Remington bookstore Greedy Reads will celebrate their third annual three-day literary festival, “The Lost Weekend,” May 30 to June 1 after a 2024 hiatus.
After the annual Baltimore Book Festival was cancelled for multiple years during the COVID-19 pandemic, Greedy Reads launched “The Lost Weekend” in 2022 so residents could continue enjoying a literary festival in Baltimore. (In 2024, the Baltimore Book Festival returned for the first time since 2019.)
“The Lost Weekend” took a hiatus last year to honor the return of The Baltimore Book Festival celebrating their 25th year anniversary. But the Remington literary festival will return this year.
This year’s “Lost Weekend” will feature novelists Susan Choi and Rachel Khong, along with Baltimore-based comedian and artist Jean Grae. The store will remain open throughout the festival for book signings and shopping, and will also feature local artists and vendors.
“It’s just a really fun celebration of literature, of community, of gathering to celebrate stories, and kind of the power that stories have, and the power that they, that we have, that the stories have when we share them,” Greedy Reads general manager Santiago Nocera said.
According to Nocera, who’s worked with the store for four years, other bookstores, events and festivals like the Baltimore Book Festival are not a competition for Greedy Reads. In fact, the book enthusiast is excited at the amount of literary opportunities available and the general public’s eagerness to read.
“I want people to be reading everywhere. So, you know, it’s great that … you can almost find a bookstore in whichever neighborhood that you’re living in, which is really fantastic,” he said.
The festival is free and will be held at Greedy Reads’ Remington location at 320 W. 29th St.
