From 10:00AM to 4:00PM

A free community event that features a full day of discussions with best-selling authors, as well as book signings, family activities and new and used book sales. The Festival draws approximately 3,000 visitors to Key School each year to celebrate the written word.

 

In addition to author appearances, the 15^th annual Festival includes family-friendly entertainment and educational performances, live music and a variety of interactive children’s activities including ComicKey, a family-friendly comic adventure for children and teens with an exciting line up of comic writers and illustrators.

 

The Annapolis Book Festival will be held on the campus of The Key School at 534 Hillsmere Drive, Annapolis, MD, 21403.  Click HERE for more info

 

 

2017 Annapolis Book Festival Children’s Activities

 

 

ComicKey—a family-friendly comic adventure for children and teens

·         Third Eye Comics and the Annapolis Book Festival are partnering to bring you “ComicKey—a family-friendly comic adventure” for children and teens. ComicKey will feature an exciting line up of writers and illustrators as well as a comic book swap, as we showcase the world of comics.
 

Journey to Neverland

·         Children can transform into fairies or lost boys, or join Hook's crew as a pirate.  Author of Unhooked, Lisa Maxwell will be on hand to help children create their own pirate story.  The fun-filled day will end with an epic Lost Boys versus Pirate marshmallow skirmish.  

 

2017 Annapolis Book Festival Authors

 

While authors are confirming participation weekly, as of January 23, we are pleased to announce the following authors will be appearing at the 2017 Festival:

 

·         Jonathan S.Addleton    

The Dust of Kandahar: A Diplomat Among Warriors in Afghanistan

·         Gary Belsky                       

On the Origins of Sports: The Early History and Original Rules of Everybody's Favorite Games

 

·         Stephens Broening        

The Life of Kinds: The Baltimore Sun and the Golden Age of the American Newspaper

·         Kate Andersen Brower                 

First Women: The Grace and Power of America's Modern First Ladies

·         Rabia Chaudry 

Adnan's Story: The Search for Truth and Justice After Serial

·         Alejandro Danois

The Boys of Dunbar: A Story of Love, Hope, and Basketball

·         Jeffery  Deaver

The Burial Hour (A Lincoln Rhyme Novel)

·         Stefanie DeLuca                                              

Coming of Age in the Other America

·         Kevin Deutsch                  

Pill City: How Two Honor Roll Students Foiled the Feds and Built a Drug Empire

·         Thomas Dolby                  

The Speed of Sound: Breaking the Barriers Between Music and Technology

·         Kathryn J. Edin                 

$2.00 a Day: Living on Almost Nothing in America

·         Jennifer Farley 

The Gourmet Kitchen

·         Jonathan Fields               

How to Live a Good Life: Soulful Stories, Surprising Science and Practical Wisdom

·         Amy Gary                                           

In the Great Green Room: The Brilliant and Bold Life of Margaret Wise Brown

·         John Gilstrap                                    

Friendly Fire (A Jonathan Grave Thriller)

·         Pamela Haag                     

The Gunning of America: Business and the Making of the American Gun Culture

·         Michael V. Hayden                                        

Playing to the Edge: American Intelligence in the Age of Terror

·         Brendan Kiely                                  

All American Boys

·         Debbie Levy

I Dissent:  Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark

·         Greer Macallister

Girl in Disguise

·         Lisa Maxwell    

Unhooked

·         Cait Murphy                      

A History of American Sports in 100 Objects

·         Daniel A. Nathan

Baltimore Sports: Stories from Charm City

·         Daniel Palmer

Forgive Me

·         Matthew Palmer                            

The Wolf of Sarajevo

·         Kathy Wielech Patterson & Neal Patterson

Maryland’s Chesapeake: How the Bay and Its Bounty Shaped a Cuisine

·         Poe                                       

Poe's Road Trip to Ravens Gameday

·         Jason Reynolds                

All American Boys

·         Shauna L. Shames                          

Out of the Running: Why Millennials Reject Political Careers and Why It Matters

·         Mark K. Shriver

Pilgrimage: My Search for the Real Pope Francis

·         Brad Snyder                                      

Fire in My Eyes: An American Warrior's Journey from Being Blinded on the Battlefield to Gold Medal Victory

·         Rachel Starnes                 

The War at Home: A Wife's Search for Peace (and Other Missions Impossible)

·         Brian W. Stolarz                                              

Grace and Justice on Death Row: The Race Against Time and Texas to Free an Innocent Man

·         Marlene Trestman                                         

Fair Labor Lawyer: The Remarkable Life of New Deal Attorney and Supreme Court Advocate Bessie Margolin
 

 

 

From 8:00PM to 9:30PM

Stop what you’re doing and race on over to get your tickets to the troupe CBS Baltimore calls one of the best improv comedy nights in the Baltimore/DC area! Drop Three is drifting back into Collectors Corner Parkville on April 8th at 8 PM, and you know that the comedy will be coming fast & furious. All of this for only $10, so don’t go hiding under a rock, if you smell what we’re cooking, and I think ya do. Call 410-382-3870, email d3improv@gmail.com, or get tickets straight from the source as they’re going to move quick! Tickets are just $10 and can be purchased online, via email or by phone at 410-382-3870! Get them now as they’ll be going too fast, too soon. Doors open at 7:30 PM, show starts at 8 PM and the laughs are all night! You can find Drop Three, named one of the best comedy troupes in Baltimore and DC, at Collectors Corner MD, one of "Maryland's Coolest Stores!" since 2001, Eisner Spirit Nominee 2011, 2012 & Finalist 2013 and Best of Baltimore 2008 & 2012 winner, check them out at www.collectorscornermd.com. You may not know Drop Three but you’re about to on April 8, 2017 at 8 PM at Collectors Corner Parkville. Tickets are just $10 and can be purchased online, via email at d3improv@gmail.com or by phone at 410-382-3870.