Registration required. The registration link will be posted on the Enoch Pratt Free Library website by April 12. Though self-publishing and book promotion are becoming common, poetry remains a niche market. Even bookstores will typically just sell acknowledged classics, academic anthologies, and a few books by today’s most famous poets. How does a poet become […]
Registration encouraged. Check the Enoch Pratt Free Library website for the Eventbrite link. ASL interpretation will be available for attendees. The state of Maryland is fortunate to have one of the most historic collections of state-owned art in the nation. It dates from 1774 when the portrait of William Pitt, Earl of Chatham was presented […]
ASL interpretation will be available to attendees. Join us for a reading and panel conversation with Ingrid Persaud and local authors to celebrate Caribbean Heritage Month, moderated by Cherrie Woods. Ingrid Persaud was born in Trinidad. Her debut novel, Love After Love, won the Costa First Novel Award 2020. She also won the BBC National […]
Honor Pride Month with Chase Brexton, Enoch Pratt Free Library, and STAR TRACK. Dominique Jackson will be in conversation on her life and work. Model, Actress, Author, Advocate and Activist Dominique Jackson was born on the smaller island of the twin island Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. At the age of 15, she moved to […]
Registration not required, but encouraged. Please register for the event here. Join us this Halloween season as we explore the spooky stories of Maryland's witchy past. Hear true tales and folklore from across the state and find out what Colonial Maryland was really like for those accused of witchcraft. Can you tell fact from legend? This […]
Registration is not required but encouraged. Register through Eventbrite here. Registration opens at 9am on Monday, November 29, 2021. Bookovers at the Pratt will feature Imbolo Mbue. Joining Imbolo Mbue in conversation is M'Balu Bangura. IMBOLO MBUE is the author of the New York Times bestseller Behold the Dreamers, which won the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction and was an Oprah’s Book Club selection. The […]
Registration not required, but encouraged. Please register for the event on Eventbrite here. Dr. Jenny Masur will discuss her latest book, Heroes of the Underground Railroad around Washington DC, sharing stories of nine Maryland freedom seekers originating from a variety of counties and settling in varied destinations in the Northeast and abroad. In some ways the experiences of these men and […]
This FREE event will be presented virtually. Please check back for the Eventbrite registration. Join award-winning food and nutrition journalist Toni Tipton-Martin for a virtual event celebrating her life and work. Toni Tipton-Martin is a culinary journalist and author using cultural heritage and cooking to build community. She is Editor in Chief of Cook’s Country by America’s Test Kitchen, […]
This FREE event will be presented in-person and virtually, registration required for in-person event. Registration closes March 2 at 12pm. Please check back for Eventbrite registration. Thibault Manekin will be in conversation with John Brothers about his life and work. From the time he was little growing in Baltimore City, Thibault Manekin wrestled to understand why we as human beings seemed so […]
This FREE event will be presented in-person and virtually, registration required for in-person event. Registration will open by March 16. Registration closes March 30 at 12pm. Due to social distancing, seating is first come, first serve. No holding seats is allowed. Doors will open at 6pm. No registration is required to watch the event virtually on Facebook Live, […]
This FREE event will be presented in-person and virtually, registration required for in-person event. Registration closes April 4 at 12pm. Please check back for Eventbrite registration. Tunde Oyeneyin will be in conversation about her life and work, culminating in the release of her book SPEAK: How to Find Your Voice, Trust Your Gut, and Get from where You […]
This FREE event will be presented in-person and virtually, registration required for in-person event. Check back for registration details. Free registration to attend, or purchase your signed copy of the book from the Ivy Bookshop at registration. Signed books will be distributed upon check-in at the event. There will be no in-person book sales. Due to […]
