Winning Author Will Receive $100 Gift Certificate Homeless girls, vanishing brothers and forced trips to the moon will be the themes for the Gaithersburg Book Festival’s third-annual short story writing contest for Washington, D.C., metropolitan area high school students, which… Continue Reading
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Gaithersburg Book Festival Now Accepting Applications for Featured Authors
Applications Due by January 15, 2013 Published authors interested in a featured slot at the 2013 Gaithersburg Book Festival are invited to submit an application to the Festival’s Author Recruitment committee. To be eligible to participate, applications must be received… Continue Reading
Do E-Book Readers Still Judge a Book by Its Cover?
I bought my first e-reader, a Nook, earlier this year. I didn’t enter into an e-reader relationship lightly. I was one of the early e-reader naysayers. “I like the physicality of holding a book,” I argued. “I don’t want to… Continue Reading
Why Gaithersburg will be ‘Comedy Central’ on May 19th
For me, one of the great joys about planning the GBF is to sort of sit back and watch the distinctive character each year’s Festival takes. We always have something for every taste, so the distinction may be subtle. But,… Continue Reading
Printable Author Schedule
Looking for a master schedule of our Featured Author presentations? You can find it here . Note: all author signings will immediately follow their presentations.
Writopia Offers Scholastic Writing Awards Workshop
Writopia Lab ’s newest workshop at the Gaithersburg Book Festival, “ Scholastic Writing Awards – Mock Judging ,” has a lot to offer for young writers who are interested in competing or sharing their work. The workshop shows teen writers (grades 7-12) how they can prepare their work… Continue Reading
Q&A with 2012 Featured Author Alex George
Alex George is the author of “A Good American,” a novel that is receiving rave reviews. Mr. George is an Englishman who lives, works, and writes in the middle of America. He studied law at Oxford University and worked for eight years as a corporate… Continue Reading
Writopia Returns to the Gaithersburg Book Festival
Last year, the Gaithersburg Book Festival welcomed Writopia Lab for the first time as part of the festival workshop line up. Inside City Hall, high school students attended a workshop that sharpened their college essay writing skills while outside in the children’s… Continue Reading
Q&A with 2012 Featured Author Pam Bachorz
Pam Bachorz is the author of the young adult novels “Candor” and “Drought.” She grew up in a small town in the Adirondack foothills, and draws inspiration from the places she knows best: she wrote “Candor” while living in a planned community in Florida, and… Continue Reading
2012 Hands-On Workshop: Are You a Poet Who Doesn’t Even Know It…?
Does the thought of writing poetry frighten you? Are you a fiction writer looking to energize your prose? Or maybe you’re a beginning poet who wants to learn more about the craft… whatever your background, if you find the idea… Continue Reading