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 is the Baltimore Book Festival, formerly at Mount Vernon Place, but now held each November at the Inner Harbor in Baltimore. In 2019, the Baltimore Book Festival united with Light City to become known as Brilliant Baltimore.

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

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

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[photo, Book Parade, Baltimore Book Festival, Mount Vernon Place, Baltimore, Maryland] OCTOBER
  • Baltimore, International Edgar Allan Poe Festival & Awards, Oct. 2021

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  • Baltimore, Brilliant Baltimore: Baltimore Book Festival & Light City, Nov. 2021 (Book Festival will return in 2021, Light City in 2022), Inner Harbor

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

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