A Flock of Writers
May 11, 2010 | Under:
A flock of writers will be gathered at the Gaithersburg City Hall Grounds on Saturday, May 15. The show starts at 10 am and goes to 6 pm. Excellent opportunities for that signed book for the beach. I’m on at 3 pm in the Edgar Allan Poe Pavilion and will read something spooky. Full schedule at http://www.gaithersburgbookfestival.org/.
Saturday, May 15th, 2010
10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Gaithersburg City Hall Grounds
31 S. Summit Ave.
F. Scott Fitzgerald Pavilion
10:00 a.m. Dolen Perkins Valdez - Wench
11:00 a.m. Eugenia Kim - The Calligrapher’s Daughter
12:00 p.m. Olga Grushin - The Line
1:00 p.m. Sarah Pekkanen - The Opposite of Me
2:00 p.m. Helen Simonson - Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand
3:00 p.m. Sarah Blake - The Postmistress
4:00 p.m. Alice McDermott - After This
Edgar Allan Poe Pavilion
10:00 a.m. Susan Coll - Beach Week
11:00 a.m. Abby Sher - Amen, Amen, Amen
12:00 p.m. Farai Chideya - Kiss the Sky
1:00 p.m. Teri Coyne - The Last Bridge
2:00 p.m. Lawrence Watt Evans - A Young Man Without Magic
3:00 p.m. Keith Donohue - Angels of Destruction
4:00 p.m. AJ Tata - Rogue Threat
Dashiell Hammett Pavilion
10:00 a.m. Alan Orloff - Diamonds of the Dead
11:00 a.m. Meredith Cole - Dead in the Water
12:00 p.m. Lisa Grunwald - The Irresistible Henry House
1:00 p.m. Cathy Alter - Up for Renewal
2:00 p.m. Laurie Strongin - Saving Henry
3:00 p.m. Ariel Sabar - My Father’s Paradise
4:00 p.m. Carol Hoenig - Getting Past the Gate Keeper (writer’s seminar)
H.L. Mencken Pavilion
10:00 a.m. David Hoffman - The Dead Hand
11:00 a.m. Christina Asquith - Sisters in War
12:00 p.m. John Feinstein - Moment of Glory
1:00 p.m. Justin Fox - The Myth of the Rational Market
2:00 p.m. Rachel Simmons - The Curse of the Good Girl
3:00 p.m. Matt Latimer - Speechless: Tales of a White House Survivor
4:00 p.m. Steve Roberts - From Every End of This Earth
5:00 p.m. Mayor’s Thank You / *Wes Moore The Other Wes Moore - Key Note
James Michener Tent
10:00 a.m. Jonathan Balcombe - Second Nature
11:00 a.m. Garrett Peck - The Prohibition Hangover
12:00 p.m. David O. Stewart - Impeached
1:00 p.m. Andrew Rice - The Teeth May Smile But The Heart Does Not Forget
2:00 p.m. Adam Pagnucco - Maryland Politics Watch
3:00 p.m. James Reston - Defenders of the Faith
4:00 p.m. Tim Kurkjian - Is This A Great Game, Or What?
Rachel Carson Pavilion
10:00 a.m. Michaele Weissman - God In A Cup (demo & tasting)
11:00 a.m. Gregory Smith - How to Protect Your Children on the Internet
12:00 p.m. Summer Whitford - Join Us At The Embassy (demo & /tasting)
1:00 p.m. Johnny Mo - Rock the Kitchen (demo, tasting, & music)
2:00 p.m. Julie Sussman - Dare To Repair, Replace and Renovate
3:00 p.m. Suzyn Jackson - Knit It Together
4:00 p.m. Miranda Lobs - What No One Ever Told Me About Motherhood
Jim Henson Pavilion
10:00 a.m. Joseph Slate - Miss Bindergarten
11:00 a.m. Valerie Tripp - American Girl Series
12:00 p.m. Paula Young Shelton - Child of the Civil Rights Movement
12:30 p.m. Arianna Ross - Storyteller
1:00 p.m. Phyllis Reynolds Naylor - Shiloh, and more
2:00 p.m. Shirley Menendez - B is for Blue Crab
3:00 p.m. Audrey Penn - The Kissing Hand
4:00/ 4:30 p.m. Presentation - Mayor’s Book Club / KAT 2nd Stage Performance: Seussical the Musical
Willa Cather Pavilion
10:00 a.m. Jennifer Roy - Yellow Star & Take Two
11:00 a.m. Fred Bowen - Sports Fiction
12:00 p.m. Tom Angleberger - The Strange Case of Origami Yoda
1:00 p.m. Sara Lewis Holmes - Operation Yes
2:00 p.m. Elizabeth Eulberg - Lonely Hearts Club
3:00 p.m. Erica Perl - Vintage Veronica
4:00 p.m. Marfe Ferguson Delano - Earth In The Hot Seat - includes free raffle for signed copy of book!