CityLit Festival

Baltimore-based CityLit Project is proud to partner with the Maryland Center for History and Culture (formerly the Maryland Historical Society) to present the 23rd Annual CityLit Festival, a FREE day-long celebration of literature, April 11, 2026, from 10 am to 6 pm. Join us for a full day of conversations, readings, book signings with your favorite authors, and workshops that focus on the craft of writing.

This year’s festival theme is Bearing Witness: Literature as a Revolutionary Act. Writers are necessary to document the truth, challenge dominant narratives, and create our own space to speak out.

The CityLit Festival brings multiple sessions offering panels, readings, informational discussions, and craft intensives by a wide variety of writers, editors, and publishing professionals. Related books will be on sale, and a Literary Marketplace provides exhibit space to the area’s diverse community of small presses, self-published authors, literary journals, and organizations serving writers and readers alike.

Registration required.