Free Community Literary Events on Maryland's Eastern Shore
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Shore Lit is based in Easton, Maryland, and aims to enhance local cultural offerings with free, community literary events open to the public. Our programs are designed to:
We host visiting writers in the fall and spring seasons for book talks and signings. Additionally, we host a variety of community-focused literary programs each year, such as a summer bookclub series, a College Writers Showcase, community poetry readings, a book drive supporting the Maryland Commission on African American History and Culture, and a PRIDE pop-up bookshop, featuring queer lit for all ages, as part of the Delmarva Pride Festival. In 2025, we launched our first youth focused literary programs, including a Read Aloud Mentoring Initiative, a paid high school internship, free creative writing workshops for middle and high school students, and a Juneteenth creative writing contest. We love being a part of this vibrant, diverse community and hope to see you at an upcoming event! |
Maryland Poet Laureate Lady Brion, March '26
Jeannie Vanasco, February '26 Kyoko Mori & Christopher Kondrich, November '25 Carole & Jeffrey Boston Weatherford, October '25 Lauren Francis-Sharma, October '25 Jason Reynolds & Mahogany L. Browne, September '25 Elliot Ackerman, September '25 Samuel B. Ashworth, May '25 Sara Nović, April '25 Edgar Kunz, February '25 Henry Hoke, November '24 Nicole Chung, October '24 Christopher Tilghman, September '24 Susan Muaddi Darraj, April '24 Andrew Leland, March '24 David George Haskell, February '24 College Writers Showcase, November '23 CJ Hauser, October '23 Tania James, September '23 The Shore Poetry Journal Earth Day Reading, April '23 Lawrence Weschler, March '23 Jung Yun, February '23 Christopher Tilghman, November '22 Maud Casey, October '22 Helon Habila, September '22 Rion Amilcar Scott, June '22 |
