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The Full BOOK FEST Schedule
32nd Street Stage
CharmCCC Stage
Children and Teen Stage
CityLit/Ivy Stage
Free School Stage
Normals Books Stage
Peabody Heights Stage
Red Emma’s Stage
Urban Reads Stage
Saturday, September 19th
10:00 am
Drag Story Hour
32nd Street Stage
10:00 am
African Griot & Drumming
Children and Teen Stage
10:00 am
Some of What You Seek May Be Found Here
Normals Books Stage
10:00 am
FUNNY LADIES OF COMEDY: STARS OF COMIC FICTION TALK SHOP
CityLit/Ivy Stage
11:00 am
Spooky Season Starts Here: Tiffany D. Jackson on “Ghost in the Night”
Children and Teen Stage
11:00 am
Snug Books Presents: Kat Stoddard
Red Emma’s Stage
11:00 am
Baltimore Review Contributors: Readings and Conversation
Peabody Heights Stage
11:30 am
THE KNOTTED PATH OF BECOMING: STORIES THAT TEST THE HUMAN SPIRIT
CityLit/Ivy Stage
12:00 pm
Growing Hearts & Community in Picture Books
Children and Teen Stage
12:00 pm
Kim Phillips-Fein presents “A COUNTRY OF LORDS” IN CONVERSATION W/LESTER SPENCE
32nd Street Stage
12:00 pm
Snug Books Presents: Christine Kuehn in conversation with Dara Friedman-Wheeler
Red Emma’s Stage
12:00 pm
Low Stakes, High Vibes: Cozy Fantasy for Tough Times
Peabody Heights Stage
12:00 pm
Nik Korpon
Urban Reads Stage
1:00 pm
From Sketch to Storytime: Illustrator’s Way
Children and Teen Stage
1:00 pm
Inferno Of Justice: Burn Down The Master’s House
CityLit/Ivy Stage
1:00 pm
Warriors, Assassins, and Sorceresses: The World of Dark Fantasy
Peabody Heights Stage
1:00 pm
Mark Anthony Neal presents “Save a Seat for Me: Notes on American Fatherhood”
32nd Street Stage
1:00 pm
Jenn M. Jackson Presents “the Narrative of Sojourner Truth” in conversation w/Alanah Nichole Davis
Red Emma’s Stage
1:30 pm
Simone Brown
Urban Reads Stage
2:00 pm
João França presents “Yes, It’s Possible! A Handbook for Building Power from Below”
Red Emma’s Stage
2:00 pm
Susan Stryker presents “Changing Gender” in conversation w/Jamie Grace Alexander
32nd Street Stage
2:30 pm
Color, Craft, Create with TCRE
Children and Teen Stage
2:30 pm
Queering Baltimore Lit
CityLit/Ivy Stage
3:00 pm
George Abraham presents “Homosexual Intifada: a queer palestinian anthology”
Red Emma’s Stage
3:00 pm
Alexis Pauline Gumbs presents “Primary: AFTER AND WITH ALMA THOMAS” in Conversation w/Joël Diaz
32nd Street Stage
3:00 pm
Black Writer’s Pride: Black Pen Rainbow Ink Poetry Slam
Peabody Heights Stage
3:30 pm
Page to Screen Watch Party!
Children and Teen Stage
4:00 pm
Poetry As a Tool For Conservation
Red Emma’s Stage
4:00 pm
Sheree Renee Thomas presents “Ring Shout on Saturn” & “The Tongue I Dream In” in conversation w/B. Sharise Moore & Lawrence Brown
32nd Street Stage
5:00 pm
Ibram X. Kendi presents “Chain of Ideas: The Origins of Our Authoritarian Age” in conversation w/D. Watkins
32nd Street Stage
5:00 pm
Austin McCoy presents “Living in a D.A.I.S.Y. Age: The Music, Culture, and World De La Soul Made” in conversation w/Skiz Fernando
Red Emma’s Stage
5:45 pm
Black Writer’s Pride: Black Queer Roundtable
Peabody Heights Stage
SUNDAY, September 20th
12:00 am
Nadine Finigan-Carr
Urban Reads Stage
10:00 am
Wildlife Adventures Story Time
Children and Teen Stage
10:00 am
Bruiser Mag At Normals
Normals Books Stage
11:00 am
Becca Rea-Tucker presents “The Abortion Companion” w/the Abortion Fund of Maryland
32nd Street Stage
11:00 am
Emmaia Gelman presents “The Anti-Defamation League & the Racial State” in conversation w/Maha Hilal & Maxwell Greenberg
Red Emma’s Stage
11:00 am
Louise Marburg and Elizabeth Hazen: “FANCY MEETING YOU”
CityLit/Ivy Stage
11:00 am
Second Chances in Love and Life
Peabody Heights Stage
12:00 pm
From Picture Books to Prairie Mysteries: An Afternoon with Andrea L. Rogers
Children and Teen Stage
12:00 pm
P.C. Verrone and Amani Jackson: “RABBIT, FOX, TAR”
CityLit/Ivy Stage
12:00 pm
Molly Crabapple presents “Here Where We Live Is Our Country: The Story of the Jewish Bund” in conversation w/Margaret Killjoy
32nd Street Stage
12:00 pm
Romance and Suspense: Thrilled and Enthralled
Peabody Heights Stage
12:30 pm
Amazing Adventures Meet & Greet
Children and Teen Stage
1:00 pm
Taking the Leap: Indie to Trad Romance Publishing
Peabody Heights Stage
1:00 pm
Austin Channing Brown presents “Full Of Myself: Black Womanhood and the Journey to Self-Possession” in conversation w/Tarana Burke
32nd Street Stage
1:00 pm
Monique Couvson presents “Black Stats” and “Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools” in conversation w/Lisa Snowden
Red Emma’s Stage
1:00 pm
Lenna Jawdat and Susan Muaddi Darraj: “70,000: POEMS”
CityLit/Ivy Stage
1:30 pm
Lawrence Brown
Urban Reads Stage
2:00 pm
Monsters, Magic, and Mates, Oh My!: The Allure of Supernatural Romance
Peabody Heights Stage
2:00 pm
Gil Durán presents “The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy” in conversation w/Maximillian Alvarez
Red Emma’s Stage
2:00 pm
Black Classic Press Legacy Black Publisher Series Live
32nd Street Stage
2:30 pm
Secrets, Spells & Suspense: Writing Unforgettable YA
Children and Teen Stage
3:00 pm
Alexandra Elle and Maureen Nicol: “THE COMPANY WE KEEP”
CityLit/Ivy Stage
3:00 pm
Things That Go Bump in the Night: Horror and the Art of Fear
Peabody Heights Stage
3:00 pm
Julia Harte and Russell Rickford on “Americans Without Borders” and “A Proxy Africa”
Red Emma’s Stage
3:00 pm
One Maryland One Book 2026 Spotlight: Lawrence Burney presents “No Sense in Wishing” in converSatioN With Doreen St. Félix
32nd Street Stage
3:00 pm
Behind the “Buy” Button: A Self-Publisher’s Guide to Book Distribution
Free School Stage
3:30 pm
Page to Screen Watch Party!
Children and Teen Stage
4:00 pm
Robert Isaacs: “IT’S HARD TO BE AN ANIMAL”
CityLit/Ivy Stage
