{"id":28374,"date":"2015-10-07T11:08:56","date_gmt":"2015-10-07T15:08:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/?p=28374"},"modified":"2015-10-07T11:23:56","modified_gmt":"2015-10-07T15:23:56","slug":"join-uc-libraries-october-17-at-books-by-the-banks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/2015\/10\/join-uc-libraries-october-17-at-books-by-the-banks\/","title":{"rendered":"Join UC Libraries October 17 at Books by the Banks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/2012\/10\/join-uc-libraries-at-books-by-the-banks-october-20\/4cpossmcropped2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-18098\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-18098\" src=\"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/4cpossmcropped2.jpg\" alt=\"books by the banks logo\" width=\"350\" height=\"347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/4cpossmcropped2.jpg 377w, https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/4cpossmcropped2-155x153.jpg 155w, https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/4cpossmcropped2-191x190.jpg 191w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a>On Saturday, October 17, the 9th annual <strong>Books by the Banks: Cincinnati USA Book Festival<\/strong> will take place downtown at Duke Energy Convention Center from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Once again, UC Libraries is an organizing partner of the literary event that allows readers to meet and greet favorite authors.<\/p>\n<p>The day-long festival will feature over\u00a0100 regional and national authors, book signings, author panels and activities\u00a0for the entire family to enjoy. The popular \u201cWriting and Getting Published\u201d series returns this year with panel discussions covering hot topics for writers and workshops to help hone the craft of writing. <strong>All events are free and open to the public<\/strong>.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/2015\/10\/join-uc-libraries-october-17-at-books-by-the-banks\/posterweb-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-28375\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-28375\" src=\"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/posterweb.jpg\" alt=\"books by the banks poster\" width=\"400\" height=\"539\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/posterweb.jpg 400w, https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/posterweb-115x155.jpg 115w, https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/posterweb-141x190.jpg 141w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>At the festival, attendees will have\u00a0the opportunity to meet authors and to purchase signed copies of their books.\u00a0Books by the Banks features writers in various categories, including fiction,\u00a0non-fiction, cooking, children\u2019s literature, local travel, sports and more.\u00a0Nationally known authors such as Rainbow Rowell, Sharon M. Draper, Anthony Marra, Cleary Wolters, Tad Hills, and James and Kimberly Dean will join local favorites Will Hillenbrand, Molly Wellmann and Paul Daugherty to celebrate the joy and reading of books.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Several authors at the festival have a UC connection, including:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Leah\u00a0Stewart, <\/strong>associate professor and area director of creative writing in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsci.uc.edu\/\">McMicken\u00a0College of Arts and Sciences<\/a>, will be in attendance with her most recent book, <em>The New Neighbor.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Mark Palkovic<\/strong>, senior librarian emeritus and former head of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.libraries.uc.edu\/ccm.html\">College-Conservatory of Music Library<\/a>, will sign his book <em>Wurlitzer of Cincinnati: The Name That Means Music To Millions.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Janice Schulz<\/strong>, former university records manager and archives specialist in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.libraries.uc.edu\/arb.html\">Archives and Rare Books Library<\/a>, will present her book, <em>Cincinnati&#8217;s Celebrity Criminal Defender: Murder, Motive and the Magical Foss Hopkins.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Margo Taft Stever<\/strong> will sign copies of <em>Looking East: William Howard Taft &amp; the 1905 Mission to Asia<\/em>, a book she co-authored with Hong Shen originally in Chinese. The University of Cincinnati and Zhejiang University Press, Hangzhou, China, collaborated to publish an English-language version in 2015 edited by <strong>Kevin Grace<\/strong>, university archivist and head of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.libraries.uc.edu\/arb.html\">Archives and Rare Books Library<\/a> with messages from UC President <strong>Santa J. Ono<\/strong> and Zhejiang University President Lin Jianhua along with an afterward by <strong>Xuemao Wang<\/strong>, dean and university librarian.<\/li>\n<li>Numerous UC alumni will also be authors at the festival, including<strong> David Bell, <\/strong>PhD in American literature and creative writing; <strong>Christopher Bennett<\/strong>, BS in physics and a BA in history, <strong>Jeff Howe<\/strong>, who graduated in 1985, and <strong>Molly McCaffrey<\/strong>, PhD in creative writing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A commemorative Book by the Banks\u00a0poster with artwork created by David Michael Beck\u00a0will be available for purchase at the festival for $15.<\/p>\n<p>The 2015 Books by the Banks presenting sponsor is Ohio Humanities. It is organized by UC Libraries, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mercantilelibrary.com\/\">The Mercantile\u00a0 Library<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cincinnatilibrary.org\/\">The Public Library of\u00a0 Cincinnati and Hamilton County<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.josephbeth.com\/Landing.aspx\">Joseph-Beth\u00a0 Booksellers<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/library.nku.edu\/\">Northern Kentucky University W. Frank\u00a0 Steely Library<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.clermontlibrary.org\/\">Clermont County Public Library<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lanepl.org\/\">The Lane Libraries<\/a>, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.midpointelibrary.org\/\">MidPointe\u00a0 Library System<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gateway.kctcs.edu\/\">Gateway Community and Technical College<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Books by the Banks website has\u00a0information on the authors scheduled to appear at the event, a schedule of\u00a0panel sessions, activities scheduled in the Kids\u2019 Corner and Teen Scene, as well as directions\u00a0and parking information for Duke Energy Convention Center. For more\u00a0information, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.booksbythebanks.org\/\">www.booksbythebanks.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Saturday, October 17, the 9th annual Books by the Banks: Cincinnati USA Book Festival will take place downtown at Duke Energy Convention Center from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Once again, UC Libraries is an organizing partner of the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/2015\/10\/join-uc-libraries-october-17-at-books-by-the-banks\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,77,31,13],"tags":[45,814,27,11,37,36],"class_list":["post-28374","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-arb","category-ccm-library","category-uc","category-uclibraries","tag-books-and-more","tag-events","tag-information","tag-interesting","tag-library-news","tag-uc-libraries"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28374","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28374"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28374\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}