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Free Library Festival
Festival event photographs courtesy of Katie Riggan On Saturday and Sunday, April 18 and 19, 2009, the Free Library hosted its third annual Free Library Festival. Drawing our largest crowd to date--estimated at 35,000!--the Festival presented more than 50 authors, performers, and programs, and 80 exhibitors at the Street Fair and Literary Marketplace. Thanks to our Festival Sponsors, the City of Philadelphia, and the Fairmount Park Commission, to the Free Library staff, and to our more than 200 dedicated Festival Volunteers for another fantastic fest!

Be sure to "book" the 3rd weekend in April 2010 for more books, music, and inspiration!*

* Tentatively scheduled 2010 Festival dates are subject to change! For festival updates, click here to join our mailing list!
Just added: Bernadette Peters to Perform at the Philadelphia Book Festival
Bernadette Peters
Bernadette Peters
Two-time Tony Award-winning star of stage and screen, Bernadette Peters joins the Philadelphia Book Festival on May 17th at 12 noon on the Citi Main Stage to tell the story of the lonely little dog from her new picture book, Broadway Barks.  Ms. Peters will perform “Kramer’s Song” from the CD accompanying her book with a trio of musicians featuring musical director Marvin Laird (Gypsy, Annie Get Your Gun).
Posted by Sara Goddard @ 2:57 PM