Last night, I had the honor of receiving a 2012 County Executive’s Award for Excellence in Arts and Humanities for my work as the founder and chair of the Gaithersburg Book Festival. We had an amazing turnout of Book Festival… Continue Reading
Author Archives: Jud Ashman
Welcome to the new GBF website!
Since our first year in 2010, we’ve prided ourselves on having one of the best websites of any book festival, book fair, or book event in the country. When I say “best,” I mean ‘best in terms of design’ and… Continue Reading
Gaithersburg Book Festival Launches Third-Annual Short Story Contest for High School Students
Winning Author Will Receive $100 Gift Certificate Homeless girls, vanishing brothers and forced trips to the moon will be the themes for the Gaithersburg Book Festival’s third-annual short story writing contest for Washington, D.C., metropolitan area high school students, which… Continue Reading
Gaithersburg Book Festival Now Accepting Applications for Featured Authors
Applications Due by January 15, 2013 Published authors interested in a featured slot at the 2013 Gaithersburg Book Festival are invited to submit an application to the Festival’s Author Recruitment committee. To be eligible to participate, applications must be received… Continue Reading
Why Gaithersburg will be ‘Comedy Central’ on May 19th
For me, one of the great joys about planning the GBF is to sort of sit back and watch the distinctive character each year’s Festival takes. We always have something for every taste, so the distinction may be subtle. But,… Continue Reading
Printable Author Schedule
Looking for a master schedule of our Featured Author presentations? You can find it here . Note: all author signings will immediately follow their presentations.
Print this Flyer!
Want to know how you can help the Gaithersburg Book Festival today? 3 quick steps! 1. Click on this link 2. Print out a few copies of our PDF flyer 3. Post them around the office, around the house, on the… Continue Reading
3 more authors to watch at this GBF
The Gazette ran a very nice piece this week about the GBF and the track record we’ve built in identifying and recruiting authors who weren’t all that well-known at the time, but ended up breaking it big. (A few who come to mind… Continue Reading