BOOKS IN BLOOM:

The Inaugural Book Festival of Downtown Columbia, Maryland.

The Chrysalis in Merriweather Park at Symphony Woods

10475 Little Patuxent Parkway, Columbia, MD.

Sunday, June 11, 2017

Noon-5 p.m.

The Downtown Columbia Partnership presents Books in Bloom, Columbia, Maryland’s inaugural book festival, in celebration of the city’s 50th anniversary year. Books in Bloom will bring together some of the country’s best and brightest writers for a daylong festival celebrating the joy of books and reading. Readings, panel discussions, a poetry wall and pop-up bookstore by Politics & Prose are featured.

In partnership with the Howard County Library System, Books in Bloom will launch the library’s summer reading program, Summer @ Your Library, and will include children’s craft areas, storytime corner and Feminism in YA panel with emerging authors.

The festival is free and open to the public of all ages.

A complete schedule of authors can be found HERE. Parking information can be found HERE.

For bios of participating authors, please click HERE.

Chrysalis Stage Authors

Discussion: Race in America

Featured Authors

Feminism in Young Adult Fiction Panel Authors

Media Panel: Your Summer Reading

Children’s Authors

Authors are being added every day! Check back for the latest updates.

The Downtown Columbia Partnership promotes and advances the growth of Downtown Columbia as a vibrant, economically robust and desirable place for employment, entertainment, living and learning. Its initiatives include supporting cultural arts programs.

The Howard County Library System is one of the most acclaimed and active systems in the country and was designated Library of the Year in 2013 by the Library Journal. In addition, Howard County is one of the most well-educated communities in the country and is well-known for its book clubs, poetry and literature organizations and literary publications.

Downtown Columbia is undergoing a transformative redevelopment by Presenting Sponsor The Howard Hughes Corporation. One of the hallmarks of the redevelopment is the repositioning of Downtown Columbia as a regional hub for culture and commerce.