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Good News for Readers, the Annapolis Book Festival Is Back!

The thousands of people who enjoy attending the annual one-day Annapolis Book Festival on the Key School campus will love this year’s three-day virtual event. The festival runs from Friday to Sunday, 23-25 April. Festival hours for April 23 are from 7:00-9:00 p.m. and from 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m…

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100 Years of the Anne Arundel County Public Library

This month, the nation celebrates “Read Across America,” a national initiative begun in 1998 by the National Education Association to encourage young readers to find the joy in reading! 2021 also happens to be the centennial of our beloved library system, the Anne Arundel County Public Library…

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Michael E. Busch Annapolis Library

Annapolis Discovered recently caught up with Gloria Davis Harberts, the Southern Area Regional Manager, at the Michael E. Busch Annapolis Library for a tour. The library, named after Maryland’s former Speaker of the House, opened in July 2020 with a virtual ribbon cutting ceremony. The Libary's LEED…

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Inclusive Annapolis: Virtual Pride 2020

Images from annapolispride.org / Devon Rowland Photography / Michael Key, Washington Blade Not that long ago, Jeremy Browning and other members of the Annapolis LGBTQ+ community had to travel to D.C. or Baltimore to celebrate Pride each June, the month nationally designated for celebration of the…

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4 Highlights - Loving Everything Related to Books

"Books are our friends." My mother explained this to me at an early age. The pages of a book were not to be scribbled in, torn up, or folded. We visited the public library regularly and books were welcomed as gifts. To me, the feel and smell of a new book still continues to be extraordinary. The…

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