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
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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
Author…..are you talking about me?
by Sherry Miller But I’m not even a writer, I would explain to anyone who commented on how much they loved my first book. You can call me a musician, piano teacher, choir director, homeschool mom, gardener, soap maker, business… Continue Reading
The Birth of Classic Booklovers
by Bill Weger, Founder and President Classic Booklovers opened this year on January 19 — Edgar Allan Poe’s birthday — celebrating the famous Maryland poet and author. We opened the online store with 50 plus titles — with many more on the… Continue Reading
A Q&A with Noted Cartoonist KAL
by Megan Wessell, A Bookish Affair You may not recognize the name Kevin Kallaugher but if you’re a reader of The Economist or The Baltimore Sun, you probably recognize his editorial cartoons drawn under the name Kal. Always insightful, his cartoons add a lot of… Continue Reading
The Metaphysics of Selfies
by Jon Methven After too many complaints from my phone that there was not enough iCloud storage, I set out to purge the digital shrapnel causing the overpopulation. This meant deleting hundreds of photos—kids, vacations and important family moments—most of which I… Continue Reading
Listen Up! An Audio Interview with Featured Author Allison Leotta
by Larry Matthews New York Times best-selling author Allison Leotta has been called the “female John Grishman.” (She half-jokingly says she would prefer that Grisham be called the “male Allison Leotta.”) And if that’s not praise enough, her writing also has been… Continue Reading