17 programs in one day.

The 2019 Inkubator conference is a free, day-long conference with workshops, panels, craft talks, and readings. This year the conference will be held in coordination with the Cleveland Public Library’s 150th anniversary celebration.

Arrival and checking begins at 8:30am at the downtown Cleveland Public Library. The book and resource fair will be open from 9:00am-4:00pm at the conference and will feature local independent booksellers, literary journals, publishers and presses, writing groups, and literary organizations. Participants so far include: Appletree Books, BARNHOUSE Journal, the Cleveland Kids’ Book Bank, the Cleveland Review of Books, Crisis Chronicles Press, Lake Erie Ink, Loganberry Books, Mac’s Backs Books, the NEO MFA program, NightBallet Press, Reading Room CLE, Seeds of Literacy, Twelve Literary Arts, Visible Voice Books, and more to come! From 12:15-1:15pm enjoy a midday lunch break with readings by members of Sisterhood, a West Side Community House after-school and summer arts program for girls 10-18. The conference ends with a keynote by award winning poet and writer Hanif Abdurraqib. And you’re invited to stick around after the conference to participate in the library’s 150th anniversary celebration, which will continue outside the library on Superior Ave.

Please register in advance for this free conference!