The George Peabody Library, the Johns Hopkins University Press, and JHU’s Sheridan Libraries jointly host a number of enriching and enjoyable activities in the beautiful exhibit hall and stack room of the historic Peabody Library.
Take a look below at the 2011 schedule. This year's lineup is coming soon!
Stage: George Peabody Library, 17 East Mt. Vernon Place
12PM-8PM
Browse dozens of titles published by the JHU Press, enjoy special Festival discounts, and meet the authors of some of the Press’s popular books about Baltimore and the region.
Event Details5PM
Meet these authors, all instructors in the JHU Writing Seminars, and discuss their books at the JHU Press Book Sale: Jean McGarry, Ocean State, Glenn Blake, Return Fire and Tristan Davies, Cake.
Event Details6PM
Hosted by the Sheridan Libraries, students and faculty of the Johns Hopkins Writing Seminars will read selections of their poetry and fiction.
Event Details11:30AM
Before the festival officially gets underway, join the author of Outdoor Sculpture in Baltimore for an informal walking tour of Mount Vernon Place to explore the remarkable collection of sculpture in one of America’s most beautiful urban settings. Meet at the steps of the Peabody Library.
Event Details12PM-8PM
Browse dozens of titles published by the JHU Press, enjoy special Festival discounts, and meet the authors of some of the Press’s popular books about Baltimore and the region.
Event Details12:30PM
Step back into history and enjoy a fascinating tour of the Great Exhibition of 1851. Attended by more than six million people, the Great Exhibition was England's social event of 1851 and featured a marvelous structure called the Crystal Palace! Swing on by and learn all about the George Peabody Library’s magnificent collection of books and ephemera relating to the Exhibition. Presented by GPL Collections specialist Chella Vaidyanathan.
Event Details1PM
Meet these authors and discuss their books at the JHU Press Book Sale: Charles Mitchell, Maryland Voices of the Civil War and Jane McWilliams, Annapolis, City on the Severn.
Event Details2PM
Leading readers to more than 250 sculptures found throughout Baltimore with eighteen walking and driving tours, Cindy Kelly’s new book was dubbed “immediately indispensable” by Baltimore Magazine. Join photographer Edwin Harlan Remsberg for a discussion of what’s monumental about the Monumental City.
Event Details3PM
Meet these authors and discuss their books at the JHU Press Book Sale: Mike Gesker, The Orioles Encyclopedia and William Dudley, Maritime Maryland.
Event Details4PM
Find out about the different ways natural philosophers, enthusiasts, bookmen, illustrators and scientist strove to capture and describe the natural world around them, from the first descriptions of penguins, rhinos, and insects, to even fleas under the microscope. It's bound to be a wild time! Presented by GPL Collections specialist Paul Espinosa.
Event Details6PM
Enjoy wonderful music in the magnificent setting of the George Peabody Library.
Event Details12PM-7PM
Browse dozens of titles published by the JHU Press, enjoy special Festival discounts, and meet the authors of some of the Press’s popular books about Baltimore and the region.
Event Details12:30PM
Believe it or not, but Victorian and Edwardian researchers at George Peabody Library weren't just reading ancient texts and the latest highbrow novel by Henry James. They were interested in everything from the merits of paper bag cookery to the emergence of feral women in France to manly exercises guaranteed to even get dandies in shape! Find out just how strange the past really was with our rambunctious tour of bizarre books of yore! Presented by GPL Collections specialist Heidi Herr.
Event Details1PM
Meet these authors and discuss their books at the JHU Press Book Sale: Kathleen Waters Sander, Mary Elizabeth Garrett and Anne Hanson, Steve Daviss and Dinah Miller, Shrink Rap: Three Psychiatrists Explain Their Work.
Event Details2PM
Learn all about collecting and conserving books from the experts at JHU's Sheridan Libraries.
Event Details3PM
Meet these authors and discuss their books at the JHU Press Book Sale: Gilbert Sandler, Home Front Baltimore, Michael Olesker, The Colts’ Baltimore and Fraser Smith, Here Lies Jim Crow.
Event Details4PM
The popular Baltimore historian and WYPR commentator discuss his new book from JHU Press on the Baltimore during World War II, finding wonderful stories that contract what was happening “over there” with life here on the home front.
Event Details6PM
Enjoy wonderful music in the magnificent setting of the George Peabody Library.
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