Here's what you can't miss at the Baltimore Book Festival Today...
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- 11AM: National Aquarium Presents: Amy Sutherland, Kicked, Bitten and Scratched and Rescuing Penny Jane, at the Inner Harbor Stage presented by Towson University - Whether you are a fan of the furry or finned, bestselling author and journalist Amy Sutherland will delight you with true-life tales about animals and the people that care for them.
- 12PM: Getting Started in Comics with Jordan Clark at the Comic Pavilion - Starting out in comics can be hard, so come out and learn a few tricks to make getting started easier.
- 12:30PM: Alexis Joyce, R&B artist, at the Music Stage supported by WTMD
- 1PM: Leland Melvin, Chasing Space: An Astronaut's Story of Grit, Grace and Second Chances at the Literary Salon - Leland Melvin is the only person drafted into the National Football League to have flown in space. After hanging up his space boots, he was appointed head of NASA Education and worked for the White House developing the nation's 5-year STEM education plan.
- 1PM: Chitra Agrawal, at the Food for Thought Stage - Author of Vibrant India: Fresh Vegetarian Recipes from Bangalore to Brooklyn and founder of Brooklyn Delhi, an award-winning Indian condiments line, Chitra shares her family’s vegetarian recipes from India with a slant on seasonality and local ingredients.
- 2PM: Poets Speak: Raw Wounds, Wise Blood, Speak Water at the CityLit Stage - Featuring Kondwani Fidel, author of Raw Wounds, Robert Earl Price, author of four books of poetry, including Wise Blood, and Truth Thomas, a singer-songwriter and poet whose work includes Speak Water.
- 2PM: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Purple Hibiscus at the Literary Salon - Maryland Humanities presents Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, the 2017 One Maryland One Book author.
- 3:30PM: Alice McDermott, The Ninth Hour at the Literary Salon - Her newest work offers a powerfully affecting story spanning the twentieth century of a widow and her daughter and the nuns who serve their Irish-American community in Brooklyn.
- 4PM: Jason Reynolds, Patina in conversation with Deborah Taylor at the Enoch Pratt Free Library Children's Stage - New York Times bestselling author Jason Reynolds talks about his books with Deborah Taylor, school and student services coordinator at the Enoch Pratt Free Library.
- 6:45PM: Featured Musician: Jahiti of Brown FISH (Roots, reggae and soul) at the CityLit Stage
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On Sunda
y,
CityLit
joins
100 Thousand Poets for Change
in a global event in an expression of peace, justice and sustainability. The day highlights artists of poetry, intention, song and words.The CityLit stage features presentations and performances by
A Revolutionary Summer, Samantha Thornhill, Rienne Scott, Nina Lyrispect Ball & Charles Xavier, Kondwani Fidel, Robert Earl Price, Truth Thomas, Shirley Brewer and Joey Reisberg,David Mills, Lea Morris, Jahiti
and more.
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Inside of the
Baltimore Visitor Center
, a f
ull schedule of author appearances awaits Sunday including
Amy Sutherland,
Kicked, Bitten and Scratched at 11am
,
Quentin Vennie,
Strong In The Broken Places
at 12pm,
Kevin Shird,
Uprising in the City
at 1pm,
Donna Kaz
,
UN/MASKED: Memoirs of a Guerilla Girl On Tour
, interviewed by
Rahne Alexander
at 2pm, Latin American Voices Panel:
Chantel Acevedo
,
The Living Infinite
and
Santiago Gamboa
,
Return to the Dark Valley
at 3pm,
Love the Poet
at 4pm and
Allison Robicelli
,
111 Places in Baltimore That You Must Not Miss
at 5:30pm.
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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.
- Adam Brookes
- Alicia Hill Jones
- Author Kamichi Jackson
- Author, LaShawn Hewlett-Wilson
- Aziza M.
- B. C. Mullins
- Bright House Publishing, LLC
- Chalmers-Hawkins Publishing, LLC
- Charles Rogers
- Curiosity Quills Press
- Curls and Coils
- Demetris (Dee) Bryant
- Elisa Estrella
- Focus on the Story
- Girlfriends Book Club Baltimore
- Gwen A Holsapple
- H.L. Brooks & Dea Schofield
- Jeannene Pettett Hall
- JM Entertainment
- K. L. Byles
- L.C. Rogers
- Lesia M. Banks, Ed.D., MBA
- Louise Gorday
- Mark C. Evans
- Melissa Phillips Jordan
- Rebecca Yelland
- Sylvanus A. Ayeni, M.D.
- Tamara's Books
- Tracy's Books
- Trees for the Future
- 4960publishing
- Baltimore City Historical Society
- Herb Simmens
- The Black Writers Guild of Md. Inc 501(c)(3)
- Dr. Tooth Books
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Exhibitors and Booksellers
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One of the most fun parts of the Book Festival is finding new books! Along the
Inner Harbor Promenade and at the Festival Bookshop
more than 3,000 books are being sold from a
variety of literary exhibitors, including bookstores, publishing companies, independent presses, writers’ associations and cultural organizations. Throughout the weekend, festival-goers can browse and shop for books, meet authors and learn more about Baltimore’s cultural landscape.
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Eat Chipotle & Support the Baltimore Book Festival!
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Book lovers - help us keep the Baltimore Book Festival
FREE
!
Support the Baltimore Book Festival by
stopping into
Chipotle's Inner Harbor location
(621 E Pratt St, Baltimore, MD 21202)
Monday, September 25
(all day). Mention you are supporting the
Baltimore Book Festival
to have 50% of the proceeds from your purchase donated. Learn more below.
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