John Wiley, Jr. is the co-author of “Margaret Mitchell’s Gone With the Wind” (Taylor Trade Publishing), a history of how GWTW became an international phenomenon that has sustained the public’s interest for 75 years. Wiley is one of the world’s foremost authorities on Mitchell and her… Continue Reading
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Recommended Political Reads
As the political season heats up, Gaithersburg Book Festival committee members recommend some of their favorite political reads and tell you why they enjoyed them so much. (Books are listed in alphabetical order by author’s last name.) “President Reagan: The Role of a Lifetime” by Lou Cannon A great… Continue Reading
Q&A with 2012 Featured Author David O. Stewart
David O. Stewart is a historian whose third book, “American Emperor: Aaron Burr’s Challenge to Jefferson’s America” (Simon & Schuster), tells the story of America’s third Vice President as a daring, and perhaps deluded, figure who shook the nation’s foundations in its earliest, most vulnerable decades. The book follows his well-received… Continue Reading
Q&A with 2012 Featured Author Adam Hochschild
Adam Hochschild has written for The New Yorker, Harper’s, The Atlantic, The New York Review of Books, and many other magazines, and is the author of seven books. “King Leopold’s Ghost: a Story of Greed, Terror and Heroism in Colonial Africa” was a finalist for the 1998 National Book Critics Circle Award and… Continue Reading
Coming Soon: Short Q&As with 2012 Featured Authors
Yes! That’s right! Starting next Monday one of our most popular features from last year will be returning: Short Q&As with our 2012 featured authors. First up will be a Q&A with Adam Hochschild , author of three books including “To End All Wars: A Story of Loyalty and Rebellion, 1914-1918,” “King Leopold’s Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror and Heroism in Colonial Africa” (finalist… Continue Reading
Wendy Shang: Recommended Reads of 2011
Thought we were done with our recommended reads columns? Think again! Today’s recommended reads come courtesy of Wendy Wan-Long Shang , author of “The Great Wall of Lucy Wu,” which Publishers Weekly called “a realistic and amusing portrait of family dynamics, heritage, and the challenge of feeling like… Continue Reading
Do You Judge Books by their Covers?
They say you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover… but apparently book publishers aren’t taking that sentiment to heart. Last month, The New York Times published an article about publishers giving print books a “makeover” as they seek to compete with e-books . According to the article, publishers have decided that “print books need to be about physical beauty and the… Continue Reading
Some Recommended Reads for Our Elected Officials
Tomorrow is the first day of the legislative session in Annapolis, Maryland. In honor of our political leaders return to the statehouse, we thought we’d provide some recommendations on books our electeds may want to read as the session gets… Continue Reading
Kimberly L. Becker: Recommended Read of 2011
Kimberly L. Becker is a member of Wordcraft Circle of Native Writers and Storytellers and is of Cherokee/Celtic/Teutonic descent. Her poems appear in numerous journals and anthologies, including the “Native Women’s Poetics” issue of Drunken Boat . Her first book, “Words Facing East,” was chosen as one of the Best Poetry Books of 2011 for… Continue Reading
Brad Parks: Recommended Read of 2011
Brad Parks is the author of “Eyes of the Innocent” and “Faces of the Gone,” which won the Nero Award for Best American Mystery and the Shamus Award for Best First Mystery . Parks was the first author in the combined 60-year history of the Nero and the Shamus to win both awards for the same book. The hero of Parks’ first… Continue Reading
