For book lovers, the Baltimore Book Festival has to be one of the best weekends of the year. For three days -- this Friday to Sunday -- everything about books is celebrated in Mount Vernon Square. You can hear writers talk about their craft, watch cookbook authors whip up their favorite recipes, and -- of course -- buy books.
Dozens of authors will speak about their books. Among them: Wes Moore, "The Other Wes Moore"; Ree Drummond, "The Pioneer Woman Cooks"; and The View's Sherri Shepherd, "Permission Slips." Warren St. John, whose book "Outcasts United" is the 2010 choice for the One Maryland One Book statewide reading program programs will also be there.
If you get a chance, stop by the panel on "The Wonderful World of Book Blogging," at 1 p.m. Sunday on the Festival Stage. I'll be there with five other book bloggers -- Heather Johnson, Nicole Bonia, Candace Levy,
Serena M. Agusto-Cox, and Celeste Sollod -- discussing how social media has changed publishing forever.
Hope to see you there.