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Come to the 2025 Library Festival and meet Local Authors!

10 Sep

Join us on Saturday, September 20 from noon-3 PM, for a special day celebrating reading and our community at the Hoboken Public Library. Below you can learn more about the authors who plan to join us that day who you can meet; stop by the second floor reading room! Plus nearby we will be debuting our new Crafternoon for adults where you can bring your own project to work on or use some of our supplies to create your next great masterpiece.

D.V. Stone
You can borrow a variety of great books through Hoopla from author D.V. Stone including Rainbow Sprinkles about a widower who finds an unexpected second chance at love while trying to make her dreams of starting an ice cream business in Upstate NY come true.

M. Flagg
Fantasy fans will enjoy M. Flagg‘s The Champion Chronicles, available from eBCCLS. The trilogy starts with The Vampire’s Retribution focused on Michael Malone, a vampire enhanced by magic, who must battle immortal sorcerers and their beast army. Will his love be strong enough to save him?

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 For the Love of the Dame, featuring an Italian Opera Singer and Major League Ball Player who are forced to pretend to be a couple, but will they ultimately find opposites do attract? Her steamy stories will delight romance fans.

Carla Helene Cornick
Carla Helene Cornick’s novel Braids debuted yesterday (9/9). Each chapter is a self-contained story told over nine lifetimes spanning ancient Egypt to present day NJ.

Disha Mathur
Disha Mathur is the founder of Buddoo Books and the author of Maya Loves the Sun, a joyful picture
book that celebrates self-love, confidence, and the beauty of brown skin.

Also scheduled to attend will be author Maria Rodriguez Bross, who will be on third floor with our Children’s and Teen Department. Hope to see you at the Festival!

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Aimee Harris
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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 Chang, Patricia 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

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