SATURDAY EVENTS

It's a Drag Queen Story Hour! Join D'Manda Martini for a read-aloud storytime of fun and inclusive children's books.

Hear from acclaimed authors Justina Ireland (Dread Nation, Deathless Divide), Sarah Pinsker (Sooner or Later Everything Falls Into the Sea, A Song For a New Day, We Are Satellites), and K.M. Szpara (Docile, First, Become Ashes) as they discuss writing in and about the city. Moderated by Karen Osborne (Architects of Memory, Engines of Oblivion).

Editor and Publisher of BMore Art Cara Ober and contributors introduce the brand new Issue 13: Collect.

Megha Majumdar (A Burning) and Jung Yun (O Beautiful) come together to discuss their latest novels, writing unique political landscapes, and what it means to be an “outsider” in a divided country. Moderated by Jeannie Vanasco (Things We Didn't Talk About When I Was A Girl).

Join a conversation between two local masters of the short story. Danielle Evans, author of The Office of Historical Corrections and Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self, joins Ashleigh Bryant Phillips, author of Sleepovers, to chat about writing, reading, and teaching short fiction.

Hernan Diaz joins us to discuss his new book, Trust.

Find joy in all things Tacky with the legendary Rax King! Rax will be in conversation with Baltimore’s own Maximillian Alvarez (The Real News) and Lyta Gold (Art for the End Times podcast) discussing all things tacky, tasteless, and otherwise delightful!

Grace Lavery discusses her new memoir, what it really means to transition, and being a trans woman in 21st century America. She will be in conversation with writer and artist Rahne Alexander (Heretic to Housewife).

Local photographers Sydney Allen, JM Giordano, and Micah Wood talk with photographer and publisher of Saint Lucy Books about capturing a city that refuses to stand still, from protests to celebrations and everything in between.