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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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A man in a blue vest and light shirt hands a book to a woman in a black shirt
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Three Middle School students look at the camera smiling while standing on the green field
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An audience watches as a man and a woman talk about books at the Annapolis Book Festival
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A woman in a yellow dress sits signing her book at a table covered in a blue tablecloth
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A woman talks about her book at the Annapolis Book Festival
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A woman wearing a blue shirt has a surprised expression on her face as she sits in the middle of a crowd
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A man wearing a black turban and a dark suit speaks to a crowd at the Annapolis Book Festival
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One woman and two men participate on a book panel while sitting at a table with a blue tablecloth
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Two female volunteers wearing white hoodies with the Annapolis Book Festival logo on them smile for the camera
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Two boys and an adult look at the selection of children's books at the Annapolis Book Festival Used Book Sale
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A man in a dark suit smiles while sitting next to a microphone
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A man dressed as a town crier rings a bell as he walks around outside on the Key School campus
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Three First School children play hand-held drums in the amphitheater
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Two women debate a book topic as part of a panel at the Annapolis Book Festival
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A crowd of people browse the used book sale at the Annapolis Book Festival
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A woman stands at a podium speaking about here book to adults in a classroom
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One woman plays acoustic guitar as another woman sings in the amphitheater during the Annapolis Book Festival
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A woman presents her book while sitting at a table with a blue tablecloth during the Annapolis Book Festival
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A woman speaks about her book at the Annapolis Book Festival
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A woman uses a smart board tv to present her material to adults and children in a classroom
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Lower School students sit in the amphitheater watching a musical performance
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A woman with dark hair wearing a dark shirt browses the used book selection


Sponsors & Friends of the Festival

2025

 

Pulitzer Sponsors

 

 

Nobel Sponsors

Annapolis Pediatrics Logo
Best Tile Logo
 

The
Gable Family

 

Newbery Sponsors

Annapolis Family Dentistry logo
 

The
Attridge Family

 

Mindy and L.J. Foley

 

Whiting Turner Logo
Bowman Jarashow Law LLC logo

 

Caldecott Sponsors

 
Titus and Rona
Abraham
Drum Loyka and Associates Civil Engineers Logo
 
The
Robbins Family
 
The
Allison Family
 
The
Krasnow-Anthony Family
 
The
Tower Family

Georgie and Ted Berkinshaw
 
Sherry Carr
 
Angus '25 and Holly '29
Lunt Woodward
Friends of the Festival

Animal Birth Control, LLC
Katherine Haas
Joe and Martha Janney
Troy Mayer '06
Deepak and Lakshmi Ramani

 
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Trish Gallant

Director of Community Engagement
tgallant@keyschool.org
443.321.7820

 

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. The Severna Park book store 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