Novel ideaThousands expected to attend Annapolis Book Festival

Some of the giants of the literary world will visit Annapolis this weekend, but not to go sailing or to dine on crab cakes.

They’ll join a crowd that is expected to swell to more than 4,000 tomorrow for the 2007 Annapolis Book Festival. This free community event features both locally and nationally known book authors who will be on hand to sign their books and talk about them as well.

The festival, which also features a variety of entertainment, culminates a month-long, citywide event, “Annapolis Reads,” in which Annapolitans were encouraged to read F. Scott Fitzgerald’s famous novel “The Great Gatsby.” The star-studded...