The Inaugural Great Lakes Black Authors Expo and Writers Conference

The Inaugural 2018 Great Lakes Black Authors Expo & Writers Conference, hosted by Melanated Literary Heritage, Ltd. The events will take place on Saturday, September 29, 2018. We are excited to be an official part of Cleveland Book Week anchored by the stellar Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards which will occur earlier in the week.

The GLBA Expo & Writers Conference will take place at the historic East Cleveland Public Library located at 14101 Euclid Ave., East Cleveland, OH 44112 on Saturday, September 29th from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. On Saturday, our Langston Hughes Keynote Address will be delivered by nationally known Tayari Jones, author of An American Marriage, which has been made an Oprah Book Club Selection.