Columbus Book Festival: In Conversation with Mary Alice Monroe

Columbus Book Festival featuring Mary Alice Monroe

Saturday, July 12 at 10 a.m.
Main Library
Auditorium (1st floor)

ABOUT THE AUTHOR & BOOK

Mary Alice Monroe is the New York Times bestselling author of 27 books, including her popular Beach House series. Her new dual timeline epic, Where the Rivers Merge, is a sweeping love letter to South Carolina’s low country and an emotional introduction to the indominable Eliza Rivers.

ABOUT THE MODERATOR

Amy Juravich has been a reporter with WOSU Public Media since 2007. She is the host of WOSU's All Sides with Amy Juravich, a daily talk show that explores important issues of our time.

HEADLINER SESSION TICKETS

• Due to limited space, tickets are required for each of the six headliner author talks.

• One ticket per person. Maximum room capacity is 250 people.

• Non-ticketed guests will be admitted five minutes prior to the start of the program only if seats are available.
• Eventbrite tickets will be scanned at entry. Print your ticket or have a mobile ticket ready to scan for speedy entry.
• The Auditorium will be fully cleared between sessions.

• Be considerate: Don't reserve a seat if you don't need it. Cancel your ticket if you can't make it to the event so another reader can attend.

AUDITORIUM ENTRY & EXIT

Volunteers and Festival Staff will help keep orderly lines and assist guests with limited mobility. Everyone with a session ticket WILL BE SEATED if you arrive before 9:55 am.

• 9:00 a.m. | Lines for Mary Alice's session can begin to form at the Auditorium entrance: one line will be for ticketed guests and one line will be for non-ticketed guests.
• 9:30 a.m. | Seating begins for ticketed guests.
• 9:55 a.m. | Seating begins for non-ticketed guests (only if empty seats are available)
• 10:00 a.m. | In Conversation with Mary Alice Monroe
• 11:00 a.m. | Session ends. Book signing for session attendees outside Auditorium. All guests must exit the Auditorium.

The Auditorium will hold back-to-back author sessions, and the area could get congested. Please be prepared to be patient in a space with multiple lines, book selling stations and a signing table.

BOOKS & SIGNING*

• Due to space and time restrictions, headlining authors will sign books only for the 250 attendees of their session within the 60-minute time limit.
• Headliner author signings take place immediately after their session just outside the Auditorium.
• Books may be purchased at the festival or brought from your personal collection. Limit of two items.
• Mary Alice’s books will be available for sale at the Auditorium before and after her session. The Official Festival Bookstore will be selling headliner titles all weekend in Main Library's 2nd floor.

Book signing etiquette:

• Keep the line moving to ensure all readers have an opportunity to have their books signed within the alloted time.
• Open your books to the title page and place them in the correct direction on the signing table
• Limit of two items for signing/personalization.
• No posed photos, please.

*SIGNING DETAILS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE.

COLUMBUS BOOK FESTIVAL

The Columbus Book Festival is a free, two-day literary event on July 12 -13 at downtown Columbus's Main Library and Topiary Park.

This Author Talk is just one of 70+ sessions on the schedule of author events for the weekend. All sessions and programs are free to attend. Come and enjoy the entire festival!

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