Central Ohio’s Bibliophilic Society
Welcome to your Central Ohio connection for book lovers. The Aldus Society brings literary events and programming to book lovers and educational opportunities to members. Some of our members are serious book collectors, some of us are merely lovers of the printed word in all its forms. Note: 2025 is our 25-year anniversary, and we’re kicking it off with a brand-new logo! Special thanks to Michael Daines for his beautiful design. Watch for more special programming and projects.
Programs are free and open to the public. Free parking.
Thurber Center
91 Jefferson Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43215.
(next to the Thurber House).
7 p.m.: Doors open, socializing.
7:30 p.m.: Presentation begins.
Upcoming 2025/2026 Programs:
September 11, 2025: FIVE SHORT TALKS ON RECENT BOOK HISTORY RESEARCH. Scholars from the Ohio State University English Ph.D. program will be presenting, including: Jessica Crabtree on an 8th-century manuscript in Ohio; Sabrina Durso on James Thurber’s vision loss; Eileen A. Horansky on heraldry, print, and authorship in sixteenth-century London; Shaun Russell on the evolution of Shakespeare’s sonnets in print; and Samantha Trzinski on marginalia in a copy of The Mysteries of Udolpho.
October 9, 2025: Sarah Peters Kernan discusses “Manuscript Recipe Books in Early Modern Europe.”
November 6, 2025: Ann Woods and Bob Tauber present “The Logan Elm Press and the Art of the Book.”
January 8, 2026: Aldus Collects, a sampler from the in-home collections of Aldus members.
February 12, 2026: Tom Bredehoft discusses “A Table-Top Fine Press from Ohio: Charles C. Bubb’s Clerk’s Press (1908-17).”
March 12, 2026: Caitlin McGurk presents “Tell Me a Story Where the Bad Girl Wins: The Life and Art of Barbara Shermund.”
April 9, 2026: Thora Brylowe discusses “Early Southern State Passports and the Paper They’re Printed On: A Little-Known American Story.”
May 14, 2026: Ron Shaull presents “A History of Paper, From Pulp to Pixel.”
These programs have been made possible in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities: Democracy Demands Wisdom. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed do not necessarily represent those of Ohio Humanities or the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Aldus is an affiliate of the Fellowship of American Bibliophilic Societies (FABS).