Ohio University Press & Swallow Press

09/03/2025

We’re proud to announce that Julie K. Rubini's biography "Virginia Hamilton: America’s Storyteller" has been selected by the Ohio Center for the Book to represent Ohio in the Great Reads from Great Places program THIS WEEKEND at the The Library of Congress National Book Festival 2025!

This powerful children's book honors the legacy of Virginia Hamilton, one of the most influential voices in American literature, and continues Julie’s mission to bring inspiring stories to young readers. Learn more in this interview: https://cpl.org/podcast-episode/celebrating-virginia-hamilton-with-julie-k-rubini/

Also exciting—this marks the third consecutive year that the Ohio Center for the Book has chosen a children’s title from Ohio University Press for this prestigious national spotlight. What an incredible testament to the impact of Ohio authors and publishers in shaping young minds through literature! 🎉📖

Ohio University Alumni Association Ohio Center for the Book Julie K. Rubini The Library of Congress

08/28/2025

📚✨ What a fantastic turnout at this week’s book signing event for Bicycling Through Paradise: Historical Tours Around Cincinnati! Author Kathleen Smythe drew a full house at Joseph-Beth, sharing stories and insights from a unique collection of bicycle tours exploring Cincinnati’s rich historical sites.

🚴‍♂️ From hidden landmarks to iconic neighborhoods, this book is perfect for history buffs, cycling enthusiasts, and curious explorers alike.

Don’t forget to grab your copy wherever books are sold or on our website: https://www.ohioswallow.com/9780821426579/bicycling-through-paradise/

Joseph-Beth Cincinnati

08/22/2025

📚 Meet the Authors!
Join Kathleen Smythe and Chris Hanlin at Joseph-Beth Booksellers, Cincinnati, for a discussion and signing of Bicycling Through Paradise: Historical Tours Around Cincinnati.

🗓 Monday, August 25
🕖 7:00 PM
📍 Joseph-Beth Booksellers

Discover the stories and history behind Ohio’s scenic cycling routes. Don’t miss this engaging evening!
👉 Details: https://www.josephbeth.com/event/kathleen-smythe-and-chris-hanlin-discussing-and-signing-bicycling-through-paradise-historical

08/15/2025

The trippiest road trip novel of all somehow didn't make this list of the best in the genre— https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/30/books/best-road-trip-books.html —but lucky for you, we have copies of the counterculture classic DIVINE RIGHT'S TRIP by Gurney Norman:
https://www.ohioswallow.com/9780917788420/divine-rights-trip/

08/14/2025

🇺🇸 Today we honor the bravery and brilliance of the Navajo Code Talkers.
Introduce young readers to their legacy with Thomas H. Begay and the Navajo Code Talkers, a powerful middle-grade biography.
📘 Learn more: https://bit.ly/Begay

A Junior Library Guild SelectionThomas H. Begay was one of the young Navajo men who, during World War II, invented and used a secret, unbreakable communicati...

08/04/2025

Congratulations to Kimberly Cleveland, author of Africanfuturism, winner of the Science Fiction Research Association (SFRA) Book Award for the best first scholarly monograph in science fiction! ⭐️

07/30/2025

This breathtaking essay by poet Han Vanderhart ties in to her prizewinning book, Larks: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/articles/1703169/a-several-acre-space-of-tenderness

Pick up a copy of Larks wherever books are sold, or from our website at https://www.ohioswallow.com/9780821425916/larks/ Enter promo code WEB for 20% off!

Poems, readings, poetry news and the entire 110-year archive of POETRY magazine.

07/10/2025

We're moving to a smaller office, and that means free books for you! Visit Alden Library 101 on Monday, July 14, from 9 am to 4 pm. We have fiction, poetry, children's books, history, African studies, Appalachian studies, and more!

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Athens County Public Libraries The Athens NEWS WOUB Public Media

07/08/2025

Join us at the FREE Columbus Book Festival this weekend! Check out our titles—for kids and adults—and score some awesome OHIO swag at booth 48. Plus, beloved Columbus-based mystery novelist Andrew Welsh-Huggins will be in our booth Saturday, 11–noon. If you haven't read one of his Andy Hayes Mysteries, you're missing out. See you there!

Ohio University Alumni Association
Alden Library

05/21/2025

Check out prize-winning poet Han VanderHart—author of LARKS—on the Of Poetry Podcast: https://ofpoetrypodcast.com/2025/05/18/episode-72-han-vanderhart-of-larks-genealogy-and-truth-as-a-poetics-and-the-line-with-guest-host-amorak-huey/

Through June 8, use promo code SUN to get 40% off all our books at https://www.ohioswallow.com/

Han VanderHart, author of Larks (OHU, 2025) Listen: On Spotify, Apple, Google, and elsewhere Purchase: Larks (Ohio University Press, 2025) Read: “Larks” at Poetry Daily Han VanderHart i…

05/20/2025

With summer nearly here, we’ve got reading on our minds and a special online sale to offer: From May 20 to June 8, use promo code SUN at https://ohioswallow.com to get 40% off ALL books. Order more than $30 and get free U.S. shipping. Happy reading!

05/15/2025

"Steele’s work is in a category apart, however. No serious poet can afford to ignore it, and in fact few have." A wonderful review of Timothy Steele's All the Fun's in How You Say a Thing in Plough: https://www.plough.com/en/topics/culture/poetry/to-rhyme-is-human