The Ivy Bookshop and the Alexander Grass Humanities Institute at Johns Hopkins University present the latest installment of Humanities in the Village, featuring Dr. Melanie Marotta and her book African American Adolescent Female Heroes! Dr. Samanda Robinson will join Dr. Marotta in conversation. African American Adolescent Female Heroes: The Twenty-First-Century Young...

The Ivy is delighted to welcome Maria Smilios, author of THE BLACK ANGELS: THE UNTOLD STORY OF THE NURSES WHO HELPED CURE TUBERCULOSIS! Like the bestselling books Hidden Figures and The Warmth of Other Suns, this luminous true account tells the incredible, never-before-told story of the intrepid women (dubbed the Black...

We are so excited to welcome children’s author Tracy C. Gold to The Ivy to read her new children’s book, Hide and Seek, Nuts to Eat! Tracy will read this fun rhyming book about how squirrels stash food for winter. Then, kids will get a chance to pretend to be squirrels by doing...

Join us for a signing and meet-and-greet with the author of the beloved Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site series! Sherri's new book, Construction Site: Taking Flight!, is the latest in the beloved New York Times bestselling series. It features the same fan-favorite trucks in an exciting new setting: a bustling airport! When an airport...

We are pleased to host a celebration of Baltimore's own Apprentice House Press at Bird in Hand, with several authors of recent books: J.G. Gardner, Deborah Kalb, Michelle Paris, J.P. Rieger, and Dian Seidel! Kevin Atticks, Director of Apprentice House Press, will serve as moderator of the panel....

Join us in celebrating beloved Baltimore-based poet Edgar Kunz's new poetry collection, FIXER, with a conversation with Kunz and Diane Seuss, author of frank: sonnets! Seuss' enthusiastic blurb graces the cover of FIXER and we are thrilled to present this special chance to hear the two poets discuss...

Join us in celebrating PLEASE WRITE, a novel-in-letters about dogs, heartbreak, and love, set in Baltimore and Cleveland, and written by longtime Baltimore theater critic J. Wynn Rousuck! Tom Hall, the host of Midday on WYPR, will join Rousuck in conversation on The Ivy's back patio. Chronicling the...

We're delighted to present an evening with Christine Evans and Marion Winik, who will discuss Evans' compelling new novel, NADIA! Moving between the competing perspectives of two survivors of the 1990s Balkan Wars who have escaped to London, only to discover that the war has followed them there....

Jordan Tierney, artist and naturalist, invites you to follow the seasons with sketching and readings in the Ivy's backyard. Deepen kinship with the natural world by surrendering to what a place can teach us. Slow down, observe, contemplate, and create art while becoming intimate with where our feet...

Celebrate Oktoberfest by hearing from "possibly the best-loved contestant in Great British Baking Show history," Jürgen Krauss, as he visits Baltimore to celebrate his new book: The German Baking Book: Cakes, Tarts, Breads, and More from the Black Forest and Beyond! Jürgen Krauss won the hearts of viewers and...

We're delighted to join the Goucher College Kratz Center in inviting you to two free events with author Allegra Goodman: a 3pm craft talk, and an 8pm reading + Q+A! The 3pm event will take place at Goucher College in the Soper Room of the Julia Rogers Building (JR227). The...

Join us for an evening to celebrate two winners of the poetry prize from Baltimore's own Passager Books: Gilbert Arzola (2019) and David Bergman (2022)! Arzola's collection, Prayers of Little Consequence, was published just before lockdown as the winner of the 2019 Passager Poetry Contest, and we are...

Come on over to Bird in Hand for an evening with Eric Sneathen in celebration of his latest project, Don’t Leave Me This Way! What might look on the surface like a poetry collection unfolds into a historiographical project around the AIDS epidemic. It blends archival research with sexual...

Calling all 8-12 year olds! Come celebrate Suzanne Supplee's new novel, Sweetness All Around, with conversation, crafts, music, and donations! An indomitable heroine who believes she is destined to find her kidnapped neighbor leads this warm, big-hearted story with irresistible characters and a captivating mystery. Perfect for daydreamers with...