Book lovers will find many things to do and places to visit in Baltimore. Here are some of them:

Annual Events

• The Baltimore Summer Antiques Show. This 20-year-plus fixture features some stalwart antiquarian dealers and is usually staged at the Baltimore Convention Center.
  
• The Baltimore Book Festival. Readings, booksellers, and street theater and visiting authors combine to celebrate books & reading.

People, Places, Ideas

• Baltimore, a Book Collectors Dream. An essay from Visit Baltimore, the official destination marketing organization for Baltimore.
• Book Arts Baltimore is an informal partnership among Baltimore-area institutions that share a passion for the history of the book and the book arts.
• A Bookworm's Guide to Baltimore, the City That Reads. from Fodors's Travel.
• The CityLit Project nurtures the culture of literature in Baltimore and throughout Maryland.
• A luxury of libraries: Baltimore libraries and special collections - an article published by the College and Research Libraries News.
• Libraries of Baltimore, curated by Baltimore Heritage.

Book Collecting Contests

• Sweren Student Book Collecting Contest @ The Johns Hopkins University
• Applestein Sweren Prize @ Goucher College