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The Annapolis Book Festival is free to attend and open to all!
Every year thousands of people enjoy this community Festival that celebrates the beauty, power, passion, and excitement of the written word.
The Festival is celebrating its 22nd year, bringing nationally renowned authors to the community to discuss their books and the craft of writing and featuring a day filled with children's activities, live music, food, and a huge used book sale.
See you on May 3, 2025!
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Title Sponsor
Pulitzer Sponsors
Nobel Sponsors
The
Gable Family
Newbery Sponsors
Harriet Cooperman
Jack and Kristin Fusco
Song and Priscilla Pak
The
Attridge Family
Deborah Corley
The
Glassman Family
Foundation
The
Hanano Family
The
Lapczynski Family
Mindy and L.J. Foley
Caldecott Sponsors
Mark Baganz, MD and Laura Salladin
Ryan and Kate Curry
Angus '25 and Holly '29
Lunt Woodward
The
Robbins Family
The
Tower Family
Titus and Rona
Abraham
Georgie and Ted Berkinshaw
Bryan and Jennifer Klepper
The
Madak-Jones Family
The
Wood Family
The
Allison Family
Sherry Carr
The
Gallant Family
The
Krasnow-Anthony Family
Kimberly and Matthew McCabe
The
Shanahan Family
The
Anthony Family
Jerrol and Jade Charles
The
Praley Family
Michael and Patty Smith
In-Kind Sponsors
Katie and
Jib '82 Edwards
Friends of the Festival
Animal Birth Control, LLC
The Anthony Family
Peter Biché
Blue Heron Landing B&B
The Brockhurst Family
The Conlin Family
Cathy Correll
Michael Glass Law Firm
Katherine Haas
The Harrington Family
Joe and Martha Janney
Hilary and Scott Kamins
The Lerner Family
Troy Mayer '06
Meg Murray and Bruce Fleming
Matthew and Jennifer Nespole
Judy and Bob Olson
Dan and Kate Perlin
Deepak and Lakshmi Ramani
The Sparer Family Trust
Annapolis Book Festival Partners
The Annapolis Book Festival partners with
Old Fox Books and Coffeehouse, a local bookstore located on Maryland Avenue, as the supplier for the Festival.
The Festival partners with Park Books. This local Severna Park bookstore will be setting up a pop-up shop of children's books.
The Two Sides to the Story podcast will be interviewing featured authors and broadcasting live at the Festival