morning. good morning. it feels like afternoon already summer. welcome back to the gaithersburg book festival. my name s mike sesma. i m a former member the gaithersburg city council and a proud supporter the gaithersburg book festival since it s inception if you joined us for the first 10 book festivals, well, welcome back and if this it s it is really great to be here in person this year after two years of virtual book festival, as you know, gaithersburg is a city that values and supports the arts and humanities and we re pleased to bring you this fabulous festival. thanks and part to the generous support of our sponsors and volunteers. our volunteers are wearing these bright orange shirts. so if you see them, make sure you say thank you and if you see our sponsors, they re the ones walking around with money falling out of their pockets say thank you to them, too. before i introduce our author michael dobbs, let me make a few announcements. please silence all of your electr
the first 10 book festivals, well, welcome back and if this it s it is really great to be here in person this year after two years of virtual book festival, as you know, gaithersburg is a city that values and supports the arts and humanities and we re pleased to bring you this fabulous festival. thanks and part to the generous support of our sponsors and volunteers. our volunteers are wearing these bright orange shirts. so if you see them, make sure you say thank you and if you see our sponsors, they re the ones walking around with money falling out of their pockets say thank you to them, too. before i introduce our author michael dobbs, let me make a few announcements. please silence all of your electronic mobile devices for the latest updates about the book festival. make sure you re following the gaithersburg book festival on facebook and twitter and if you post about the festival if you re one of those people that social media savvy, please use the gbf hashtag. your feedb
volunteers. our volunteers are wearing these bright orange shirts. so if you see them, make sure you say thank you and if you see our sponsors, they re the ones walking around with money falling out of their pockets say thank you to them, too. before i introduce our author michael dobbs, let me make a few announcements. please silence all of your electronic mobile devices for the latest updates about the book festival. make sure you re following the gaithersburg book festival on facebook and twitter and if you post about the festival if you re one of those people that social media savvy, please use the gbf hashtag. your feedback s really important to us surveys are available on our website, which you can access at gaithersburg book festival.org or by using the qr code that you ll see displayed prominently around the grounds by submitting a survey you ll be entered in a drawing for a $100 visa gift card, which we hope you ll spend in our bookstore. michael dolls will be signin
gaithersburg city council and a proud supporter the gaithersburg book festival since it s inception if you joined us for the first 10 book festivals, well, welcome back and if this it s it is really great to be here in person this year after two years of virtual book festival, as you know, gaithersburg is a city that values and supports the arts and humanities and we re pleased to bring you this fabulous festival. thanks and part to the generous support of our sponsors and volunteers. our volunteers are wearing these bright orange shirts. so if you see them, make sure you say thank you and if you see our sponsors, they re the ones walking around with money falling out of their pockets say thank you to them, too. before i introduce our author michael dobbs, let me make a few announcements. please silence all of your electronic mobile devices for the latest updates about the book festival. make sure you re following the gaithersburg book festival on facebook and twitter and if
Morning. Good morning. It feels like afternoon already summer. Welcome back to the gaithersburg book festival. My names mike sesma. Im a former member the Gaithersburg City Council and a proud supporter the gaithersburg book festival since its inception if you joined us for the first 10 book festivals, well, welcome back and if this its it is really great to be here in person this year after two years of virtual book festival, as you know, gaithersburg is a city that values and supports the arts and humanities and were pleased to bring you this fabulous festival. Thanks and part to the generous support of our sponsors and volunteers. Our volunteers are wearing these bright orange shirts. So if you see them, make sure you say thank you and if you see our sponsors, theyre the ones Walking Around with money falling out of their pockets say thank you to them, too. Before i introduce our author Michael Dobbs, let me make a few announcements. Please silence all of your electronic mobile devi