OK. Maybe not a secret society. After all, if it was secret, we wouldn’t be posting here. But as we celebrate National Poetry Month , Gaithersburg Book Festival Committee member and author Paul Stankus let us in on a little secret. He has an alter-ego.… Continue Reading
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Q&A with Tom Dunkel
Tom Dunkel , author of “Color Blind: The Forgotten Team That Broke Baseball’s Color Line,” is a long-time contributor to The Washington Post Magazine and a former feature writer for the Baltimore Sun. His other writing credits include The New York Times Magazine, Sports Illustrated, National Geographic Traveler and Smithsonian. He lives… Continue Reading
Publicity Abduction
Below is an original work of “flash fiction” by GBF 2013 author Jon Methven . You also can read a Q&A with Jon on our blog. The twelve members of the book festival committee listened as author J.T. Schneet described his vision of how he would drum… Continue Reading
Q&A with Dave Ungrady
Dave Ungrady is a public speaker, journalist and author of four books. Three are about athletic history at the University of Maryland, including “Born Ready: The Mixed Legacy of Len Bias” and the best-selling “Tales From the Maryland Terrapins.” Dave is a former University Maryland athlete, in soccer and track… Continue Reading
Take a Chance! Come to the Gaithersburg Book Festival!
by Elizabeth Zipf Richard Montgomery High School, Class of 2014 For me, when I’m considering going to something like the Gaithersburg Book Festival, one of the main problems is that I don’t know anyone to go with. What I’ve found,… Continue Reading
Q&A with Debra Dean
Debra Dean’s best-selling debut novel, “The Madonnas of Leningrad,” was a New York Times Editors’ Choice, a #1 Booksense Pick, a Booklist Top Ten Novel, and an American Library Association Notable Book of the Year. It has been published in 20 languages. Her collection… Continue Reading
Lyrics as Poetry
In honor of National Poetry Month , we’ve been hosting a series of blog posts about our festival poets, Committee member’s favorite poems, etc. For two committee members — festival founder and City of Gaithersburg Councilmember Jud Ashman and me, Robin Ferrier —… Continue Reading
Q&A with Cookbook Author Pati Jinich
Pati Jinich is host of the public television series “Pati’s Mexican Table,” and recently published her first cookbook with the same name. She also writes a blog about food and her work and is a cooking teacher, food writer and official chef of the Mexican Cultural Institute in Washington, D.C. Pati… Continue Reading
National Poetry Month, Take 3
National Poetry Month is a time when schools, publishers, libraries, booksellers, and poets throughout the United States band together to celebrate poetry and its vital place in American culture. In our third and final installment of favorite poems from Gaithersburg Book Festival Committee… Continue Reading
Q&A with Kathy and Patrick Boehlert
Kathy Boehlert is a wife and the mother of three boys. When her youngest son, Patrick, was diagnosed with lymphoma at the age of nine, her family began a journey of heartache and fear. It was also a journey of incredible inspiration… Continue Reading