University Libraries Press Release

Contact: Melissa Cox Norris, Director of Library Communications, (513) 556-1558 or melissa.norris@uc.edu

Books by the Banks: Cincinnati USA Book Festival

October 11 , 2007 -The inaugural Books by the Banks: Cincinnati USA Book Festival scheduled for Saturday, November 3, from 10am-6pm at the Duke Energy Center will celebrate and promote the joy and reading of books.

The day-long festival will feature more than 85 regional and national authors of fiction, history, mystery, biography, travel, non-fiction, children's literature, and more.

UC-Affiliated authors participating in Books by the Banks include:

• Brock Clarke, Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature, McMicken College of Arts and Sciences, Author of An Arsonist’s Guide to Writers’ Homes in New England
• Kevin Grace, Head and University Archivist, Archives and Rare Books Library, Author of Boxing in Cincinnati
• Michael Griffith, Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature, McMicken College of Arts and Sciences, Author of Bibliophilia: A Novella and Stories
• Nathan Singer, Adjunct Instructor of English & Communication, Raymond Walters College, Author of Chasing the Wolf
• Don Heinrich Tolzmann, Retired Senior Librarian, Archives and Rare Books Library, Author of German Cincinnati
• Tom White, Head of the Monographs Department and Assistant Head of Technical Services Team for University Libraries, Co-Author of Cincinnati Cemeteries: The Queen City Underground.

Attendees to the festival will have the opportunity to meet authors and to purchase signed copies of their books. In addition, activities will be held throughout the day such as author readings and panel presentations on such topics as baseball, cookbooks, cartoonists, local history, romance, and urban fiction. A special Kids' Corner will feature crafts and programming for kids of all ages.

The festival and all events are free and open to the public.

A joint effort of Borders Books, CET, Cincinnati Magazine, The Mercantile Library, The Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, and the University of Cincinnati Libraries, Books by the Banks will be an annual community event designed to attract a broad range of book lovers from throughout the tri-state.

For more information, visit www.booksbythebanks.org.

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