The 16th Gaithersburg Book Festival is just a month away.
The free, day-long event on Saturday, May 17 at Bohrer Park features award-winning authors, workshops, a poetry contest, and a “Children’s Village,” which is the area of the festival dedicated to kids and teens.
This week, the line-up of workshops as well as the list of Children’s Village authors was announced.
The schedule for teen and adult workshops, which are designed for ages 16+, is as follows:
- 10 a.m. Finding Healing Through Writing
- 11 a.m. The Polished Proposal: Crafting a Nonfiction Book Proposal That Gets Attention
- 12 p.m. Mapping Stories for Structure and Revision
- 1 p.m. Find the Right Editor for You
- 2 p.m. Playwriting By Any Means Necessary
- 3 p.m. Start in the Middle: Writing Memoir Now
- 4 p.m. The Write Path: Understanding Your Publishing Options
Here is the schedule for workshops for children ages kindergarten through fifth grade and their families:
- 10 a.m. Unlocking a Lifelong Love of Reading: A Workshop for Families
- 11 a.m. Poems in a Snap: Writing Ekphrastic Poetry from Photos
- 12 p.m. History, Her Story, YOUR Story!
- 1 p.m. Animal Haiku: Poems on Favorite Creatures (ages 8+)
- 2 p.m. Comic Character Creation
- 3 p.m. Art Journaling: Stories Through Words and Pictures
- 4 p.m. Tell Amazing Stories in Impossible Worlds
And, there will be more than 40 authors in the Children’s Village, including:
- Sarah Albee, “The Painter and the President: Gilbert Stuart’s Brush with George Washington”
- Charles F. Bolden Jr., “Star Sailor: My Life as a NASA Astronaut”
- Jacqueline Davies, “The Lemonade War”
- Gia Gordon, “My So-Called Family”
- Joanna Ho (JOHO), “Saphie: The One-Eyed Cat”
- Brian Lies, “Meet the Mini Mammals: A Night at the Natural History Museum”
- Leland Melvin, “Space Chasers”
- Rachel Renée Russell and Nikki Russell, “Dork Diaries 16: Tales from a Not-So-Bratty Little Sister”
- Susan Stockdale, “Don’t Eat the Cleaners!: Tiny Fish with a Big Job”
- Meera Trehan, “Snow”
The teen/young adult authors in the Children’s Village will be:
- Cinda Williams Chima, “Bane of Asgard”
- M. Elliott, “Truth, Lies, and the Questions in Between”
- Sharon G. Flake, “The Family I’m In”
- Zakiya N. Jamal, “If We Were a Movie”
- Kim Johnson, “The Color of a Lie”
- Tony Keith Jr., “Knucklehead: Poems”
- Amanda McCrina, “I’ll Tell You No Lies”
- Yohuru Williams, “King: A Life”
- Ibi Zoboi, “(S)Kin”
