by Lynnette Bosan Many people don’t overcome the odds against them. This was just the opposite of my story. At the age of 8 years old life was wonderful as I thought it should be. Being in the environment of my mother, brother… Continue Reading
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GBF Panel: The Importance of Libraries: Now and In the Future
by Gene Taft If you’re an avid reader, chances are you have fond memories of visiting a library at some point in your life. I remember rushing home from elementary school one day and being beside myself with excitement recounting… Continue Reading
F.A.Q. – E.A. Aymar’s Reading at the Gaithersburg Book Festival
I hear you’re not reading directly from your book. What gives? Honestly, I still feel guilty about not reciting passages directly from my book during readings. I used to think that a writer’s prose should be so polished and perfect… Continue Reading
Some Requirements For My Forthcoming Gaithersburg Book Festival Presentation
by Jon Methven Leather chair. Pipe. Candles. Plenty of candles. Roll of duct tape. A monocle. Scale model of the solar system, except in the place of the sun will be the leather chair, where I will be sitting following my entrance.… Continue Reading
An excerpt from “Soccer Tales-Legend of the Shoelace Monster”
Below is an excerpt from “Soccer Tales-Legend of the Shoelace Monster” by Lewis Freimark “Nations come together every four years to play a World Cup of soccer. The United States is thought to be the next great cradle of soccer civilization. So… Continue Reading
A valuable lesson
by Adriana M. Amaro Many moons ago, when I was teaching Spanish to middle school students, I learned many valuable lessons. Today, I want to share one of those lessons with you. On a crisp morning in March, I arrived… Continue Reading
Gaithersburg Book Festival Debuts Brew & Vine Café Hosted by Dawson’s Market
Attendees Can Enjoy Beer, Wine, Coffee and Gourmet Fare While Enjoying Singer-Songwriter Performances and Poetry Readings Festival attendees will have a new option for refreshments and entertainment at the 2016 Gaithersburg Book Festival: the Brew & Vine Café from Dawson’s… Continue Reading
Brief History of the Sleep Enforcement Agency
by Jon Methven “Americans are facing a sleep debt of epidemic proportions, and the nation’s leading doctor is taking notice.” – American Academy of Sleep Medicine “A bigger threat than drugs, assault weapons and ISIS,” the surgeon general warned. “Mister President, America is… Continue Reading
Support Gaithersburg’s Young Readers: Donate a Featured Author’s Book at the GBF
While you are enjoying the great selection of children’s books in the Politics & Prose Bookstore onsite at the Festival, take a minute to select one of the books by our featured children’s authors to donate to a child in… Continue Reading
What I Know Now…..
by Exhibiting Author Jill Collins I learned at a very early age to stuff the uncomfortable realities of life. You know, heartache, heartbreak, disappointment, aka, pain. I grew up in an environment rich with artistic expression. My dad was an… Continue Reading