Happy Holidays from the Gaithersburg Book Festival
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Wishing you and yours a fabulous holiday season
and a wonderful new year!
We look forward to seeing you on May 18!
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Our Gift to You...
More Great Authors for 2019
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We are slowly unwrapping a great lineup for our 10th annual Gaithersburg Book Festival. Here's a look the latest authors added to our agenda.
~ Children's ~
 Wade Hudson is an author and publisher, as well as president and CEO of Just Us Books, Inc., an independent publisher of books for children and young adults. Among his 30 published books for children and young adults are "Book of Black Heroes from A to Z," "Jamal’s Busy Day," "Pass It On: African American Poetry for Children," "Powerful Words: More Than Two Hundred Years of Extraordinary Writing by African Americans," "It’s Church Going Time," "Feelings I Love to Share" and "Friends I Love to Meet." His latest book is "We Rise, We Resist, We Raise Our Voices," an anthology co-edited with his wife and published by Crown Books for Young Readers. Wade has received a New Jersey Stephen Crane Literary Award; The Ida B. Wells Institutional Leadership Award (2008), presented by the Center for Black Literature; and the Madame C. J. Walker Legacy Award (2012) given by the Zora Neale Hurston-Richard Wright Foundation. He has also been inducted into the International Literary Hall of Fame for Writers of African Descent.
 Minh Lê is the author of "Drawn Together," illustrated by Caldecott Medalist Dan Santat, and "Let Me Finish!," illustrated by Isabel Roxas (both published by Disney-Hyperion). He is currently writing "Green Lantern: Legacy," a graphic novel for the new DC Comics middle grade imprint, DC Zoom. He has also written for a variety of national publications, including The New York Times, NPR, and HuffPost. An early childhood policy expert by day, outside of spending time with his beautiful wife and sons, his favorite place to be is in the middle of a good book.
 John Parra is an award-winning illustrator of books for young readers, including "Frida Kahlo and Her Animalitos" by Monica Brown, named a New York Times Best Illustrated Children’s Book; and "Marvelous Cornelius," by Phil Bildner, which won the Golden Kite for Picture Book Illustration. Other awards include the ALA Pura Belpré Honors, and Christopher’s Award. In 2015, John was invited by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York to present a special event about his work. His art also can be seen at U.S. Post Offices on six new Forever Stamps titled "Delicioso." John’s most recent book, "Hey Wall" with author Susan Verde, was released in Fall 2018.
 Laurel Snyder is the author of many books for young readers. Recent titles include "Orphan Island," which was long-listed for the National Book Award, and "Charlie and Mouse," which won the Geisel medal in 2018. Laurel has published work in The New York Times, The Boston Globe, the Utne Reader, the Chicago Sun-Times, the Revealer, Salon, The Iowa Review, American Letters and Commentary, and elsewhere. She is an occasional commentator for NPR’s "All Things Considered," and she teaches in the MFAC program at Hamline University and in the creative writing department at Emory University. A Baltimore native, she now lives with her family in Atlanta.
~ Teen/Young Adult ~
 Gareth Hinds is a New York Times best-selling author and illustrator of critically-acclaimed graphic novels based on the classics, including "Beowulf," "The Odyssey," "POE: Stories and Poems," and now his most ambitious and epic book ever, "The Iliad." He also has illustrated picture books, such as "Gifts From the Gods," award-winning non-fiction such as "Samurai Rising," video games, museum exhibits, and more. Gareth is a recipient of the Boston Public Library’s “Literary Lights for Children” award, and his books are excerpted in textbooks and used to teach the classics in English classrooms across the country.
~ Fiction ~
 Chris Pavone is a New York Times best-selling author of the international thrillers "The Expats" (winner of both the Edgar and Anthony awards for best first novel), "The Accident," "The Travelers," and most recently, "The Paris Diversion." His book rights have been sold into 20 foreign territories, as well as film. Chris grew up in Brooklyn, graduated from Cornell, and was a book editor for nearly two decades before a stint as an expat in Luxembourg. He lives primarily in New York City with his wife, twin sons and a Labradoodle named Wally.
 Sarah Pekkanen is the internationally and USA Today best-selling author of eight previous novels. A former investigative journalist and award-winning feature writer, her work has been published in The Washington Post, USA Today, and many others. Sarah and her former editor Greer Hendricks co-authored the psychological thriller, "The Wife Between Us," which spent three months on The New York Times best-sellers list and is optioned by Amblin Entertainment, with Sarah and Greer writing the screenplay. Sarah and Greer's next thriller, "An Anonymous Girl," will be released by St. Martin's Press on January 9, 2018. Sarah is the mother of three sons and lives just outside Washington, D.C.
~ Non-Fiction ~
 Lynne Olson is a New York Times best-selling author of eight books of history, most of which deal in some way with World War II and Britain’s crucial role in that conflict. Former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright has called her “our era’s foremost chronicler of World War II politics and diplomacy.” Lynne’s latest book, "Madame Fourcade’s Secret War: The Daring Young Woman Who Led France’s Largest Spy Network Against the Nazis," will be published by Random House in Spring 2019. Born in Hawaii, Lynne graduated magna cum laude from the University of Arizona. Before becoming a full-time author, she worked as a journalist for 10 years, first with the Associated Press as a national feature writer in New York, a foreign correspondent in AP’s Moscow bureau, and a political reporter in Washington. She left the AP to join the Washington bureau of The Baltimore Sun, where she covered national politics and eventually the White House. Lynne lives in Washington, D.C., with her husband, Stanley Cloud, with whom she co-authored two books.
 Kwame Onwuachi is the executive chef at Kith and Kin in Washington, D.C. Born on Long Island and raised in the Bronx and Nigeria, he trained at the Culinary Institute of America and worked at Per Se and Eleven Madison Park before opening his own restaurant. A former Top Chef contestant, Kwame has been named a 30 Under 30 honoree by both Zagat and Forbes. He will speak about his book, “Notes from a Young Black Chef.”
~ Poetry ~
 Jackie Craven turns colors into words. Her new poetry collection, "Secret Formulas & Techniques of the Masters" (Brick Road), transforms Northern Virginia into a fanciful world where paintings speak. Her chapbook, "Our Lives Became Unmanageable" (Omnidawn), won the publisher's award for fabulist fiction. Jackie's work has appeared in dozens of journals, including The Asheville Poetry Review, New Ohio Review and the Massachusetts Review. Now based in New York State, she's also the author of books on interior design and more than 500 articles on art and architecture.
 Lisa Dordal holds a Master of Divinity and a Master of Fine Arts in poetry, both from Vanderbilt University, where she also teaches in the English Department. She is a Pushcart Prize-nominated poet, and the recipient of an Academy of American Poets University Prize, the Robert Watson Poetry Prize and the Betty Gabehart Poetry Prize. Her work has appeared in Best New Poets, Ninth Letter, CALYX, The Greensboro Review, Vinyl Poetry and "Nasty Women Poets: An Unapologetic Anthology of Subversive Verse." Her first full-length collection of poetry, "Mosaic of the Dark," is available from Black Lawrence Press.
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High School Poetry Contest Submissions Due February 21
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There's no better time than holiday break for high schoolers to work on their entries for the 2019 Gaithersburg Book Festival poetry contest.
To participate in the poetry contest, students must be enrolled in grades 9-12 at a public or private school, or be in a homeschool program, for the 2018-19 school year. Additionally, entrants must reside in Maryland, Virginia or the District of Columbia.
There is no restriction on form or topic. Poems should be typed in 12 pt. Times New Roman and should not exceed one page in length. Each student may submit one poem. The poem should be the original work of the student and must not have been previously published online or in print. By submitting work to the contest, students grant the Gaithersburg Book Festival a non-exclusive license to publish, distribute, transmit, and exhibit the poem, and any portions thereof, via any medium, without financial compensation.
Poems must be submitted electronically via web form by midnight ET on Thursday, February 21, 2019.
Up to 12 poems will be selected as finalists and posted on the Gaithersburg Book Festival website prior to the Book Festival, where the public will be able to vote for their favorite.
First- and second-place winners will receive $250 and $100, respectively, while third-place and fan favorite winners will receive $50 and $25, respectively. The winners will be announced at the Gaithersburg Book Festival on May 18, 2019. Prizes are provided courtesy of the Johns Hopkins University Montgomery County.
Complete rules and regulations can be found on the Poetry Contest page of the Festival website.
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10th Annual Gaithersburg Book
Festival
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Saturday
May 18, 2019
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On the Grounds of
City Hall in
Olde Towne Gaithersburg, Md.
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February 1:
Deadline to Submit
2019 Workshop Proposals
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Each year, the Festival offers attendees the chance to take free classes led by professional teachers, authors and publishers from around the region. Topics range from poetry and building suspense in a mystery story, to college essay tips and comic book basics.
We're now accepting applications for proposed workshops that would take place at the Festival, on Saturday, May 18, 2019.
The Festival Workshop Selection Committee will base decisions on a variety of factors, including the leader's teaching experience, topic appeal, and the desire to ensure a variety of topics. Proposed workshops should be 30 to 60 minutes long and specific in scope and target audience age range.
Submit your workshop proposal here. Applications are due by February 1, 2019, with invitations to present workshops emailed in early March 2019.
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Start Planning Your Festival Sponsorship
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Sponsoring the Gaithersburg Book Festival is a great way to show your company's support of the community and the arts, while gaining visibility with our attendees, who are among the region’s best-read and most well-educated individuals.
Now entering into its 10th year, the Festival relies on the generosity of corporate partners, foundations and individual donors to help us deliver the world-class event that our attendees and authors have come to expect.
We offer sponsorships to fit a variety of budgets, or we can tailor a sponsorship plan to fit your needs.
Visit our website for more information and to see sponsorship options.
For more information on sponsorships or get an application, please email Elissa Taylor or call 240-805-1635.
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Exhibitor and Vendor Applications Coming in January
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Whether you’re an author, poet, publisher, literary non-profit, rock star food vendor, or have a business that relates to reading or the book industry… the Gaithersburg Book Festival provides you with a great opportunity to connect with nearly 20,000 book lovers.
Exhibiting or vending at the Festival, you’ll have your own space for the day where you can meet and interact with thousands of attendees and showcase your work, literary-related wares, services and programs.
Stay tuned! Applications for food vendors, exhibiting authors and literary vendors will be available on the Festival website beginning January 4, 2019.
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