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Collingswood Book Festival Lineup

Your interactive schedule of events for Saturday's festivities, all in one place.


Tent 1: Adult Authors Tent 2: Teens, Tweens, & Kid Lit

(Haddon & Fern Ave.)
Tent 3: Children's Authors & Entertainers Poetry Events Loompaland Alley
(Irvin Ave.)
10:00 a.m. Mark Kram, Jr. - Like Any Normal Day Grade 4 Book Discussion

Lisa Funari-Williver - Nicky Fifth's Passport to the Garden State

(Starts 11 a.m., Library 2nd fl.)
Children's Poetry Contest Yogawood 10:30 a.m.

Danny and Kim Adlerman - Mommy's Having a Watermelon Writing Workshop - Peter Murphy The Frog Princess (puppet show by Collingswood Public Library staff) 11:00 a.m. Bernie Parent - Journey Through Risk and Fear Grade 5 Book Discussion

Rob Buyea - Because of Mr. Terupt Artie Bennett - Poopendous; The Butt Book

Tiffany Strelitz Haber - The Monster Who Lost His Mean
The Bug Lady 11:30 a.m.

Dar Hosta - Animalization; Doggie Do!; If I Were a Tree

Alyssa Capucilli - World of Biscuit Italian-American Poets Kathy Steel - Meet Sally the Sea Star 12:00 p.m. Amy Waldman - The Submission Grade 6 Book Discussion

Pat Hughes - Five 4ths of July Kathy O'Connell - WXPN Kids Corner host Lamont Dixon/Napalm Da Bomb Freestyle Poetry Workshop Alyssa Capuccilli and Denise Mortensen 12:30 p.m.

Ernie and Neal - Music for the Young Mind
Kenkojuku Karate 1:00 p.m. Al Meltzer and Robert S. Lyons - Big Al: Fifty Years of Adventures in Sports Broadcasting Grade 9 Book Discussion

A.S. King - Everybody Sees the Ants

Alison Formento - These Bees Count; This Tree Counts!

Carole Robinson - On the Way to Cape May


Paws for Reading: Judy Burr, her dog Wilson, and Julie Binger 1:30 p.m.

Jane Kirkland - Take a Walk

Karen O'Loine-Hahn - Millicent and the Far Away Moon
Music Together with Madeline Knott 2:00 p.m. Tony Auth with David Leopold - The Art of Tony Auth: To Stir, Inform and Inflame Panel Discussion: Reaching Out to Young Adult Readers

Ellen Jensen Abbott


Charlotte Bennardo

Barbara Dee

Elisa Ludwig

Aaron Starmer Marcie Aboff - Healthy Eating; First Facts; Data Mania

James Mascia - Paris Pig and the Big Bully Occupy Poetry D.U.E. Season Charter School 2:30 p.m.



Music by Danny and Kim Adlerman 3:00 p.m. Liz Moore - Heft
Two of a Kind - Family Album; So Many Ways to Be Smart Open Mic - hosted by Brother Daoud Bey Patricia Intriago

Tiffany Strelitz Haber

Timothy Young 3:30 p.m.



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Special events

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All day - Loompaland Alley (Irvin Ave.) Booth 302
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Overdrive Digital Bookmobile
All day
This 74-foot, 18-wheel tractor-trailer is a community outreach vehicle promoting free downloadable eBooks, audiobooks, and videos available through public libraries. Test-drive some of the most popular digital media players and readers and see how portable devices enhance your reading experience. If you haven’t read an eBook yet, what are you waiting for? 

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eBooks: Revolutionary Technology or Pain in the Neck?
10 to 11 a.m. - Tent 2
eBooks began outselling print books at Barnes & Noble and Amazon over a year ago. How will this change in how most new books are sold affect you? How will it affect authors, publishers, and libraries? What do you need to know in order to make sure you’re still able to get the books you want at a price you can afford? Join Collingswood Library Director Brett Bonfield for a short presentation with plenty of time for Q & A.

Book Appraisals
12 noon to 2 p.m. - Collingswood Public Library
John Freas, member of the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America, will appraise up to five books for a $5 donation. If you think rare books have to be old volumes from centuries ago—think again. Modern first editions can also be very valuable. Find out if you have a hidden treasure—old or new!

Find out what's happening in Collingswoodwith free, real-time updates from Patch.

For last-minute changes, updates and additions, check out the Book Festival Facebook Page.

Schedule of book signings

Tent 1
11 a.m.—1 p.m.

12 noon—2 p.m.

Want more book festival coverage?

  • Catch up on the Art of the Book II gallery, which will be open on Haddon Ave. during the festival.
  • Check out our story on banned and censored books.
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  • Upload your photos from the day to our Pics and Clips gallery.


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