It’s time to start scouting out your 2024 GBF authors! While, we’re still working on confirming the last few, most of the 2024 Featured Authors, books, and bios are ready for you to take a look at on the Featured Authors page.… Continue Reading
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Special Event: An Evening with Billy Collins
Update: Tonight’s event with Billy Collins is now SOLD OUT. Event day notes: make sure to enter Asbury Methodist Village through the gate at Odendhal Avenue and Lost Knife Road. Seating is not assigned, so you should plan to arrive… Continue Reading
Students: want to design the next GBF program cover?
(Updated submission deadline!) The Gaithersburg Book Festival is marking its 15th anniversary with an art contest for high school students in Montgomery County, Md. Students are invited to submit original artwork on the theme of “celebrating 15 years of books,… Continue Reading
The 2024 GBF High School Poetry Contest!
We are proud to announce that our annual high school poetry contest is now OPEN for submissions! This year, students are asked to craft a poem on the topic of “Envisioning a Better Future.” Winners will be unveiled at the… Continue Reading
2024 Featured Author & Workshop Leader applications!
If you’d like to be considered for a Featured Author slot or as a Workshop leader, we are now accepting submissions! Please note, the deadline to apply as a Featured Author is November 1st. And the deadline to apply as… Continue Reading
Attendees, please take our survey! (And win…)
Dear 2023 GBF Attendees, Thanks so much for being part of our Festival! Now we need your feedback. It helps us keep our event fresh, relevant, and as good as it can be. Below is a link to our survey.… Continue Reading
The new GBF Intergenerational Book Club!
The Gaithersburg Book Festival Partners with Local Senior Living Community and Nonprofit Organization to Bring Generations Together Through Young Adult Book Club We all remember the stories that raise us, the ones that occupied our nightstands and put us to… Continue Reading
The 2023 GBF High School Poetry Contest is LIVE!
Gaithersburg Book Festival’s Annual High School Poetry Contest to Focus on Theme of Diversity or Inclusion Winning poet to be awarded $250 prize at 2023 Festival on May 20 Gaithersburg, Md. – September 12, 2022 – The Gaithersburg Book Festival… Continue Reading
How was GBF this year? Take the Survey and Win $$$!
Dear 2022 GBF Attendees, Thanks so much for being part of our Festival! Now we need your feedback. It helps us keep our event fresh, relevant, and as good as it can be. Below is a link to our survey,… Continue Reading
Gaithersburg Book Festival 2022 – LIVE & In-PERSON!!
Guess who’s back!! The Gaithersburg Book Festival will be LIVE, **In-Person**, and spectacular!! Please make plans to join us. Put this on your calendar right this moment: May 21, 2022 – 10am to 6pm New, larger location at Bohrer Park! Many… Continue Reading
