Dear GBF friends, I first want to make clear who’s writing this: this is Jud Ashman, Mayor of Gaithersburg, Founder & Chair of the Gaithersburg Book Festival. While there may be members of the City Council, City Staff, Book Festival… Continue Reading
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Gaithersburg READS: Start your engines!
It starts today. Our first-ever GaithersburgREADS ! “What is #GaithersburgREADS?” you ask. It’s essentially a giant book club that the whole community (i.e. everyone!) is invited to be a part of. We’re all going to read a great book, “American Dirt”… Continue Reading
Gaithersburg Reads: American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins
We are so excited to invite YOU – and the WHOLE community – to join us in something we’ve never tried before: a community-wide *READ.* In fact, we’re calling it Gaithersburg Reads! Here’s how it will work: We’re all going… Continue Reading
Gaithersburg Book Festival Moves to Bohrer Park for 2020 and 2021
Attention, everyone! We put out this press release this morning. Please take note: new location for GBF on May 16th. See you there! Gaithersburg, Md. – October 1, 2019 – The City of Gaithersburg today announced that the Gaithersburg Book… Continue Reading
An Evening with Jan Brett
An Evening with Author/Illustrator Jan Brett Presented by the Gaithersburg Book Festival and Politics & Prose Sunday, December 1, 2019 5 p.m. (Doors open at 4:30) Johns Hopkins University, Montgomery County Campus Gilchrist Hall 9601 Medical Center Drive Rockville, MD … Continue Reading
Poetry Contest Winners Announced!
RICHARD MONTGOMERY HIGH SCHOOL JUNIOR LYDIA WEI TAKES TOP HONOR IN GAITHERSBURG BOOK FESTIVAL HIGH SCHOOL POETRY CONTEST Gaithersburg, Md. – May 20, 2019 – Lydia Wei, a Gaithersburg, Md., resident who is a junior at Richard Montgomery High School, was awarded… Continue Reading
Survey time! How was GBF this year? Win $$$!
Dear 2019 GBF Attendees, Thanks so much for being part of our 10th anniversary Gaithersburg Book Festival! Now we need your feedback. It helps us keep our event fresh, relevant, and as good as it can be. Below is a… Continue Reading
GBF 10th Anniversary Concert
On GBF day, STAY and CELEBRATE with us! We’re having a special 10th anniversary concert by Erin Willett . You may remember Erin as a contestant on Season 2 of The Voice. If you haven’t seen her perform live, you’re in for… Continue Reading
Sign up for our Washington Writers Conference!!
I blanked my first time pitching. Couldn’t remember the how-to tips I read, the secrets that won the pitch competition I attended, nor all the prepping in front of the mirror. I dug into my memory’s filing cabinet to pull… Continue Reading
Have you never been to the Washington Writers Conference? You should join us!
We put it together with all types in mind, from beginners to pros, with attention to business and craft, representing a variety of genre, with agents (and editors this year, brand new!) with whom to sit and chat. We create… Continue Reading
