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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
Chris and Mandie Ebley
The
McConnell Family
Mindy and L.J. Foley
Song and Priscilla Pak
The
Attridge Family
Harriet Cooperman
The
Fusco Family
The
Perry Family
Deborah Corley
The
Glassman Family
Foundation
The
Lapczynski Family
Ava '29 and
Maya '26
Porter
Caldecott Sponsors
Cynthia and Julius Clark
The
Gallant Family
Joe and Martha Janney
The
Madak-Jones Family
The
Robbins Family
The
Smith Family
The
Lunt Woodward Family
The
Allison Family
Ryan and Kate Curry
Bryan and Jennifer Klepper
The
McCabe Family
The
Strycula Family
Georgie and Ted Berkinshaw
The
Hanano Family
The
Krasnow-Anthony Family
Amanda and Waldo McMillan
The
Shanahan Family
The
Tower Family
Sherry Carr
Michelle and Joshua DuBois
The
Praley Family
Karen F. Smith
The
Wood Family
The
Weinstein Family
In-Kind Sponsors
Old Fox Books
Katie and
Jib '82 Edwards
Friends of the Festival
Titus and Rona Abraham
Folashade and Funmi Adeyosoye
Animal Birth Control, LLC
Peter Biché
The Brockhurst Family
Jerrol and Jade Charles
Elyse Colgan '03
Kathleen A. Cooke
Cathy and David Correll
David and Anne Dowton
Due East
Meghan Ferriter and Kim Webber
Matthew and Rachel Grasmick
The Harrington Family
IMC Water Coolers
Harry Ivrey '71
Valyn Kaitz
Hilary and Scott Kamins
Emma '21 and Ian '23 Kissel
Cameron Lapczynski '35
Jack Lapczynski '37
Olivia Lapczynski '32
Judd Legum '96
The Lerner Family
The Lonergan Family
Maryland Writers' Association
Troy Mayer '06
The Miller Family
Meg Murray and Bruce Fleming
Maggie Nespole '19
Matthew and Jennifer Nespole
Judy and Bob Olson
Dan and Kate Perlin
Deepak and Lakshmi Ramani
The Ridzon Family
S. Freedman & Sons, Inc.
The Sparer Family Trust
Bill and Joann Vaughan
Your Chic Is Showing
Annapolis Book Festival Partners
The Book Besties podcast will be live at the Festival, interviewing authors and chatting about books.
The Annapolis Book Festival is thrilled to partner with Old Fox Books and Coffeehouse, a local bookstore located on Maryland Avenue, as the supplier for the Festival.
The Festival is partnering with Park Books this year. The Severna Park book store will be setting up a pop-up shop of children's books.
Third Eye Comics is back! They will set up a pop-up shop and host author/illustrator panels and activities at ComicKey!
The Two Sides to the Story podcast will be interviewing featured authors and broadcasting live at the Festival