Studio 208

Villager Designs specializes in creating hand lettered signage for your business or event. We work on chalkboards, walls, windows, mirrors, and banners!

For this event, they will have bookmarks, home decor signage, and bookish greeting cards available for purchase. Stop by early in the event if you would like to personalize some signage for your home library or book nook!

The Book Fair is taking place on Sunday, October 11, 12-4pm at 324 Cleveland Ave. NW in Downtown Canton!

A week and a half until over a dozen book lovers get together to bring you an unforgettable afternoon.

Visit the first floor of Second April Studios to find book sellers, artists, and other book-loving vendors. Head up to our space on the second floor for author readings with SEVEN local authors and illustrators!

We’re so grateful for the partnerships we’re building, and can’t wait to bring all the book lovers together. This event is free and kid friendly. Our friends at cantonology are even setting up a Kids Zone so you can shop and visit while the kids make book marks!

Next week, we’ll have a schedule of author readings available so you can plan your trip around hearing some (or all) of the talented local authors!

We’re excited to have Pages & Petrichor at our upcoming Book Fair on October 11!

Pages & Petrichor offers academia-inspired goods such as 100% soy wax candles hand poured in Canton, OH, as well as sewn accessories (bookmarks, book sleeves, and totes). Additionally, blind book dates.

See everything they have to offer on Sunday, October 11, 12-4pm at 324 Cleveland Ave. NW in Downtown Canton!

Dwight Parrish is a poet and non-fiction writer. He recently released a new poetry collection in August of 2026. He will be reading from and discussing his Memoir, “In My Father’s House: A Son’s Memoir.” He will also have a vendor table to sell his books.

Parrish is an Amazon Bestselling Author with each of his three books. His two Poetry Collections were Amazon #1 New Releases. After retiring from his management position at one of the largest utility companies in the country, he enrolled in a creative writing course at Malone University that focused on poetry and fiction. Dwight and his wife Cyndie live in northeast Ohio with their Boston Terrier, Halo.

Check him out at our Book Fair! on October 11, 12-4pm at 324 Cleveland Ave. NW in Downtown Canton!

Gwen is the creator behind One Creative Station. She preserves flowers which she then uses to create one-of-a-kind floral pieces. They’re not just beautiful—they’re also usable. As a book lover with a background in graphic design, Gwen loves creating book marks, book ends, and more!

Come grab a unique piece as a gift, or for your own book case! She’ll be set up at our Book Fair on October 11, 12-4pm. Come say hi and grab some book-inspired decor!

We’re excited to have The Secret Shelf Society joining us with their Blind Date with a Book selection and bookmarks! They have so much to offer at our Book Fair!! on October 11, 12-4pm! 📚

Each Book is individually wrapped and curated with special wrapping paper, stickers and themed pieces. It also includes the Goodreads rating and a Spotify QR code curated to the theme of the book. They give a brief summary of the book and a couple hints along with the genre.

Each book comes with tea or coffee, bookmark, page tabs, stickers and pens. They also include antique and vintage items like antique scarfs, old love letters or cookbook recipes and vintage police records/mugshots for the thriller/crime books.

The Secret Shelf Society has every genre you could think of so there is something for everyone!

The bookmarks they have are each handmade. They also sell other bookish things like journals, custom golden books, candles etc.

Check out everything they have to offer at our Book Fair on October 11, 12-4pm!

We’re excited to announce that Rachel Peterson, author of the YA thriller Killing Sadie (ages 14+), will be giving us an author reading at our upcoming book fair! Killing Sadie was just released on August 4 with Simon & Schuster!
Killing Sadie is a twisty tale filled with unreliable narrators and shocking secrets. After homecoming queen Sadie Cooper and loner Mason Vreeland are found murdered at an Ohio barn party gone wrong, the three people closest to Sadie: her best friend Liz, boyfriend Ben, and twin sister Jayne, are questioned by the police. It seems like an open and shut case, but the deeper you go, the darker it gets. Turns out someone had a long list of reasons for killing Sadie.
Rachel Peterson graduated from Miami University of Ohio with a degree in English and Creative Writing. After starting her career as a copywriter, she made the shift to the technology space and spent nearly a decade in New York City leading marketing teams for international tech companies before stepping away from the corporate world and focusing full-time on her career as an author. Rachel now splits her time between NYC and the Midwest, where she lives with her husband Ken, their dog Olive, and horse Hope.

An avid equestrian, Rachel spends her free time on horseback honing her dressage skills, and is always happy to bury herself in a good book – especially when paired with a great cup of coffee (or a glass of w**e).

Reminder that our next book club will be this Wednesday, 5/6. This is an open invite to anyone who loves book and wouldn’t mind a bit of community. 🤗See what the group is like, and choose if you’d like to join us on next month’s read!

We will be discussing As Long As The Lemon Trees Grow by Zoulfa Katouh. We also pick next month’s book at the end of our meeting. Hope to see you there! 📚