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September 24, 2008

Baltimore Book Festival taking shape

The tents are up in Mount Vernon square, and the Baltimore Book Festival is taking shape. Only two more days until it kicks off.

Opening night on Friday features something for everyone. Gals have discussions of Ladies Lit and treating your BFF; guys have sessions on grilling food and drinking beer. (Hey, we can read, too!)

You can also hear Bishop T.D. Jakes, several Newbery Medal-winning authors, and young literary stars including Jessica Anya Blau and Emma Sovich, winner of the Sophie Kerr Prize at Washington College.

The festival continues through Sunday, along the 600 block of N. Charles St. There's music, good food and more than 200 authors. Sure beats watching the O's and Blue Jays.

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While she always preferred The Hardy Boys to Nancy Drew, Nancy Johnston grew up reading nearly everything she could get her hands on, including a probably unhealthy amount of R.L. Stine and Christopher Pike, with the obligatory Jane Austen thrown in. She'll still read just about anything you put in front of her, especially the funny or weird. She lives in the city with her books, cat and drum set.

Dave Rosenthal came to The Baltimore Sun as a business reporter in 1987 and now is an assistant managing editor and Sunday editor. He reads a wide range of books (but never as many as he'd like), usually alternating between non-fiction and fiction. Some all-time favorites: A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole; Wind, Sand and Stars by Antoine de Saint-Exupery; and anything by Calvin Trillin or John McPhee. He belongs to a book club with a Jewish theme.