Booktv on cspan2 live from the gaithersburg book festival. [inaudible conversations]. If you are tweeting today, use the hashtag gbf, and we need your feedback. Surveys are available at the tent and on our web site. Complete a survey for a chance to win a 100 visa gift card. Im pleased to introduce author kristen green. Shell be signing books immediately after the presentation, and copies of her books are on sale in the politics prose tent, a great partner for us this year. A quick word about buying books. Even though this is a free event, it does help the book festival if you buy books. The more books we sell at our event, the more publishers are willing to send their authors here to the book festival. Purchasing books from politics prose does benefit the local economy. It supports local jobs, supports our book festival. So if you enjoy the program and youre in a position to do so, please consider buying the authors books here today. So let me introduce kristen. Kristen green is an au
Programs online. Booktv. Org. Welcome to the gaithersburg book festival. Welcome to the seventh annual book festival. Tank you for coming, lets cross our fingers, i would like to say gaithersburg is a wonderful city, we are pleased to bring, generous supporters and sponsors and volunteers, say a hearty thank you. A few announcements, please silent all devices. If you are tweeting today use the hashtag dbf and we need your feedback, surveys are available on the website. I am pleased to introduce offer kristen green who will sign books after the presentation, in politics and prose, a great partner. A quick word about buying books. This is a free event, the more publishers are willing to send their authors to the book festival, politics and prose does benefit the local economy, supports the book festival. And please consider buying kristins book. Kristen green is an author who grew up in farmville, virginia. It is important to the story. She graduated from mary, washington in fredericksbu
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My name is robert i am a Council Member here in gaithersburg. Welcome to the 7th annual book festival and thank you for coming out on his wet morning. The weather should be breaking soon. I would like to put it out there that gaithersburg is a wonderful city and supports arts and humanities. We are pleased to bring you this fabulous event and thank our generous supporters and volunteers. When you see them, play a hearty thank you for the consideration of everyone here, please silence all devices. If you are tweeting today you can use the g bshbf. Complete a survey for a chance to win a 100 visa gift card. Kristen green is our author today and she will be signing books after the presentation. Copies of the book are on sale in the politics and pros tent. A great partner for us this your. This is a free event but it helps us sell books. Purchasing backs from our par inter, politics and pros benefits the local economy, supports local jobs and the book festival. If you enjoy the program and