The Aldus Society


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.

Aldus is an affiliate of the Fellowship of American Bibliophilic Societies (FABS).

PROGRAMS ARE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

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.

Free parking.

Upcoming:

Thursday, SEPT 14th, 2023:
TBA

Tuesday, OCT 10th, 2023 (Tuesday!):
Ashley Perez on Banned Books

Thursday NOV 9th, 2023:
Mark Dawidziak, On the Mystery of Edgar Allen Poe’s Death. His book, A  Mystery of Mysteries: The Death and Life of Edgar Allan Poe, focuses on Poe’s “final days” with chapters on a different theory that has been circulated about Poe’s death, which Dawidziak then debunks through new information provided by Poe scholars and researchers, before sharing a brand-new theory in his conclusion.

Thursday, DEC 7th, 2023?:
Holiday Party

Thursday, JAN 11th, 2024:
Aldus Collects

Thursday, FEB 8th, 2024:
Sarah Neville, OSU English professor, Early Modern Herbals and the Book  Trade, Columbus, OH

Thursday, MAR 14th, 2024:
TBA

Thursday, APR 11th, 2024:
Betty Weibel, Author of The Ohio Literary Trail, Cleveland – on tracking down the great writers from Ohio

Thursday, MAY 9th, 2024:
TBA.