Gaithersburg Book Festival

The Gaithersburg Book Festival is a free annual celebration of great books and great writing that has made its mark as one of the nation’s top literary events. More than 100 featured best-selling and award-winning authors – including Alice McDermott, Alisha Rai, John Feinstein, Mark Bittman, Sarah Pekkanen, Greer Hendricks, Dan Santat, Aaron Reynolds, Dave Roman, Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, Gayle Forman, Deborah Heiligman and more – will participate in panel discussions and book signings at the festival on May 19, 2018.  

Other activities include free, interactive writing workshops, a Children’s Village, literary exhibitors, the Brew and Vine Cafe featuring live entertainment, and onsite book sales by Politics & Prose. Admission, parking and accessible shuttle buses from Shady Grove Metro and Lakeforest Mall are FREE.