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Exhibitor Spotlight
The Free Library Festival's Street Fair & Literary Marketplace is the place for readers to discover new writers and explore what's new in the literary world!
Bindlestiff Books
High quality discounted books for kids and adults
A cozy neighborhood gem in West Philadelphia, Bindlestiff Books specializes in high-quality books for children and adults, including a wide variety of radical and political literature. Exhibiting for the third year in a row at the Free Library Festival, Bindlestiff Books is heavily involved in the West Philadelphia arts community. They frequently host in-store readings and discussion groups.
Steven B. Levine
Handcrafted Wooden Books
Steven B. Levine is an award-winning artist/craftsman with pieces in the collections of the Newark Museum, Johnson & Johnson, and Bulgari headquarters, as well as in galleries nationwide. His unique books, handcrafted of stunning hardwoods, contain hidden compartments suitable for storing jewelry or other treasures. The books are available with classic titles or the engraving of your choice. Each book is one of a kind.
Carolyn Baugh | The View from Garden City
with Mary Frances Baugh | The Brewer's Women (Sunday only)
A Ph.D. student at the University of Pennsylvania, focusing on gender issues in Islamic law, Carolyn Baugh spent a year living and studying in Cairo, Egypt, and is a contributor to the Oxford Encyclopedia of the Islamic World. Rich with the sights and sounds of modern Egypt, her debut novel, The View from Garden City, reveals a world of secret romances, arranged marriages, and the bonds between four generations of Arab mothers and daughters.
Published poet Mary Frances Baugh has taught at every grade level, including college, and she is a member of the Philadelphia Granny Peace Brigade and the International Women's Writing Guild. The Eagle Brewery, founded in 1847, becomes a beer barrel out of which the Koehler family´s story is poured in Baugh's fictional family narrative, The Brewer's Women.
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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! );)
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