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Feb. 29, 2024
2024 Ohioana Book Festival Poster!
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Ohioana Book Festival
THE BIG REVEAL . . . . It’s with great pleasure and excitement that we’re introducing the official 2024 Ohioana Book Festival poster! The poster was created by Tracy Subisak, one of the authors in our stellar line-up of more than 120 authors and illustrators who will be taking part in the festival at Columbus Metropolitan Library’s Main Library on ... Read More
Feb. 01, 2024
The 2024 Ohioana Book Festival Authors and Illustrators
Announcing the 2024 Ohioana Book Festival Authors and Illustrators! We’re back! Yes, the Ohioana Book Festival will once again be LIVE and IN PERSON this April . . . and you’re invited! Join us as we present our 18th annual celebration of Ohio books, authors, and illustrators at the Columbus Metropolitan Library’s Main Library on Saturday, April 20, from 10:30 a.m. ... Read More
Jan. 12, 2024
Happy Birthday, Martha!
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This historic photograph was taken on December 29, 1930, in what was then the Governor’s Mansion in Columbus. It shows Ohio First Lady Martha Kinney Cooper a year after she founded the Ohioana Library in October 1929. Her vision: to create a special library dedicated to collecting, preserving, and celebrating books by Ohio authors and about Ohio subjects. The 350 ... Read More
Jul. 25, 2023
Announcing the 2023 Ohioana Book Award Winners
It’s that time of year again! The Ohioana Library is pleased to announce the winners of the 2023 Ohioana Awards, including seven book awards and the Walter Rumsey Marvin Grant. First given in 1942, the Ohioana Book Awards are the second oldest, and among the most prestigious, state literary prizes in the nation. Nearly every major writer from Ohio in ... Read More
May. 15, 2023
Announcing the 2023 Ohioana Book Award Finalists
Ohioana Library is pleased to announce the finalists for the 82nd annual Ohioana Book Awards. First given in 1942, the awards are the second-oldest state literary prizes in the nation and honor outstanding works by Ohio authors and illustrators in five categories: Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Middle Grade/Young Adult Literature, and Juvenile Literature. The sixth category, About Ohio or an Ohioan, ... Read More
Jan. 11, 2023
The 2023 Ohioana Book Festival Authors
Announcing the 2023 Ohioana Book Festival Authors! We’re back! Yes, the Ohioana Book Festival will once again be LIVE and IN PERSON this April . . . and you’re invited! Join us as we present our 17th annual celebration of Ohio books and authors at the Columbus Metropolitan Library’s Main Library on Saturday, April 22, from 10:30 a.m. to 5:00 ... Read More