenth Justice, Dead Even, The First Counsel, The Millionaires, and The Zero Game.  He will discuss and sign The Book of Lies on Wednesday, September 10th at 7 p.m.

Angela Johnson, Ohio's Featured Author at the National Book Festival

The Ohio Center for the Book is proud to feature Children’s Author Angela Johnson at the 2008 National Book Festival.  One of the most prolific and celebrated American children’s authors, Angela Johnson has written over 40 books for youth of all ages.   

The International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award

The Cleveland Public Library participates in The International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award by nominating up to three novels each year for the Award.  Nominations are made by 115 libraries in capital and major cities in 38 countries throughout the world. 

Ohio Center for the Book Cleveland Public Library
An affiliate of the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress