In “Eat Local for Less: The Ultimate Guide to Opting Out of Our Broken Industrial Food System,” author Julie Castillo provides down-to-earth advice on finding, buying, growing and preparing great food from local sources. Topics covered include how to navigate CSAs, farmer’s markets, buyer’s clubs, co-ops, and more; how to fit cooking into a jam-packed modern… Continue Reading
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Travel Back in Time to 1920s Istanbul with Featured Author Charles King
by Megan Wessell Megan blogs about books at A Bookish Affair. Many of the featured authors at the Gaithersburg Book Festival will take attendees to far off places. Charles King is one of those authors. The noted historian has taken readers to far off places such Moldova, Romania and Ukraine.… Continue Reading
An Evening with Jeffery Deaver
Best-selling Mystery Author to Appear at Free Event at Bethesda Library on Thursday, April 16 Join us at the Bethesda Library on April 16th, as we host “An Evening with Jeffery Deaver.” An international best-selling author of more than 30 novels,… Continue Reading
Exhibitor Profile: The Eastern Shore Writers Association
by Frank Hopkins The year 2015 marks the 30th anniversary of The Eastern Shore Writers Association (ESWA), a volunteer organization supporting writers, other writers’ groups and the literary arts across the Delmarva Peninsula and the Eastern Shore. Our membership includes… Continue Reading
Sarah Pekkanen talks about when real life collides with your work… and about Ryan Gosling
As one of the first to sign on as a featured author in our first year, Sarah Pekkanen has been called the Patron Saint of the festival. There’s no question this engaging and fun author has been one of our biggest supporters… Continue Reading
Why Volunteer at the Gaithersburg Book Festival?
The Gaithersburg Book Festival depends on more than 200 volunteers to help us put on an event that is quickly becoming one of the best literary events in the Mid-Atlantic! No experience is necessary. All we ask is that you… Continue Reading
Phyllis Reynolds Naylor Talks Inspiration, Writing, and Alice…
by Nichole Graham Most people know Phyllis Reynolds Naylor for her Newbery Award winning book “Shiloh.” A heartwarming story about a boy and his dog that left us all wanting justice and revenge on Judd Travers. Phyllis Reynolds Naylor has written more than 140… Continue Reading
Meet Play Advocate and Author Pat Rumbaugh at the Gaithersburg Book Festival
by Karen O’Keefe “My mission in life is just to encourage everyone to play.” — Pat Rumbaugh, The Play Lady To many people in Takoma Park, Pat Rumbaugh is the “Play Lady,” a title she happily accepts. On May 16, Rumbaugh,… Continue Reading
Exhibiting Author Stephan Alexander Parker Talks Literary Roadkill
by Stephan Alexander Parker “A Roadkill Opera” is a new opera first workshopped at Artomatic 2012, the Washington area’s largest free creative arts event. Set to classical music from 1804 and crossed with a backstage comedy, the 59-minute opera tells… Continue Reading
Alexandra Robbins talks nurses and inspiration
by Megan Wessell Megan blogs about books at A Bookish Affair. Alexandra Robbins has written about a lot of different groups of people. In “Pledged,” she wrote about sorority girls. In “The Geeks Shall Inherit the Earth,” she wrote about high school cliques. In her latest release, “The Nurses,” she writes about the unsung heroes of our hospitals. What… Continue Reading