Spring Break
Read, shop and swap at the Book Festival
Issue date: 9/25/08
Explore Baltimore's literary and festival scene this weekend! Running from Friday through Sunday, Mount Vernon will host a free festival showcasing hundreds of authors, book signings, exhibitors and booksellers, cooking demonstrations by celebrity chefs, poetry readings and workshops, panel discussions, walking tours, storytellers, street theater, live music and a variety of food, beer and wine.
The event, known for offering dynamic and personal interactions between readers and authors, follows a grand tradition of a literary society coming together to review and discuss, over food and wine, in the "City that Reads." The 13th annual festival expects over 60,000 attendees over the span of the weekend.
Participating authors include Megan McCafferty, Nikki Giovanni, Pearl Cleage, Tim Gunn, Cat Cora, Stephen Hunter, David Matthews, Stephen Dixon, Jacqueline Wilson, Roscoe Orman, Rafael Alvarez and many more! The festival also offers an opportunity for local up-and-coming authors to gain exposure. Readers can visit the book signings and tents of their favorite authors and stumble across new literary finds.
The book festival has something for everyone, even people who don't necessarily like to read! Comedian Michael Ian Black is featured to perform on Saturday at 6 p.m. Share some laughs with this off-beat comedian as he discusses his essays, "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Meeting People More Famous Than You" and "What I Would be Thinking About if I Were Billy Joel Driving to a Holiday Party Where I Knew There Would be a Piano."
The festival stage offers a graphic novel panel on Saturday at 1 p.m., where you can meet artists and writers and learn about their successes in the comic book industry and their biggest mistakes in the business. Listen to Chris O'Brien discuss his new book, Fermenting Revolution: How to Drink Beer & Save the World, while enjoying a free organic microbrew. Free food and drinks will be provided on Friday during the girls' and guys' nights out events.
For the young and young at heart, there is a kid's corner complete with free hands-on projects such as magnetic poetry and create-your-own-bookmark. Want to know what your penmanship reveals about your personality traits? Free handwriting analysis is available at the Baltimore Book Festival as well! Also, be sure to check out the City Paper's Book Swap tent where you can browse through a variety of books and giveaways.
Check out http://www.baltimorebookfestival.com/index.cfm?page=schedules for a schedule of events. This weekend, take a trip down to Mount Vernon and join in a celebration of literature, creativity, writers and free food. Plus, where else are you going to buy a "City that Reads" T- shirt?
The event, known for offering dynamic and personal interactions between readers and authors, follows a grand tradition of a literary society coming together to review and discuss, over food and wine, in the "City that Reads." The 13th annual festival expects over 60,000 attendees over the span of the weekend.
Participating authors include Megan McCafferty, Nikki Giovanni, Pearl Cleage, Tim Gunn, Cat Cora, Stephen Hunter, David Matthews, Stephen Dixon, Jacqueline Wilson, Roscoe Orman, Rafael Alvarez and many more! The festival also offers an opportunity for local up-and-coming authors to gain exposure. Readers can visit the book signings and tents of their favorite authors and stumble across new literary finds.
The book festival has something for everyone, even people who don't necessarily like to read! Comedian Michael Ian Black is featured to perform on Saturday at 6 p.m. Share some laughs with this off-beat comedian as he discusses his essays, "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Meeting People More Famous Than You" and "What I Would be Thinking About if I Were Billy Joel Driving to a Holiday Party Where I Knew There Would be a Piano."
The festival stage offers a graphic novel panel on Saturday at 1 p.m., where you can meet artists and writers and learn about their successes in the comic book industry and their biggest mistakes in the business. Listen to Chris O'Brien discuss his new book, Fermenting Revolution: How to Drink Beer & Save the World, while enjoying a free organic microbrew. Free food and drinks will be provided on Friday during the girls' and guys' nights out events.
For the young and young at heart, there is a kid's corner complete with free hands-on projects such as magnetic poetry and create-your-own-bookmark. Want to know what your penmanship reveals about your personality traits? Free handwriting analysis is available at the Baltimore Book Festival as well! Also, be sure to check out the City Paper's Book Swap tent where you can browse through a variety of books and giveaways.
Check out http://www.baltimorebookfestival.com/index.cfm?page=schedules for a schedule of events. This weekend, take a trip down to Mount Vernon and join in a celebration of literature, creativity, writers and free food. Plus, where else are you going to buy a "City that Reads" T- shirt?
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