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'Don't Go' writer to appear in Sun Book Club series

Harper Lee's leap into the headlines with a lawsuit against a New York literary agent is a remarkable change for the reclusive author, who wrote a great American novel a half-century ago and has hardly been heard from since.

"Mo Said She Was Quirky" follows an ordinary woman around London during a single day

Where was the best place to hunt waterfowl in the Upper Chesapeake Bay? The most likely answer would be the Susquehanna Flats off Havre de Grace, but that might not necessarily be the correct one, according to "The Best Place to Shoot Ducks Miller's Island," the latest book by C. John Sullivan Jr., a Bel Air resident and waterfowling historian and collector.

Retired naval officer takes on "Moby Dick" and environmental concerns in his 34th novel

Anne Tyler, Taylor Branch and the tomes on their bookshelves

Emporium, badly in need of an upgrade, still has a special place in Baltimoreans' hearts

Thirty-four local authors attended Harford County Public Library's first Local Authors Day on March 24

Harford County Public Library is hosting Civil War 150, a series of events including visits from bestselling authors of books about the Civil War, book discussion groups, a special musical performance and exhibitions

Jehanna Wake author of "Sisters of Fortune: America's Caton Sisters at Home and Abroad" spoke at the Catonsville Library April 4 about her book and the history of Catonsville

George Saunders' new book, "Tenth of December" has won the kind of attention rarely given to short story collections

The best-seller is packed with history, but also plot twists, secrets and compulsively likable characters.

A Denver-based scholarly librarian discovered a case of alleged serial plagiarism by a Towson University professor while he researched "predatory publishers" for his watchdog blog, and sounded the alarm bell.

A longtime Towson University professor has resigned his post as the head of the city school system's ethics panel amid allegations that his published academic articles contain content from dozens of sources without proper — or in some cases any — attribution.

Harford County Public Library hosted two authors in recent weeks, drawing excited crowds to the Bel Air and Abingdon library branches

Writer fails to back up claim of 'evidentiary problems' in noted book on media bias

San Miguel travel

HoCoPoLitSo's writer-in-residence Derrick Weston Brown

Lineup includes Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak and Pulitzer-winning biographer Doris Kearns Goodwin

Jeanine Cummins' best-selling memoir and two novels chronicle social injustices.

Leonard Pitts says that far too often, "poor people's justice" is still an elusive concept in the United States.

Jonah Goldberg said the Kentucky senator's rant served to remind us of some of our nation's core principles.

Today's Google Doodle marks the birthday of Douglas Adams, author of the hilarious "Hitchhiker" sci-fi book series.

Author of "Ghana Must Go" is being compared to multicultural literary It-Girls Zadie Smith and Jhumpa Lahiri

After 43 years in Chestertown and two in New York, the ceremony for announcing the winner of the Sophie Kerr Prize, the most lucrative undergraduate literary award in the nation, is moving to Baltimore.

Blais is promoting his new book, 'Try This at Home."

When Irish novelist Colum McCann reads from his work as part of the Howard County Poetry and Literature Society's 35th Irish Evening on Friday, March 1 at 7:30 p.m. in Howard Community College's Smith Theatre, the audience has a right to be in a green mood.

Ian Sayre joins national outcry, won't sell two issues by gay-rights opponent

Peace Corps Week is coming up Feb. 24 to March 2. We profile three past Peace Corp volunteers from Roland Park.

McDaniel College professor Lisa Graff publishes seventh children's novel