A Celebration of Books,
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Gaithersburg
Book Festival

May 16, 2026

10am – 6pm

Bohrer Park


Eve Burton

Featured Title: Echoes Through the Stacks: Celebrating Five Years of Poems Penned at Poetry Evenings at Quince Orchard Library
Echoes Through the Stacks: Celebrating Five Years of Poems Penned at Poetry Evenings at Quince Orchard Library
Echoes Through the Stacks

For five years, eve burton has hosted Poetry Evenings at Quince Orchard Libraryin Gaithersburg, MD, where she works as a librarian, encouraging participants to read, write, and enjoy poetry together. Writing in different forms and styles, on themes as varied as climate change, kindness, pie, and what poets do, our poets have experienced the joy of personal expression and the opportunity to improve their craft in a friendly, supportive environment. Echoes Through the Stacks is a collection of some of our poets’ finest work.

About Eve Burton

eve is a Voices In The Glen storyteller, librarian, and poet who shares her writing with Poetry Evenings at Quince Orchard Library and other venues in Montgomery County, Md. She has led poetry groups for children, teens, and adults. She maintains a circulating collection of books by local poets and other local authors at Quince Orchard Library, including “Echoes Through the Stacks: Celebrating Five Years of Poems Penned at Poetry Evenings at Quince Orchard Library,” of which she was an editor. She has a husband and four adult children who love to cook, bake, dance, and make music; a bad cat, a naughty dog, and a backyard full of bees.