The 2022 Gaithersburg Book Festival returns for the first time in three years to a fully in-person event. The festival takes place Saturday, May 21 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Bohrer Park, 506 S. Frederick Avenue.
Mayor Jud Ashman founded the festival in 2010. Since then it has grown to attract award-winning and best-selling authors, poets and songwriters from across the country. The mission of the festival is “to foster an interest in reading, writing and literary conversation.”
The 2022 Gaithersburg Book Festival features more than 100 authors. Mayor Ashman highlights five in this short video.
The 5 Featured Authors
1. Jocelyn Nicole Johnson, author of My Monticello, presents at 1:15 in the F. Scott Fitzgerald Pavilion. Johnson signs books at 2:15 p.m.
Join us on 5/21 to meet Jocelyn Nicole Johnson, author of My Monticello, an acclaimed collection of short stories tied together by our country’s legacy on race & the impact it has had on generations of people.
— Gaithersburg Book Festival (@GburgBookFest) April 7, 2022
2. John Feinstein, author of Raise a fist, Take a Knee, presents at 12:15 p.m. in the Rachel Carson Pavilion. Feinstein signs books at 1:15 p.m.
Join us @ #GBF on 5/21 for a terrific Civil War-era historical fiction panel:
Karen Joy Fowler – Booth
&
@S_Higginbotham – John Brown's Women
(moderated by @LouisBayard)FREE & FUN for all!
More info: https://t.co/4gJXogM4MBhttps://t.co/WlL3DCnbZR
RSVP: https://t.co/sDaeEa4ac6 pic.twitter.com/PxhbHsgWBx— Gaithersburg Book Festival (@GburgBookFest) April 24, 2022
3. Mary Childs, author of The Bond King, presents at 4:15 p.m. at the Frederick Douglass Pavilion. Childs signs books at 5:15 p.m.
Mary Childs, host of NPR’s Planet Money, will be w/us on 5/21 to present her new book, “The Bond King: How One Man Made a Market, Built an Empire, and Lost It All.”
FREE & FUN for everyone! Join us in person!
More on @mdc: https://t.co/I9LGQ8HFBX
RSVP: https://t.co/sDaeEa4ac6 pic.twitter.com/GGGw0QBlzv— Gaithersburg Book Festival (@GburgBookFest) March 30, 2022
4. John Scalzi, author of The Kaiju Preservation Society, presents at 3:15 p.m. in the Dashiell Hammett Pavilion, Scalzi signs books at 4:15 p.m.
My science/humor friends: do this. You will not regret it! @RevZackJack @SuzanneESG https://t.co/gfvYOOU2Wd
— Rev. Dr. Ruth Shaver (@thefunrevucc) April 10, 2022
5. Karen Joy Fowler, author of Booth, presents at 3:15 p.m. in the Gertrude Stein Pavilion. Fowler signs books at 4:15 p.m.
Join us @ #GBF on 5/21 for a terrific Civil War-era historical fiction panel:
Karen Joy Fowler – Booth
&
@S_Higginbotham – John Brown's Women
(moderated by @LouisBayard)FREE & FUN for all!
More info: https://t.co/4gJXogM4MBhttps://t.co/WlL3DCnbZR
RSVP: https://t.co/sDaeEa4ac6 pic.twitter.com/PxhbHsgWBx— Gaithersburg Book Festival (@GburgBookFest) April 24, 2022
Directions and Parking Information
You are invited to the Gaithersburg Book Festival. 🤩
▪️ "How do I get there?"
▪️ "Where do I park?"
All answers are at the link. #GBF https://t.co/7zfYhQrsPS— Gaithersburg Book Festival (@GburgBookFest) May 9, 2022
