Cleveland Book Week begins Tuesday. From Public Square to MetroHealth and Karamu House, the events include author chats, a book swap, and the Anisfield-Wolf book awards ceremony, which is expected to fill the 1600-seat State Theater.
Karen Long, manager of the Anisfield-Book awards says Book Week evolved out of the 82-year old award.
“We were bringing the authors into Cleveland anyway. And there was a way to put something on the calendar that could bring out conversations around literacy and literature together.”
Speaking on the WVIZ/PBS show “ideas,” Long says Cleveland has a good reputation as a reading town. She says the second-annual week-long literature festival will help promote the city as a literary destination.
Click here to see more ideastream interviews with Book Week authors.
