October is National Reading Group Month and Camden County Library System is celebrating. Each branch is hosting a guest author who will discuss and sign their latest book.
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| Chris Grabenstein | Jane Cleland | Debra Galant |
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| Masha Hamilton | Leslie Carroll | Cornelia Frances Biddle |
Merchantville: Meet Chris Grabenstein, author of John Ceepak/Jersey Shore mysteries. Author's Website October 2, 3 p.m.
Bellmawr: Join author Jane Cleland at Bellmawr in a discussion of her book Antiquities to Die For. Author's Website October 2, 7 p.m.
Gloucester Twp.: Welcome Debra Galant, author of Fear and Yoga in New Jersey. Author's Website October 4, 11 a.m. This appearance has been cancelled.
South County: Masha Hamilton, the author of The Camel Bookmobile, will hold a book chat at South County. Author's Website October 16, 7 p.m.
Haddon Township: Leslie Carroll, romance author and actress, will discuss her book Choosing Sophie. Author's Website October 23, 7 p.m.
Voorhees: Author Cordelia Francis Biddle will be discussing her book Deception's Daughter. Author's Website October 25, 11 a.m.
The Friends of the Camden County Library will present Chit Chat with ESPN’s Sal Paolantonio (as seen on SportsCenter, NFL Live, Sunday NFL Countdown and Monday Night Countdown) at the Vogelson Branch (directions) on Wednesday, June 4, from 7 - 8 p.m.
He will discuss and sign his new book: The Paolantonio Report: the Most Overrated and Underrated Players, Teams, Coaches, and Moments in NFL History (Triumph Books, 2007)
Sal Paolantonio is a Philadelphia-based bureau reporter for ESPN, primarily reporting on NFL stories. Since joining ESPN in 1995, Paolantonio has become a staple in their NFL coverage on shows such as SportsCenter, NFL Live, Sunday NFL Countdown (from a game site) and Monday Night Countdown (from the Monday Night Football site). In 2004, he added studio work to his duties, replacing Suzy Kolber as the host of NFL Matchup, an X's and O's football show, joining him are Merril Hoge and Ron Jaworski. His best known work for ESPN is covering the Terrell Owens saga with the Philadelphia Eagles during the 2004 and 2005 seasons. Sal has also been an adjunct professor at St. Joseph's University in Philadelphia since 2001.
Prior to joining ESPN, he was a political reporter and Philadelphia Eagles beat reporter for The Philadelphia Inquirer from 1993-1995. During that time he also served as a reporter for WPHL-TV nightly news show, Inquirer News Tonight and hosted Saturday Morning Sports Page on WIP (AM) sports radio. In 1993, he published his first book, a biography of Frank L. Rizzo entitled The Last Big Man in Big City America. (Source: Wikipedia)
This event is free, but seating is limited. Registration is suggested. Call 856-772-1636 x 3375 or email shyamoli@camdencountylibrary.org Just indicate: “Sal Event” and the Number of Seats. Non-registered attendees welcome (but seating will be given to registered first).
Author Christina Baker Kline will present Food for Thought: a Writing Workshop at the Vogelson Branch (directions) on Wednesday May 28, from 1 p.m.-3 p.m. She will also sign her book The Way Life Should Be
We eat; we talk, think, dream about food. Like Proust, we all have our madeleines – those foods that trigger memory. In this workshop we will explore the process of writing about food from one’s own experience, looking particularly at how memory and place can serve as points of departure. In doing so, we will address issues of satiety and sustenance, longing and desire---Christina Baker Kline
Refreshments will be served. Registration is suggested. Call: 856-772-1636 or e-mail: Shyamoli@camden.lib.nj.us
Book signings and author events are brought to you by the Friends of the Library
National Library Week is April 13th through 19th, but our celebration of libraries is too big for just one week! The festivities kick off April 1 and continue at every branch through April 21 with antique appraisals, music, history talks, and performances by Mr. Malcolm and special guests, all sponsored by the Friends of the Library. See the complete schedule of events.
Author Laura Schenone will present a ravioli demo, talk, taste, and book signing. In The Lost Ravioli Recipes of Hoboken: A Search for Food and Family, the award-winning food historian (and devoted cook) turns her attention to her personal history and tells the story of her intrepid search for an authentic family recipe, traveling from New Jersey's gritty industrial wastelands and the fast-paced disposable culture of its suburbs to the dramatically beautiful coast of Liguria -- with its pesto,smoked chestnuts,torte,and -- most beloved of all -- ravioli, the food of celebration and happiness. Along the way, she gives us the comedies and heartbreaks of family life, a story of love and loss, and the mysteries of pasta, rolled into a perfect circle of gossamer dough.
Join us at the Voorhees Branch (directions) on Saturday, March 15, from 1-3 p.m.
This program has been cancelled.
Author Ruth Peltason will sign her new book I am Not My Breast Cancer. In the book women talk openly about love & sex, hair loss & weight gain, mothers & daughters, and being a woman with breast cancer. This much needed book brings together the stories of hundreds of women with breast cancer who shared their experiences and comforted each other during a remarkable online forum organized by the author.
Join us at the Vogelson Branch (directions) on Saturday, March 8, from 1 - 4 p.m.
Author Melissa Klapper will appear at the William G. Rohrer Memorial Library, Haddon Township Branch of the County Library System (directions) on May 30, 2007 at 7:00 to sign copies of her newest critically acclaimed book, “Small Strangers: The Experiences of Immigrant Children in America, 1880-1925” published by Ivan R. Dee. She will discuss her new book along with selected readings.
In one of history's most remarkable movements of people across national borders, almost twenty-five million immigrants came to the United States in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries-from Mexico, Japan, and Canada as well as the more common embarkation points of southern and eastern Europe. Many of them were children. 
Together with the American-born children of immigrants, they made up a significant part of turn-of-the-century society. Small Strangers recounts and interprets their varied experiences to illustrate how immigration, urbanization, and industrialization-all related processes-molded modern America. Dr. Klapper teaches history at Rowan University and is author of Jewish Girls Coming of Age in America, 1860-1920. Please call 856-854-2752 to reserve your copy of the book being sold at a discounted price of $21.00. Her first book will also be available for $32.
