Welcome to the Collingswood Book Festival

Best Unpublished Poem

12.28.09 - The Third Annual Retrospect “Best of the Fest Award” for the Best Unpublished Poem was awarded to Peter Kinney on October 3, 2009 at the 7th Annual Collingswood Book Festival. Book festival volunteer Walt Howat accepted the award on behalf of Mr. Kinney.

Sages of Ages

9.23.09 - One of the events leading up to the Collingswood Book Festival will be the annual Sages of Ages, an afternoon of fun and inspiration for folks fifty-five and up. Sages of Ages will take place on Wed., Sept. 30 at the Collingswood Community Center. Beginning at 1PM, the afternoon will include games, prizes, refreshments, and guest speakers Robin Hathaway, Allen Haus, and Joan Leonard. Robin Hathaway is an award-winning mystery writer who published her first novel at age sixty. Allen Haus will talk about his book, South Jersey Movie Houses, a nostalgic tour of our local theatres. And in keeping with the "green theme,” Collingswood Commissioner Joan Leonard will present ideas for seniors on how to be "green." Reservations suggested. Call Rosemary Fearon at 856-854-3705.

Collingswood Book Festival 5K to Raise Money for Teens

9.14.09 - Last year’s 6th Annual Collingswood Book Festival kicked off with the Friends of the Library - sponsored "Meet the Director," a discussion with new library director, Brett Bonfield. To kick off this year’s Book Festival, the Friends are sponsoring a 5K race around Knight Park at 8:30 a.m. on Saturday, September 26.

Registration is $25 and the proceeds from the race will be used to set up a new teen area in the Library. However, if runners finish ahead of Brett - if they “Beat the Director” - they’ll be given $10 back.

The event is hosted by the Collingswood Book Festival and the Borough of Collingswood, and TNT Event Management is handling the timing, scoring, and course setup. Jerry Chambers and others who helped with the races that used to be part of the May Fair are lending their expertise, ensuring that the first ever Collingswood Book Festival 5K will be a success—and that Collingswood’s teens will have a great new place to hang out at the Library.

A video promoting the event is playing regularly on Collingswood's cable access station and is posted on the Library website and on YouTube, where it has attracted over 4,500 views. Runners include:

Project H.O.M.E.’s Sr. Mary Scullion, one of Time’s 100 Most Influential People for 2009;

Christopher McDougall, author of Born to Run (featured on Jon Stewart and in U.S. News)

Matthew Quick, author of The Silver Linings Playbook (2009 Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award Honorable Mention);

Jen A. Miller, author of The Jersey Shore, Atlantic City to Cape May: Great Destinations;

Alicia Bessette, author of All Come Home (Dutton, 2010).

Glen Macnow Added to the Line-up

7.21.09 Glen Macnow is coming to the Collingswood Book Festival. Macnow is a popular sports-radio host on 610-WIP. He had an accomplished career as a sportswriter for the Philadelphia Inquirer and Detroit Free Press. The author of three best-selling sports books, he is a frequent guest on local and national televised sports shows. Ray Didinger and Glen Macnow are the co-authors of The Ultimate Book of Sports Movies: Featuring the 100 Greatest Sports Films of All Time (Running Press), due in October 2009.

Stick It! Contest Announced

7.1.09 You Can Make Anything With Duct Tape…Even $100!

How? Make something extraordinary with something absolutely ordinary! Enter the Collingswood Book Festival “Stick It!” Contest for a chance to win a $100 prize for the most original duct tape creation. Entries will be judged by our duct tape project expert, Book Festival guest author, T.L. Bonaddio, author of Stick It! 99 D.I.Y. Duct Tape Projects. Click here for more information.

Authors Join the 2009 Line-up

6.1.09 The Collingswood Book Festival is pleased to welcome Tom Moon (1,000 Recordings To Hear Before You Die) and Bill Lyon (Champions! A Look Back At The Phillies' Triumphant 2008 Season) to our 2009 list of authors who will be appearing at the event. Also recently added to the list: David F. Kinney (The Big One), Michael Robertson (Worshipping Walt: The Whitman Principles), and Teresa Lea Bonaddio (Stick It! 99 DIY Duct Tape Projects). Stay tuned to hear about these and many more authors coming to the Collingswood Book Festival on Saturday, October 3.

Missed an Author? Look on YouTube!

11.21.08 As well as you plan your day, you can't be in two places at once. So if
you missed an author you had hoped to see at the Collingswood Book
Festival, you may want to check out Youtube. During the past few years,
festival organizers have been capturing and uploading various authors,
like Collingswood resident Matthew Quick, who read from his debut novel,
The Silver Linings Playbook. Visit www.youtube.com.

The Collingswood Book Festival Announces the Winner of the
2nd Retrospect “Best of the Fest Award”

9.15.08 The Collingswood Book Festival is pleased to announce that Jennifer Grocki’s From A to Zamboni: The Alphabet Hockey Style! is the winner of this year’s Retrospect “Best of the Fest” Award. From A to Zamboni is an educational piece of sports memorabilia, a fun way for children to learn their ABC’s, and what a goalie does, all at the same time.

Jennifer—a Berlin, New Jersey resident—brought together two great passions in From A to Zamboni: her love of sports—in particular, the Philadelphia Flyers—and her dedication to early childhood education and literacy. Jennifer has partnered with the Comcast Spectator Foundation to make the book available to Flyers fans of all ages, and a portion of all sales will be donated to Flyers’ charities. Jennifer’s interest in children’s literacy goes back many years. She has a Masters in Elementary and Early Childhood Education from Lehigh University and currently works as a Literacy Coordinator in the Atlantic City Public Schools. Additional sport alphabet books are in the works.

This year’s Retrospect “Best of the Fest” competition was ably judged by Dot Garabedian, the Children’s Librarian at the Collingswood Public Library; Susan Ratajski, formerly a second grade teacher in Collingswood and now a sixth-grade teacher in Somerdale, New Jersey; and Ferida Wolff, author of Is a Worry Worrying You? and the new The Story Blanket.

Sages of Ages Literary Day Returns to the Book Festival

8.29.08 Once again, the Collingswood Book Festival will sponsor a special afternoon for the area’s 50-plus citizens. It’s a program of interesting authors, enjoyable creative games, prizes, gifts and events, all emphasizing the importance of good books and creativity in keeping a sharp mind. There will be speakers on poetry and journaling, insights into books, plus several hours of laughs.

Barbara Solem-Stull will present things she learned while writing the book, Ghost Towns and Other Quirky Places in the New Jersey Pine Barrens. Local mystery writer Robin Hathaway will also talk to our seniors and give some insight into what it is like to write a mystery thriller.

One of our nation’s leading authorities in creative journaling, Sister Marianne Hieb, will talk about her imaginative ideas for journaling. Local poet Betty Warner will give a fun-filled talk about the poetry we grew up with, and the audience will have a chance to participate.

In between the speakers there will be a host of literary games, laughs and prizes, plus free books. All of this will be led by Brett Bonfield, Director of the Collingswood Library. Besides being emcee, he will provide some inside tips on great reading and library resources.

The Sages of Ages program will be on Wednesday, Oct. 1, 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM, at the Collingswood Community Center. Both individuals and groups are welcome. The program is free, but reservations are suggested. Contact Rosemary Fearon at 856-854-3705 by clicking here.

Children's Radio Celebrity at Collingswood Book Festival

8.5.08 The sixth-annual Collingswood Book Festival will feature a special treat for kids this year. WXPN Kids Corner Host Kathy O’Connell will be on hand to entertain the young and the young at heart.

Kids Corner is the wildly-popular, live, interactive radio show for children on WXPN, heard in Philadelphia and South Jersey on 88.5 FM. The award-winning show is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year.

Kathy O’Connell is a pioneer in the field of modern children’s radio. She has spent nearly a quarter-century hosting children’s radio programs and her expertise has been sought by musicians, educators, healthcare professions and the media. Some of Kathy’s fondest moments are meeting her young fans along with their parents who listened to her when THEY were kids.

Mark your calendars! You won’t want to miss Kathy O’Connell at the Collingswood Book Festival on Saturday October 4th.

Meet Bob the Bike Man at Book Festival

7.8.08 After suffering a heart attack several years ago, Bob Swaim of Upper Bucks County decided to make his cardiac rehab more interesting by collecting bikes and exercising on all kinds of human powered vehicles. He now has almost 200 bikes in his collection, which includes tandems, a five-passenger bike, and a 400-pound, seven-passenger conference bike that would be perfect for book discussions! This year, Bob will bring a sampling of his bicycle museum to the Collingswood Book Festival, where he’ll make a presentation about the benefits of pedal power.
“The world would be a better place if more people rode bicycles,” says Swaim. “Fewer teenagers would get killed in car accidents, children would be thinner, schools would save money on buses, senior citizens would stay healthier, and the air would be cleaner. I have a theory that we could cut our health costs by 20 per cent and our energy costs by 20 percent,” maintains Swaim. With the cost of gas at over $4.00 per gallon, bicycles just might be the way to go.

Bob and his bikes have been featured at DeSales University, the Miss America Parade in Atlantic City, the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, the Football Hall of Fame Parade in Canton, Ohio, Penn State Homecoming Weekend, and the Pennsylvania Clean Energy Expo.

Books about the history of human powered vehicles and energy conservation will be available at the Collingswood Book Festival on Saturday, October 4, 2008.

Check out these links:

www.macungie.org
www.bikeroute.com
www.youtube.com #1
www.youtube.com #2

Luminous Debut Novel to be 2008 Collingswood Town Book:
The Stolen Child, by Keith Donohue

6.18.08 Have you ever wondered what has gotten into your kid? Or, perhaps, your parents were the ones asking what got into you. Keith Donohue’s national bestseller, The Stolen Child, offers a riveting explanation in a book the Washington Post calls a “luminous and thrilling novel about our humanity.” The Collingswood Book Festival’s volunteer organizers are pleased to announce that Donohue will appear in person at the Book Festival to discuss his work.

The Stolen Child tells the double story of Henry Day, who is kidnapped at age seven by a band of childlike beings who live in an ancient, secret community in the forest. The changelings rename their captive Aniday and he becomes, like them, unaging and stuck in time. They leave one of their own to take his place, an imposter who tries—with varying success—to hide his true identity from the Day family. As the changeling Henry grows up, he is haunted by glimpses of his lost double and by vague memories of his own childhood a century earlier. Narrated in turns by Henry and Aniday, The Stolen Child follows them as their lives converge, driven by their search for who they really are.

Keith Donohue is the Director of Communications for the National Historical Publications and Records Commission, the grant-making arm of the National Archives in Washington, DC. Until 1998 he worked at the National Endowment for the Arts and wrote hundreds of speeches for chairmen John Frohnmayer and Jane Alexander. He holds a Ph.D. in English from The Catholic University of America, and has written articles for The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and other newspapers.

The Town Book Discussion of The Stolen Child will be held on Tuesday, September 30 at 7:30 in the library. Expect a lively discussion in preparation for the author's appearance at the Book Festival on Saturday, October 4.

Copies of The Stolen Child are now available at the Collingswood Library. Paperback copies can be purchased at the Collingswood Book Trader at 825 Haddon Avenue. You will also be able to buy the book at the Collingswood Book Festival on October 4. For more about the book, click here.

New York Times Best Selling Author, Eric Weiner, to Appear at Collingswood Book Festival

4.22.08 Self-described grump Eric Weiner set out to travel the world to discover just who the happiest people on earth are. The results are chronicled in his best selling book, The Geography of Bliss: One Grump’s Search for the Happiest Places in the World. Weiner spent a year visiting Switzerland, Qatar, Thailand, Iceland and many other exotic and ordinary places. His “field work” focused on the regular folks such as bus drivers, innkeepers, and bar tenders. What makes the book fun is that Weiner not only reports on the people he visits, he often participates in their lifestyles. Weiner discovers that happiness may be found where we least expect it. Come to the Book Festival on Saturday, October 4, 2008 to find out where you fit on the happiness meter. Discover who the happiest people on earth are and which US city has the greatest happiness quotient.

Eric Weiner is a national correspondent for NPR and is based in Washington, DC. He is a veteran foreign correspondent with postings in New Delhi, Jerusalem, and Tokyo. Over the years, Weiner has distinguished himself as a versatile correspondent, covering wars and other major world events and occasionally switching his focus to the lighter side of life overseas. In addition to writing about happiness, he has reported about Japan’s high-tech toilets and Baghdad’s famous pet market.

Retrospect Best of the Fest Winner Announced

10.16.07 Dan Allosso has won the first annual Retrospect Best of the Fest Award in the genre of Young Adult Fiction for his novel Outside the Box. The award recognizes outstanding work by self-published authors. Mr. Allosso, who hails from Minnesota, traveled to accept the award at the Fifth Annual Collingswood Book Festival on Saturday, October 6. Brett Ainsworth, publisher of The Retrospect, presented the award. Mr. Allosso read an excerpt from his novel, a story about an isolated sixteen year old boy whose actions in a sophisticated video game result in a surprising discovery. For more about the book, go to www.outsidetheboxbook.com.

Name the Author Contest Winner - 2007

10.8.07 This year’s contest featured best selling 20th century authors. Congratulations to Ruth Rouff who correctly identified 13 authors. If you scroll down to 11.14.06 in this section, you will see that Ruth also won the contest last year. The answer key follows:

1. Dean Koontz
2. Gail Sheehy
3. Dr. Seuss/Thodor Geisel
4. Philip Roth
5. Willa Cather
6. Tom Wolfe
7. Toni Morrison
8. Mario Puzo
9. Harper Lee
10. Nelson DeMille
11. H.G. Wells
12. Alex Haley
13. Margaret Mitchell
14. Salman Rushdie
15. Amy Tan
16. Daphne DuMaurier
17. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
18. Truman Capote
19. Pearl Buck
20. Thomas Wolfe

Book Festival on TV

10.2.07 One of this week's Collingswood Book Festival events were
featured on live television when CN8 visited the Pop Shop today. Jill
Horner, a reporter for "Your Morning," interviewed Joe Sambuco about the
Festival. Also featured were the Pop Shop's Connie and Bill Fisher, who
will be serving up green eggs and ham as part of Dining with Dr. Seuss
Day, on Wednesday, October 3. And, for an added bonus, Book Festival
authors/performers Danny and Kim Adlerman (pictured) were there to
entertain the crowd of kids and adults. For more information about all
the festivities, click on Schedule of Events.

And the nominees are...

9.17.07 The Collingswood Book Festival is pleased to announce the finalists for the Retrospect "Best of the Fest" Awards for Self-Published Authors, a contest to discover up-and-coming literary talents. This year, submissions were accepted in the Young Adult and Mystery genres. The finalists in the Young Adult genre are:

Dan Allosso, of Mankato, MN: Outside the Box
Katarina M. Corda, of Sewell, NJ: Under Pressure
Therese Marlin, of Haddonfield, NJ: War From a Distance

No submissions conforming to contest criteria were submitted in the Mystery genre.

The winner will be announced during the Collingswood Book Festival on Saturday, October 6, 2007, at 10:00 AM in Tent 2. In addition to a $500 cash prize, the winner will be given time to read from, sign, and sell his or her book. Also, the author and book will be featured in South Jersey publications.

Sages of Ages Literary Day
Reading and creative writing are more exciting when you’re doing more than 50!

9.6.07 To keep the mature mind razor sharp, regular exercise, social interaction, and a healthy diet are crucial. But so are creative writing and reading aloud. You’ll have every opportunity to stimulate precious brain cells when the Collingswood Book Festival presents Sages of Ages Literary Day on Wednesday, October 3, 2007, starting at 1:00 PM at the Collingswood Community Center. Join your fellow Seniors and Late Boomers for an afternoon packed with literary events, including speakers on innovative journaling, local seniors who became authors, good reading and good books. Share ideas and lots of laughs while playing mind-teasing literary games. Win a myriad of gifts and awards. Senior and church groups are welcome. All events will be free.

Marianne Hieb, the well-known authority and workshop leader on creative journaling, will be among the speakers. Author Terry Marlin will discuss how she came to write her book for younger audiences in her senior years. Elizabeth Warner, Director of the Collingswood Poetry Circle, will conduct a “whose line is it” group-written poem.

As a special added treat, there will also be a Sages of Ages Poetry Performance… otherwise known as the “Ripe Poet’s Society.” Poems from local over-50 folks will be read by trained readers between the main events at the Poetry Pavilion Tent on Festival Day, Saturday October 6th. Innovative awards will go to the top selected “Ripe ‘n Ready Poets.”

Reservations for anyone over 50 can be made by calling Rosemary Fearon at 856-854-3705. Poems can be entered for the poetry performance by delivering or mailing to: Sages of Ages Poetry c/o Collingswood Library, 771 Haddon Ave., Collingswood NJ 08108. All entries must contain age, name, address, and telephone. No more than three entries per over-50 poet. Only selected poems will be read and inappropriate language can disqualify a poem. For more information about the Fifth Annual Collingswood Book Festival, go to www.collingswoodbookfestival.com. Patricia Robinson will sign copies of her book, The New Jersey Coastal Heritage Trail, at the Plexus Publishing, Inc. booth from 12:00 to 2:00 PM during the 5th Annual Collingswood Book Festival.

8.26.07 Patricia Robinson is a lifelong resident of New Jersey. She has been a
freelance travel writer, a public relations executive, a trade magazine
editor, and, most recently, an award winning reporter/photographer for a chain of weekly newspapers in Central New Jersey. She is the author of Wonderwalks: The
Trails of New Jersey Audubon (Plexus Publishing, Inc., 2003). For more
information, go to www.plexuspublishing.com

New Angle on Town Book

7.23.07 Are you ready for your summer reading adventure? This year’s Town Book comes with a special surprise. To celebrate the Collingswood Book Festival’s fifth anniversary, the book’s author will appear in person at the Book Festival to discuss her works.

This year’s selection is Triangle: A Novel by Katharine Weber. The book begins as a story about the deadly Triangle Shirtwaist fire in New York City in 1911. The fire killed 146 people and galvanized efforts to reform working conditions in sweatshops. The story goes from fact to fiction as it takes a mysterious turn and delves into the lives of a fire survivor and her loved ones. Is this elderly survivor hiding a secret?

The Town Book Discussion of Triangle will be held on Tuesday, October 2 at 7:30 in the library. Expect a lively discussion in preparation for the author's appearance at the Book Festival on Saturday, October 6.

Copies of Triangle: A Novel are now available at the Collingswood Library. Paperback copies can be purchased at the Collingswood Book Trader at 825 Haddon Avenue. You will also be able to buy the book at the Collingswood Book Festival on October 6.

Book Festival Offers Poetry Workshop

7.20.07 The Collingswood Book Festival will offer a free Poetry Workshop for students in 4th, 5th and 6th grades on October 6, 2007 at 1:00 PM in the Collingswood Library. The workshop will be facilitated by award winning poet Darcy Cummings, who teaches writing for the Critical Writing Program at the University of Pennsylvania, for the New Jersey Writers Project, and for the Visual Poetry Program of The Public Arts Project at Rutgers University in Camden. Pre-registration is required for participation in the workshop. Applications will be available at the Collingswood Library and in Collingswood schools in September.

LITERARY AWARDS

4.19.07 Coming soon: the Collingswood Book Festival will roll out the “Best of the Fest” Awards for Self-Published Authors. Stay tuned for guidelines and application information.

NEXT YEAR’S FESTIVAL DATE ANNOUNCED

11.14.06 Mark your calendars! The date for the Fifth Annual Collingswood Book Festival has been set for Saturday, October 6, 2007. See you then!

NAME THE AUTHOR CONTEST WINNER

11.14.06 Congratulations to Ruth Rouff, winner of the Name the Author Contest with 18 correct answers. The prize was $100.00 in Collingswood Cash. The answer key follows:

ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE
MELISSA JACOBS
WALT WHITMAN
MAYA ANGELOU
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT
CHARLES DICKENS
LORRAINE RANALLI
THOREAU
TOBIAS WOLFF
F. SCOTT FITGERALD
ELLEN MEISTER
W. SOMERSET MAUGHM
CAMILLE PAGLIA
JAMES JOYCE
LESLIE ESDAILE BANKS
EVELYN WAUGH
AGATHA CHRISTIE
MICHAEL SMERCONISH
ERNEST HEMINGWAY
DELIA PARR
MARK TWAIN
GERTRUDE STEIN
GORDON T. WARD
JOHN STEINBECK

Meet Michael Smerconisch at the Collingswood Book Festival!

7.18.06 Philadelphia lawyer turned political commentator Michael Smerconish will join the slate of authors at the fourth annual Collingswood Book Festival on Saturday, October 7, 2006. Mr. Smerconish is a talk-radio host on The Big Talker 1210 AM WPHT. He is a featured columnist with the "Philadelphia Daily News", and appears regularly as a guest on local and national television.

In his New York Times bestseller Muzzled: From T-Ball to Terrorism, True Stories That Should Be Fiction, he takes on today's oversensitive culture with a collection of entertaining, outlandish anecdotes about PC gone wild-stories that are hilarious, horrifying, and unbelievably true. Mr. Smerconish states that words and actions in this country have been muted by those who assert political correctness while sacrificing the rugged individualism that has been the hallmark of our nation. His new book, as well as his previous book, Flying Blind: How Political Correctness Continues to Compromise Airline Safety Post 9/11, should inspire lively discussions at this year's festival.

Alex’s Lemonade Stand Returns

7.10.06 Continuing the fight against pediatric cancer, Liz and Jay Scott will man Alex’s Lemonade Stand at the Collingswood Book Festival again this year. Liz and Jay are the parents of Alexandra Scott, who started the lemonade stand to help her doctors find a cure for kids with cancer. After battling her cancer for 7 1⁄2 years, Alex died peacefully at the age of 8. Her spirit and inspiration live on as thousands of people raise money and give to her cause every year. The Scotts will be available to sign their book, Alex and the Amazing Lemonade Stand. Proceeds go directly to Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation to help aid the fight against childhood cancer.

Author Line-up Shaping Up

6.20.06 The line-up of authors is shaping up for the 4th Annual Collingswood Book Festival. Camille Paglia will be speaking at 1 p.m. on Saturday, October 7, 2006. Named one of the Top Public Intellectuals in the world by an international poll conducted in 2005 by the British Magazines Foreign Policy and Prospect, Professor Paglia is the author of Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson. Her fifth book, Break, Blow, Burn: Camille Paglia Reads Forty-Three of the World's Best Poems, was released by Pantheon Books in spring 2005 and became an immediate national bestseller. She is a University Professor of Humanities and Media Studies at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia where she has taught since 1984.

In addition to Camille Paglia, festival-goers will have a chance to meet the author of The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook series, Josh Piven. Also coming to the festival will be radio personality Lorraine Ranalli, co-author of The Adventures of Dayne Traveler book of short stories. Lloyd Allen will be there too. Lloyd is the author of Being Martha, about his friend and former neighbor, Martha Stewart. And fans of Melissa Jacobs await the return of the author of Lexi James and the Council of Girlfriends. Melissa will read from her delicious new book, Love, Life & Linguine. Sportswriter Sam Carchidi will be back too. His latest book is Bill Campbell: the Voice of Philadelphia Sports. Bill Campbell will join Sam Carchidi, so come out to the Collingswood Book Festival, rain or shine!

Old School is New Town Book

5.16.06 It’s official! This year, the Collingswood Town Book is Old School, by Tobias Wolff. It’s a story about ambition, snobbery, prejudice, loneliness and competitiveness in a New England boy’s prep school in the early 1960’s. The unnamed narrator participates in the school’s literary competitions in which private audiences with famous visiting authors are the prizes. While hiding his middle class background and Jewish ancestry, the narrator grapples with personal integrity, his own truths and his determination to win the favor of Ernest Hemmingway. As he struggles to become a writer, he must deal with the relationship between truth and lies in the creation of a work of art.

Tobias Wolff is the author of the memoir This Boy’s Life, the PEN/Faulkner Award–winning novella The Barracks Thief, and short stories acclaimed as modern classics. Old School, which was published in 2003, is Wolff’s first novel.

Copies of Old School are available at the Collingswood Library. Also, the book will be available for purchase at the Collingswood Book Trader. Read it now, and be prepared to kick off the 4th annual Collingswood Book Festival with a discussion of Old School on Monday, October 2, at the Collingswood Library.

ATTENTION KIDS! Poster Contest

4.12.06 Where do you like to read in Collingswood: The park, the pool, the playground, your porch? Join our poster contest! Create a poster using your choice of crayons, paint, markers, or photos (or a combination).
All posters must state the Book Festival theme:
“Collingswood: It’s Where You Want to Read” on the front of your poster.

Put your name, grade, and school on the back of your poster. The top five posters from each school will be awarded prizes by their PTAs and will be displayed at the Collingswood Public Library during the summer. These winning posters will then be judged by the Book Festival Committee. The top three entrants will be announced at the Festival on Saturday, October 7 and awarded grand prizes. Your completed posters must be turned into your principal’s office by Friday, May 19th. Sponsored by: Collingswood PTA’s, Collingswood Book Festival, & Collingswood Public Library.

2006 Festival Announced

2.27.06 The Collingswood Book Festival has announced the dates for the Fourth Annual Festival in Collingswood, NJ. The 2006 Festival will start its week long activities on October 2, and end on October 7th with the all-day outdoor festival. Applications are now being accepted.