Free Library Festival Street Fair & Literary MarketplaceThe Free Library Festival's Street Fair & Literary Marketplace is the place for bookstores, publishers, cultural organizations, and authors to sell books, share their missions, promote literacy--and for readers to discover new writers and explore what's new in the literary world. Many exhibitors present special in-booth activities or offer festival specials. Find Festival Exhibitors, Events, and Fun! View the 2009 Festival Site Map! Festival Sponsors at the Fair Bank of America, Booth #48 Bank of Opportunity Children's Book World, Booth #54 Joseph Fox Book Shop, Booth #65 Thank You for Shopping at Your Favorite Independent Book Shop! KYW Newsradio 1060, Booth #47 On Saturday, show off your broadcasting skills with a KYW Newsradio Kidcast Report! MetroKids, Booth #52 www.metrokids.comSaturday: Lynne's Face Painting by parade make-up artist Lynne Chapman; Sunday: Amazing Face Painting by Natalie Foxhill Philadelphia Newspapers, LLC, Booth #46 The Delaware Valley Information & Savings Leader Visit the Philadelphia Newspapers tent and learn more about Philly.com, Zeppy, and subscriptions to both daily papers. Target, Booth #49 Expect More. Pay Less. At Target's tent kids can decorate their own drawstring backpack and listen to stories. Bullseye the Dog will be on-site greeting guests and posing for photos. Our Parkway Neighbors at the Fair Academy of Natural Sciences, Booth #44 Connecting People to Nature Since 1812 The Barnes Foundation, Booth #56 On the Parkway Soon Center City Independent Schools, Booth #55 Independent Schools. Independent Minds. Philadelphia Museum of Art, Booth #45 Publisher of the Books and Catalogues of the Philadelphia Museum of Art A is for Art Museum by Katy Friedland and Marla K. Shoemaker is a playful primer featuring colorful illustrations from the collections of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Join Katy in the Children's Story Hour Room on Sunday, April 19 at 4:00 PM! Event info >> Please Touch Museum, Booth #51 The Children's Museum of Philadelphia Festival Food Cabot Creamery Cooperative, Booth #12 Owned by Dairy Farmers Since 1919 Cabot Creamery is a 1,350 farm family dairy cooperative with members in New England and upstate New York. We value our roots as a cooperative and as a way of doing business. Being a co-op, we are owned and operated by our members, which for Cabot are our farmers and their families. We value community, quality, democracy, and local ownership. Through our principles and actions we support the places where we live and do business. This is what makes us different. Sample selections from this 1,350 farm family dairy coop. Chaddsford Winery, Booth #11 Sample some of the region’s finest wines. D'Ascenzio's Gelato , Booth #53 A selection of genuine Italian gelato. Stephen Starr Events, Booth #43 Re-invent the event. With delectable cuisine, stellar service, hip music, and cool settings, Stephen STARR Events brings the experiences of the wildly successful STARR Restaurants to the world of catering and special events. "Re-inventing" the traditional event, Stephen STARR Events offers full-service catering for small and large private, social, and corporate functions, as well as quick-service catering and contract dining. Whether for a large wedding, Bar or Bat Mitzvah, or quiet dinner at home, Stephen STARR Events will create a one-of-a-kind sensory experience unlike any other. Whole Foods Market, #66 On Saturday, April 18th, Whole Foods Market will host a Giving Grill ($5 for burger, chips and soda) at their 20th & Callowhill Street location from 11:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. All proceeds support the 2009 Free Library Festival! Festival Fun C-SPAN Civics Bus (Saturday only), #42 BookTV on C-SPAN 2 Eagles Book Mobile (Saturday only), #41 Enjoy fun, interactive storybook readings with the Eagles Storybook Man. www.eaglesyouthpartnership.org Library Clubhouse, Booth #50 Festival and Library information, festival t-shirt & tote sales, face painting, raffle prize entry, and 10,000 Books for Children drop off point. Pennsylvania SPCA (Sunday only), #42 Give Love. Get Love. 2009 Literary Exhibitors & Independent Authors A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Curtis Adams, Booth #21 The Durer Hypothesis Volume I Africana Homestead Legacy Publishers, Inc., Booth #10 Al-Furqan Bookstore & Bazaar, Booth #17 So Much More Than Just a Bookstore American Poetry Review, Booth #32 America's Best Poetry Magazine American Vegan Society, Booth #23 Ahimsa Lights the Way Carolyn Baugh (Sunday only), Booth #37 The View from Garden City Mary Frances Baugh (Sunday only, Booth #37 The Brewer's Women, When Dreams Escape Best Fairy Books, Booth #57 Who better to blame it on than a fairy? Bindlestiff Books, Booth #58 High quality discounted books for kids & adults Blast Books, Booth #24 Mary Jane Hurley Brant (Sunday only), Booth #36 When Every Day Matters: A Mother's Memoir on Love, Loss, and Life (Simple Abundance Press) www.wheneverydaymatters.com, www.mjhb.net Terrence Bronson (Sunday only), Booth #38 Involuntary Heirlooms, "...let's play?" Rosemary Burgo (Saturday only), Booth #39 Whispers of Truth Camino Books, Inc., Booth #6 Regional Books Without Borders Beatrice Chiccarine & Jan Whittaker (Saturday only), Booth #61 WolfWillBuildforFood.Com (Playground Publishing) Don Chittick (Saturday only), Booth #40 The Island of the Blue Monkeys, Book 1 & Book 2 Color Book Gallery, Booth #59 Multicultural Children's Books Jessie Crawford, Jr. (Saturday only), Booth #63 The Greatest Commandment, Leroy's New Bike DBookmahn's Used and Rare Books, Booth #13 Selling quality military and non-fiction books, featuring two new books: Adam's Belle & ODM of North Korea Disruptive Publishing, Booth #5 Classic pulp, Asian lit, and the avante garde Friends Book Corner (A program of the Friends of the Free Library), #22 All Proceeds Benefit the Friends of the Free Library of Philadelphia Garrison Carida First to advance... last to retreat! The Gettysburg Review, Booth #29 Lorraine Dowdy Gordon (Saturday only), Booth #62 Dancing with Momspirations www.dancingwithmomspirations.com Surya Green, Booth #19 The Call of the Sun Harvest Book Company, Booth #15 Philadelphia's Largest Book Buyer Aletta Henry (Sunday only), Booth #40 A Total Eclipse, Snail's Pace Islamic Circle of North America, Booth #16 Lawrence Johnson, Sr. (Saturday only), Booth #37 Escape 2 Earth - 2012
Steven B. Levine, Booth #25 Handcrafted Wooden Books McPherson & Company, Booth #9 I Think Therefore I Read McSweeney's Publishing, Booth #4 MidAtlantic Book Publishers Association, Booth #14 Turning the Tide for Publishers www.midatlanticbookpublishers.com Middle Atlantic Press, Booth #1 Number 1 For Regional Books Militant Labor Forum Book Center, Booth #8 Distributor of Pathfinder books, publisher of titles on labor history, Black rights, the Cuban Revolution, and Marxist theory in various languages Mosaic Literary Magazine, Booth #31 Relevant Literature Charbel E-H Moussa (Saturday only), Booth #38 The Ultimate Peace: America's Challenge in the Middle East n+1 Magazine, Booth #30 POLITICS, LITERATURE, CULTURE -- Imprinted. Regina Navarra (Saturday only), Booth #39 A Brother's Revenge Bill Nelson (Sunday only), Booth #61 Doug and the Old CJ Painted Bride Quarterly, Drexel University, Booth #28 College of Arts and Sciences Philadelphia Great Books Council, Booth #2 www.greatbooksdiscussionprograms.org Philadelphia Science Fiction Society, Booth #35 Exploring the Future Since 1936 Philadelphia Stories, Booth #33 PhillyHealthInfo.org, Booth #24 Mayte Picco-Kline, Booth #18 Wholeness in Living (SolarM Publishing) Dr. Maurie Pressman, Booth #19 Vision from the Soul, Twin Souls Stef (Saturday only), Booth #64 Be Careful What You Wish For... Swedenborg Foundation Publishers, Booth #34 Over 150 Years of Publishing in America Temple University Press, Booth #26 Publisher of regional, general interest, and academic books Morgan Thomas (Sunday only), Booth #62 The Saturday Shot: A Nellie Park Adventure University of Pennsylvania Press, Booth #27 Publishing in Philadelphia Since 1890 Toni Valentini (Sunday only), Booth #62 When I Grow Up Jerome P. Vanora, Booth #20 John's Song of Life (Xlibris) www.xlibris.com/johnssongoflife.html Vision Works Publishing, Booth #60 Empowering Developing Minds to Soar! Walk a Crooked Mile Books, Booth #3 Voted Best Bookstore of the Northwest 2006, 2007, 2008 youtube.com/walkacrookedmilebook Witherfade (Sunday only), Booth #39 Seeds of Elios Wooden Shoe Books & Records, Booth #7 An All Volunteer Radical Collective Jim Zervanos (Saturday only), Booth #36 LOVE Park |