Saturday, August 29, 11-3 p.m.
Simply Made Here, 2302 Frederick Road 21228
Free admission. Free parking.
Whether or not you’ve finished your summer reading pile, join us for the end of summer SIMPLY WRITTEN HERE book festival.
Nearly 20 local authors will be in attendance, representing everything from romance to mystery to children’s fiction and travel.
Novelists will include
- Susan W. Green
- Meg Fitzpatrick
- Derrick Credito
- Brandy Stoker
- Millie Mack
- Eileen Haavik McIntire
- Paul Rieger
- Erin Fitzgerald
- Leslie Atkins
- Sarah Wyeth
- Karen Neary Smithson, who also writes as Karen Leigh Charles
- Kat LaGue
- Katie Aiken Ritter
- Naomi Rivers
- Randy Ellefson
- Cathryn Lyons
- and Mary K. Tilghman.
Readers can further share the love by bringing a non-perishable food item to donate to Catonsville Emergency Assistance.
Additional vendors will include Mady’s Squeeze lemonade, Em’s Enchanted Oven’s baked goods and The Book Bus which marks its first anniversary that very day.
The event is free and open to all readers. Parking is plentiful.
Can’t make it? Mark your calendars for Saturday, October 31, for a Halloween Simply Written Here book festival, set at the same venue, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Get ready for a Blind Date with a Book. The authors are bringing books they read and loved. Join in the fun for your chance to pick one of the books. You won’t know what it is until you unwrap it but you’ll have a few clues.
You’ll want to stop here for the crafts, too. This book festival will take place at Simply Made Here, a wonderful artisan’s shop. Crafters have designed all sorts of items just for readers: special bookmarks (some made of wood or leather), artworks celebrating books, mugs and water bottles. If you’ve been here, you know!
Where is Simply Made Here? On Frederick Road, on the way to Historic Ellicott City. Here’s a map. It’s easily accessible from the Beltway, Route 40 or Route 29. Even I-95! There is plenty of parking.
Mark your calendars! Hope to see you there.
Mary K. Tilghman, novelist 