As promised, our second in a series of favorite poems from Gaithersburg Book Festival Committee members as part of our celebration of National Poetry Month , a time when schools, publishers, libraries, booksellers, and poets throughout the United States band together to celebrate… Continue Reading
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Q&A with Author-Illustrator Duo Diane Kidd and Margaret A. Weitekamp
Illustrator Diane Kidd and Margaret A. Weitekamp, Ph.D. , a space history curator at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum, have collaborated on the children’s book, “Pluto’s Secret: An Icy World’s Tale of Discovery.” Diane has a B.F.A. in fine arts from Pratt Institute in New York and an M.S.Ed. in early childhood and… Continue Reading
Q&A with Singer/Songwriter Courtney Rau
Courtney Rau is a 15-year-old high school freshman who has been singing, playing music, and acting most of her life. She has had lead roles in many musicals and productions, and her passion for music keeps growing. In 2010, Courtney was crowned… Continue Reading
Why you should go the f*** to the Gaithersburg Book Festival! Novelists in conversation – Part 1
One of the hallmarks of the Gaithersburg Book Festival has been our annual “Conversation with…” feature, where Ron Charles, fiction editor for the Washington Post Book World, hosts a discussion with one of the festival’s biggest novelists. This year, Ron will… Continue Reading
Q&A with Candice Dow
Candice Dow is the author of eight novels, including “The Ex-Wife.” Before becoming a full-time writer, she worked as a senior software engineer. It was her lifelong dream to write a novel and after toying with the idea for over five years, Candice made… Continue Reading
National Poetry Month
Did you know that April is National Poetry Month ? Inaugurated by the Academy of American Poets in 1996, National Poetry Month is now held every April, when schools, publishers, libraries, booksellers, and poets throughout the United States band together to celebrate poetry… Continue Reading
Q&A with Ellen Oh
Ellen Oh is an adjunct college instructor and former entertainment lawyer who one day picked up a Genghis Khan biography and was never quite the same again. It was the start of an obsessive fascination with ancient Asian history that led to… Continue Reading
Flash Fiction? Or Narrative Bio?
by Orest Stelmach from his website You step onto the subway, uncertain if you want to be on this train. You’re supposed to meet someone, but you’re not sure you really care. The doors hiss. You turn. They slam shut in your face.… Continue Reading
Books, Beverages, and Volunteering
Books, beverages, and volunteering. You’d think that these three have nothing in common…but they do when it comes to Booktini , a national book club that started in Oakland, Calif. Booktini also has a chapter (pun, intended) in the DMV (DC-MD-VA),… Continue Reading
Q&A with Jennifer Harlow
Jennifer Harlow is the author of two mystery series – the F.R.E.A.K.S. Squad ( “Mind Over Monsters” and “To Catch a Vampire” ) and her newest, Midnight Magic ( “What’s A Witch To Do?” ) . She spent her restless childhood fighting with her three brothers and scaring the heck out of herself with… Continue Reading