MARYLAND AT A GLANCE

EDUCATION

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. The Baltimore Book Festival returned, this time to the Waverly neighborhood, in September 2024.

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,
and
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] APRIL

MAY

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] JUNE
  • Easton, Chesapeake Children's Book Festival, Talbot County Free Library, June 7, 2025
  • Temple Hill, Books Galore Fair, Shops of Iverson, June 2025

    • SEPTEMBER

  • Baltimore, Book Festival, Waverly, Sept. 2025

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

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