Planning has begun for the 2016 Gaithersburg Book Festival, which will be our seventh annual, and we’re looking forward to putting on the most spectacular one yet! If you are an author and would like to be considered for a… Continue Reading
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An Evening with Frederick Forsyth
Join the GBF and Politics & Prose Bookstore for this very special author event: An Evening with Frederick Forsyth . The Master Storyteller will be speaking about his new memoir, “The Outsider: My Life in Intrigue,” and doing a signing afterward. Books… Continue Reading
VIDEO: Inside the Gaithersburg Book Festival – 2013
Are you reminiscing about past Book Festivals? Here’s a classic video from 2013. Enjoy!
An iPad for your thoughts? The 2015 GBF Survey
We are so glad you attended our sixth annual Gaithersburg Book Festival! In order to continue to improve our event, we need your feedback. Please take a couple minutes to fill out our online survey . We are giving away a iPad… Continue Reading
Marisa de los Santos Talks Characters, Hobbies and Being Married to a Writer
by Christine Koubek Marisa de los Santos , author of New York Times bestsellers “Love Walked In,” “Belong to Me” and “Falling Together,” is also an award-winning poet with a Ph.D. in literature and creative writing. Her latest novel, “The Precious One,” is an insightful story about two sisters who share a father, but have… Continue Reading
There’s an App for That!
Did you hear the big news? This year, the Gaithersburg Book Festival has an app! Available from the Apple and Android app stores, the Festival app lets you explore the presentation schedule to find your favorite authors and learn about… Continue Reading
Discovering New Authors
by Teresa Hughes I have always loved reading and attend author events and book festivals frequently. I have attended all five Gaithersburg Book Festivals and eagerly anticipate the sixth this Saturday. What I didn’t realize initially is that I would… Continue Reading
Graphic Novelist Gareth Hinds Brings Shakespeare to Teens
by Teresa Hughes Want to introduce a young person to Shakespeare’s works? This just might be the ticket! Tell them that a graphic novelist with 10 years prior video game designing experience has released a new graphic novel, “Macbeth.” The Gaithersburg… Continue Reading
Michelle Knudsen Talks Lions and Tigers and Ladybugs. (Oh My!)
by Jennifer Nicholson Michelle Knudsen and illustrator Matt Phelan will be talking about their new book, “Marilyn’s Monster,” at 12:15 p.m. on Saturday. Gaithersburg Elementary School librarian Jennifer Nicholson grabbed a few minutes with Michelle last week and asked her a few questions. Q: What was… Continue Reading
Featured Author Marissa Moss Gets Powtoon’ed by MCPS Fourth Graders
Recently, featured author Marissa Moss (author of “Amelia’s Middle School Graduation Yearbook” ) chatted via Skype with a group of 15 fourth graders from Lucy V. Barnsley Elementary School in Montgomery County, Md. “The students were extremely excited to be selected by their teachers to Skype with… Continue Reading