[…] authors and a few hundred attendees. Today, the Ohioana Book Festival is the largest event in Ohio celebrating Ohio authors, reaching an audience of avid fans that expands with every passing year. With a new digital viewership that began with our first virtual festival events in 2020, we’re thrilled to introduce Ohio’s literary talent to readers all over the world! […]

[…] authors and a few hundred attendees. Today, the Ohioana Book Festival is the largest event in Ohio celebrating Ohio authors, reaching an audience of avid fans that expands with every passing year. With a new digital viewership that began with our first virtual festival events in 2020, we’re thrilled to introduce Ohio’s literary talent to readers all over the world! […]

[…] reminds us that another year is winding down. It’s been an eventful one for the Ohioana Library— moving the Ohioana Book Festival downtown, adopting a new long- range plan, the passing of a new state budget, and just last month the presentation of the 2015 Ohioana Awards. We are looking forward to 2016, during which our two signature events will […]

[…] May 28, poet and author Maya Angelou, one of the most celebrated and influential American writers of the past fifty years, died at the age of 86. News of her passing brought tributes from public figures around the world. As a young girl growing up in a difficult environment, Angelou found a refuge through books and reading. Among the authors […]

[…] The author would be interested in participating in: o A panel discussion at the Festival o Community outreach before the Festival ( April 18–22, 2016) Community outreach programs are not guaranteed to be available for every interested author. List up to four (4) additional titles to have for sale at the Festival: Title ISBN Publisher Pub date Genre 1. ________________________________________________________________ […]

[…] the Festival o General community outreach before the Festival ( April 18–22, 2016) o A school visit as community outreach before or after the festival Community outreach programs are not guaranteed to be available for every interested author . List up to four (4) additional titles to have for sale at the Festival: Title ISBN Publisher Pub date Genre 1. […]

[…] community outreach before the Festival (March 27 – April 8, 2017) o A school visit as community outreach before or after the festival All c ommunity outreach programs are not guaranteed to be available for every interested author . List up to four (4) additional titles to have for sale at the Festival: Title ISBN Publisher Pub date Genre 1. […]

[…] community outreach before the Festival (March 27 – April 8, 2017) o A school visit as community outreach before or after the festival All c ommunity outreach programs are not guaranteed to be available for every interested author . List up to four (4) additional titles to have for sale at the Festival: Title ISBN Publisher Pub date Genre 1. […]

[…] publishing houses. As the area and the nation grew, so did the thirst for knowledge, and Cin­ cinnati became a schoolbook publishing ohioana: of ohio and ohioans center. After the passage of the com­ mon-school law of 1825, half of the city’s presses were devoted to printing textbooks. Noah Webster’s American Spelling Book, a schoolroom and house­ hold word of […]

[…] to the OHIOANA LIBRARY ASSO­ CIATION, 1109 Ohio Departments Building, Columbus, Ohio 43215. If not delivered, return to The Ohioana Library 1109 Ohio Depts. Bldg. Columbus 15, Ohio Return Postage Guaranteed Come and Meet the Ohio Authors and Composers of the Year Join in honoring the Ohioan who will receive the 1965 Career Medal. Pay tribute to the winners of […]