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The Gaithersburg Book Festival is hosting an event with Brian Jay Jones, author of the national bestseller, Jim Henson: The Biography. The event will take place on April 16 at 7 p.m. at the Gaithersburg Library, 18330 Montgomery Village Avenue.  The event is free and open to the public. Tickets are not required.  Books will be […]

Grammy-award winning musician and Silver Spring resident Daryl Davis plays in a band for a living. But his passion is finding the answer to a question that burned his conscience for years. MyMCMedia’s Valerie Bonk has the story of how Davis set out to become the first black man to interview members of the Ku […]

The Friends of the Library will host a literary luncheon on Nov. 21 at the Strathmore Mansion, 10701 Rockville Pike in North Bethesda. Author Sara Taber will discuss her new memoir, Born under an Assumed Name: the Memoir of a Cold War Spy’s Daughter. A writer of literary nonfiction, Taber’s works include literary journalism, personal […]

The co-founder of Honest Tea, Seth Goldman, has co-authored a new book entitled, “Mission in a Bottle.” He talked about the best selling book, and the successful company he founded right here in Montgomery County, at a small business networking event held at Montgomery Community Media. MyMCMedia’s Sonya Burke reports.

In this MyMCMedia extra, Seth Goldman, co-founder and TeaEO of Honest Tea, tells us what sparked his bestselling book, “Mission in a Bottle,” talks about what’s next for his company and he touts his home base right here in Bethesda. Goldman was the keynote speaker at the Small Business Networking Breakfast on Oct. 17 at […]

Gaithersburg Book Festival and Politics & Prose present “An Evening with Music Legend Ricky Skaggs” on August 14 from 7 p.m. – 9 p.m. at the Rosborough Cultural Arts Center – Asbury Methodist Village at 301 Odenhal Ave., Gaithersburg. Country and bluegrass legend Ricky Skaggs will debut his new memoir, “Kentucky Traveler: My Life in […]

Former MTV VJ Mark Goodman stays in touch with Rick Springfield but not so much with David Lee Roth. Find out more about his friendships in this video clip. Goodman was in Gaithersburg on May 18 along with former MTV VJ Nina Blackwood to discuss their bestselling book: “VJ: the Unplugged Adventures of MTV’s First […]

Original MTV VJs Mark Goodman and Nina Blackwell visited the Gaithersburg Book Festival on May 18 to discuss their New York Times bestselling book, “VJ: The Unplugged Adventures of MTV’s First Wave.” Goodman tell us a little about the book in this video clip.

Walter Dean Myers, the National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, talks about the impact of unemployment on literacy at the Gaithersburg Book Festival on May 18. Take a look.

Author Adam Mansbach, who wrote the #1 New York Times bestselling book, “Go the F**k to Sleep,” was one of the featured authors at the Gaithersburg Book Festival. In this clip, Mansbach tells the Washington Post’s Ron Charles that the book is being made into a movie. Take a look.