Gaithersburg Book Festival May 21, 2011

The Gaithersburg Book Festival is an annual celebration of great books and great writing that is fast becoming one of the nation's top literary events. More than 40 featured best-selling and award-winning authors including 2010 National Book Award winner Kathryn Erskine, James L. Swanson, Meg Waite Clayton, Elizabeth Berg, and Alex Berenson will participate in discussions and book signings during the 2011 festival. Other festival highlights include a Children's Village, a Coffee House featuring performances by poets and singer/songwriters, announcement of short story contest winner, exhibitors with literary wares and onsite sales of new and used books. Visitors to the festival will also have the opportunity to participate in a range of interactive, hands-on workshops on topics such as comedy writing, how to get your book published, illustrating graphic novels, creating and binding your own book, and more. The Gaithersburg Book Festival is presented in partnership with Barnes and Noble-Gaithersburg, the Gaithersburg-Germantown Chamber of Commerce, Washingtonian Center, and The Writers Center, with grant support from the Maryland State Arts Council. The festival will be held rain or shine.