Rick Rothacker

Rick will participate in a May 4 panel discussion at the Duke Mansion on economic shocks and regional economic resilience.

Rick will be speaking Monday, January 9, at the Matthews Rotary Club luncheon.

Rick will be talking Nov. 15  about “Banktown” and recent events in banking at the Tuesday Topics speaker series.

In case you missed it, here is the piece that ran on C-SPAN.

C-Span is airing its Charlotte weekend Sept 24-25. Look for an interview with Rick on Book TV. Video segments will be posted online at www.c-span.org/LocalContent and www.c-span.org/videolibrary.  

I got a chance recently to appear on Walter Edgar’s Journal, a well-known public radio program out of Columbia, S.C. Here is the podcast.

I talked to CNN.com for their piece on Charlotte’s recovery from the banking crisis. Here is a link.

Coming up this weekend: A writer’s workshop in Rock Hill, S.C.

Here is the The Herald’s preview story.

I’m also scheduled to talk at the July 12 Rotary Club meeting in Charlotte.

This just in: Banktown was named a finalist in the ForeWord Reviews’ 2010 Book of the Year Awards contest in the business and economics category. The finalists were selected from 1,400 entries in 56 categories submitted by 350 independent publishers. For more information see: http://www.bookoftheyearawards.com/

We continue to line up book signings, talks and other appearances. Check out the latest events.

Thanks to everyone who has supported Banktown since its debut last fall. The book is now in a second printing and has gained attention from media outlets from the New York Times to wsj.com to fortune.com. It was recently recognized as a Park Road Books 2010 non-fiction bestseller. Available at major retailers, it’s also popular in Kindle and iPad e-book formats.

New events are being scheduled for 2011. Check here for the latest appearances. You can also find Banktown updates on Facebook!