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February 12, 2020

The Mercantile Library Visitors' Register, 1872-1918 is Online

Excuse me while I geek out. The Mercantile Library’s Visitor Register is now available online, thanks to the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County...

January 31, 2020

Lost Bookstores of Cincinnati

A soon-to-be shuttered bookstore is a sad place. On lunch this week, I visited The Booksellers on Fountain Square for the last time, picking up some...

December 19, 2019

Books of the decade

As 2019 winds down, inspired by the collection of “best of the decade” book lists at LitHub, and so many other of our favorite reading...

December 19, 2019

Books of the decade

As 2019 winds down, inspired by the collection of “best of the decade” book lists at LitHub, and so many other of our favorite reading...

December 19, 2019

Our favorite books of 2019

We hope you’re sitting down because we’re about to tell you something shocking: We all read a lot in 2019. Circulation at the Library is up,...

October 09, 2019

The Genius of Liberty Podcast

The Genious of Liberty, six-minute suffrage stories commemorating the 19th Amendment centennial. Local researcher Katherine Durack came to us last fall with stories to tell. Did...

October 01, 2019

10 Books About Road Trips

A Reading List for The Levee: A Photographer in The American South When we heard about The Levee: A Photographer in The American South, a...

June 20, 2019

What we're reading this summer

It’s hard to believe it’s summer with all this soggy weather. But then again, rainy days are perfect for curling up with a good book....

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