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2020 Cleveland Literary Calendar
Cleveland is one of the most literary cities in the country, and 2020 is poised to be our best year yet. Mark your calendar early for the major literary events of the year, including the Inkubator Conference, Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards, Cleveland Drafts, Author Alley, Writer's Center Stage events, Brews + Prose readings, visiting authors and more.
January
1/3 – Reading by Twelve Literary Arts' Barbara Smith poet-in-residence: Adebe DeRango-Adem
1/7 – Brews + Prose: Liz Breazeale and Allison Pitinii Davis
1/30 – Story Club Cleveland
February
2/4 – Brews + Prose
2/7 – CSU Poetry Center Lighthouse Reading Series: Farid Matuk & Anne Lesley Selcer
2/8 – Lit Youngstown: Winter Writing Camp
2/13 – Michael Croley reading at JCU
2/18 – BARNHOUSE Journal: This Series Is Not on Netflix S2EP1
2/22 – Winter Writing Festival Ravenna, Ohio
2/22 – Poetry Out Loud area semifinals
2/27 – CCPL Meet Author Colum McCann
2/29 – Lit Cleveland Fictionfest
2/29 – CCPL Leap (IntoWriting) Day
2/27 – Story Club Cleveland
March
3/3 – Brews + Prose
3/4 – CCPL Meet Author James McBride
3/12 – CCPL Meet Author David Plouffe
3/16 – Sarah E. Smith reading at JCU
3/19 – CCPL/CWRU Writers Center Stage: Andrew Sean Greer
3/26 – Story Club Cleveland
3/26 – Film Showing: "In the Name of Peace: John Hume in America", plus talkback with filmmaker Maurice Fitzpatrick at JCU
3/28 – Western Reserve Writers Conference
April
4/3 – CSU Poetry Center Lighthouse Reading Series: Henk Rossouw & Aisha Sabatini Sloan
4/4 – Poetry Workshop with Columbus poets headed by Rikki Santer
4/6 – Eliese Goldbach and Paige Webb reading at JCU
4/7 – Brews + Prose
4/14 – CCPL Meet Author Mary Norris
4/16 – Peter Balakian reading at JCU
4/19 –Favorite Poem Reading (2:00) and Second Sunday Poets (3:00)
4/21 – Wick Poetry Center: Sound And Word: Commemorating May 4, 1970
4/22 – CCPL Meet Author Derf Backderf
4/22 – Wick Poetry Center: Naomi Shihab Nye Reading
4/23 – CCPL Meet Author Sebastian Barry
4/23 – CCPL/CWRU Writers Center Stage: Luís Alberto Urrea & Julia Alvarez
4/25 – Indie Bookstore Day
4/28 – Wick Poetry Center: Poems From The Schools & Open Mic
4/30 – Story Club Cleveland
May
5/5 – Brews + Prose
5/7 – CCPL/CWRU Writers Center Stage: Carl Hiaasen & Dave Barry
5/11 – CCPL Meet Author David Sheff
5/12 – CCPL Meet Author LilyKing
5/28 – Story Club Cleveland
June
6/2 – Brews + Prose
6/25-28 – Rust BeltPoetry Festival
6/25 – Story Club Cleveland
July
7/7 – Brews + Prose Anniversary Reading
7/11 – Author Alley at Loganberry Books
7/20-25 – Lit Cleveland Inkubator Week
7/25 – Lit Cleveland Inkubator Conference
7/30 – Story Club Cleveland
August
8/4 – Brews + Prose
8/27 – Story Club Cleveland
September
9/25-26 – Lit Youngstown Fall Literary Festival
9/27-10/3 –Cleveland Book Week
9/24 – Story Club Cleveland
October
10/1 - Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards
10/10 – CCPL Indie Author Conference & Showcase
10/17 – Cleveland Drafts
10/29 – Story Club Cleveland
November
11/3 – Brews + Prose
11/? – Lit Cleveland November Nonfiction Conference
11/26 – Story Club Cleveland
December
12/1 – Brews + Prose
12/ 17 – Story Club Cleveland
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