Entering 2022, David Rippe wasn’t sure if Books by the Banks would be able to hold its signature event in downtown Cincinnati. The Covid-19 pandemic shut down the free annual festival – featuring national, regional and local authors and illustrators – in both 2020 and 2021.
“We weren’t exactly sure at the beginning of 2022 where Covid was going to be this time of year,” said Rippe, the nonprofit’s board president.
But after the two-year hiatus, Books by the Banks is back, scheduled…
