August 30, 2023 | 5:00pm

Silent Reading Party

It’s our favorite reason to ssshhhh. Bring a book — or pick one up here — and enjoy an evening reading in companionable silence.

September 06, 2023 | 12:00pm

First Wednesday

This popular and long-running lunchtime discussion group is a book club without commitment

September 06, 2023 | 6:00pm

20-Something Book Club

A young professionals group to discuss the books everyone is talking about.

September 06, 2023 | 6:00pm

Canon Club: Movie Night in The Stacks

Canon Club movie night returns with the 1944 thriller, Gaslight!

September 07, 2023 | 12:00pm

Peregrine Haiku Society Workshop

September 09, 2023 | 10:30am

Cincinnati Music Book Show & Sale

An open house style opportunity to meet the folks who've written about faces & places with Cincinnati music connections.

September 12, 2023 | 12:00pm

In Pieces: The Splendid and The Vile

Before we welcome Erik Larson to deliver the XXXIV Niehoff Lecture, we’re going to tackle his most recent book together.

September 13, 2023 | 12:00pm

Walnut Street Poetry Society

Our longest running poetry group is the Walnut Street Poetry Society (WSPS). In 2023, the group will continue discussing Romantic Poetry.

September 13, 2023 | 6:00pm

Best Seller Book Club

To stay abreast of reader tastes and social conversations, member Jana Riess leads our Bestseller Book Club

September 14, 2023 | 6:30pm

JFK60

November 2023 marks the 60th Anniversary of President Kennedy’s shocking death, and we’re looking at two books that come to opposite conclusions

September 16, 2023 | 10:30am

Rock & Read

This group reads “music books” that encompass memoirs, biographies, novels that feature music

September 18, 2023 | 6:00pm

Black Experience Book Club

September 19, 2023 | 6:00pm

The Science & Nature Lecture: Angela Saini

September 21, 2023 | 6:00pm

Further Adventures: An Evening with Norman Finkelstein

Norman Finkelstein reads from and discusses his latest book

September 22, 2023 | 12:00pm

Bookless Book Club

Sometimes you just really want to talk about the book you just read and loved — or hated — with fellow readers. Our Bookless Book Club gives you that!

September 22, 2023 | 6:00pm

The Art of the Storyboard

September 26, 2023 | 12:00pm

In Pieces: The Splendid and The Vile

Before we welcome Erik Larson to deliver the XXXIV Niehoff Lecture, we’re going to tackle his most recent book together.

September 26, 2023 | 6:00pm

Reading Graphic Novels

September 27, 2023 | 5:00pm

Silent Reading Party

It’s our favorite reason to ssshhhh. Bring a book — or pick one up here — and enjoy an evening reading in companionable silence.

September 30, 2023 | 9:00am

Yoga in the Reading Room

Join us for yoga in the Reading Room. The classes are open to all levels, and are led by instructor Laura Ginocchio.

September 30, 2023 | 10:00am

Poet Laureate Office Hours

Stop in and say hello to Cincinnati Mercantile Library Poet Laureate, Yalie Kamara and talk poetry, or workshop some poems of your own.