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Oct 15, Romance is Blossoming in Church Square Park at our Hoboken Library Festival with Miriam Allenson, Carol Van Den Hende, and Stacey Wilk

5 Oct

The Hoboken Library’s Festival on October 15, will be featuring non-fiction, mystery, children’s authors as well as poets. Authors and poets include Raakhee Mirchandanie, Mally Becker, Miriam Allenson, McKevin Shaughnessy, James Hockenberry, Patricia Carragon, Dr. John Muciaccia, Carol Van Den Hende, Robin Rosen ChangPatricia Keeler, Dawn Barclay (D.M. Barr), Charles Salzberg, Maiya Katherine, Stacey Wilk, and Erica Obey.

Today I wanted to highlight three of the amazing romance novelist who will be joining us.

Miriam Allenson
Miriam Allenson is known for “writing about hunky heroes and the women who drive them crazy.”  You can borrow two of her novels from eBCCLS including When the Duke Finds His Heart about new author, Livvy Browne, who is in England researching the Duke of Brompton’s ancestor. Jack Anstruther, duke of Brompton, refuses to help Livvy since her estranged father is his business rival. She just wants access to his library, but she might also work her way into his heart.

Carol Van Den Hende
Carol Van Den Hende is the author of the Goodbye, Orchid contemporary fiction series including Orchid Blooming, Goodbye, Orchid and coming in 2023 Always Orchid. Orchid Paige is now in her late 20’s but can’t escape the childhood trauma of her parent’s fatal accident. Now a marketer in the beauty industry she is struggling to win a promotion. The handsome entrepreneur who helps her with career might also just be the one who can help heal her heart. You can borrow the first two of Van Den Hende’s ebooks from eBCCLS. 

Stacey Wilk
Stacey Wilk describes her books as “about finding your true family, steamy love, and second chances.” Wilk’s latest novel is Stay Awhile, Part 2 of the Big Sky Country series. In the novel, Tara Haden is running away from her abusive ex. She is Ryker Ranch’s new massage therapist when she meets Kace Ryker. A bad crash ended Kace’s race car dreams, but Tara and her massages give him hope. Can they create a new better future for them both together?  Part 1 of the Big Country Series, Time Won’t Erase, is also available from Hoopla along with many of Wilk’s other romance novels.

We hope you can join us on October 15 from 11 am-4 pm in Church Square Park across from the library’s main branch at 500 Park Ave in Hoboken.  Our authors will be giving book talks and readings throughout the day.  Plus you can stop by the local author tent to meet them and have them sign copies of their books, if you would like.  We also will have music, a cooking demo, and fun events for children and teens.

Written by:
Aimee Harris
Information and Digital Services Manager

October 2, Come Meet Four Local Mystery Authors: Jason Pinter, Peggy Ehrhart, Erica Obey, and Tim O’Mara!

22 Sep

October 2 is the library’s 131 birthday and if you are a mystery fan you won’t want to miss the Hoboken Public Library’s Pumpkin and Pages Festival Celebration from 11 am- 4 pm in Church Square Park across from the library.  You can meet the authors in our Local Author Tent in Church Square Park, and they will be presenting booktalks or readings throughout the day! You can borrow their books from BCCLS Libraries!

Jason Pinter
Jason Pinter is the award-winning and bestselling author of eight mystery/thrillers, including  A Stranger at the Door and Hide Away. He also wrote the children’s book Miracle. HE WILL PRESENT A BOOKTALK IN THE LARGE TENT @ 2:00 PM.

Peggy Ehrhart
Peggy Ehrhart is the author of Knitty Gritty Murder, the 7th book in the Knit & Nibble mystery series. She also published two music-themed mysteries with Five Star Books. She is a former English professor with a doctorate in Medieval Literature. BOOKTALK  IN LOCAL AUTHORS TENT @ 11 AM.

Erica Obey
Erica Obey is the author of Dazzlepaint as well as four other historical and paranormal novels set in Hudson Valley, including the award-winning The Curse of the Braddock Brides. She is also working on a contemporary cozy series featuring a Hudson Valley librarian and her AI sidekick. BOOKTALK IN LOCAL AUTHORS TENT @ 3 PM.

Tim O’Mara
Tim O’Mara is the author of five ex-NYPD cop turned schoolteacher Raymond Donne novels, including The Hook, Nasty Cutter and  Dead Red.  He also edited Down to the River, a collection of river-based crime stories. BOOKTALK  IN LOCAL AUTHORS TENT @ 12:30 PM.

Also featured in the local author tent will be romance authors: Miriam Allenson, Victoria Jayne, Carol Van Den Hende, and Jennifer Wilck.   

Robert Anthony Gibbons, Lynne Shapiro, Carrie Magness Radna, and Danny Shot are local poets who will be reading their poetry. 

And we will have Children’s Authors Timothy Becker, Raakhee Mirchandani, and Patricia Ann Keeler joining us! 

Written by:
Ethan Gavin and Aimee Harris
Information and Digital Services Librarians