Past Events

Spring Discussion Series – Paula

April 16, 2025, 4:00 pm

CANCELLED: 2025 Winners Announcement Event with Kaveh Akbar & Hanif Abdurraqib

April 10, 2025, 7:30 pm

Spring Discussion Series – Memorial Drive

March 19, 2025, 4:00 pm

Great Lakes African American Writers Conference (GLAAWC)

October 5 – October 6, 2024

#CLEreads Young Adult Book Festival

October 1, 2024, 9:00 am

When Artists Go to Work: The 2024 Anisfield-Wolf Book Award Author Symposium

September 28, 2024, 11:00 am

2024 Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards Ceremony

September 27, 2024, 6:30 pm

AWBA City Club Friday Forum with Ned Blackhawk

September 27, 2024, 11:30 am

Free Book Giveaway at the WestSide Market

September 22, 2024, 10:00 am

Literary Cleveland Inkubator Writing Conference

September 20 – September 21, 2024

2024 Anisfield-Wolf Award Book Discussions

September 17 – December 17, 2024

Literary Cleveland Inkubator Virtual Events

September 16 – September 18, 2024

Literary Cleveland Inkubator Community Events

September 14 – September 15, 2024

2024 Winners Announcement with Percival Everett

March 26, 2024, 7:00 pm

Matthew Delmont at Cuyahoga Community College for Common Reading program

February 13 – February 14, 2024

Thrity Umrigar in conversation with Karan Mahajan

October 4, 2023, 7:00 pm

The Power of Prohibited Words with Angela Davis

October 3, 2023, 3:30 pm

Matthew F. Delmont & “Half American”

September 30, 2023, 12:00 pm

Great Lakes African American Writers Conference 2023

September 30, 2023, 10:00 am

Lan Samantha Chang & “The Family Chao”

September 29, 2023, 6:30 pm