Posts Tagged ‘Booknotes’
Brilliant Blunders on Booknotes
Charles Darwin, Lord Kelvin, Linus Pauling, Fred Hoyle, and Albert Einstein are scientific icons, so it’s easy to forget they were also humans – and, as we know from the saying,”to err is human.” Renowned astrophysicist and bestselling author Mario Livio has looked into some of their blunders.
September means the Baltimore Book Festival
The annual Baltimore Book Festival, having outgrown Mt. Vernon Square, will be at the Inner Harbor again this year, from September 23-25. Programming partners include The Ivy Bookshop, the Enoch Pratt Free Library, and CityLit Project. CityLit’s new Executive Director, Carla du Pree, came in to talk about that and more for Booknotes. […]
Booknotes marks Shakespeare 400
As we continue to honor Shakespeare on the 400th anniversary of his death, Booknotes caught up with the Baltimore Shakespeare Factory, whose mission it is to re-create, as closely as possible, the staging conditions of Shakespeare’s time. Here is the Founder and Artistic Director of BSF, Tom Delise.
Booknotes catering to all demographics
“The older the better” is the motto of Passager, a journal and an imprint publishing the work of writers over 50 … and over 60, 70, 80, 90, . . . Kendra Kopelke, co-editor, came in to talk about the publication.
Writing letters for Booknotes
Stephen Dixon, past Johns Hopkins faculty member and prolific novelist, will present his latest novel at The Ivy on June 15th. He came to talk about it for WBJC’s Booknotes.
Booknotes celebrates Apprentice House Press
Baltimore’s very own Apprentice House Press celebrates 10 years this year. Their Director, Dr. Kevin Atticks, came to share the good news with Booknotes.
The Ivy launches “The Letter Writer”
Baltimore writer, Dan Fesperman, is launching his 10th book at The Ivy on Tuesday, April 19th, 7pm. He came to talk to Booknotes about this “gripping and atmospheric” mystery.
Booknotes digs into musical folklore
On Monday, March 14 at 7:00pm, Clifford Murphy, a musician, folklorist, and director of folk and traditional arts, will be at The Ivy Bookshop on Falls Road to talk about his latest book, which digs into the Southern Mountain Music on the Maxon-Dixon Line. It was intriguing to […]
Booknotes and the issue of ContamiNation
McKay Jenkins learned the hard way what toxic contamination can do to our bodies. And he’s written a book about it.
Booknotes goes to the Symphony
To mark their centennial, the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra called on one of their own to write a book tracing their history. Here is oboist, Michael Lisicky.
