Books

Dion Banks has written a children's book about a Black superhero who fights slavery titled “Kofi the Wind Whisperer: A Hero’s Fight to Freedom.” The story takes inspiration from the landscape of Dorchester County.

The sixth and final Write Woman Book Fest in Bowie is ending in its current form, but its founders say they’ll never stop supporting fellow female creators.

Howard County’s wildly popular reading competition, “Battle of the Books,” has been a hallmark event for fifth graders since 2008. This fall, adults will have the opportunity to compete in their own version.

In her first local interview since she was fired by President Trump as Librarian of Congress, Carla Hayden speaks about the importance of expanding access, not cutting it off.

The pandemic shut down my memoir book tour. Will the publicity for “Family & Other Calamities,” a love letter to Baltimore and journalism, be a chance to try again?

After the A Million Lives book festival resulted in broken promises and scandals, a local book pop-up owner and event planner are stepping into the fray to launch their own event.

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.

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.

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.

Our Kids Read opened last month in the Eastpoint Mall.

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