Books

Blanche replaces Carla Hayden, the longtime librarian whom the White House fired last week amid criticism from some conservatives that she was advancing a “woke” agenda.

Carla Hayden, the nation’s first female and first Black Librarian of Congress, fired Thursday by Trump, "will remain a Maryland treasure," her fellow Maryland librarians say.

Bestselling author Laurie Frankel returns to her hometown of Columbia for the ninth annual Books in Bloom on Saturday.

A Million Lives Book Festival was supposed to celebrate fantasy authors, narrators and influencers at the Baltimore Convention Center last weekend. Instead, they dealt with the book version of Fyre Festival.

The Baltimore County Public Library is taking a page from the Pratt library’s playbook and engaging the public with lively talks, much-needed services and even some parent-and-me desks so you can take your child to the library and get some work done.

Eight hours and 15 minutes. That’s how long it takes to read Maya Angelou's “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” out loud. That’s how long a small act of rebellion takes.

It’s a good time to start getting out of the house and enjoying all Baltimore County has to offer outdoors.

The White Marsh branch of the Baltimore County Public Library will close after business hours March 29 for renovations to its meeting room and bathrooms.

Sen. Chuck Schumer is postponing an event in Baltimore for his upcoming book due to “security reasons,” according to an email from Enoch Pratt Free Library.

Maryland author Mark Swartz's "The Music Never Died" imagines a world where some of music's greatest artists live on in intriguing ways.

Our Kids Read opened last month in the Eastpoint Mall.

Author and researcher Cat Bohannon will be in Baltimore to discuss “Eve,” her nonfiction book on the intricate history of the importance of the female body in human evolution.

Local Black bookstore Urban Reads has been habitually racially harassed, but Baltimore showed up for the shop in many ways.

A writer and communications expert created an annual literary event to celebrate Black history and the way it resonates in our lives.

Baltimore author and Johns Hopkins associate professor Eric Puchner’s new novel, “Dream State,” is the latest selection for Oprah’s Book Club.

Colette Shade is the author of the new book “Y2K: How the 2000s Became Everything.”

Hunt Valley’s Diamond Comic Distributors had a monopoly in the industry, yet slip-ups during the pandemic and delayed deliveries pushed it into bankruptcy last week.

Local author Amy L. Bernstein wants you to feed your starving creative soul by wrangling your doubt monster.

Here is 2024 in review, according to me. I can’t send you all cookies, so you’ll have to make do with numbers.

I wanted to know what folks’ favorite read of the year was. Check out answers from the mayor, notable authors in town, a reality TV star and more.