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By the Book: Doug Bolton at the Mercantile Library
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Business Courier publisher Doug Bolton reflects on books that have informed, and inspired his life and career.
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By the Book: Jerry Kathman at the Mercantile Library
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What makes Jerry Kathman tick? The President and Chief Executive Officer of LPK describes books that have influenced his life and his career.
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FOCUS - Books By The Banks 2009
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On Saturday, October 17, 2009, the 3rd annual Books by the Banks: Cincinnati USA Book Festival will be held at the Duke Energy Convention Center from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Watch this video to learn more about this exciting event!
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Mercantile Library presents George Packer
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The Mercantile Library presents George Packer for the 7th Annual Harriet Beecher Stowe Lecture.
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Books by the Banks Overview 2008
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Cincinnati's own book festival returns!
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Lisa See at the Mercantile Library
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Lisa See, author of the critically acclaimed international bestseller Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, spoke at a special author event at the Mercantile Library on Thursday, September 18, 2008.
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Mercantile Library presents Cynthia Tucker
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Pulitzer Prize winning columnist Cynthia Tucker spoke at the Mercantile Library's sixth annual Harriet Beecher Stowe Lecture on June 10, 2008. Tucker is editorial page editor of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and a syndicated columnist whose commentary appears in more than 70 newspapers around the country.
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On the Same Page author Robert Olmstead
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2008 On the Same Page author Robert Olmstead discusses Coal Black Horse with panelists from The Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County and the Mercantile Library. Mr. Olmstead gives insight into his research and writing process as well as describing his plans for making Coal Black Horse the first book of a trilogy.
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Playwright Steven Dietz at the Mercantile Library
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Playwright Steven Dietz will talk about his career writing and directing plays. Locally his works were recently performed at Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park (Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure) and Ensemble Theatre of Cincinnati (More Fun Than Bowling).
Steven Dietz is one of America's most widely-produced and published contemporary playwrights. Since 1983, his twenty-plus plays have been seen at over one hundred regional theatres in the United States. His talk is part of the Mercantile Library's 2008 Winter Author Series.
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The Settling and Unsettling of the Ohio Valley
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Authors Robert Morgan (Boone, Gap Creek), Dark Rain Thom (Warrior Woman), and James Alexander Thom (Follow the River, Panther in the Sky) discuss how the coming of white people to the Ohio Valley was an integral turning point in the history of the whites and the Native Americans. This panel discussion was part of 2007 Books By the Banks.
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BBTB-Gina Ruffin Moore, Donald Spencer, Marian Spencer
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Author Gina Ruffin Moore shares photos and the history of African Americans from her book, Cincinnati, part of Arcadia Publishing's Black America Series. Donald and Marian Spencer join Gina to share their personal memories and moderate the panel in this presentation at the 2007 Books By the Banks festival.
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Emi and the Rhino Scientist
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Learn how the Cincinnati Zoo successfully bred a Sumatran Rhino as
author Mary Kay Carson and photographer Tom Uhlman discuss the making of their latest book, Emi and Rhino Scientist. This panel discussion from the 2007 Books By the Banks Festival was moderated, by Dr. Monica Stoops, a rhino scientist. Dr. Stoops shares information on the types of rhinos.
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