BookFest Day 2: Freedom to Read with the Maryland State Librarian
AOK Library Gallery, 5:00-6:30 p.m.
Join us this evening for "Freedom to Read: Libraries and Our Democracy"
5:00–6:30 p.m. — Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery
Book challenges and censorship efforts are still on the rise across our state and nation. What can we do to protect the right to read and to ensure access to our nation’s library services? Join some of Maryland's distinguished librarians and advocates for a panel discussion:
- Morgan Miller, Maryland State Librarian
- Stacey Nunn, Library Media Specialist, Southwest Academy Magnet School for Science and Engineering and finalist for School Library Journal’s School Librarian of the Year
- Christine Feldmann, Anne Arundel County Public Library
- Andrea Lewis, President of Citizens for Maryland Libraries
- Betsy Peisach, Maryland Public Television
This event is co-sponsored by the Maryland State Library Agency. Refreshments will be served!
GIVE! Throughout BookFest, we will be raising funds for Friends of the Maryland Library for the Blind and Print Disabled (LBPD), a non-profit that supports the LBPD in its mission to make reading and all library services accessible to Marylanders!
Posted: April 23, 2026, 9:39 AM
