Here's what you can't miss at the Baltimore Book Festival Today...
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- 11AM: Storybook Parade - Join storybook characters as they flock to the Inner Harbor Promenade for the Storybook Parade, starting at Rash Field. All are welcome (including pets) to join!
- 12PM: Ada Calhoun, Wedding Toasts I'll Never Give at the Inner Harbor Stage presented by Towson University - Ada offers an unflinching but loving portrait of her own marriage, opening a long-overdue conversation about what marriage truly is.
- 1PM: The Curators of Hip Hop at the Music Stage supported by WTMD
- 2PM: Javaka Steptoe, Radiant Child, at the Enoch Pratt Free Library Children’s Stage - The Randolph Caldecott Medal and the Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award winner shares from Radiant Child.
- 3PM: Patricia Altschul with Deborah Davis, The Art of Southern Charm, at the Literary Salon - Fan-favorite "Bravolebrity" Patricia Altschul from the primetime show Southern Charm finally brings fans of the show her opus on etiquette and living a glamorous champagne Southern lifestyle.
- 4PM: The National Aquarium Presents: Barton Seaver, at the Food for Thought Stage - Join writer, chef and sustainability advocate Barton Seaver and the National Aquarium’s Director of Seafood, Tj Tate, for a conversation about the heritage, culture and future of seafood.
- 5PM: Devin Allen, A Beautiful Ghetto in conversation with D. Watkins, at the Radical Bookfair Pavilion - Iconic Baltimore photographer Devin Allen is joined in conversation by award-winning local author D. Watkins for a celebration of the release of his first photo-book.
- 5:30PM: Virginia Hanlon Grohl, From Cradle to Stage interviewed by Alex Cortright of WTMD, at the Inner Harbor Stage presented by Towson University - Mother of Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl shares personal stories about Dave’s childhood alongside family anecdotes from fellow “rock moms” in her new novel.
- 6:30PM: Christen B Music: Clarity, at the CityLit Stage - Christen B seamlessly blends electronic and acoustic instruments with transcendent vocals leaving listeners in a state of euphoria.
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The Baltimore Book Festival is pleased to welcome back
The Ivy Bookshop
as the festival's official bookseller. On Saturday, don't miss
Baltimore Sun
editor
John McIntyre
as he talks writing and editing at 12pm,
Sun
photographer and author of
Flickering Treasures: Rediscovering Baltimore's Forgotten Movie Theaters,
Amy Davis,
at 1pm,
Matthew Crenson,
author of
Baltimore: A Political History
at 3pm,
or former
Sun
reporter and "The Wire" writer
Rafael Alvarez
at 5pm.
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Enoch Pratt Free Library Children's Stage
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The
Enoch Pratt Free Library
Children's Stage features interactive programs for the whole family, with popular local and nationally known authors of books for children and teens. Saturday, don't miss Caldecott winner
Javaka Steptoe
at 2pm, a live podcast recording of All The Wonders podcast with
Jared Reck
hosted by
Matthew Winner
at
3pm, Hena Khan
at 4pm and Baltimore-born,
award-winning author
Adam Gidwitz
at 5pm.
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Today's Authors at the Tablers Pavilion
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Get up close and personal with local authors and booksellers! Here's who will be at the Tablers Pavilion today at Bicentennial Plaza, in front of the Baltimore Visitor Center.
- A. Jarrell Hayes
- Aleena Stark
- Author Kelly Hanrahan, The Brands of a Man: A Single, Midlife Woman's Guide to Dating Midlife Men
- Author Reana Malori
- Baltimore County Public Library
- Blak Ink
- Carliss D. Maddox
- Casey Clipper
- Clickworks Press
- Dana Fraedrich, Fantasy Author
- David L. Winters
- David W. Wooddell
- E. J. Wenstrom
- Grant Goodman
- J.A. Rollins
- John Schuster
- M.J. Berterman
- Mahogany Star
- Melinda Taliancich Falgoust
- Melissa Caribou Annen
- Renee Lee Fisher Author
- Suzanne Ludlum
- The Well Bred Book
- Training Ground Educational and Family Services
- Zena Xenae
- Robert Dudley
- Simene' Walden, "The Student Teacher"
- Milagros Phillips
- Dayle Dabney
- Dee Bryant Inspired LLC
- Taylor Landrum
- Novellas by Sharon
- Larry Lichtenauer
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Charm City Comic Pavilion
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Curated by
Art Way Alliance
, the Charm City Comic Pavilion offers workshops and discussions all weekend for anyone interested in the comic book industry, including a
Sketchnoting
workshop,
"How to Draw Anime with Darren Soto,"
"Getting Started in Comics with Jordan Clark"
and
"Building The Legacy of Kenzo with Michael Roberson."
Not to mention, hundreds of comic books for sale! This weekend is also
Baltimore Comic-Con
at the convention center.
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Top of the World Observation Level
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See Baltimore from the Top!
Top of the World Observation Level
offers free admission Saturday from 10am-7pm and Sunday from 11am-6pm. Plus, stop by and read to a furry friend from
Pets on Wheels
who will be visiting Saturday and Sunday from 12-2pm and 3-5pm. In addition, some other Inner Harbor businesses and attractions are also offering special deals and discounts throughout the weekend.
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