by Heidi Bishop and Rae Bryant You’ve heard of short stories, but have you ever heard of the Short-Short story format? Short-Short refers to stories of fewer than 1,000 words, which are gaining popularity among both web and… Continue Reading
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Q&A with 2012 Featured Author Varley O’Connor
Varley O’Connor is the author of the upcoming novel, “The Master’s Muse.” She is the author of three previous novels, “The Cure,” “A Company of Three,” and “Like China.” Her shorter prose has appeared in The Sun magazine, AWP Writer’s Chronicle, Faultline: A Journal of Art and Literature, Driftwood, Algonkian magazine, and 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
Q&A with 2012 Featured Author Fred Bowen
Fred Bowen, who writes the weekly KidsPost sports column in The Washington Post, is the author of 16 books of sports fiction (ages 8+) and a picture book biography of Red Sox legend Ted Williams titled “No Easy Way.” Bowen is not your… Continue Reading
A Funny Thing Happened While…
Last week we posted a funny story about an encounter in a Phoenix airport that involved the Gaithersburg Book Festival. We love stories like those. Another recently was shared with one of our Committee members. Pasted below with some information redacted. “I only recently became aware of the festival from a librarian I met at the Public Library Association… Continue Reading
Q&A with 2012 Featured Author Caroline Adams Miller
Caroline Miller , an internationally known coach and motivational speaker, is the author of “Creating Your Best Life.” The book is the outgrowth of her capstone project in the University of Pennsylvania’s Masters in Applied Positive Psychology program. It breaks new ground by giving the… Continue Reading
Goodbye Encyclopedia…
Yes. It’s true. According to CNN, after 244 years, Encyclopedia Britannica will cease production of its iconic multi-volume book sets. For our younger readers, maybe you’re saying, “What’s an encyclopedia?” But many of us remember these tomes fondly. We had a set on the bottom shelf of our bookcase crowing up. (Yes, this was before the… Continue Reading
A funny thing happened on my way to…
There’s nothing better (for us and our authors) than a story about our growing popularity. From one of our Committee member’s Facebook friends: “A funny thing happened when I checked my bag at the Phoenix airport yesterday… The agent… Continue Reading
Q&A with 2012 Featured Author Mary Downing Hahn
Mary Downing Hahn has been writing children’s books for more than 30 years and is a perennial favorite with readers. Her books have sold more than 2 million copies and consistently win state children’s choice awards. Mary’s work spans a variety of genres,… Continue Reading
Our Favorite Dr. Seuss Books. What’s Yours?
In honor of Dr. Seuss’ birthday month, we asked our committee members to share their favorite Dr. Seuss titles and the reasons why they love them so much. The answers were varied and included some lesser-known titles… really, who other… Continue Reading