Still time to apply for the 2010 Festival

November 3rd, 2009

The deadline for applying for the 2010 Ohioana Book Festival is November 15, so be sure to get your application in.  Click here for the application.

Ohioana’s 80th Anniversary

October 15th, 2009

Ohioana is celebrating our 80th Anniversary. Today, we were featured on the front page of the Arts/Life section of the Columbus Dispatch.   Check out the article here.

The 2009 Ohioana Awards are quickly approaching (this weekend!).  You can still make reservations until the end of business today (October 15), so we hope to see you there!

Apply for the 2010 Ohioana Book Festival

July 15th, 2009

Attention all authors, Ohioana is now accepting applications for the 2010 Ohioana Book Festival.  Please visit www.ohioanabookfestival.org to download the application!

Applications are due by November 15, 2009!  Be sure to apply on time!

Summer 2009 Ohioana Quarterly

July 9th, 2009

The most recent Ohioana Quarterly was just sent to the printer.  The Summer 2009 issue is focusing on Ohio Romance writers, but includes lots of reviews and a wrap up of the 2009 Ohioana Book Festival.

Photos of the cover shoot are on our flickr account, click here to see them!

Behind the Scenes of the 2009 Ohioana Book Festival

July 2nd, 2009

Last night, WOSU TV aired a “Behind the Scenes” segment about the Ohioana Book Festival on ArtZine.  You can view the short video by clicking here.

The Monday after…

May 11th, 2009

Ohioana would like to thank all of our partners, sponsors, authors, vendors, volunteers, board members, employees, and supporters for another fantastic year. The tents have come down and the tables are put away until next year. Everyone had an amazing time, and again, we cannot thank our authors enough for making our event such a wonderful experience.

Thank you, as well, to Barnes & Noble booksellers for all of their dedication and hard work. Alexa Reck and her team worked tirelessly to get the authors’ books and to keep them stocked throughout the day. At times it got a little hectic but Alexa and the Barnes & Noble crew always kept things flowing smoothly.

Big thanks, as well, to Vito’s Catering. Everyone enjoyed their fabulous food and great employees, both at the book festival itself and at the governor’s reception later that night.

Thank you to Ohio First Lady Frances Strickland for kicking off the festival, and for the lovely authors’ reception at the governor’s residence on Saturday night.

Check back to this blog for further updates and for reviews of the festival. Also head over to Ohioana’s Flickr account for photos from the outreach events and the book festival itself.

See you next year!

Ohioana Book Festival in ‘This Week News’

May 11th, 2009

This Week News had a featured article about the Ohioana Book Festival, and specifically featured author R.L. Stine.

“Stine coming home for annual Ohioana Book Festival” by Jennifer Noblit, is a great feature about the Bexley native. In the article, Stine discusses writing for children and how much he loves his audience:

“I think they’re a much more fun audience. When you write for children you hear from them,” he said. “You have so much contact from them; they want to talk to you, they want to see you…”

Thank you to This Week News and Jennifer Noblit for all of their support of the Ohioana Book Festival

Ohioana Book Festival on Twitter

May 8th, 2009

Ohioana will be Tweeting live from the Ohioana Book Festival, tomorrow, May 9, 2009 from 10:00 am to 4:30 pm.

Check out our Twitter feed in the blue box below to the left, or at http://www.twitter.com/Ohioana and look for the tag #ohbookfest.

Ohioana photos

May 8th, 2009

Check out Ohioana’s photos on Flickr, either to the left or at Flickr Stream! Right now there are several photos of our facility and collection, in addition to pictures from previous Ohioana events.

Then, check back after the Ohioana Book Festival for tons of photos from the big event.

One more day!

May 8th, 2009

Only one more day left until the big day! 

Everyone at Ohioana is very excited about the book festival.  Our volunteers will begin arriving later today to help set up the space for tomorrow’s big event. 

Right now, things are calm, but that will soon change as more and more people arrive to take part in the book festival.

Today is a big day for our featured authors, as well.  They will be taking part in many community outreach activities.  The schedule of their events can be found here.

We hope to see you at one of these events, and for the big day tomorrow starting at 10:00 am!