By Paul Heyde Which came first? The Akron Antiquarian Book Fair or the Northern Ohio Bibliophilic Society? In retrospect, disentangling the origins of the two northeast Ohio institutions may not entirely be the point, as they both really germinated out of the same seed of thought. What started out as […]
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Sponsored by Northern Ohio Bibliophilic Society (NOBS) Thursday, February 26, 2026, 7:00 PM This year, we will convene the 40th Akron Antiquarian Book & Paper Show, and we will also celebrate what would be the 100th birthday of Frank Klein, one of the founding members of NOBS. Join us for […]
Sponsored by NOBS Northern Ohio Bibliophilic Society invites you to this Zoom event Thurs Sept 26, 7:00-8:30pm EST. Charles Dickens in America: Bringing to Light a Previously Unrecorded Gem in the Kelvin Smith Library. William Claspy, team leader for University Archives and Special Collections at the Kelvin Smith Library at […]
Sponsored by NOBS (Northeast Ohio Bibliophilic Society) Thursday, August 22, 7-8:30pm What are fore-edge paintings? Join NOBS Board member and Loganberry Books rare books specialist Wendy Wasman to learn all about fore-edge paintings. You’ll see some amazing examples of these hidden treasures! We will meet at Loganberry Books at 7:00 […]
Sponsored by Northern Ohio Bibliophilic Society Thursday, September 21st, 7-8:30pm EST, free and open to the public. Join us for a very special Forum featuring artist Lisa Meek. Lisa Meek creates extraordinarily beautiful botanical sculptures from the pages of books. Incorporating the language of flowers and topical books, these works […]
Sponsored by Northern Ohio Bibliophilic Society Documenting Doc with Ron Hill Thursday, March 23rd, 7-8:30pm Eastern Ron Hill has been a book lover his whole life. He read Twenty-Thousand Leagues Under the Sea in third grade and The War of the Worlds in fifth grade. But, it was his first […]
Sponsored by Northern Ohio Bibliophilic Society Jason Chin is an author and illustrator of children’s books dealing with nature and science. His books have won both the Sibert (the Informational Book) and Orbis (writing for Nonfiction for Children) Medals. His most recent book, Watercress (2021) won the Caldecott and Newbery […]
Sponsored by Northern Ohio Bibliophilic Society Sep 22, 7:00pm-8:30 New York/Eastern time Phylis Brody is a life-long experimenter and doer of arts and crafts, including dimensional quilts and textiles, encaustic painting, assemblage, and altered books. In her words, “Each book is a small and intimate work of art that compels […]
Sponsored by Northern Ohio Bibliophilic Society Join fellow NOBS members and guest to learn about the art and science of making paper with Tom Balbo, artistic director of Cleveland’s own Morgan Conservatory. Tom Balbo is a Cleveland-based artist whose work has been collected for well over 30 years. In 2007, […]