Books

A local native and author got a reminder several years ago of the perils of social media politics when a celebrity insulted her to his followers. Expect more of that this election cycle.

Food historian Joyce White marks her first book, “Cooking Maryland’s Way: Voices of a Diverse Cuisine,” with a lecture and book signing Sunday. It’s one of seven great things to do in the coming week in the Annapolis area.

“This is the library they’re going to remember, but a thousand times better," Sonia Alcántara-Antoine, the CEO of the Baltimore County Public Library, said of the renovated Catonsville branch.

Speaking in her hometown of Baltimore Thursday night about her new book “The Art of Power,” House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi cracked jokes, told stories of her time in the House and reflected fondly on Charm City.

Queen Takes Book, an indie bookstore in Columbia, is hosting a Where’s Waldo scavenger hunt for 6-inch Waldo cutouts that are hiding all around Columbia. It’s an annual national summer event.

The Enoch Pratt Free Library system is seeking nearly $300 million to address critical building needs and provide state-of-the-art services for the community.

Just over a month away from its premiere, Apple TV+ released the first trailer for “Lady in the Lake,” the drama based on the 2019 novel by New York Times bestselling author — and Baltimore resident — Laura Lippman, staring Natalie Portman and Moses Ingram.

County Executive Steuart Pittman's proposed budget includes $49 million to build a new Glen Burnie library to replace the existing one, which was opened in 1969 and is considered outdated.

Anna Dewdney's Llama Llama series has delighted children for nearly 20 years. The beloved author died of brain cancer in 2016, but her daughter Berol Dewdney embodies her mother’s message of empathy, compassion and the power of play in a Baltimore City Public Schools pre-K classroom.

“The Deceived Ones,” a new novel from Judith Krummeck, a longtime DJ on Baltimore classical radio station WBJC, turns Shakespeare’s “The Twelfth Night” into a very modern and very personal story.

Author Emily Barth Isler, daughter of former local broadcasting legend Andy Barth, comes home with a new book and life-saving message about kids and guns.

The week ending Thursday, May 2 is a great one to wander around some boats in Annapolis, take in a ballet classic or dig deeply into books with their authors.

Baltimore County poet Jennifer Sutherland's “Bullet Points” lyrically recounts a tragic fatal shooting and its aftermath.

The National Edgar Allan Poe Theatre is hosting their third annual Doomsday, a livestreamed event where volunteers read the author's poems and stories for 24 hours straight.

Along with William Gass, Stanley Elkin and other peers, Barth was part of a wave of writers in the 1960s who challenged standards of language and plot.

Rhaina Cohen's “The Other Significant Others” explores the power of nonsexual friendships in a society that prioritizes romantic partners.

NBC News Correspondent Antonia Hylton speaks with journalist and broadcaster Gwendolyn Glenn about Hylton’s book, "Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum," which explores the history of Maryland’s Crownsville Hospital.

You could listen to an acclaimed cellist, see a new theater production, burn your old socks or watch a high-energy urban circus in the week through March 7.

Baltimore Book Festival will return in 2024, according to Mayor Brandon Scott and Baltimore’s Office of Promotion & the Arts.

Baltimore’s own Mr. Trash Wheel is featured in a new book in Dr. Seuss' Lorax series.