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Cleveland Book Week

Presented by The Cleveland Foundation at multiple locations

Series of special events to celebrate the Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards and promote Cleveland as a literary destination

Presented by the Cleveland Foundation, Cleveland Book Week (Sept. 18-28, 2019) celebrates present and past Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards winners, highlights nationally recognized literary talent and offers free literary and literacy-themed events for the community. The fourth annual Cleveland Book Week is anchored by the 84th Annual Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards ceremony, scheduled for Thursday, Sept. 26 in the KeyBank State Theatre at Playhouse Square. This year’s winners are:

Andrew Delbanco, The War Before the War: Fugitive Slaves and the Struggle for America’s Soul from the Revolution to the Civil War, Nonfiction
Tommy Orange, There There, Fiction
Tracy K. Smith, Wade in the Water, Poetry
Sonia Sanchez, Lifetime Achievement

The Cleveland Foundation and Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards are presenting Cleveland Book Week in partnership with Brews + Prose, Case Western Reserve University, The City Club of Cleveland, Cleveland Public Library, Cleveland State University Poetry Center, Cuyahoga County Public Library, Great Lakes African American Writers Conference, Great Lakes Science Center, Karamu House, Kent State University, Lake Erie Native American Council, Project 400, and St. John’s Episcopal Church.

Dates & Times

Dates: 2019/09/18 - 2019/09/28

Additional time info:

An Evening with Sonia Sanchez
Wednesday, Sept. 18 at 5:30 p.m.
Kent State University, Kiva Auditorium
Cleveland Public Library presents Writers & Readers: Michael “Killer Mike” Render & Soledad O’Brien
Tuesday, Sept. 24 at 6 p.m.
Maltz Performing Arts Center
A Celebration of Russell Atkins
Tuesday, Sept. 24 at 6 p.m.
Karamu House
On the Water with Tracy K. Smith
Wednesday, Sept. 25 at 6 p.m.
William G. Mather on North Coast Harbor
Writers Center Stage: Jane Mayer & Frank Rich
Wednesday, Sept. 25 at 7:30 p.m.
Maltz Performing Arts Center
84th Annual Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards
Presented by the Cleveland Foundation
Project 400: Our Lived Experience Conference Keynote: Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr.
Friday, Sept. 27 at 9:15 a.m.
Cleveland State University, Wolstein Center
Fugitive Slaves and the Struggle for America’s Soul: Andrew Delbanco
Friday, Sept. 27 at noon
The City Club of Cleveland
An Evening with Tommy Orange
Friday, Sept. 27 at 6 p.m.
St. John’s Episcopal Church, Ohio City
Great Lakes African American Writers Conference
Saturday, Sept. 28 from 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
East Cleveland Public Library