Wednesday, February 9, 2011

National Book Festival to expand; Should we?

The Library of Congress has decided to expand the National Book Festival to two days. It was reportedly made possible by a $5 million donation from financier and philanthropist David M. Rubenstein. Nice.

GBF Committee member Becky Meloan immediately poses the question: Is this the future of the Gaithersburg Book Festival?

What do you think? (You can answer "yes" without being held responsible to raise $5 million... but we'd welcome the help!)
Posted by Jud Ashman at 8:28 AM
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  1. Robin MatereseFebruary 9, 2011 at 9:32 AM

    I think down the line it would be GREAT if the festival could expand to multiple days, but if it did so, the City would need to find a way to fund someone who could put 100% of their time toward the festival from January - May. (And then you could use that person in other capacities the rest of the year.)

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