A Celebration of Books,
Writers & LIterary Excellence

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Gaithersburg
Book Festival

May 18, 2024

10am – 6pm

Bohrer Park


Inside the Gaithersburg Book Festival…

Curious as to what all the buzz is about? Thanks to Montgomery Community Media, those of you not “in the know” can now find out.

Montgomery Community Media (MCM) put together a 30-minute show that explores the book festival, gets “up close and personal” with some of 2012’s authors, and talks about GBF 2013. And we’ve got the video right here!

Would you rather watch the program at home? It will be airing on MCM at the following times:

  • Friday @ 5:00PM on 12/07, 14, 21, 28 & 1/04
  • Sunday @ 9:00PM on 12/09, 16, 23, 30 & 1/06
  • Wednesday @11:00AM on 12/12, 19, 26 & 1/02

Featured authors include: Jenny Lawson, aka, The Bloggess (“Let’s Pretend This Never Happened”), Judah Friedlander (“How to Beat Up Andybody”), Madeline Miller (“The Song of Achilles”), Clint Hill (“Mrs. Kennedy and Me”), Andrew Clements (“Frindle”), David O. Stewart (“American Emperor: Aaron Burr’s Challenge to Jefferson’s America “), Brad Parks (“Eyes of the Innocent”), Marvin Kalb (“Haunting Legacy: Vietnam and the American Presidency from Ford to Obama”), Sarah McCoy (“The Baker’s Daughter”), Jim Lehrer (“Tension City: Inside the Presidential Debates”), Eleanor Brown (“The Weird Sisters”), Sarah Pekkanen (“These Girls”), Buzz Bissinger (“Father’s Day: A Journey into the Mind and Heart of My Extraordinary Son”), and Matthew Quick (“The Silver Linings Playbook”).

If you want to know what we’re all about, set your DVRs and watch this program!

 

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