Hundreds of book lovers gathered to celebrate Cleveland Book Week this fall with a series of events taking place Sept. 22-30 celebrating past and present Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards winners.
In case you missed them, or would just like to enjoy again, you can watch recordings of author events showcasing 2023 poetry winner Saeed Jones, 2023 fiction winners Geraldine Brooks and Lan Samantha Chang, 2023 nonfiction winner Matthew Delmont, and 2023 lifetime achievement honoree Charlayne Hunter-Gault, as well as the full recording of the Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards ceremony held on Sept. 28 at the Maltz Performing Arts Center.
Check out highlights from the 2023 ceremony here.
An Evening with Saeed Jones
2023 Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards poetry winner Saeed Jones discussed his winning collection “Alive at the End of the World” at Karamu House on Sept. 25.
Watch the recording here.
Geraldine Brooks and “Horse”
2023 fiction winner Geraldine Brooks discussed the inspiration for her Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards-winning novel “Horse” at the Dunham Tavern Museum & Gardens on Sept. 26.
Watch the recording here.
2023 Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards Ceremony
Watch the full recording of the awards ceremony honoring the 2023 class here.
Charlayne Hunter-Gault at The City Club
Award-winning journalist and civil rights icon Charlayne Hunter-Gault chronicled her lifelong commitment to reporting on Black people in their totality, from the Civil Rights Movement to the election of Barack Obama, and beyond at The City Club of Cleveland on Sept. 29.
Watch the recording here.
Lan Samantha Chang and “The Family Chao”
2023 fiction winner Lan Samantha Chang discussed her novel “The Family Chao” at Cleveland’s Asia Plaza on Sept. 29.
Watch the recording here.
Matthew Delmont & “Half American”
Historian Matthew Delmont discussed his 2023 Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards nonfiction winning book “Half American: The Epic Story of African Americans Fighting World War II at Home and Abroad” at East Technical High School on Sept. 30.
Watch the recording here.
Want more of the 2023 Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards winners? Mark your calendars! The documentary celebrating them will air on Ideastream Public Media PBS early next year! You can also catch up on seasons 1-3 of the Anisfield-Wolf podcast, The Asterisk* here.
The 2023 Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards Winners
2023 Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards winners Lan Samantha Chang (fiction), Matthew Delmon (nonfiction), Saeed Jones (poetry), Charlayne Hunter-Gault (lifetime achievement) and Geraldine Brooks (fiction).
Anisfied-Wolf Book Awards Prize Manager Karen R. Long and Cleveland Foundation President and CEO Lillian Kuri on stage after the 2023 ceremony.
Architect and World War II veteran Robert P. Madison and Cleveland Foundation Board Chairperson Constance Hill-Johnson at the 2023 Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards Ceremony. Madison’s story was featured in historian Matthew Delmont’s nonfiction-winning work “Half American: The Epic Story of African Americans Fighting World War II at Home and Abroad.”
Guest of the 2023 Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards ceremony make their way to the reception at Park Lane.
The audience at the 2023 Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards at the Maltz Performing Arts Center.
Cleveland Book Week 2023: Saeed Jones
Poetry winner Saeed Jones in conversation with Writers in Residence’s Zachary Thomas on stage at Karamu House.
Cleveland Book Week 2023: Saeed Jones
Saeed Jones meets with attendees at his reading at Karamu House.
Cleveland Book Week 2023: Saeed Jones
Saeed Jones signs books for fans after his reading at Cleveland’s historic Karamu House, the nation’s oldest producing African American theater.
Cleveland Book Week 2023: Geraldine Brooks
Fiction winner Geraldine Brooks discusses the inspiration for her Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards winning novel “Horse” at Dunham Tavern Museum.
Cleveland Book Week 2023: Geraldine Brooks
Geraldine Brooks meets with readers and at her book talk and signing.
Cleveland Book Week 2023: Geraldine Brooks
Special guests from the Cleveland Mounted Police unit join attendees to hear Geraldine Brooks discuss her love of horses and the writing of her novel “Horse.”
Cleveland Book Week 2023: Lan Samantha Chang
Dancers from Stellar Acrobatic Dance Academy perform before Lan Samantha Chang’s book discussion at Asia Plaza.
Cleveland Book Week 2023: Lan Samantha Chang
Nonfiction winner Lan Samantha Chang meets with readers after discussing her novel “The Family Chao.”
Cleveland Book Week 2023: Matthew Delmont
Historian Matthew Delmont discusses his Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards-winning nonfiction book “Half American” at East Tech High School.
Cleveland Book Week 2023: Matthew Delmont
Professor Matthew Delmont with East Tech High School principal Dr. Temujin Taylor, the supervising staff, and student members of the East Tech ROTC Colorguard, who opened the reading and conversation held at East Tech on Saturday, Sept. 30.
