MARYLAND AT A GLANCE

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BOOK FAIRS & FESTIVALS

Annual book fairs and festivals provide access to literary resources and authors. Commonly sponsored by local associations and corporations, these festivals benefit educational institutions, and the community. One of the most notable was the Baltimore Book Festival, first held at Mount Vernon Place, then at the Inner Harbor in Baltimore. In 2019, the Baltimore Book Festival united with Light City to become known as Brilliant Baltimore, but has not been held since.

Some Maryland book fairs and festivals are televised as they occur or are shown at a later date.

[photo, Historian Brian VanDeMark & others discuss Road to Disaster: A New History of America's Descent into Vietnam, Annapolis Book Festival, Key School, Annapolis, Maryland] [photo, Afganistan Panel, Annapolis Book Festival, Key School, Annapolis, Maryland] Brian VanDeMark & others (left) discuss Road to Disaster: A New History of America's Descent into Vietnam, April 2019,
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Afghanistan Panel (right): Stephen D. Wrage, Francis J. (Bing) West, Linda Robinson, John A. Nagle, April 2012, Annapolis Book Festival, Key School, Annapolis, Maryland.
Photos by Diane F. Evartt.
[photo, Spelling Bee, Baltimore Book Festival, Mount Vernon Place, Baltimore, Maryland] MARCH

APRIL

Spelling Bee, Baltimore Book Festival, Mount Vernon Place, Baltimore, Maryland, September 2009. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

[photo, Book Parade, Baltimore Book Festival, Mount Vernon Place, Baltimore, Maryland] MAY
  • Gaithersburg, Book Festival, May 2024, City Hall, 31 South Summit Ave.
  • Westminster, Penguin Random House Book Fair, May 2024, Carroll Community College, 1601 Washington Road

    • OCTOBER

  • Baltimore, International Edgar Allan Poe Festival & Awards, Oct. 2023

    • Book Parade, Baltimore Book Festival, Mount Vernon Place, Baltimore, Maryland, September 2006. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

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