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EVENTS

September 29 - October 3, 2015

Tuesday, September 29, 7:00pm, Collingswood LibraryTown Book Discussion. Join your fellow readers in a discussion of A Backpack, A Bear and Eight Crates of Vodka by Lev Golinkin. Mr. Golinkin came to America as a Ukrainian child refugee with only what he and his family could carry. Their exodus story - both incredibly beautiful and wickedly funny - is a tale of being lost, being found, and fi nding home. Mr. Golinkin will speak at the Book Festival on Saturday, October 3 at 1:15pm in Tent 1.

Wednesday, September 30, 1:00pm-4:00pmCollingswood Community CenterSages of Ages. A special fun-fi lled afternoon featuring authors, games and prizes for attendees aged 50-plus. Presenters include Ann Atkins, author of Eleanor Roosevelt’s Life of Soul Searching and Self-Discovery and Robert Shinn and Kevin Cook, authors of Along the Cooper River: Camden to Haddonfi eld. Individuals and groups are welcome. Free, reservations suggested: 856-854-3705.

Saturday, October 3, Noon–2:00pm, Collingswood Library EntranceBook Appraisals. Bill Faris, with the Old Bookshop of Bordentown, Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association of America, ILAB will do appraisals. A $5.00 donation is suggested (includes up to fi ve books).

10:00am Sara O’Brien and the Community Rocks Kids!10:30am “Mr. Malcom” Frozen11:00am The Bug LadyNoon Laura Kaighn “Lady Hawke” Storyteller12:20pm Library Staff, Puppet Show12:35pm “Mr. Malcom” The Little Mermaid1:00pm Miss Michelle, Kids Music Round of Collingswood

1:30pm Rachelle Burk, Author/Entertainer1:50pm Kenkojuku Karate2:20pm Jason Didner and the Jungle Gym Jam2:50pm Yogawood3:20pm Nancy Viau, Author3:30pm Tim Young, Author3:40pm Music by Danny and Kim Adlerman

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Loompaland Craft Area & Children’s Exhibits• Collingswood Library Craft Tent• Winnie Radolan, Paper Maker• Garden State Discovery Museum “Put Yourself in a Bubble”• Chrysa Smith, Author• My Gym Cherry Hill• Elite Climbing• Sara O’Brien, Community Rocks!• First Baptist Church of Collingswood• Miss Michelle, Kids Music Round of Collingswood• About Face - Face Painting• Bug Lady‘s Bug Collection

• Kenkojuku Karate• Mathnasium of Cherry Hill• Rhinoceros Gamery, Activity & Toy Store• Fit Kids Tumblebus• Performance of The Grand Hall Character Ball Author Lyn McCullough• Rachelle Burk, Author/Entertainer• Lady Hawke Storyteller/Writer• Liberti Church• Woodford Cedar Run Wildlife Refuge• Archway Schools / Archway Programs• Arden Theatre Company

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2015SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3, 201510 AM to 4 PM

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AUTHORS · BOOK SIGNINGS · EXHIBITORSNEW AND USED BOOK SALES · APPRAISALSLOOMPALAND CHILDREN'S AREA · POETRY

ENTERTAINMENT FOR BOOK LOVERS OF ALL AGESALL EVENTS ARE FREE!

2015 Collingswood

Book Festival Schedule of Events

Tent 1 - Library10:15amPanel Discussion: Irish Family TiesModerated by Rowan University Professor Marie Haughton FloccoElise Juska, The BlessingsJulia MacDonnell, Mimi Malloy, At Last!

11:00amMatthew Quick, Love May Fail

12:15pmGeorge Anastasia, Gotti’s Rules

1:15pmLev Golinkin, A Backpack, A Bear, and Eight Crates of Vodka (Town Book) 2:15pmJames Hannaham, Delicious Foods

3:15pmGlory DaysBernie Parent, Unmasked: Bernie Parent and the Broad Street BulliesDave “The Hammer” Schultz, signing sports memorabiliaSponsored by DePace Library, Museum and Learning Center

Signings 10:30am - NoonDave Hart and John Calu, Adventures Along the Jersey Shore

Noon - 2:00pmJoe Samuel Starnes, Red Dirt

1:00pm - 3:00pmSusannah Marren, Between the Tide

Tent 2 - Haddon & Lees Avenues10:00am - 4:00pmBook Signings - Meet Young Adult Authors

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TWEENS & TEENSAUTHORS & EVENTS

Book Discussions - Tent 210:30amChris Avery, Angst: Overcoming Freshman Year of High School 11:00am - Grades 4 & 5Nan Marino, Hiding Out At The Pancake Palace

12:00pm - KidLit Authors Club: Celebrating Reading & WritingCharlotte Bennardo, Blonde OPS; Sirenz SeriesDarlene Beck Jacobson, Wheels of ChangeElisa Ludwig, Pretty Crooked Trilogy Dianne Salerni, The Eighth Day; The Inquisitor’s MarkTiff any Schmidt, Bright Before Sunrise; Send Me A Sign Yvonne Ventresca, Pandemic; Prep For Doom

1:00pm Matthew Cody, Will In Scarlet; Super; Powerless; Villainous 2:00pm Panel Discussion: Realistic Fiction: Navigating the Teen YearsChris Avery, Angst: Overcoming Freshman Year of High SchoolBrad Hecht, StruggsJ.C. Edwards, Barefoot JohnnyKate MacHugh, TormentedRandy Ribay, An Infi nite Number of Parallel Universes

3:00pmPanel Discussion: Literary Golf and Tennis Tom Coyne, A Course Called Ireland; A Gentleman’s GameJoe Samuel Starnes, Red Dirt: A Tennis Novel

Tent 3 - At the Clock10:30am Danny and Kim Adlerman, Mommy’s Having a Watermelon 11:00amRobert Agnello, Eli the Snazzleraffer; The Glimmers Starring Ruby Shroo Traci Dunham, The Oyster’s Secret; My Sister Lulu and Me

11:30amDar Hosta James, I Love The Alphabet; If I Were A Tree; Doggie Do Lee Harper, Turkey Trick or Treat; Snow! Snow! Snow!

Noon Yosi, Children’s Entertainer

12:30pm Mayor James Maley, Mayor of CollingswoodSummer Reading Awards and Presentations

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12:45pmKat Lindsey, Run, Faredy Run; Secrets to Freedom

1:00pmDonna McDine, A Sandy Grave; Powder Monkey; Hockey AgonyRobin Newman, The Case of the Missing Carrot Cake

1:30pmDaryl Cobb, The Frogs: A Happy Life!; Do Pirates Go To School

2:00pmAllison Gutknecht, Pizza Is the Best BreakfastRichard McLaughlin, A Skunk With a Stinky Attitude

2:30pmLauren Magaziner, The Only Thing Worse Than WitchesLaura Scott Schaefer, The Crumbles Chronicles: Tails of a Nervous Dog

3:00pm Two of a Kind, Family Album, Sing Me Your Story

Tent 4 - Washington AvenueFrom the River to the Sea

All Day…. a wide array of poetry activities from the annual “Wall ofHaiku,” Meet the Poets, book signings, interactive art and poetry by South Jersey artist Hara (Harriet Rola), Walt Whitman “River’’and “Sea’’ interludes.

10:00amChildren’s Poetry Contest (winners read their work, presentation of poetry book and prizes) hosted by Anna Evans.

10:45amSouth Jersey poet Therese Halscheid reads from her book, Frozen Latitudes.

11:15amHaiku Workshop led by Geraldine R. Dodge Poet John McDermott.

Noon Reading by Society for Poets of Southern New Jersey(based in Woodbury representing region)

12:30pm“Seeing the Sea Anew,’’ a Poetry Workshop by Peter E. Murphy of Murphy Writing, Stockton University.

1:15pm Readings by poets from the South Jersey Poetry Collective.

2:00pm Louder Than a Bomb slam presentation featuring Collingswood High School poets, hosted by Lamont “Napalm’’ Dixon andDavid Benjamin Watkis.

2:45pm - 3:10pm Tribute to Brother Daoud Bey, anthology reading selections, hosted by Sandra Turner Barnes.

3:10pm - 4:00pmOpen Mic - Open to all poets, everywhere.

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