By Paul A. Stankus Not long after the last visitors departed from Gaithersburg City Hall’s grounds and the tents came down, nearly two dozen unseen volunteers began planning for the upcoming Gaithersburg Book Festival to be held on Saturday May 18, 2013. Between… Continue Reading
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Q&A with Amber Dusick, aka, the Crappy Pictures Blogger
Amber Dusick ’s book, “Parenting: Illustrated with Crappy Pictures,” grew out of a blog of the same name which she started because she was going crazy and needed a place to vent. She must have struck a nerve because her blog illustrating the day-to-day things that happen as… Continue Reading
National Poetry Month, Part 2
As promised, our second in a series of favorite poems from Gaithersburg Book Festival Committee members as part of our celebration of National Poetry Month , a time when schools, publishers, libraries, booksellers, and poets throughout the United States band together to celebrate… Continue Reading
Q&A with Author-Illustrator Duo Diane Kidd and Margaret A. Weitekamp
Illustrator Diane Kidd and Margaret A. Weitekamp, Ph.D. , a space history curator at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum, have collaborated on the children’s book, “Pluto’s Secret: An Icy World’s Tale of Discovery.” Diane has a B.F.A. in fine arts from Pratt Institute in New York and an M.S.Ed. in early childhood and… Continue Reading
Q&A with Singer/Songwriter Courtney Rau
Courtney Rau is a 15-year-old high school freshman who has been singing, playing music, and acting most of her life. She has had lead roles in many musicals and productions, and her passion for music keeps growing. In 2010, Courtney was crowned… Continue Reading
Why you should go the f*** to the Gaithersburg Book Festival! Novelists in conversation – Part 1
One of the hallmarks of the Gaithersburg Book Festival has been our annual “Conversation with…” feature, where Ron Charles, fiction editor for the Washington Post Book World, hosts a discussion with one of the festival’s biggest novelists. This year, Ron will… Continue Reading
Q&A with Candice Dow
Candice Dow is the author of eight novels, including “The Ex-Wife.” Before becoming a full-time writer, she worked as a senior software engineer. It was her lifelong dream to write a novel and after toying with the idea for over five years, Candice made… Continue Reading
National Poetry Month
Did you know that April is National Poetry Month ? Inaugurated by the Academy of American Poets in 1996, National Poetry Month is now held every April, when schools, publishers, libraries, booksellers, and poets throughout the United States band together to celebrate poetry… Continue Reading
Q&A with Ellen Oh
Ellen Oh is an adjunct college instructor and former entertainment lawyer who one day picked up a Genghis Khan biography and was never quite the same again. It was the start of an obsessive fascination with ancient Asian history that led to… Continue Reading
Flash Fiction? Or Narrative Bio?
by Orest Stelmach from his website You step onto the subway, uncertain if you want to be on this train. You’re supposed to meet someone, but you’re not sure you really care. The doors hiss. You turn. They slam shut in your face.… Continue Reading